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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gang war is really a private affair -any killing, even of criminals by criminals, is an affront to the community -but most people do not become indignant until innocent bystanders are involved. The latest incident occurred in the Neopolitan Noodle, a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side that is frequented by members of the Colombo gang. The Gallo clan, bent on revenging the assassination of Crazy Joey Gallo (TIME, April 17), began staking out the restaurant in hope of catching the Colombos off guard. One night recently, a Gallo spy spotted four Colombo men gathered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

...Upper Darby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 21, 1972 | 8/21/1972 | See Source »

...some of this is O.K., because middle-class democracy meant freedom for the middle classes but not for the lower classes. And it meant the destruction of the culture of the upper classes. So that from top to bottom, there's a kind of revulsion against middleclass, bourgeois industrialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Interview: The Mechanists and the Mystics | 8/21/1972 | See Source »

...storms were triggered by the streams of particles-mostly protons -spewed from the sun's turbulent surface during the eruptions. As these particles reach the vicinity of the earth, they ionize the gases of the upper atmosphere, causing such spectacular displays as the Northern Lights, blacking out radio transmissions and creating a host of other electromagnetic disturbances. The bombardment is not hazardous to terrestrial life, because most of the particles are absorbed by the atmosphere or deflected by the earth's magnetic field. But they could cause illness and perhaps death to space travelers shielded only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Storm on the Sun | 8/21/1972 | See Source »

...lines, though predictable, are more than adequate. He's also a very fine country rock guitarist, a genre which demands special talents, particularly the ability to refrain from holding each note, blues style. His work on "Good Feeling," the band's most recent single, was excellent, remaining in the upper register of his instrument, but neither repetitive nor boring--a considerable feat considering the rock guitarist's preoccupation with high notes. With him, "C'mon," once a country-styled, light opening tune, becomes slower, much more chord-oriented, in short, more rock 'n' roll...

Author: By Frederick Boyd, | Title: Child's Claim to Fame | 8/15/1972 | See Source »

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