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...Grab the Book...
...uprisings were mostly spontaneous, some highly selective arson campaigns were apparently planned to destroy stores' credit records and give ghetto residents a financial reprieve. "Don't grab the groceries," one mother told her son, "grab the book." Many apparently also grabbed cash. Said Chicago's Cook County jail warden Winston Moore: "Never have I seen such rich prisoners." The average adult looter arrested in his territory, according to Moore, had $300 to $400 on his person, and even youngsters "had over $100 on them...
...white cops, few of whom are inclined to be Boy Scouts. The middle class denounces violence but wants the police to use it, and is then shocked when hordes of young hooligans respond in kind-vividly teaching irresponsible elders (most sharply disapprove) that looting is a handy way to grab the possessions they lack...
...technique of direction, however, requires incredibly strong acting to keep the styles and their effects distinct. The principal problems of the Agassiz Cherry Orchard are the disturbing inconsistencies of characterization as actors fail to exploit the peculiar logic of their styles in moments of crisis and dip into the grab bag of general histrionics to carry them through. After Ken Tigar recovered from some painful timing slips in the first act he gave a striking portrayal of a serf turned manager. His nagging, casually enunciated, and loud voice move against the general strength of Marilyn Pitzele's Ranevskaya...
...Harlem. The university plans to devote the ground floor to a free community gymnasium and swimming pool, use upper floors of the building for its own athletic programs. Although this would be the only such public facility in the neighborhood, well-organized protesters called the project "a land grab" and "a desecration of a public park," termed the facilities "separate but unequal." The university did not help matters much by publishing architects' sketches showing an expensive entrance facing the campus, with only a small servicelike door facing toward Harlem, giving critics a chance to scoff at its "backdoor generosity...