A Passageway for Prisoners, 40 Feet Below

Here is a small strip of Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, and what lies beneath this ordinary patch of asphalt and concrete is a 40-yard boulevard dedicated to murderers, gangsters, villains, thieves, scoundrels. You can stand there all day in sunshine and shadow, never realizing that a river of wickedness runs three stories below your feet.

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Even His Red Squeak Toy Can’t Get First Sgt. Gunner, USMC, to Fight

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan—When the Marines cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war, one remains in his kennel. Quivering.

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