Word: shiv
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...annual livestock and home-canning competitions begin. But last week 150 inner-city kids assembled there for the final week of a day camp called The Happening. College Freshman Janet Moore led a group of campers along a back alley just outside the fairgrounds; the black handle of a shiv could be seen bristling from the pocket of one 13-year-old. Passing rusting barrels and abandoned refrigerators, the kids picked up beer cans and trash, identified wildflowers common to abandoned lots: Queen Anne's lace, daisies, dandelions. Another group hiked down a little-used railroad spur, starting rock...
...thing, there are always cops around at the Arena, and they spray Mace first and ask questions later. For another, you don't just walk over to the enemy side, all alone, and yell "Tech eats it," unless you have a shiv or something handy...