Word: brasses
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...organized crime experts say the Mob is quietly developing a very different look from the one on stage at Palermo's rowdy trials. If a similar mass roundup were mounted today - unlikely since evidence and turncoat witnesses have dried up - the usual ensemble of toughs with colorful nicknames and brass knuckles would certainly be on hand. But the modern Mob is transforming itself, and two new character types are emerging: the college graduate in a tailored suit who wields nothing sharper than his felt-tip pen, and the "Signora Boss" who has stepped from the proverbial kitchen to the front...
...scenic outdoor dining areas and a plush lounge with a fireplace were carved from what used to be the village horse stalls. Nearby, a large swimming pool overlooks a pasture dotted with sheep. The guest apartments, converted from peasant barracks, feature exposed bricks and crossbeams, private terraces, antique brass beds and modern kitchens. Individual rooms range from $59 to $86 a night, while a six-person apartment costs $1,076 to $1,921 a week, depending on the season. For more information, check lupinari.com or call...
...Israeli troops were already occupying Ramallah and Bethlehem. On Monday, April 1, they would go into Tulkarem and Qalqilya. The elite Paratroop Brigade was poised outside Nablus. The 5th Brigade, scheduled for Jenin, was made up of reservists mostly in their late 20s and early 30s, but the brass thought they could handle the tough assignment. "There were indications it was going to be hard," says Major General Dan Harel, the army's operations chief. "But we didn't think it was going to be so hard." The soldiers were supposed to head for Jenin on April 1, but rain...
...only now, 82 seasons after the ill-fated deal, have the Red Sox management begun to realize that sale’s true significance. For, blinded by Ruth’s towering home runs, the Sox brass have never truly understood that it is pitching that wins championships. Ruth’s offensive contribution to the Red Sox was surely important, but he was, first and foremost, a pitcher. And it is a dearth of quality pitching that has hurt the team in recent years...
...cliché that good pitching really does beat good hitting. For too many years the Sox squandered money on overpriced position players—Mike Lansing, anyone?—and didn’t provide Pedro Martinez with adequate support. Now it seems that Red Sox brass have at last learned to copy the Yankees’ winning formula—pitching pitching pitching. (Indeed it was only through adhering to that very doctrine that Arizona, led by Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, were able to take down the Yankees in last year’s World Series...