Word: hustler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while the hustler society Malcolm X was involved in encouraged individuality, "Mohammed insisted that he be relied on and obeyed totally. This caused the contradiction between the equality of the brotherhood and the tyranny of Elijah Mohammed," Epps said...
...Black hustler, now reformed prophet and politician, was distinguished by his capacity for change and for action," said Epps to a crowd of approximately 50 last night in a speech entitled "The Rhetoric of Malcolm X and His Conversion...
Malcolm X's relationship with Mohammed was comparable to the activist's earlier association with the gang leader of a Harlem hustler society, Epps said...
...first these street hustler's songs are impressive, but finally they become tiresome. In part that's because the torrents of words, flung out as Harry scuttles frantically through his meaningless rounds, are a kind of screen, preventing us from making any real connection with Harry. In part it's because Harry's context is neither a realistic portrait of modern New York nor a persuasive movie metaphor -- as classic film noir often was -- for urban scuzziness...
...this is not immediately obvious. Paul, is the daring one who likes to prove how tough he is, constantly putting himself in danger, starting fights with a smug grin on his face. There's more than a hint of the seductive hustler Pitt played in "Thelma and Louise." With good-natured bravado he can always convince his brother to do anything...