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...each case, the perpetrator is the notorious gangster Dutch Schultz, ne Arthur Flegenheimer, Billy's self-described "mentor" and as romantically dangerous a father figure as any lad could desire. Billy is his real name, Bathgate an alias he has invented, lifted from a street, known for its open-air markets, a few blocks from his birthplace in the Bronx. Billy's education in the criminal life is completed before his 16th birthday...
...Pudding will present Turner with her award on February 14 at a preview performance of scenes from their spring show. Before the ceremony, Turner will get a taste of the society's distinctive brand of humor, as a band of cross-dressed actors escorts her open-air convertible down Mass. Ave. to the Hasty Pudding Theater and performs several musical numbers for the guest of honor...
...people were murdered in Washington in 1988, almost all in drugrelated killings. Police link 60 percent of all homicides to the drug trade. Barry cannot be effective in fighting drugs if he uses them, or if most people believe he is using them. In a city with scores of open-air drug markets, a mayor tainted by drugs is a sure formula for a booming narcotics business...
Things get better, though, as we retreat from the blond wood facade of Ann Taylor and stumble on the Haymarket, where fresh fruits and vegetables are sold each Friday and Saturday as part of an open-air Boston tradition dating back to the city's founding. We ogle the eggplants and almost buy sizzling Italian sausage, but restrain ourselves. We reach into the bag of candycorn, resigned...
...lifts security restrictions just long enough for a twin-engine prop plane from Beijing to deposit its passengers. They are whisked past the barracks of a People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.) unit. It is shortly before sundown, and troops are playing soccer, basketball, Ping-Pong and open-air billiards on the edge of the runway, not far from a wing of 70 Chinese-built MiG-21 interceptors, each sheathed in canvas to guard against corrosion in the heavily polluted air...