Word: hell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Neither man takes chances. Boston never leaves home without his gun, "even to go to church"; Messaros says he straps his holster on before he brushes his teeth. "Fear is something in your mind that has to be overcome," Messaros says. Boston is equally stoic: "Hell, I could die tomorrow at the movies." Still, both feel that their equipment-pistol, blackjack, nightstick, helmet-could be improved upon by putting a sawed-off shotgun in their car. No need to point it at anyone, they say-"just that you come out of the car, and it comes with...
...razor haircuts, holds his weight at a husky 190-200 Ibs., drinks moderately and counts his calories. He has also trimmed his name from Jesse to Jess. His opponents call the change only a minor victory of public relations. Says one enemy who is influential in California Democratic politics: "Hell, scratch him and there is the same old conniving Jesse Unruh. To know him is to hate him. Sure, he has to say there is a change. How else can he get elected...
Because drivers spend so much time away from home, family problems become an occupational hazard. Truckers, says Hadaway, "are closer to their partners than their families, in many cases." Says Al Gregory: "You've got to have one hell of a woman at home in this business. You'll find more divorced guys driving trucks than anywhere else in the world...
...across Broadway calling, 'Uncle Charlie! Uncle Charlie!' All the kids call me Uncle Charlie. And he gave me a big hug." Says Elliott: "Charlie Lowe is exactly like Fagin. Whoever got any of the bread, if there was any to be had, the kids sure as hell didn't. Every once in a while we'd get a pastrami sandwich or a flashlight or something. God, Charlie Lowe may have my picture hanging up there in his studio! God knows, he's probably the first person who's responsible for my being conscious of what the hell show business...
...American family protect its children from drugs, revolution and general hell raising? It might try keeping them wet. At least no generation has ever found itself so much at home in the water. At the A.A.U. national outdoor swimming championships in Los Angeles last week, the tanned young amphibians splashed to an incredible 13 world records in 30 events. The new marks-ten for the boys and three for the girls-left the U.S. in possession of 14 of the 16 world records for men, and 13 of the 15 for women...