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...seem to satisfy our appetite for the Mob. We've heard those murky wiretap recordings, seen the grainy surveillance photos, obsessively watched The Godfather and The Sopranos. But we want to know more, whether it's about the prep work for plunging an ice pick into someone's neck (tape the handle to avoid fingerprints) or the supplies needed for going to war with another crime family (bring big pots for marinara sauce to feed everyone at the safe house). Now two breezy new gangland guides, Donnie Brasco's The Way of the Wiseguy (Running Press; 224 pages) and Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mob Life for Dummies | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...Muntinlupa, Philippines. A scion of the wealthy Zobel de Ayala family, Enzo, as he was known by his countrymen, had a reputation as a high-flying but hard-working tycoon who later became a generous philanthropist, particularly after a polo accident in 1991 left him paralyzed from the neck down. Recalled fellow Manila businessman Guillermo Luz: "He was proud to be the working rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...clinched a team victory in the semifinals of the Blue-Gray Invitational Tournament when Harvard played UNC neck-and-neck to a 3-3 tie, placing all the pressure on Riddell...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Battles No. 1 Illinois to End | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

Though she doesn't have to travel to sing at Caesars Palace, Diva Las Vegas has been in pain onstage--so Dion's doctor had her take time off for a neck sprain. This week her show will go back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off The Road Again | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Stoppin' Us Now, which has become the unofficial anthem of Philadelphia's professional sports teams; of a gunshot wound; in Philadelphia. The singer-songwriter who, with his partner Gene McFadden, wrote a string of R.-and-B. hits in the 1970s, was shot in the neck as he and a nephew worked on a car. Police say the nephew may have been the intended target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 24, 2004 | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

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