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The Sharks is the name of the street gang.
Gang
There are only two gangs in West Side Story.
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Emeralds and Hawks
The rival gang was the Sharks.
mummy like dat
Gladhand is the social worker who organizes the dance as a mixer to improve relations between the "American" gang and the Puerto Rican gang. He has them play a game to mix up the couples, but it doesn't work.
Baby John is part of the jets gang
Riff leads the Jets, Bernardo leads the Sharks.
Stop the gang fight.
There are two gangs: The Sharks and The Jets.