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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make sense of Gotti's many paradoxes. Here was a man obsessed with rules, yet when one of his associates breaks a pre-eminent one by dealing drugs, Gotti does not toss him out; instead he visits him in the hospital and feeds him cannoli filling with his finger. It was that kind of management style that in reality made Gotti a subpar Mob boss, a less-than-brilliant criminal who never returned the Gambinos to the profitable glory days of life under Don Carlo and Big Paul. Leave reality out of it though, and Gotti, with grand performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: HOODS HAVE FEELINGS TOO | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

...make sense of Gotti1s many paradoxes. Here was a man obsessed with rules, yet when one of his associates breaks a pre-eminent one by dealing drugs, Gotti does not toss him out; instead he visits him in the hospital and feeds him cannoli filling with his finger. It was that kind of management style that in reality made Gotti a subpar Mob boss, a less-than-brilliant criminal who never returned the Gambinos to the profitable glory days of life under Don Carlo and Big Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide: | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

...make sense of Gotti1s many paradoxes. Here was a man obsessed with rules, yet when one of his associates breaks a pre-eminent one by dealing drugs, Gotti does not toss him out; instead he visits him in the hospital and feeds him cannoli filling with his finger. It was that kind of management style that in reality made Gotti a subpar Mob boss, a less-than-brilliant criminal who never returned the Gambinos to the profitable glory days of life under Don Carlo and Big Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide: | 8/9/1996 | See Source »

...coach, Dutch discus champion Erik de Bruin, is under a four-year ban for doping, fueled speculation, even though Smith was tested at eight competitions this year, and swimming officials have also collected urine samples four times in unannounced visits. "It is very easy to point an accusing finger when you are not doing well," she says of the charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDERDOGS' DAY | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

...gold medals in the '92 Games, slammed into a telephone pole on her way to the hairdresser last December, splitting her BMW in two and winding up in a coma. Her husband quit training for months to keep vigil at her bedside, washing her hair, cutting her finger- and toenails. But as soon as Irina was on the mend, she insisted that Vitali return to pursuing his dream. In this year's Games, his team finished out of the money and he had to settle for bronze in the all-around, but never mind. To extract the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOAP OPERA GAMES | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

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