Word: racket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...game comes in a box shaped like a small violin case. On the playing board, the island of Manhattan is divided into neighborhoods-Harlem, Little Italy, the Lower East Side. "The object of the game," the instructions explain, "is to take control of a racket-bookmaking, extortion, loan sharking or hijacking-in as many of the neighborhoods on the board as possible." Players draw bad-break cards ("St. Valentine's Day card addressed to you, lose one strongarm and $250") or good-break cards, such as "Friendly persuasion. You get two strongarms and $150." The player with the highest...
...personal principle, Mr. Feild has never before exhibited his work. The "market-place" aspect of the fine arts he calls "menacing" and "an ultimate racket like the Mafia or patent medicine." The idea of arranging a business contract between artist, dealer and buyer offends Mr. Feild ("how can you price intrinsic value?"). A lifelong socialist, Mr. Feild maintains the ancient craft of picture-making is nearly impossible in a capitalist economy, which judges all objects on utilitarian standards...
Barnaby's pre-season training emphasizes learning why to hit a shot rather than just how. "I teach the boys to play percentage shots and carry a point until they are in a position to hit a winning percentage shot," Barnaby said. Harvard uses an open-faced racket and aims comfortably above the tin to avoid mistakes. "We'll learn how to hit the ball not the tin," Barnaby added...
...entertainment, says Brown, remains a cascade of situation comedies and law-and-order shows because TV must always reach for the lowest common dominator-viewers in the millions who represent a wide target for advertisers. But this is not a simple numbers racket. "Evidence is clear," writes Brown, "that ghetto families are among the highest users of television-but they are not the 'right kind' of consumer. Therefore they have historically received a short count in the ratings and have not had a proper vote in the popularity of TV shows. Such has been the liberalism...
...draw a floor plan of his house. Then Caccavari suggested moving the air conditioner to another location where it would not face any near neighbor. Similarly, he showed a paint-store owner, whose rooftop ventilators had brought complaints, how to build a noise shield that would stifle the racket. He also proved to officials of an excavating company that the vibrant rat-tat-tat of their pneumatic drills could be muffled...