The New Centurions study of LAPD life and watts riots
A critical look at Joseph Wambaugh's The New Centurions, examining three Los Angeles police officers from 1960 to 1985, the Watts uprising, and how routine policing, vice work, and attitudes toward minorities shape a force under stress. The book is uneven yet forceful in highlighting shifts in discipline, public trust, and police culture.
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Los’ Angeles
Watts
Joseph Mb
Los Angeles: Police Force
Los Angeles
Wamibaugh
Duran
Senor
Mexico
Wambaugh
Los “Angeles
NEA
Joe Wambaugh
King of Pany
Angeles
Joseph Wambaugh
Héllenbeck Division
L.A
Ton Reddin
Reddin
Ficion
Cook
The Grandees by Stephen Birmingham review
Book review of The Grandees, Stephen Birmingham's 353 page study tracing the ancestry and history of American Sephardim. The author, following Dr Malcolm H Stern's Americans of Jewish Descent, builds on genealogical charts to present Sephardic elites who traced origins to Spain and Portugal and saw themselves as a noble class within Jewry.
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America
Spain
Portugal
Birmingham
Malcolm H. Stern
Stern
Jewish Migrants Traced to Iberia and Sephardic Lineage
A historical study traces Sephardic Jewish migration to Iberia and a 1654 arrival of 23 families in America, linking modern Jewish communities to medieval Spain and Portugal. It notes many Social Register families have Sephardic ancestors, recounts feuds, a murder, naval anti-Semitism cases, and a provocative claim of a founder’s voyage to the United States.
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America
Spain
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
United.’ States
Uriah
Phillips
Levy
Jefferson
Monticello
L A Cop's Novel Stirs Furor in Los Angeles
LAPD officer and author Joe Wambaugh faces mixed reactions over The New Centurions. Critics praise the realistic portrayal of street policing while administrators denounce its publication without prior permission. Wambaugh defends the work as fiction and notes personal career pressures amid the dispute.
Doctor Changes Life No Change After Reading Book
Dr Nolen discusses his book on medical errors and public trust. He notes few complaints and defends the work’s impact on confidence. He recalls Bellevue colleagues, including one who regrets not being written about, and mentions letters seeking advice he cannot provide.
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Ately
Litchfield
Ting Hook
Litchfield Clinic
Nolen
American Medical Association
Bellevue Hospita
New York
Surgical
College Town Politics in 1974 Hedlcn Plot
A 1970s Rocky Mountain college town faces a hawkish political mood as a trio of professors hatch an assassination scheme. They hire an amateur New York lawyer Sam Higler to supply an assassin while a romantic entanglement with Sara complicates their plans and risks derailing the violent plot.
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Rocky Mountain Area
New York
Sam Higler
Sam
Sara
Hale
Sain
Paradise Farce by Patrick Dennis Review
A chaotic farce from Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame, features offbeat characters and riotous nonsense. The narrative spins through a wild island setting with celebrities and chaos, delivering fast breaking foolishness rather than plausibility.
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Earthaater
Eri
Dennis
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