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    Al Capone Paper

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    Alex Villone CRJ 150 November 15‚ 2012 Professor Fitzgerald Paper # 2 The Infamous Mobster Al Capone Al Capone‚ also known as Scarface‚ was born in Brooklyn‚ New York to immigrant parents born in 1899. He dropped out of school in sixth grade to become affiliated to a notorious street gang. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader along with Lucky Luicano‚ who would later break off from the gang. In 1919 Capone joined Torrio in Chicago and became a lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. Capone

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    Prohibition

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    Taking Sides; there are two opposing sides to the question‚ “was prohibition a failure?” David E. Kyvig argues that the Volstead act did not specifically prohibit the use or consumption of alcohol beverages and that liquor was still being provided by gangland bootleggers to provide alcohol to the demands of the consumers. Regardless of the efforts to enforce the law the federal government failed to create an acceptable institutional network that insured the obedience of the people. Even though the consumption

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    Some Like It Hot Analysis

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    The comedy ‘Some Like it Hot’ was named the best American Comedy all the time during the year 2000 by the American Film institute as directed by Billy Wilder (Ku 1). The comedy is a gender bender movie whereby you cannot know the flow of the movie and what is bound to happen next. In this narrative‚ jazz singers Jerry and Joe (Jack Lemmon) and (Tony Curtis) witness the execution done by ‘spats’. They‚ however‚ decide to run away to Miami while dressed like women‚ and they call themselves Daphne and

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    The Criminal Styles of Al Capone and John Dillinger Al Capone is the most powerful and infamous gangster in the United States ’ history. At the same time‚ John Dillinger is one of the most notorious bank robbers in the United States ’ history. Al Capone built a criminal empire based on fear of the people. According to "Al Capone Quotes" (2001-2011)‚ “I have built my organization upon fear (p. 1).” On the other hand‚ John Dillinger did not want to scare people or for people to have any fear of him

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    Discuss how the two poems ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘’Let Me Die A Youngman’s Death’’ by Roger McGough‚ perceive and deal with death. The two poems ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘’Let Me Die A Youngman’s Death’’ by Roger McGough ostensibly appear different‚ but both share the theme of death. The two poets present this theme in clearly different ways. On one hand‚ ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ is an allusion to the

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    Stanley Kubrick

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    "I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other‚ as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself." (Stanley Kubrick) As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era‚ Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. He had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider‚ he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood‚ which he disliked‚ maintaining

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    Should Drug Be Legalized?

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    Should Drugs Be Legalized? Drugs are actually kind of brilliant products as they bring a lot of advantages to our society especially in medical area except when someone misuses them. Because of these abuses‚ certain drugs have been designated as illegal articles in lots of countries across the globe. Thus‚ we can see that in these recent decades‚ our society has involved in holy drug wars with the aim to strike against this disastrous drug abuses trend. However‚ a new phenomenon occurs when some

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    Villians and Outlaws

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    Villains and Outlaws Mac Millan‚ Macmillan Library Reference USA‚ 1998 - Law - 361 pages Bring history to life with this unique collection featuring vivid profiles of famous people‚ places and historical events. Articles are selected with the curriculum in mind‚ and include newly written and selected articles from the distinguished Macmillan Reference USA collection. Rewritten for students starting at the middle school level each volume features a lively two-color design‚ photographs‚ quotes and

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    In the year 1990 Warner Bros released a motion picture titled Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese‚ the narratives main strand dealt with the issue of a misguided youth enjoying his rites of passage from within the inner sanctum of the Italian gangland of the early sixties New York. The narrative continues in a narrated biographical form‚ following the protagonist through highs and lows before eventually reaching a cocaine induced downfall at the climax of the 1970’s. The scenes that I have chosen

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    to challenge their stereotypes‚ but Arthur Laurents’ musical West Side Story demonstrates the true importance of interactions with others. A modern American adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ West Side Story depicts the 1940s American gangland warfares between two gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. Similar to Shakespeare’s Montagues and Capulets‚ each member of the gang is brought up to loathe those in the opposing clan‚ and to fit the mould expected of them in line with the gang’s ideologies

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