Articles > Government magazines > News and Education magazines > Swiss News articles > September 2000

Article: COSA NOSTRA PACKAGE.(political correctness and The Godfather)(Brief Article)

Article from:
Swiss News
Article date:
September 1, 2000
Author:
Copyright

Since the seventies, Political Correctness (PC) has increasingly been invoked in order to warn you against using defamatory terms. So please don't insult your neighbour by calling her "housewife," as that unfortunate creature is in fact a "domestic incarceration survivor." Don't talk about old people because they're really "chronologically mature," "seasoned" or "senior citizens." Feminist linguists never tire of detecting linguistic deformations caused by "patriarchy," i.e. the "colonisation of the universe by men." In order to decolonise the language, we should replace abominable sexist pronouns such as she, he, him and her with "co," herself and himself with "cos"! ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Cosa Nostra bosses provoke outrage with plea ...
The Independent - London;  June 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... existence, the Sicilian Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, is trying a new approach - negotiation ... publicly dissociating themselves from Cosa Nostra and handing over some of their immense ... Reports of secret dealing between Cosa Nostra heads and senior police investigators ...

Article: Tales of a 'Mafia Mamma'; Breaking with tradition, the ...
Newsweek International;  May 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of sorts) in the Sicilian mob, the Cosa Nostra. Italian media tapped the two brothers ... Or so she claims, at any rate. The Cosa Nostra isn't exactly a bastion of women ... woman to run one of the most important Cosa Nostra families. By all accounts, she did ...

Article: Italian party had 'serene' relations with Cosa ...
The Independent - London;  January 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... between the Christian Democrats [CD] and Cosa Nostra were serene for at least a decade ... Salvo was the principal link between Cosa Nostra and the political world," he said ... Thanks to the good offices of Andreotti, Cosa Nostra enjoyed a period of impunity." Asked ...

Article: Revamped Cosa Nostra back with a vengeance
Scotland on Sunday;  December 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... instrumental in the reorganisation of Cosa Nostra. Giuffre has been on the run since ... out war with Rome were destroying Cosa Nostra. Provenzano has dismantled Riina's evil empire, taking Cosa Nostra back to a policy of non-confrontation ...

Article: Burla la Cosa Nostra a la justicia ...
Reforma (México D.F., México);  November 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Nadie se explica cmo se las arregl la Cosa Nostra para colarse la madrugada del sbado ... estragos si revela las relaciones de Cosa Nostra con polticos, empresarios e instituciones ... la severa ley del silencio de la Cosa Nostra y permiti a la justicia ganar la primera ...

Article: Sicilian businessmen openly defying the Mafia in rebellion ...
AP Worldstream;  January 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...When it came down to business, Cosa Nostra could always count on fear. No more ... other successes in the fight to break Cosa Nostra's stranglehold on Sicily. In the ... culture of fear could ultimately lead to Cosa Nostra's undoing. The businesses are openly ...

Article: COSA NOSTRA GOVERNMENT KEEPS HACKING AT THIS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 21, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... ruling body of the New York branch of the Cosa Nostra. In U.S. District Court in Manhattan ... prosecution that the ruling council of the Cosa Nostra will be judged in a courtroom. U ... on Staten Island, the bosses of the Cosa Nostra conspired to control several of the ...

Article: Reorganiza Cosa Nostra su futuro.(Internacional)
Reforma (México D.F., México);  April 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... arresto del hombre que ha dirigido la Cosa Nostra en las ltimas dcadas tiene en vilo a ... significar el principio del fin de la Cosa Nostra. "Hay gente que tiene miedo. Pero ... 10 aos ha conseguido arrebatarle a la Cosa Nostra el primado en Italia. El segundo de ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives