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    with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons.’ (Dictionary.com). The traditional interpretation in today 's society correlates with many negative connotations. The word gang is associated with crime, violence, gangsters, drugs and murders. In many cases, a gang is another perspective of someone 's family. Considering, a group of people closely bond with love, passion, and care; it could be concluded that in certain situations gangs are the only outlet for an…

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    Al Capone Research Paper

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    The Big Fella Scarface Al capone had one of the biggest impacts in the world to this day. He may have been one of the worst men in history, but positive things came from his actions. This man was known for being one of the most infamous gangsters, and committing many crimes. He often said, “you can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone” (Capone 1945). The words he said above shows that he was willing to do anything to get what he wanted. He repeatedly…

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    Momah Hugh A00018500 Essay 22nd February, 2016 Life and Times of Robert Capa. Robert Capa whose real name was Endre Ernõ Friedman was born on the 22nd of October, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary and died on the 25th of May 1954. Robert was a Jewish combat photographer and a photojournalist who photographed mostly wars. He photographed many popular war like the Spanish civil war, the second Sino-Japanese war, the World War II across Europe and many other popular wars which shuck the world. Capa had…

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    “I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid” (John Gotti-The Dapper Don). John Gotti, one of the most famous mobsters in history, committed many crimes through his life. He started stealing, fighting and drinking in his early life and was also arrested at least nine times before his twenty-first birthday. This made him very appealing to the Gambino family; however Gotti wanted to be on top. He would soon make it there and remove anybody in his way. John Gotti used…

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    Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the district of Brooklyn in New York. His parents are of Italian origin and immigrated in the United States in 1888. By this time there was a massive wave of immigration in America called “New immigration”, the third and largest wave of immigration from Europe consisted of slaves, Jews and Italian. Those new immigrants were mostly artisans and peasants who leave poverty in Italy to begin a new life in United States. There were also a small population of…

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    film explores the lives of these young Jewish individuals, the plot itself pans in on the relationship between David 'Noodles ' Aaronson and Max Bercowicz - Brooklyn scoundrels who grow up to become big-time gangsters during the Prohibition era. This is not your typical form of the gangster genre with Italian hoods but rather…

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    Rosario Verna was dying. Not a very unique circumstance in New Torcastle. People were dying, or died, every day, whether it be the men, women, the old and young all alike. And Rosario was not dying in the traditional sense, as others outside the city might think. He was not dying of natural causes. No sickness or cancer afflicted his strong body, though something was killing him inside. Something entirely manmade, entirely of New Torcastle. Rosario had always lived just enough for the city,…

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    John Gotti Biography

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    John Gotti Net Worth Introduction Powerful Italian-American gangster John Gotti is also famous as the head of Gambino Crime Family of New York. Also famous as Teflon Don, John Gotti had a net worth of around $10 million at the time of his death. Biography & Wiki John Gotti was born on 27th October 1940 in South Bronx, New York. His father’s name was J. Joseph Gotti and his mother was Fannie who were Italian immigrants. His father works as a day labor and finds it pretty hard to run a family of…

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    Alcatraz Al Capone was one of the greatest criminals that ever lived. He was the 85 inmate of Alcatraz. Al Capone was so sneaky that he opened up secret bars and did that till he was found in 1939 . Al Capone was paying officers to keep his secret bars hidden for good. If the officers did not agree to keep their bars hidden they threatened to kill there family and anyone that they loved. Of course the officers did not like that. The officers started to agree to Al Capone's deals.…

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    Donnie Brasco was an alias of undercover agent Joseph Pistone. Joseph Pistone was born in 1939 in Era, Pennsylvania and grew up in Paterson New Jersey. He graduated from Paterson state college. He left with a B.A. in elementary education social studies in 1965. He then worked as a teacher for one year before taking a position at the office of naval intelligence. He joined the FBI in 1969 after serving many other different roles. In 1974 there was an increase in truck hijackings. During that year…

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