Word: thefts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bring anything too expensive, especially jewelry. Theft is a possibility, and the chances it will be lost or accidentally broken are high. Also, despite the huge number of formal occasions, family heirlooms are not a pre-requisite. Leave Grandma's ring or Grandpa's priceless watch at home...
...agent said authorities have not found tiesbetween the Harvard Square robbery attempt andother heists, such as the Faneuil Hall theft andan earlier one in New Hampshire. "No links havebeen established to any previous armored-carheist," Ginieres said
...nonelectric igniters and blasting caps used in some military demolition work. These devices do not require batteries and can be tossed into a backpack and safely carried into the field. Investigators are trying to determine whether the bombers obtained the devices from a military base, either by theft or through the black market. To date, however, no explosives, fuses or blasting caps have been determined to be missing from Fort Riley...
...exchange for guaranteed votes, Sicily's easily corruptible DC bosses, most of them allied with seven-term Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, looked the other way as the Mafia embarked on an orgy of grand theft and murder. The beautiful historic heart of Palermo was left to rot while Mafia-allied contractors put up ugly, jerry-built apartments on the capital's rim. Millions of dollars were siphoned from projects that were never completed and municipal services never rendered. Honest officials who tried to block or expose the corruption often became what Sicilians quaintly call "excellent cadavers...
...have to admit that there's something sturdy, maybe even indestructible, about Kiss of Death. It's the story of a not-too-bright crook and family man named Jimmy Kilmartin (Caruso) caught in a well-carpentered claustrophobic invention. Busted for his reluctant role in a big-time car theft, he gets the book thrown at him when he refuses to inform on his confederates. Then his wife dies, and his fatherly obligations to his little girl start calling. So does the D.A. (Stanley Tucci), who makes a proposal: help him catch the rest of the mob, and Jimmy...