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Rosenthal, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, knew a story when he
heard one. On the day of his lunch with the commissioner, he assigned a reporter
to investigate the "bystander angle" of the Genovese incident. Within a week, the
Times published a long, front-page article that was to create a swirl of controversy
and speculation. The initial paragraphs of that report provided the tone and focus
of the story:
For more than half an hour 38 respectable, law-abiding citizens in Q!1eens watched
a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens.
Twice the sound of their voices and the sudden glow of their bedroom lights
interrupted him and frightened him off. Each time he returned, sought her out, and
stabbed her again. Not one person telephoned the police during the assault; one
witness called after the woman was dead.
That was two weeks ago today. But Assistant Chiif Inspector Frederick M.
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