Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whip in Hand. In the '20s, the Communists fought for control of the union. The employers hired "Legs" Diamond and his gang, the Communists replied by signing on the Little Augie mob. These racketeers and their successors plagued the industry for years. In 1927, after a disastrous strike called by the Communists, the International was left with only 32,000 members and $1,500,000 in debts. Dubinsky had become head of his local, and his was the only one solvent...
...angry nation and an aroused Congress demanded that the U.S. Government enter the gang-busting business. The Department of Justice stepped forward with 21 ready-made laws that would give Director Hoover the power he needed, and Congress quickly passed them...
Boiling mad, he returned to his office and demanded the latest reports on Alvin Karpis, the last of the Barker gang. Then he flew down to New Orleans, personally led the raiding squad into Karpis' hideout. Since then no one has ever questioned either Hoover's courage or his budget...
History has recorded how Cesare tossed away his cardinal's hat, put himself at the head of a gang of mercenaries, and went to work on the new job of making himself the toughest gangster in Renaissance Italy. Cesare had such a flair for disposing of his enemies without leaving awkward evidence around that historians have never been able to agree on the subtler details of his career. Did he bully and terrify his own father half to death? Was he guilty of incest with his beautiful sister Lucrezia? Did he murder his elder brother? Did he really earn...
...Rattlesnake Dick" Barter was. His gang held up a Wells Fargo mule train near Shasta in 1855 and carried off $80,000 worth of gold dust...