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...former FBI special agent who lived the Mafia lifestyle for six years in deep cover as Donnie Brasco, I can vouch for the authenticity of The Sopranos, the HBO phenomenon created by David Chase. I lived day and night with the Bonnano crime family of New York City, interacting with wiseguys and their families, attending Mob weddings, funerals and family get-togethers. Chase understands their subtleties, from the emphatic hand gestures to their unwritten code of honor...
...anyway?the new wonder medicine is raising patients' hopes and inspiring reveries of recovery. For one thing, it was invented by a bona fide pharmacist?never mind that his scientific expertise was with prawns and not people. For another, dozens of his patients are eager and willing to vouch for Vichai's miracle...
...notoriously unvigilant bar like New York City's Malkan's, whose entire business model seemed to be based on serving minors. But the seasoned bartenders at Rudy's in New Haven and Dean's in Cleveland, Ohio, seemed equally impressed that a high school sporting club would vouch for Bannon...
Detractors are also afraid that young kids might confuse a club event with science class, concluding that school authorities vouch for both. Ashley, a Pleasant Gap fifth-grader who has attended Good News Clubs for four years, does not appear to realize that the club's warnings about damnation are not made by her public school. She says the club is led by "my teachers and members of my church." And in her case, as with some other clubs, she is not entirely wrong--one of the club leaders is also a full-time teacher's aide...
...next day, those who had a white employer vouch for them were issued green tags, which they were required to wear, and released from the concentration camps into the custody of their employer. Black men without employers were required to work cleaning up the burned area for no compensation other than meals and housing...