Word: ganges
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seemed close to a positive conclusion just weeks earlier. The I.R.A. denied involvement, but even before Orde spoke, many in Northern Ireland believed the republicans - some of whom became deeply involved with organized crime during their 30-year fight against British security forces - were the only credible suspects. The gang struck as the bank closed - sidestepping the security system by taking hostage the families of the two employees who knew that day's access codes. While thousands of Christmas shoppers milled around the bank, they made three trips inside to pick up the stolen cash. Northern Ireland's monetary system...
...best-selling video games of 2004, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, lets players control a character called CJ, who has just returned home to the fictional town of Los Santos to avenge his mother's murder and resurrect his once powerful street gang. To make money, CJ robs people, which often involves punching and kicking his victims until they are lying dead in a pool of blood. To cruise around town, he steals cars and mows down pedestrians who get in his way. And to keep his spirits from flagging amid all the mayhem, he can hire a prostitute...
...guards' union to Davis had ensured that the guards in 2002 won 34% wage increases over five years, and with overtime many were earning fat salaries; one pulled in more than the state's attorney general. But the work practices of the guards lagged. They seemed unable to curb gang violence among the state's 164,000 inmates and were admonished by a judge for using mass lockdowns to segregate prisoners racially. Some were accused of instigating gladiator-style prizefights in the cell blocks...
...second, more favorable audition. The second time around, final casting for the role of Fat Albert came down to Thompson and Omar Benson Miller (8 Mile, Sorority Boys), with the part eventually going to the latter. Thompson explains that Fat Albert is the biggest and tallest member of his gang, and that Miller, who stands at 6’5”, is easily the larger...
...film does offer some savory situational comedy (particularly when a gang of pirates invades the crew’s ship) and the soundtrack—largely composed of Seu Jorge’s soulful Portuguese reworkings of Bowie classics—is one of the year’s best. The set design on the ship is truly stunning, and a pair of scenes that capture the bustle on board while panning across a cross-section of the entire ship are jaw-dropping in their brazen gaudiness. But, as The Life Aquatic ends with Anderson’s trademark last...