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Word: camorra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...players. When twenty lusty Italian workmen shout "Uno! Sei! Tre! Dieci!" at the top of their lungs at the same moment, one can surmise the motives which induced the Government to pass the antigambling law. At the same time, one appreciates how from the morra grew the equally dreaded Camorra, or Black Hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Purity | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

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