Word: gangland
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...most potentially punishing blow was a plan to publicly name the businesses acting as fronts for gangland interests as a way of discouraging patronage and slashing their earnings...
...pattern of death in New York's protracted mob war became clearer last week as one of the city's highest-ranking Mafiosi became victim No. 18 in more than a year of gangland slayings. Found on a Brooklyn street with five .32 caliber wounds in his head was Thomas (Tommy Ryan) Eboli, 61, a top leader of one of New York's five Mafia families. Federal officials now believe that much of the bloodshed is part of a clever and brutal drive by the nation's most powerful Mafia commander, Carlo Gambino, 73, to seize...
...YORK--Police Monday questioned "known associates and connections" of Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, reputed Mafia chieftan, who was slain Sunday in New York's 15th gangland style execution of the year...
...always seemed curious to me that so many people would prefer to share their churches and neighborhoods with gangland killers rather than homosexuals. After all, isn't love, whether for the same sex or the opposite sex, a better example for our children than the current national fascination with Mafia heroes...
...April 17]. What is it about the gangster Joey Gallo that appeals to people like Actress Joan Hackett and Author Marta Curro? Are they titillated by the company of violent and dangerous men? Would they find such men "absolutely charming" and "fascinating" if they were to witness firsthand a gangland slaying...