Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Penetrating a grand jury, the Mafia makes...
Like the Mounties, the Mafia always seems to get its man. Unlike Canada's national police, however, organized crime always has murder on its mind. FBI and other Justice Department officials are now contemplating the disturbing fact that no protection-not even the supposed secrecy of grand jury proceedings-is a barrier to Mob hit men when they set out to protect omertà, the curtain of silence around Mafia affairs...
Long has been lucky. Twice, formal indictments were voted against him by a grand jury in Baltimore accusing him and two other legislators of committing 45 "over acts" in connection with a bribery-kickback scheme during construction of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. And twice, the U.S. Attorney's indictment recommendation was denied by John Mitchell's Justice Department with no explanation given. Mitchell, of course, was the architect of Nixon's Southern Strategy...
Kosinski sees life that way... random, unconnected, and without design. He said, "The notion of a plot is fraudulent; there is no central plot to our lives." Denying the plot, the grand design, Kosinski concentrates on the incident, weaving his novels "around a system of conscious moments." The individual, by his very presence in those moments, creates whatever unity exists in life and becomes the "connective element...
...Richard Petty and redneck stock car races on Southern oval tracks. Like actors and baseball players, racing enthusiasts are regarded as somewhat declasse. But the Harvard-dominated Medenica team defies all the stereotypes, both in racing style and in personnel. They compete in Formula Ford road racing, on Grand Prix-style courses with single-seat cars equipped with 1600cc. Ford Fiesta motors. While Formula Ford cars can't match the flat-out power of Indy types they still average 90 to 100 mph on twisting, graded courses...