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...REALLY NEED to know about this show is summed up in the title, which works like this: capitalize the letters of a word to make them seem like initials; reverse the natural order of syntax in a phrase; don't worry if the meaning gets lost in the process as long as the result looks uncommon. Following these simple guidelines, Cornelia Ravenal rearranged that hackneyed phrase, "the original sin," into the bogus poetry of "SIN...the original." It's a title that pokes fun at cliche by blowing it up, flaunting it, the way pop art does, as though...
...where ex-Mafia Executioner Dellacroce is struggling with Drug King Carmine Galante over leadership of the city's five crime clans. Mafiosi from coast to coast will look on the winner as the don with the most "respect," the capo di tutti capi (translation: boss of bosses); in a word, the Godfather. The loser may wind up dead...
...Manhattan to Canada. The first casualties were two Galante spies discovered among Dellacroce's followers. The Little Lamb acted quickly to get rid of the black sheep; their bodies have not been found. Next, Dellacroce sent gunmen to Harlem to shoot a number of heroin dealers?then spread the word that Galante had ordered the hits. Dellacroce's goal was to disrupt Galante's connections with black Narcotics King Leroy ("Nicky") Barnes. Federal agents arrested Barnes on March 16, confiscating $1 million worth of heroin (he was released on $300,000 bail, which he raised by pledging $1.25 million worth...
...said to own 24% of the Aladdin Casino and virtually to control its operation. A court affidavit disclosing the probe was the first official word of Mob holdings in a Las Vegas casino since Nevada authorities supposedly ran them out of town about ten years...
Last week, however, when 246 U.S. bishops gathered in Chicago's Palmer House to discuss the matter at their semi-annual meeting, the 5,000-word final draft of the statement expressed appreciation for the Detroit meeting and a willingness to at least think about its long list of recommendations. Moreover, a group of 20 Call to Action enthusiasts, led by Newark's Archbishop Peter Gerety, put through an amendment that sets up a special committee to monitor the handling of the Detroit proposals over the next five years...