Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this assertion, it seems reasonable that subway passengers would at least feel more secure, if not actually be more secure, under the Angels' watchful eyes. Yet as they spread out to Boston and elsewhere, Sliwa's troops have implicitly broadened their self-appointed mandate. Here, they have promised to patrol streets in dangerous neighborhoods, particularly in areas known for severe racial tension. Encouraged by excessive media and a glut of enlistees, the Angels seem to be drifting toward a confrontational stance they could never have held when they were but a few squads of diehards operating out of Sliwa...
Thus does the Lost Patrol genre somewhat uneasily meet Deliverance. The film is handsome, has a few good patches of gritty, laconic dialogue and is well crafted by Director Hill, who has proved in such previous straight-line adventures as The Warriors and The Long Riders that he is probably the best stager of action now in practice. It would be nice if, some day, he put some characters on screen who were individuals instead of types and made a film one could care about emotionally instead of technically...
...patrol in the Science Center, Munshi approached four white males as they entered the building at 1:34 a.m. and asked them for identification. One of the group exchanged words with Munshi, and then struck him on the head with a beer...
...police responded to a silent alarm signal, Saul L. Chafin, chief of University Police said yesterday, adding that the break-in occurred while the security guards who patrol the area were changing shifts...
...movie begins at sundown in Oberwald. Soldiers patrol the castle grounds in search of Sebastian (Franco Branciaroli), the would-be assassin. The film stock looks grainy, murky, like a kinescope of some 1948 "Kraft Television Theater" production. Afterimages cast a split-second shadow on every movement. Then a sound is heard, a soldier arms his rifle, a shot is fired-and bright red flame spits out of the barrel. The sky is suddenly soiled pink with brooding clouds. Lightning flashes, and it is as unnaturally red as the gun blast. The forces of nature are gathering to announce the beginning...