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Even for his son, it is hard to say what separated B.P. from his more illustrious peers. Certainly his ghetto credentials were as impeccable as theirs, his cigars as long and omnipresent. And he shared their legendary capacity to booze, wench and gamble the nonstop nights away-and to appear at the studio next morning with a clear eye for the main chance...
Since 1978, when Silverman went to NBC after spectacular success as a programming wiz at the other two networks, his failures had come as fast and furiously as they might in a mini-series based on the story of Job. Prime time at NBC was a gutted ghetto, its Nielsen rating for the past season an anemic 16.6, compared with 19.8 for CBS and 18.2 for ABC. Daytime programming, where big money is made to the sound of soap-opera sighs and game-show squeals, was in even worse shape: of 22 daytime shows on the three networks...
...relative impunity with which people take coke is encouraged by the fact that judges are notoriously reluctant to hand down heavy penalties for possession. Unlike the stereotyped scruffy ghetto addict who turns to mugging or burglary to support his habit, the cocaine user may have a three-piece suit and a well-lined wallet, and probably does his sniffing indoors without becoming unruly or threatening anybody. Says a Cook County, Ill., lawman: "These people are not the dregs of society. They tend to be legitimate business people." The Fourth District Appellate Court in Illinois last March ruled that cocaine...
...sensation, "It's like taking an elevator at 100 m.p.h. to the top of the Empire State Building and then someone cuts the cable." A few middle class users who dabble with heroin in conjunction with cocaine smoke it rather than inject it in their veins like the ghetto kid. This, they believe, prevents addiction. Not so. Heroin, however used, is a fiercely addictive drug, and treatment centers are receiving an influx of well-dressed, well-to-do men and women who have sorely underestimated it. In Manhattan alone, dozens of such people can be seen early each morning...
...Beverly Hills, Calif., said that she had come to Jerusalem "to find my sister, a cute little blond of 14 when 1 last saw her. I have the right to know whether she is dead or alive." Kozminski was unsuccessful, but did encounter a friend from the Lodz ghetto in Poland...