Meyer Lansky

The passing of the eighteenth amendment provided an opportunity for Lucania to recruit some new meat. Lucania became one of the “Big Six” of bootlegging along with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel (“Luciano”, n.d.). His bootlegging gang grew throughout the 1920’s. Lucania and his friends recruited new Jewish gang members, including Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, nicknamed “Lepke” by his mother, Abner “Longie” Zwillman, another Jew, and Zwillman’s partner, Willie Moretti (Gosch, 1975). These unscrupulous characters dominated the illegal liquor trade on the East Coast (“Luciano”, n.d.). Lucania was also an associate of Arnold Rothstein, also known as the Big Bankroll, who had bootlegging and gambling operations (“Luciano, n.d.). As Lucania was becoming more popular, he was recruited as a gunman by crime boss, Joe Masseria. The recruitment to Joe Masseria’s gang, resulted in jealousy from another crime boss competing for Lucania’s attention, Salvatore Maranzano. There was no letup of the pressure from both Salvatore Maranzano and Joe “the Boss” Masseria for Lucania to make a decision and join one or the other (Gosch, 1975). Charles was sure that sooner or later, more sooner than later, Maranzano and Masseria would have a war (Gosch, 1975). The two would never be happy until one of them got rubbed out (Gosch, 1975). “To me, the whole thing was a matter of…

upon the trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins earned a rating of 14 + age group. The literary version relating the journey of Katniss Everdeen attempting to free Panem from a dictator is deemed suitable for a younger audience. The use of poetic license by visual media to increase the viewer appeal may contribute to the variance in age appropriateness. The Twilight series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) by Stephenie Meyer is a good…

Alternate Ending Zach Bingham The Hunted is a sequel to The Living and in The Living a boy named Shy took a summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. But then while on the cruise liner everything changes when the Big One hits. Shy is left at sea for weeks then a one of the biggest earthquakes to hit California strikes and his life is changed forever. The earthquake…

Single cruises are becoming extremely popular because they are a great way to get away from it all, and to meet new people, and they cater to many interests, and, and....There are several reasons that single cruises are becoming popular-but mostly they are a lot of fun. You can choose from several different lengths of single cruises and several different types of activities and "themes" for your cruise. Although the cruise ship will not have exclusively singles on it, it will have a much larger…

The book that I am reading is the Vampire Diaries The Return: Nightfall. The main thing I am focusing on today are the two brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. I will be talking about the difference and similarities with the two brothers. Also, how it corresponds with the storyline what makes it important. Now let's begin! The eldest brother Damon Salvatore is very reckless , selfish, realistic, and humorist. Damon is a reckless vampire and he leaves a mess when he is feeding and doesn't have…

“Vampires and Vixens” written by Alison Happel and Jennifer Esposito is an article written to educate and advise readers of present feministic and post-feministic controversy veiled in today’s media, specifically in the movie ‘Twilight’ directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The two authors express their concerns about the film by addressing the film itself, the teachings of popular culture, post-feminism, and sexualized violence. Even though the article “Vampires and Vixens” did contradict itself…

Societal interest in the vampire has waxed and waned throughout the ages though they have remained ever present. Vampires have gone through many evolutions, as have their admirers and audience. Throughout the centuries they have been portrayed as dreaded creatures of the night, beings to be pitied, and, in recent years, as love interests. The evolution of vampires can be traced back throughout history using their presence in mythology, literature, and film. Vampires, like most creatures of…

Over the last couple centuries there have been many tales of the creatures of the night. Two of the most famous are Vampires and Werewolves. In the stories told of them they are almost always natural enemies. Fighting to the death over who knows what. Money? Power? Kristen Stewart? They’re alike in a lot of ways, but also different. Werewolves were thought to have originated in Europe, but a lot of the original stories came from Native Americans. The origination of vampirism did however…

Tossing and turning, I could not sleep the night before our cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. Excitement had gotten the best of me. It was the day of the cruise. We all met 5:30am sharp outside of our friend Aaron’s house. All of us carpooled together in Joey’s car and hit the road to Long Beach, California; where it is the home of the Carnival Corporation’s Long Beach Cruise Terminal. When we arrived we can see all the cruise ships that were departing that day. First we went through the terminals,…

together and at most will work in a small group for a short time therefore it is illogical for every American vampire to band together for an extended period of time. The topic of vampire feeding also raises other issues. Vampires have extraordinary stamina and strength compared to human. Additionally, vampires have animal like senses of both sight and smell thus all these factors together making hunting trivial for them. With this established it can be concluded that vampires have no need to…