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...true colors and waging a political campaign on behalf of an "unpoliticized judiciary." Of course, Bork long ago might have had his place at the pinacle of America's "unpolitical judiciary" had not Reagan instead decided to nominate the first woman to the Court in 1981 and the first Italian-American...
Sunday marked the 80th annual Columbus Day celebration for residents of the North End, whose Italian-American ancestors made the day a traditional party to commemorate the European discovery of America...
...cooperation has become extensive. U.S. authorities have traveled to Italy to share information with their Italian counterparts; Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Rose flew to Brazil last year after Buscetta's arrest. Only hours after those named in the Italian arrest warrants had been taken into custody in the U.S., top law-enforcement officials from both countries met at the Justice Department in Washington to make plans for combined police actions and prosecutions in the U.S. and Italy. The 14-member Italian-American working group has encouraged local law-enforcement officials. "It's about time law enforcement...
Among the Italian-American mobsters who are believed to have collaborated with U.S. intelligence before the Allied landing in Sicily was Charles ("Lucky')' Luciano. In 1946, Dewey commuted his 30-to 50-year sentence for running a New York prostitution ring so that he could be deported to Italy. Together with a number of other American mobsters, Luciano helped form a new organization that was far more interested in the burgeoning international drug market than in old-fashioned "businesses" such as cattle rustling and extortion. The inevitable clash between the new and old Mafia resulted in a sensational...
First it was Chrysler's Lee lacocca, then Continental Airlines Chief Frank Lorenzo; now it is Mario Cuomo and Geraldine Ferraro. From this, should we conclude that when an organization is floundering, an injection of Italian-American spirit will save it? I hope there are enough of us to go around...