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...come to be called, has entwined its tentacles around Italy, frequently choking off the government's power. Vincenzo Parisi, chief of the Italian state police, says the Mafia's clout has made it a force strong enough to form an "anti-state." Domenico Sica, the high commissioner named last summer for the specific task of fighting the Mafia, recently warned a parliamentary commission that organized crime was in "total control" of parts of Sicily, Calabria and Campania. The Mob's lucrative drug trade has been shared with its crime families in America...
The RJR Nabisco showdown may prove to be one of Milken's final moments of glory. He and Drexel are expected to be slapped any day now with criminal indictments accusing them of racketeering, mail fraud and other crimes. The charges would stem from two years of federal investigations that...
Those who believe that the movement inflames nativist resentments got some ammunition this fall. The ethnocentric views of U.S. English's co-founder and former chairman John Tanton came to light when initiative opponents uncovered a 1986 memo in which he expressed worry that low white birthrates and high Hispanic...
The Graham supporters remained after therecount to inspect the machines and othermaterials used for voting, including waste paperon which voters may have written or placedstickers. The Election Commission impounded allpapers used in the election on the night of thevote.
...minimize the possibility of error, Thomureasked that the recount be conducted by hand.Yesterday, the Election Commission hired about 40former poll workers to count the votes, payingthem $7 an hour, said Commissioner Edward J. Samp,one of the two commissioners supervising theprocess...