The Baltimore Sun Jacques Kelly column: Book recalls bad old days of...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......subtitle The Violent Career of Baltimore's Plug Uglies 1854-1860. This is a volume for students...thugs and belonged to the notorious Plug Uglies, from the Seton Hill-Biddle Street-Pennsylvania...times of these elections, because the Plug Uglies did the dirty work for the ...

Players sale backs up South American clubs

Xinhua News Agency;  December 25, 2006 ;     257 words ...Players sale backs up South American clubs RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- South America's top...reported Deloitte. The O Globo newspaper concluded that South American clubs were caught up in a vicious circle - fans stay away from...

Stories From the Earth

The Washington Post;  December 29, 1991 ;     700+ words ......regard for the famous gangs: the Shirt Tails, Roach Guard, Plug Uglies and Dead Rabbits. These gangs, and the unorganized rabble...from politically correct broom and carpet makers. From the Plug Uglies to the Tweed Ring, the evolution of the neighborhood was from...

DVD AND VIDEO: UNFUNNY SEQUEL Men in Black II Dsdfsdffdl

The Independent on Sunday;  January 26, 2003 ;     58 words ......wiseacre attitude. But the concept has lost its novelty, and it's nowhere near as funny. What does distinguish the film is that it is oddly beautiful, in a hideous kind of way - Rick Baker has devised a spectacular batallion of new plug- uglies.

A KILLING THAT SHATTERED BOUNDARIES EIGHTH IN A SERIES

The Boston Globe;  December 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the age of street crime in the United States. War Whyos and Plug Uglies Jeffrey L. Bly, modern gang member, emerged from the same...sports team paraphernalia, were New York groups such as the Plug Uglies named for the leather-stuffed headgear they wore during battle...

Nation Has Long History Of Gangs

The Washington Post;  September 18, 2003 ;     485 words ......the mid-1800s, New York was home to such groups as the Plug Uglies, the Dead Rabbits and the Chichesters. The Dead Rabbit Gang was known for muggings and picking pockets. The Plug Uglies Gang -- named after the members' big plug hats -- had a...

RESULT!: Don't let red smugs bite; IN ASSOCIATION WITH betfair.com.(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  November 3, 2007 ;     245 words ...Byline: DEREK McGOVERN WHAT a clash at the Emirates today - plug uglies against smug uglies. I don't quite know what Manchester United's training regime is but I suspect a large part of it is devoted...

Ocean County United Italian American Clubs Association Holds 5th Italian...

Italian Voice, The;  August 11, 2005 ;     378 words ......28 the Ocean County United Italian American Clubs Association sponsored the Fifth Italian...The Association invited all Italian American clubs in Ocean County to participate in this...Presidents of the county's Italian American clubs to an annual testimonial dinner that...

The bottom line: after years of growth, a flailing world economy and...

Soccer Digest;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......roadblock. The once seemingly endless supply of television network and sponsorship cash pouring into European and South American clubs has begun to dry. Late 1990s spending sprees and corruption have plagued teams even further. Many teams, now forced to answer...

SOC: South American clubs warned about sidelining top players

AAP Sports News (Australia);  December 15, 2001 ;     430 words ...AAP Sports News (Australia) 12-15-2001 SOC: South American clubs warned about sidelining top players By Jose Maria Amarilla ASUNCION, Dec 14 Reuters - The South American Football Confederation...

Scorsese's low score: gangs of New York is mere filmmaking, not...

The American Prospect;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......wagging their weaponry, painstakingly stylized in diction and dress. There were the Bowery Boys and the Forty Thieves, the Plug Uglies and the Dead Rabbits, the riders of Rohan and the Uruk-hai, the hobbits, the elves, the ents. And when Bill the Butcher and...

Argentine clubs seeking reinforcements from smaller South American clubs

AP Worldstream;  July 15, 2003 ;     525 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina As Argentine soccer clubs cash in on transfers of their top players to clubs abroad, many teams are plucking stars from smaller Latin American squads to round out their depleted rosters. The reason? Economics. The country's top clubs remain on

Kiwis pitch in for American clubs

The Press;  August 4, 2007 ;     203 words ...Canterbury pitcher Penese Iosefo and position players Daniel Milne and Travis Wilson will be suiting up for North American club teams at the International Softball Congress world fastball tournament in Kitchener, Ontario, next week. Black Sox players, infielder Wilson and outfielder Milne, are both

Weeks following his gang's lead: Snitching to cops.(News)

The Boston Herald;  January 16, 2000 ;     630 words ......it the Winter Hill Gang. Then, The Bulger Group. But its real name should forever be the Rat Pack. Because that's all these plug-uglies from Southie ever were. Snitching right and left, they played their gangster game of musical chairs until now only one chair...

Colombia's bloodstained peace.

The Economist (US);  June 6, 1992 ;     700+ words ...An Ex-Minister arrives for tea in an armoured limousine, with six gun-toting plug-uglies. The bullet-scar on his chin shows that such protection can be penetrated. Bogota, a handsome, friendly city, is a dangerous place...