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Taken together, these arrests deal a major blow to the Mafia. But this hydra-like organization, also known as Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), is so deeply woven into the fabric of Sicilian society that the Italian state is far from claiming final victory. "Cosa Nostra is built on a capacity to adapt to the time and situation, to camouflage itself and raise its head only when necessary," says a senior Palermo-based investigator who worked on the Lo Piccolo case. Lo Piccolo's takedown shuffles the deck in the organization, but hardly eradicates...
...World No. 1 surfer, Australian Mick Fanning said, "As a British Airways Platinum One World frequent flyer, it's really hard to take that people who have been so loyal, and spent so much money with BA have been dealt this blow." The British Canoe Union, which supports the 1.5 million U.K. residents who canoe and kayak is similarly alarmed. In a statement, it wrote, "We are concerned about the irony of 2008 being Olympic year. Our athletes will need to transport their equipment to pre-Olympic events, training camps and to the Olympics themselves in Beijing, China. This will...
...women’s division. Watson, Kovacs, and the rest of the Crimson sailors will be back in action next weekend, when they will sail all along the East Coast in three different regattas. MICHAEL HORN TROPHY Battling tough weather conditions, the Crimson sailing team still managed to blow its opponents out of the water this past weekend, ending its home season with a win. Harvard, which finished 20 points ahead of second-place Vermont, captured a top-three spot in all four divisions. “It was tough sailing, but I think we did really well...
...boys’ team and continued until the Ukrainian government literally forbade her to continue.“At home, there is no women’s hockey at all,” she says. “As soon as I would get on the ice, whistles would blow and I had to leave.”However, her tour of the U.S. with her home team landed her a spot at the Berkshire School in western Massachusetts where she sharpened her skills for two years in the competitive New England Prep School league. Now settling into her first...
...Society of Editors, a group dedicated to the preservation of media freedoms. The date of the speech added further piquancy: Evans addressed his audience on Guy Fawkes' Day, the anniversary of one of the earliest terror conspiracies in Britain, the failed plot on Nov. 5, 1605, to blow up the Houses of Parliament...