5.1. Questions for Ex-Gangsters: At what age did you join gangsterism? What are the things that you were involved in your days as a gangster? To what extent were you involved in gangsterism? What are the reasons that influenced you into joining gangsterism? Do you consider social influence as a most important element that prompted you into joining gangsterism? There are mainly 3 categories of gangsters in Malaysia-Triad gangs‚ Thug gangs and school hooligans. Which category do you
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English‚ T. J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish-American Gangster. New York: Regan‚ 2006‚ 442 p.p Throughout his career T.J English has written five books and a multitude of articles for the LA Times‚ The New York Times‚ Playboy‚ and a variety of other magazines and newspapers. All of his books (The Westies‚ Born to Kill‚ Havana Nocturne‚ and The Savage City) and articles cover some aspect of the criminal world‚ whether it be the criminal themselves‚ or the act that they carry out. T
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world. As the Teamster president‚ Jimmy had two very important voters: his members and the gangsters that helped him move up the ladder to union success. Hoffa served his gangster associates by writing them into Teamster union power and Teamster union pension-fund cash. In his Supermob role‚ Hoffa did more to expand the affluence of the gangs and knit them into the fabric of American life than any gangster since Al Capone. When Hoffa lost his role as Teamster president‚ he also lost his role
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A constructive Endeavour Towards A Nonviolent Multicultural Society The Anuvrat Movement has been engaged in the noble task of uplifting human life and revitalizing the rapidly crumbling moral and spiritual values among the people of the world irrespective of casts‚ creed and colour for the last three and a half decades. Launched on March 1‚ 1949 by Acharya Shree Tulsi – the head of a Jain sect and a leading visionary of India – the Movement has since grown steadily in size and stature. Though
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Gangster film Genre Reading number one-Developed around the sinister actions of criminals‚ gangsters‚ particularly bank robbers and underworld figures who operate outside of the law stealing and murdering their way through life. Crime stories in this genre usually highlight the rise and fall of one of these leading individuals. And the personal power struggle between these gangster and officials of the law. Gangster films are usually set in large crowded cities‚ to provide a view of the secrets
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Miramax‚ and any of the other companies owned by the Weinstein brothers. A majority of the films produced by these companies were created on the idea of gangsters. However these gangsters portrayed in the films were double agents in the eyes of American people: criminal yet heroic‚ stylish yet tasteless‚ bold yet ultimately defeated. “The ‘gangster masquerade’ was an important exercise in popular culture artifice.”(13) Through these cinemas the movie producers were able to introduce slang terms into
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to the significance of the role female gang members have on society. The people who have shown an interest have primarily researched Latina gang members. However‚ female gangsters come in all races. Unfortunately‚ this assignment will be focused more on the details obtained about the Latina gang member rather than female gangsters in general. Young women join gangs for a number of reasons‚ Sanctuary from abuse‚ economic reasons; because their boyfriend is in a gang‚ the gang life is something they
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What draws people to mobster films like the Godfather? Hollywood’s gangster stereotype does what we would not dare‚ and acts like no body we know. They do not care about nobody but their selves and do anything they want‚ or at least think they can. That is what infatuates people with gangster and mafia films‚ because people secretly want to experience this lifestyle without being punish like the gangsters in the movies. The gangster film is particularly popular in America. Its popularity might be because
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE START OF THE HOLY MASS (BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR A TEACHER): In order to ensure organization and harmony during the celebration of the Holy Mass‚ we are requesting all of you who have cameras and video machines not to come up to the altar. We have official photographers assigned to the job. May we inform everybody that we have students as liturgical guards who will check you and remind you on the instructions given. Therefore‚
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as I can remember‚ I always wanted to be a gangster” – what better way to start off a crime story than that? It was through this simple‚ compelling statement that begins the film‚ setting the nature and tenor for the rest to follow. Spoken by the main character Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta)‚ the film starts off following a young‚ adolescent Henry. Growing up in East New York‚ Brooklyn in 1955‚ Henry came up idolizing the local crime family gangsters of his blue-collar Italian-American neighborhood
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