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Word: hustlin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after furnishing evidence that he has physically injured somebody. In what is close to a war zone, ghetto residents often eat and sleep on the floor to avoid the stray bullets whizzing through their windows. Joe, 17, a former Crip who has gone straight because he is tired of "hustlin'," says he was always stalking a rival gang member or a potential robbery victim. "Whenever I was shootin' [had a gun], I had someone in mind. If I couldn't get him, I'd get his partner or a substitute." He regrets a murder for which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Cripplers In The War Zone | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

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