Word: movers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their washday efforts, top Mafiosi can never launder more than a fraction of their illegal earnings. Thus a valued member of each clan is the "money mover," who specializes in finding ways of putting Mob money to work. Loan-sharking is a favorite because of its quick and huge returns. California officials estimate that Chicago mobsters have invested $50 million in Palm Springs bars, restaurants, hotels and real estate. As the Mafia defector said: "Money layin' around in your pocket don't do nothin' but get wrinkles...
...primary mover in bringing the number of core areas down to five--and particularly in setting History apart as a separate category--was Bernard Bailyn, Winthrop Professor of History...
...venture, domiciled in Trenton, N.J., does not start out as a foursome. Wally (James Naughton), a public relations man with a sweet tooth for talk, exhorts his shy furniture-mover friend Alvin (Lenny Baker) to spice up his "mutual love experience" by moving an added woman into his marital chamber. Wally's personal idea of fulfillment is to appropriate Alvin's wife Cleo (Ilene Graff). Alvin, who sometimes makes Buster Keaton seem voluble, gulps, but broaches the proposal to Cleo...
...using imagination and pantomime instead of props to accentuate their messages, the actors sometimes achieve poignant and amusing effects. One especially memorable segment dealt with sexism in children's textbooks. The two male members of the troupe, Tom, a professional mover, and Ira, a bearded former research scientist, wore scarves and comically portrayed little girls. The four female members, Judith, Kristen, Cass, and Lydia, donned baseball caps and portrayed tough little boys...
...Rochelle, N.Y., a hulking 250-lb. furniture mover and Nazi cultist named Frederick W. Cowan, 33. returned to his job after a two-week suspension and exploded in a St. Valentine's Day massacre. Packing five guns, he burst into his moving company's warehouse, shot to death four co-workers and a policeman, wounded five other people, then put one of his guns to his head and blew his brains...