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Word: angilletta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...struggle for power began in December 1962, when Marketeer Domenico Italiano, 65, known as Il Papa, died peacefully in bed. One strong contender for the job of Mr. Big was eliminated four months later when Vincenzo Angilletta was ambushed outside his home and blasted to death by both barrels of a shotgun. Last November, Domenico Demarie, 41, got the same treatment, but he survived as a sick and frightened man who swears he has no idea who attacked him or why. Fortnight ago, Vincent Muratore, 43, rose before dawn to go to his wholesale produce stall at the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Omerta in the Antipodes | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

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