Word: peering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...happy one" with a straight-faced sincerity that makes his an appropriate foil to the zany police chorus. Of all the major performances, only Gregrey Gorden's Pirate King sounds a sour note. Gorden lacks the bellowing bass and comic belligerence to sustain his caricature of the English peer gone wrong. Perhaps some fiercer make-up would have helped...
...article by Wright, for the benefit of incoming freshmen. The article applies libertarian principles to college life, and finds it sadly collectivist: "There is, on university campuses today, a vicious killer loose: a destructive force that can sap the minds and souls of the strongest men. That killer is peer pressure. Do not say that you can value both your ideals and the approval of the group. The group will not have you on such terms--you must adapt to theirs...
Virtually all of his life, Watson has been the peer to watch. The son of a Navy enlisted man, Watson went from high school at Pine Bluff, Ark., to Vanderbilt University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1960. He joined the Marines the same year. A slender man of 150 Ibs., Watson had remarkable stamina: He set two permanent obstacle-course records at the Quantico base, where he became an officer. He bucked for the Marines' most elite outfit, the First Force Reconnaissance company, and had to survive a list of training schools that were excruciating even...
...Aniello Dellacroce (translation: "Little Lamb of the Cross"), 62, who was Gambino's longtime underboss. A legend even among Mafia assassins, Dellacroce relishes doing his own dirty work. Says one federal official: "He likes to peer into a victim's face, like some kind of dark angel, at the moment of death." Dellacroce is a master of disguises. Known throughout the Mob as "Mr. O'Neill," he often donned priest's garb on his troubleshooting assignments for Gambino, earning his other name, "Father O'Neill." Dellacroce's men -undisguised-were at the motel meeting...
...about what was happening, but they couldn't get beyond the refrain, "I can't believe it; I never thought it was possible." I think they were the only ones who didn't mind when the train stalled, because they were so used to waiting, and so eager to peer out at anything Greek...