Superb, wide-ranging look at Sicily is both appalling and uplifting

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 29, 1998 ;   RICHARD DYER;   778 words ......Sicily: On Art, Food, History, Travel, and La Cosa Nostra. By Peter Robb. Faber and Faber...after the war. That mayor, a member of La Cosa Nostra, was executed in 1992 as he left...that the Sicilian Mafia used the name La Cosa Nostra until a pentito, a turncoat, revealed...

Justice Department Reaffirms Position Regarding Use of Words `La Cosa

Italian Voice, The;  April 24, 1997 ;     513 words ......Reaffirms Position Regarding Use of Words `La Cosa Nostra' and `Mafia' The U.S. Department...general regarding the use of the words "La Cosa Nostra," and "Mafia," which many Italian...specifically alleging the existence of La Cosa Nostra or the Mafia. "Over the past 15...

A 'Made' Man Turns Into Star Witness; Cosa Nostra Veteran Is Key to...

The Washington Post;  April 6, 2001 ;   George Anastasia;   617 words ......provided the jury with an insider's view of La Cosa Nostra. Responding to questions posed...primary ingredient to being a member of a La Cosa Nostra family." It is, he said, "the most...knife for "the family." "We come first, La Cosa Nostra," he said. "Before your mother...

Government strikes at heart of Detroit La Costra Nostra: Suspected top...

The Washington Times;  March 15, 1996 ;   Seper, Jerry;   667 words ......have indicted the boss and several top La Cosa Nostra leaders in Detroit in a sweeping...Reno, during a press conference, said La Cosa Nostra continues to be a threat that requires...out the entire leadership of the Detroit La Cosa Nostra, and that arrests of syndicate...

Mafia boss turns tables on other reputed wiseguys with testimony.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 5, 2001 ;   Anastasia, George;   787 words ......provided the jury with an insider's view of La Cosa Nostra. Responding to questions posed...primary ingredient to being a member of a La Cosa Nostra family. It is, he said, the most...and knife for the family. We come first, La Cosa Nostra, he said. Before your mother and...

MOB

Philadelphia Weekly;  March 23, 2005 ;     388 words ......Philly (the Russian mob) vs. South Philly (La Cosa Nostra) If the Russian mob exists, it...all to hell, mostly by harking back to La Cosa Nostra's good ol' days, when Sicilian...it lasts. SCORECARD The Russian "Mob" La Cosa Nostra Sophistication 9 1 Bloodshed 1...

Not `Our Thing'

The Washington Post;  January 21, 1997 ;     159 words ......14} states, in part, "The latest files turned over were about La Cosa Nostra, as the FBI refers to organized crime." The Department of Justice refers to organized crime as "La Cosa Nostra" only when referring to a select group of criminals who...

Moscow's U.S. Prosecutor Knows Russia's Mafia, THE MOSCOW TIMES

The Moscow Times (Russia);  March 23, 2004 ;   Carl Schreck;   787 words ......the notorious organized crime syndicate La Cosa Nostra, or perhaps even corporations such...structure, which wasn't true." Unlike La Cosa Nostra, which has a structured hierarchy...States have a much looser structure [than La Cosa Nostra]. Even with the Gufeld Brigade...

Burla la Cosa Nostra a la justicia italiana.(Internacional)

Reforma (México D.F., México);  November 27, 2002 ;     578 words ......explica cómo se las arregló la Cosa Nostra para colarse la madrugada del s...omertê -la severa ley del silencio de la Cosa Nostra y permitió a la justicia ganar...establecido por la ley para interrogarlo. La Cosa Nostra siciliana, la Camorra napolitana...

Reorganiza Cosa Nostra su futuro.(Internacional)

Reforma (México D.F., México);  April 16, 2006 ;     514 words ......El arresto del hombre que ha dirigido la Cosa Nostra en las últimas décadas...237;a significar el principio del fin de la Cosa Nostra. Hay gente que tiene miedo. Pero...años ha conseguido arrebatarle a la Cosa Nostra el primado en Italia. El segundo...

Mafia power shifts with five guilty pleas

The Boston Globe;  January 23, 1992 ;   Andrew Blake, Globe Staff;   787 words ......that he is now the boss of the regional La Cosa Nostra. In court yesterday, the prosecution...to deny they are members of the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra or the Patriarca crime family...family. "We will continue to call them La Cosa Nostra and Mafia, despite their denials...

18 FACE CHARGES IN MAFIA DRUG RING

The Boston Globe;  December 20, 2002 ;   Douglas Belkin, Globe Staff;   756 words ......Medford homeowner who opened his doors to La Cosa Nostra for the 1989 induction ceremony...End, authorities said. "We're talking La Cosa Nostra," said Kurt Schwartz, chief of the attorney general's criminal bureau. "La Cosa Nostra still exists in much the same structure...

Italian Ices

The Washington Post;  April 12, 1998 ;   Michael Mewshaw;   787 words ...MIDNIGHT IN SICILY On Art, Food, History, Travel, and La Cosa Nostra By Peter Robb Faber and Faber. 326 pp. $25.95 Reviewed...and discursive in structure, Midnight in Sicily has a core, la Cosa Nostra -- the Italian mafia. And regardless of the narrative...

Ex-mobster says religion led him from life of crime: Michael Franzese...

Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  April 12, 2007 ;     443 words ......still alive. After years as a captain in the crime organization La Cosa Nostra, then leaving the mob and going public about it, it's...the Colombo crime family. It was a drastic move. He'd joined La Cosa Nostra in 1975 to make money and get his father, Sonny, the...

Proyecto numero 12.(El Angel)

Reforma (México D.F., México);  July 27, 2003 ;     787 words ......237;a que el diseño es la perfección de la cosa anterior a la cosa misma: en otras palabras el grado de perfecció...que se adecuarán la función y la forma de la cosa; la finalidad de la cosa perfectamente prevista en...