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...student resistance of important proportions. This is due primarily to the effects of the February riots. Probably the great majority of the students who participated in the demonstrations had no idea that their action would have such national and international repercussions. No one wishes to be characterized as a mobster, and only after the rioting was over did what had happened become clear. Students also realize that the reputation of the school was badly injured by the incident. Moreover, there is not only the threat of disciplinary action against rowdies, but the reality. So long as the next Negro does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Moderation' Fails at U. of Alabama | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

...Independence Day Chicago hoodlums and their pals celebrated around a champagne fountain at the plush River Forest home of Mobster Tony Accardo (heir to a strip of Al Capone's toga). The Accardo soiree, an annual affair, had a different spirit this year. Where once his guests had slipped their black limousines into a hidden parking lot on the Accardo property, they now made an open show of their attendance, and the Big Boss's gardens rang with fresh and ominous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Daley Life in Chicago | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...show for it. But it is Hank, a Neanderthal 18-year-old, around whom the family and its impending tragedy pivot. A stint in his father's boots as the family's wartime disciplinarian, plus the lure of easy money, has turned Hank into a small-time mobster. He wields a mean cosh in a gang that includes sister Katie and two of his brothers. On one night's prowl he kills an old caretaker. From that moment on, the life of the bunker family disintegrates with melodramatic velocity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Lost Generation | 7/9/1956 | See Source »

...student resistance of important proportions. This is due primarily to the effects of the February riots. Probably the great majority of the students who participated in the demonstrations had no idea that their action would have such national and international repercussions. No one wishes to be characterized as a mobster, and only after the rioting was over did what had happened become clear. Students also realize that the reputation of the school was badly injured by the incident. Moreover, there is not only the threat of disciplinary action against rowdies, but the reality. So long as the next Negro does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Moderation' Fails at U. of Alabama | 6/14/1956 | See Source »

...doesn't care much for the ladies (principally Jean Hagen) but admits a weakness for horses. "Math luck's just gotta change," he observes, but one fears that it never does. As farm boy turned gangster, Hayden is supposed to give a new slant to the gun-slinging mobster--victim of environment, sentimental, lovable. Impossible lines and Hayden's mouthing of them preclude a convincing portrayal...

Author: By G. ROBERT Wakefield, | Title: The Asphalt Jungle | 2/9/1956 | See Source »

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