Word: vincents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...often shuffles along the sidewalks of his Greenwich Village neighborhood dressed in a bathrobe and slippers and babbling to himself. Vincent (Chin) Gigante, 62, looks as if he can barely attend to his own affairs, much less oversee the country's most powerful Mob family. His lawyers contend that Chin, a former glass-jawed prizefighter (hence the nickname), is mentally ill. But federal agents believe his behavior is an act designed to avoid prosecution. Recalls John Pritchard, a former FBI supervisor: "Once in 1985 I saw Gigante walk outdoors in a bathrobe. He climbed into a car, and several blocks...
...Genovese soldier Vincent (Fish) Cafaro, in 1988 Senate testimony...
That episode, which took place in November 1983, came to light because Savino later became a rare traitor in the Genovese ranks. In 1987 he wore a concealed microphone to help prosecutors build evidence for an indictment last May of Genovese boss Vincent (Chin) Gigante and other leading mobsters. The charge: controlling a labor union and rigging $143 million worth of contracts for windows in public housing since 1978. The Mob is not taking this act of betrayal lying down, but Savino may. Two weeks ago, a gasoline bomb was found on the seat of his wife's Pontiac Grand...
When Steinbrenner arrived at Vincent's office last Monday, he was presented with the draft of an order suspending him for two years. As expected, Steinbrenner's lawyers protested. At that moment Vincent unveiled his counteroffer, scribbling the terms on a yellow legal pad that should be enshrined under glass in Cooperstown. The agreement called for Steinbrenner to acknowledge wrongdoing, become a minority owner, forgo any possible litigation and agree to a lifetime ban on even discussing the Yankees with the new managing partner...
Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent has succeeded where Yankee fans have failed: he got George Steinbrenner to give up running the worst team in the majors...