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Over the years, the unkempt swathe of land also served as a favorite dumping ground for whiskey bottles. Dunn recalled, "One never knew when an explosion shot in a trap would bring out a couple of firewater flasks, or perhaps a bone...
...other hand, Art Leon, owner of The Tourist Trap, a Hollywood Boulevard bar with a parquet dance floor, pool tables and pinball machines, accuses the police of hassling him. "On Friday and Saturday the cops come in here and take out all the women and jack them up against the wall for prostitution," says Leon, who packs a .25-cal. automatic pistol. He claims police sit out front and "tell customers not to come in here." Alcoholic Beverage Control agents have filed an "accusation" against The Tourist Trap, listing 39 offenses, a first step in getting its liquor license withdrawn...
...special squads to cope with the terrorists. they found their quarries easy prey. In 1972 Baader blundered into police hands by racing up to a clandestine bomb factory in a flashy purple Porsche (the gang had a capitalist weakness for luxurious cars). Meinhof naively fell into a police trap in a village near Hannover...
...encouraged to accumulate as much as possible. Francis Maloney, commissioner of the department of children and youth in New Haven, notes that "merchants are upset about shoplifting. Well, all the goods are there on the rack to be taken. If you're trying to entice me with the tourist trap, the kid who hasn't money is going to take advantage too. We contribute to the offenses that are committed...
...program began humorously but nebulously with "The Jungle", in which "animals" cavorted around the stage. The skillful mimicry of various animal traits is only a trap to draw the audience into the spirit of the presentation. Once the audience relaxed, the sketch took an unexpected twist--the entire "jungle" discovered that it was confined by "bars" (less than a foot from the front row of seats), and the act concluded with a group of chimpanzees glaring accusingly at their observers...