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...leader of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s thriving political wing, he told his party last year that their electoral success meant "physical force republicanism" was unnecessary. He even said the I.R.A. would "cease to be." Soon afterward, the I.R.A. made two symbolic disposals of weapons. Sinn Fein held a lavish ceremony in a Dublin hotel for the families of all I.R.A. members who died in the conflict. The implication was that the dying was over. Irish election results in May mean that, for the first time, a majority of those believed to be leaders of the I.R.A. are also...
Amadeus, written by Peter Shaffer, tells the story of composer Antonio Salieri and his jealousy for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Vienna Court. It features what HRST Publicity Coordinator Maggie S. Lehrman ’04 called “lavish costumes” and a “simple...
...sure, such a lavish tribute seems wholly inappropriate for a ruthless killer who made his living through hijacking, racketeering, extortion and drugs. Yet the virtual lionization of underworld figures is nothing new. During the 1920s, America’s mass media helped transform certain groups of brutal outlaws—namely, ethnic Irish and Italian hoods that operated within highly structured criminal syndicates—into pop culture icons. For many impoverished European immigrants, the rags-to-riches, Horatio Alger-like tales of powerful mobsters such as Big Jim Colosimo and the infamous Al Capone seemed to epitomize the American...
...measure, as CEO of the conglomerate Tyco, he often came out on top. He took home more than $300 million in total compensation in the past three years. He amassed an impressive collection of toys: three Harley-Davidson motorcycles; a 130-ft. classic 1930s sailing yacht; a private plane; lavish homes in New York City, coastal New Hampshire, Nantucket and Boca Raton, Fla.; and a small stake in the New Jersey Devils and the New Jersey Nets. Most important, in the past decade, he paid more than $60 billion for 200 major corporate acquisitions and hundreds of smaller ones...
Soon afterward, according to the prosecutors’ statement, the two began “living lavish lifestyles...