For good reason, many inner-city African-American youths feel the same alienation today, which is why hip-hop culture, in both its musical and cinematic manifestations, still purveys the two-for-one appeal that energized the Warner Brothers social melodramas of the 1930's: an urgent, gritty sense of present-tense veracity, combined with strapping fantasies of illicit power.
It has prompted allegations of both jury-rigging and illicit "power-voting" via text and telephone.
The awareness and knowledge which emerged from the research was considered relevant to improving urban planning practices and underscoring full commitment as both practitioners and educators in those areas of urban planning where strong and illicit powers are present.
But these days, a site like Deadspin, which preceded TMZ into the sports realm, knows that it is potentially fertile ground for romances, illicit or otherwise; power struggles; court fights; big money; and hard partying.
Finally, and not incidentally, participants at every level of the effort to defend Mr. Bush from Mr. Gore's onslaught invariably described their work as a moral crusade that, if aggressive, crossed no lines and broke no laws as it sought to halt what many described as an illicit bid for power by Mr. Gore.
After his departure, the Bonanno crime family never regained the influence, power and illicit wealth that it held during his leadership.
In such settings, 'pass the salt' can speak volumes about power struggles, illicit flirtations or long-nurtured grudges.
The Mayflower Hotel, site of many power breakfasts and illicit rendezvous, is right across the street.
He said there had been "way too many gaps" in American intelligence gathering, including information about Iraq's conventional military power and any illicit weapons programs.
Along with this, continued links between political power and the illicit economy have made it all too easy for disagreements to spiral into chaos.
The resolve of people pushed too far, and the democratisation of communications, has put the people on a collision course with those benefiting from the illicit hoarding of wealth and power.
