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    Mob Museum CULTUREIFY On February 14, 1929, a day that was anything but sweet hearts amidst a bed of roses, the St. Valentines Day Massacre unfolded as five rivals of gangster Al Capone and two wannabes were gunned down in a garage on the North Side of Chicago, IL. The day’s events are, arguably, the most publicized and talked about mob event in history. The sole purpose of the killings was the elimination of George “Bugs” Moran, the last rival to Al Capone’s title of crime boss in Chicago. Witness statements are varied, but this is generally how the slaying was believed to have ‘gone down’… News St. Valentines Day Massacre At about 10:30 a.m., in Chicago, IL, four men pushed…

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    of violence between the Italian-Sicilian mob led by Al Capone and the Irish-Jewish mob led by Dion O'Banion. O'Banion was later shot dead by four people in his flower shop on North State Street (1). At O'Banion's funeral, he received a basket of roses with a note saying "From Al". This event led to a new peace treaty in 1926 by the leading gangsters. Unfortunately, this treaty did not hold due to Al Capone, who was determined to take control of the city of Chicago and become the most famous…

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    Al Capone Legacy

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    Herbert Hoover ordered his Secretary of the Treasury to find a way to jail Capone, who up until now had managed to evade being implicated in any illegal act.” The government after him and gang fights happening Al began to go to extreme heights to protect himself, even if it meant new crimes. St. Valentine 's Day Massacre With O 'Bannion dead, a new leader, “Bugs” Moran, comes to power to terrorize Al’s empire. New limits were reached on February 14, 1929 when Al Capone and John Mcgurn ordered…

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    move to Chicago where he was running a successful gambling and prostitution operation. The money involved intrigued Al and he began working for Johnny. With a growing reputation came the attention of many media outlets and his name quickly spread throughout the state and even the country. This was a growing concern for Al as well as the whole operation in general as the police were also being informed. Throughout the years and a growing relationship with Johnny, he began to take on a leadership…

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    Al Capone Research Paper

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    Al Capone: a man who started living a rich and lavish lifestyle by the age of 30. Living that lifestyle, always comes with a price; especially if it’s not legal at all. Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone rose in the 1930s to become one of the most notorious mob bosses in history. His actions not only affected the Chicago area, but had a major impact on the gangster himself. Prohibition, Gambling Dens, Whorehouses, and Gang Murders all made him the popular mob boss that everyone knows about today.…

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    His family cruel treatment and neglect causes Groger to self starve as he loses his appetite to eat.His family is hugely at fault because they saw him as a problem and were disgusted by him. He felt neglected and isolated which made him give up on himself.If his family had accepted him, since he didn't see care about turning into bug he would have not stopped eating. Gregor, himself is also responsible as he is the one who stop eating and no one forced him to starve. From the death scene only,…

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    “test” did not test my ability to actually program and understand logic nor did it represent any understanding of the given material. My friend and I would spend days wrapping our head around each given objective in the weekly mini projects. Countless hours brainstorming and interpreting logic into actual code. What made sense in our heads didn’t always work out in practice. Every time we got a program to work was like a “Eureka!” moment, but be careful because there are always bugs lurking…

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    PINK RABBIT AND THE BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT “HEY, Bunnies! Now the time to Race today” A BIG FAT Rabbit with specs and expensive blue suit announced with A Mike in his hand. He is standing in the Exact center of the racing track. His hands are white, ears are white from the outer side and red at the inner. He is looking exactly as a Big fatty rabbit looks. After listening to this, a bunch of rabbits starts running to the cars of them. They are all kind of rabbits, The black rabbits, white…

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    Tom Robbins Trickster

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    Desire and Mischief Tom Robbins once said, “The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, [and] stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.” Tricksters exist in all types of literature. They take part in poems, books, short stories, and even cartoons and movies. One piece of literature that contains examples of tricksters would be the short story, Tselane and the Giant. This story is a great example because it contains more…

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    right and what is wrong. A baby is innocent. Throughout the years a child starts know how to hate certain races and favor others. The child does not learn this by himself, it’s the parents that teach him this. An example of this would be in the Language Awareness book on page thirty nine, when Rebekah states how she made fun of the girl using the word nigger. She said she did not know where she learned the word only to later find out that her father used this word often when speaking to his…

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