Word: alfano
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...Alfano's Pizza and Spaghetti Restaurant in tiny Oregon, Ill. (pop. 3,800), was a classic mom-and-pop eatery. The friendly Sicilian owner, Pietro ("Pete") Alfano, often tied on an apron and made the pizza himself. Townsfolk were understandably shocked last week when federal authorities arrested Pete, calling him a "main contact point in the United States" for an international drug-trafficking ring run by one of New York City's major Mafia families...
...Director William Webster and Attorney General William French Smith held a news conference in New York City last week to announce that Alfano and 30 others, including many key organized-crime figures, had been charged with conspiring to violate federal drug laws. The drug ring is believed to have smuggled 1,650 Ibs. of heroin (street value: $1.65 billion) into the U.S. since...
Riding through a dark alley behind the Southmoor in an unmarked police car last week, three detectives of Chicago's Gang Intelligence Unit found debris blocking the drive. As their car slowed, at least six rapid shots broke the silence. "I'm hit," cried Detective James A. Alfano Jr., 30, as one slug ripped through the car's trunk and rear seat, piercing his liver. Alfano's condition was listed as critical...
...Alfano was the fourth victim of sniper fire in black neighborhoods of Chicago in the last nine weeks, creating a situation that threatens to escalate into open street warfare. Five blacks are facing trial for the murder of Patrolman Kenneth G. Kaner, who was killed by two shotgun blasts as he sat in his squad car in the Englewood neighborhood...
...with "the interest-never the principal," of his voice, it is apparent in the dry, papery quality of the upper registers, that some of the principal is gone. But the phrasing and intonation are as exact as ever, and the range of styles is impressive: Bottegari, Handel, Monteverdi, Mozart, Alfano...