Word: robins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bullitt, in which they admire Steve McQueen's resilient cool. Authors Puzo and Talese are esteemed for their portraits of Mafiosi as "men of respect" (although Mafiosi feel that Talese, especially, was taken in by his sources). The alltime Mafia favorite, however, is the movie The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Basil Rathbone, who plays the villainous Sir Guy Gisbourne, is hissed at every appearance. He is the totally corrupt and power-hungry official that Mafiosi feel they know so well. Between Errol Flynn, as Robin, and the cheering Mafia audience there exists, as they might...
...more than two weeks the click and plop of expertly cued balls echoed off the ceiling. Squinting, stretching, chalking, the players met each other twice in round-robin competition for the $5,000 first prize. Each game was standard "14.1 ball": 15 colored target balls are set on the table and the players take turns using a white cue ball to knock them into any pockets they choose. Each contestant can continue shooting as long as he keeps pocketing the target balls, which are replenished when only one of them remains. Each time a player fails to pocket a ball...
...sale itself and the date of transference of the property is still tentative, pending the resolution of several "legal complications," Robin Schmidt, assistant to the vice president for Government and Community Affairs, said yesterday...
Ironic Gossip. Snow correctly saw the Communists as much more than a bunch of bandits. But his enthusiastic characterization of the leaders as Reel Robin Hoods seemed somewhat overdrawn. Later, during Joseph McCarthy's heyday, Snow was castigated as a Red propagandist. Ironically, he was also the target of gossip linking him to the Central Intelligence Agency. Whatever the charges, Snow never forgot that he was an American. He made no move to renounce citizenship, as did some admirers of Mao, and his 20-year-old daughter Sian (the name means "Western Peace" in Mandarin) is a student...
With the 'Cliffe now leading the league by one half game, the teams move into the championship round-robin. Accordingly, the top six teams play each other; this, along with the regular season tally, will determine the championship...