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Another homosexual trait noted by Bergler and others is chronic dissatisfaction, a constant tendency to prowl or "cruise" in search of new partners. This is one reason why the "gay" bars flourishing all over the U.S. attract even the more respectable deviates. Sociologists regard the gay bar as the center of a kind of minor subculture with its own social scale and class warfare...
...Kasur is deserted and its inhabitants scattered over the countryside," Rademaekers reported. "Buzzards wheel overhead and settle with a flourish of wings on the swollen carcasses of water buffalo. Dogs prowl through the rubble, stirring up black clouds of flies, as they try to reach putrid human flesh buried beneath the mud bricks and roof tiles of shattered houses. A few Pakistani police patrol the streets to prevent looting but, otherwise, Kasur is a blend of stomach-turning smells and silence...
...Wouldn't the police have found it a great deal simpler and cheaper to send a prowl car with a warrant to Mrs. Placente's home sometime during the past 16 months...
...foolhardy sniper who leaped out of a camouflaged hole one evening last week and fired a shot at a group of U.S. marines on the prowl for the Viet Cong. His zeal was costly. Approaching the "spider trap," the marines tossed in some grenades, and out popped four willing prisoners. Suddenly another burst of gunfire came from the hole. Big hole, the marines shrugged, tossing in more grenades. When the concealed V.C. responded with still another fusillade, a U.S. demolition squad provided a real blast, using dynamite this time. When the smoke cleared, the marines clambered down into the hole...
...event of Allied capture, the Germans will not be able to scuttle their precious rubber cargo. Equipped with forged Nazi credentials and the suavest German accent since Erich von Stroheim. Brando climbs aboard the freighter, captained by Yul Brynner, and loses no time in going on the prowl...