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Both "ecstasy" and "Sammy the Bull" Gravano came to Phoenix the same way: by stealth. But when they met, in the darker corners of this sprawling, newly built city, the result was explosive. Gravano arrived under the pseudonym Jimmy Moran, placed in secrecy by the federal witness-protection program. The former underboss of New York City's Gambino crime family and a hit man responsible for 19 murders, Gravano became the government's most important witness against the Mob. His testimony put 37 top-level mobsters behind bars and earned him a $1 million price on his head. Flush with...
...While darker skin tends to burn less easily, everyone needs protection, including African Americans. Here are some simple rules you shouldn't forget...
...changed conditions could bring changes in behavior. That is the basis on which those who deplore rudeness often voice the unseemly hope that some future economy will turn a few shades darker. When things are bad enough, according to this antidote for antisocial service, desperate, insecure workers will turn to politeness...
Sunny as the global averages look, however, things get a lot darker when you break them down by region. Even the best family-planning programs do no good if there is neither the money nor governmental expertise to carry them out, and in less-developed countries--which currently account for a staggering 96% of the annual population increase--both are sorely lacking. In parts of the Middle East and Africa, the fertility rate exceeds seven babies per woman. In India, nearly 16 million births are registered each year, for a growth rate of 1.8%. While Europe's population was three...
...actor, Norton continues to surprise and breaks away from the darker and more intense roles he depicted in _American History X_ and _Fight Club_. As Brian, he veers more towards the romantic comedy genre he previously explored in Woody Allen's _Everybody Says I Love You_ and in particular, demonstrates a sympathetic vulnerability when he questions himself about his religious faith (a vulnerability that is accented by the haloed look created by his newly dyed blond hair). Ben Stiller is amusing but unexceptional as Brian's foil, and Jenna Elfman is exceedingly perky as the workaholic Anna Reilly, whose greatest...