Word: contractors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life since 1970 that police now freeze the assets of the victim's family in an effort to prevent payoffs. Million-dollar ransoms are routine. But this case rocked Palermo; it is not honorable to involve women in such matters, and the victim's husband, Contractor Giuseppe Quartuccio, 66, was known to have Mafia connections...
Will prosecutors be able to prove that Quartuccio was a contractor in more ways than one? As usual, witnesses are few. Sicily's Mafia may have lost its respect for its elders, but its respect for silence remains...
...assume that responsibility themselves. But the authors are realistic--they admit that most people are afraid to face the prospect of building a house on their own. As Cole says, "They cannot take the first step toward their shelter without thinking they need an architect, an engineer, and a contractor...
Other top candidates for appointment are Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, who gave Carter crucial backing in the Michigan primary; Jesse Hill, president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co.; Herman Russell, an Atlanta contractor; Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind.; John Cox, a Delta Airlines consultant who was the only well-known black to support Carter for Georgia Governor in 1970; Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Many others are hoping for a berth. Quips a black Democratic official in Atlanta: "Half the blacks here already have their bags packed to come to Washington...
...Plains it's more than a matter of loyalty. A Carter victory guarantees a minor boom on Main Street. Contractor Abbett was already thinking about facilities for the Secret Service and Georgia troopers: "I hope I get my share of that work." Angie Stevens, manager of the Back Porch, a post-convention sandwich shop, had a forthright view of Election Day: "If he wins, we'll be here for five more years. If he loses-well, we've had a helluva good time...