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...that celebration marked the end of an era--after that, the ethnics took over. From 1900-1930, Velucci insists, the Irish "had complete control of city hall, lock, stock and barrel. They had control of the school department, they had the mayor and the city council. There were Irish teachers being appointed, and cops and firemen and city laborers. Tip O'Neill's father was sewer commissioner, a friend of his ran the water department." Hard on the heels of the Irish, the Portuguese, the Italians and the French reached the far shore of the Charles. "Between them, they took...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: More Than a College Town | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...fated Crusade for Moorish Dignity. Then he takes up selling hot dogs in the French Quarter. His mother comes to the belated conclusion that Ignatius is disgracing her and wonders about committing him to Charity Hospital. A friend urges her on: "If it's free and they lock people away, Ignatius oughta be there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rumblings | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...honey!" the man replied and the buddies laughed heartily. They were there for entertainment, a good show--a woman with a clitoris in her throat--and there's nothing like good entertainment. Nothing like a good showmaster to lock the doors of the theater and pull down the shades and give you all the toys you want...girls, pills, grass, a vibrating thumbsucker if you want...everybody wants to see it, too many people want this--it's democratic...the show must go on, the greatest show on earth: war, crucifixion, rape, submission...to You...you can be anything...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Sympathy for the Devil | 5/23/1980 | See Source »

...wounding two others, including Chargé d'Affaires Gholam Ali Afrouz. Given the amount of terrorist fire occurring at that moment, said Morris, it was a miracle that only one man was killed. When one gunman took careful aim at an S.A.S. commando entering through a window, Constable Lock tackled the terrorist, and the commando shot the gunman dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: A Daring Rescue at Princes Gate | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...backpacks on a 37%-mile, 20-hr, trek. In one ten-day exercise, half-naked recruits are set down at the mouth of a Welsh valley, harried by deafening sirens and an infantry force firing real bullets. Those who pass these tests are then taught such skills as demolition, lock picking, sabotage, unarmed combat, mountaineering, skiing, underwater diving, field communication and parachute jumping. Constant practice in rescuing hostages in simulated situations on trains, aircraft and from buildings has taught S.A.S. experts split-second timing. In preparation for the Princes Gate assault, the S.A.S. built a scale model of the Iranian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Britain's S.A.S.: Who Dares Wins | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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