Word: maffia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet diplomatic defector, TIME's art department faced an urgent problem: it needed shots of Soviet leaders of the 1950s and '60s, plus key events in U.S.-Soviet relations of that period. Within a few hours, almost 200 color and black-and-white photographs arrived. Artist Daniel Maffia used many of these as reference material to guide him in creating the illustrations that accompany the story...
...origins of the Mafia are lost in the mists of Sicily's tortured history. Scholars disagree on whether the term came from maehfil, meaning union in the language of the 9th century Arab conquerors of Sicily, or from the Tuscan word maffia, signifying poverty or misery. But there is little doubt that centuries of foreign occupation and feudal oppression turned Sicily into a unique breeding ground for organized crime...
...painting of John Lennon by Dan Maffia depicts him as I saw him: a bit arrogant, confident, but forever young...