Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extortion scheme against the New York City construction industry. The killings involve the 1979 rubout of Bonanno Boss Carmine Galante and two associates. Bonanno Soldier Anthony Indelicato, 30, and alleged current Bonanno Boss Philip (Rusty) Rastelli, 68, are accused of plotting the hit, with the Commission's blessing, to prevent Galante from seizing control of the Gambino family. (Rastelli, already engaged in a separate racketeering case, will face trial later.) The jurors will see a videotape of Indelicato, who is a defendant in the Commission case, being congratulated shortly after the killings by high-ranking Gambino family members...
Breaux's hope is to prevent Moore from winning the magic 50%, then to unify all the Democratic factions behind him for the runoff. "I have been an effective legislator," says Breaux. "I am talking performance while he is talking plans." Known as an artful wheeler-dealer on Capitol Hill, Breaux has $ in fact pushed through 19 pieces of legislation in the House, vs. none for Moore. The Democrat has played down the issue of party affiliation in his campaign, urging people to vote for the man, not the party. "I am an independent moderate Democrat," says he. "To elect...
...same time, the President would issue an Executive Order, much like the one announced last year, imposing limited new sanctions against South Africa. Also in the planning stage was an African trip by Secretary of State George Shultz. Thus, through various efforts, the White House hoped to prevent the Senate from overriding the President's veto. Reagan is as opposed as ever to any kind of sanctions against South Africa. If pressed, he would accept some innocuous additional measures, like restrictions on new investment in companies that do not follow principles of racial equality. In its determination not to upset...
Deserted by many of his usual allies, Reagan does not have enough votes now to prevent the House and Senate from overriding his veto, according to the White House and Republican vote-counters in Congress...
Eight others, including Weaver, were then arrested when they tried to prevent the police officers from driving away. The first three were placed on probation and the second group was suspended until January. Now dubbed the "BU eleven," they face a pre-trial hearing in criminal court on October...