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Word: pimp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East Village and talked about her bizarre introduction to the oldest profession. "I was grabbed in a store by this guy and this chick who said they were taking me for a ride," she said offhandedly. "They said they wanted me to meet a friend. He was a pimp. They sold me to him for $100. He locked me up in this hotel room and ran in cheap tricks -$10. Old white guys, Chinamen, foreigners. I got away after a week, but he followed me and gave me a line I fell for, so I went back with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: White Slavery, 1972 | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...create a gaudy secular religion, have given way to a desperate culture of emotionally troubled rejects, largely from working-class and even ghetto families. Amphetamines, heroin and old-fashioned alcohol have generally replaced pot and LSD; violence has supplanted Aquarian love. Now the area is open to the professional pimp, who uses a combination of terrorism, drugs and ersatz affection to lure confused teen-age girls into prostitution. The teeny-hookers have created a glut on the market, sneers a tough old pro of 20. "They want to set the world on fire -and they ain't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: White Slavery, 1972 | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...blows. Some ass kicking. You've got to stomp her ass a few times to let her know where you're coming from. You've got to set the rules, make her show respect. Maybe use a coat hanger-depends on what she needs." The pimp drained his glass. "If she makes it through tomorrow, the process will take three days. We'll get her a wig, some clothes, then put $10 in her pocket and see if she tries to run. You watch her close, maybe send another girl out with her. If she turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: White Slavery, 1972 | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

Fidel Castro was less than complimentary when Houari Boumedienne replaced Ahmed Ben Bella as leader of revolutionary Algeria seven years ago. "A pimp," was the Cuban Premier's unbowdlerized estimate of Boumedienne. "A reactionary gorilla." Last week, as Castro visited Algeria in the course of a two-month hegira through Africa and the East bloc, Boumedienne had become "a great strategist" and Algeria under his rule was "a just society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: The Triste Just Society | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

Mouchette Harvard Epworth Church. 7, April 13, $1. Machorka - Muff With Not Reconcile, The Bridegroom and The Comedienne and The Pimp. 7, April 16. Free, Une Femme Douce by Robert Bresson. 7, April 20. Tauw by Ousmane Sembene with Walkover by Jerzy Skolimowski. 7, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 4/13/1972 | See Source »

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