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    Mob Mentality

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    the mob mentality. A student brought up the connection between the mob mentality and the internet today‚ tying both to safety in numbers. This brought up the idea of how powerful the mafia is having this mob mentality over the majority of the people. Furthering on‚ the group discussed how the internet and the mafia both create this Mob mentality. One person brought up a video of how boys‚ not men‚ were throwing out rape threats to a woman through the internet. This was followed by a discussion on

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    Plague of the Middle Ages

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    being a factor in the declining Middle Ages‚ but the rottenness of the cities was a major factor. Another reason that the Plague was so effective in destroying the Middle Ages was that the cures were not available to most people. According to a Sicilian physician‚ gold was for “the expense of the pest houses to quarantine the diseased” because of the shortage of cures. Also‚ according to a French physician‚ plague-stricken patients had so few cures available that they would “hang around their necks

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    Gangs have decimated many lives and have caused much economic damage in North America. Despite law enforcement effort the Gangs persists to exist. Attribution‚ snitches‚ and arrests have done little to stop the Mafia. Gangs are able to continually recruit new members. This paper will discuss from a theoretical framework to answer why people join the gangs. Gangs are able to continually infiltrate communities and recruit members because of broken and poor communities that do not have weak social institutions

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    The Peloponnesian War shook the Greek world so forcefully that Thucydides believed “it would be a great war‚ and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it”. It spanned nearly thirty years‚ as Sparta and Athens grappled for power over the Greek world. Its length can be traced to many factors‚ however‚ for the sake of brevity‚ I have narrowed it down to three main reasons. Firstly‚ Sparta and Athens underestimated each other and overestimated themselves. Secondly‚ Athens and Sparta were

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    1968‚ many narratives as well as visual motifs are present. The movie mixes many narrative structures such as the intertwinement of race‚ morals‚ and a kid growing up in the Bronx during this time. It also demonstrates the larger picture about the mafia and the power that seems to overcome everyone who gets involved. A prime example of a bound visual motif in this film is a scene in the very beginning of the film. A small boy named Collegeno always sits outside his apartment building that over looks

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    Theories Behind Frank Lucas

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    Superfly" (HTML). The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-29-09. Kelly‚ Robert Korbin‚ Solomon. (1966). "The conflict of values in delinquency." pp. 151-60 in Rose Panache‚ Myra‚ ed Sterling‚ Claire. (1990). Octopus: The Long Reach of the International Sicilian Mafia. New York‚ NY: Norton. Tribute Entertainment‚ ed. "Biography of Frank Lucas; A True American Gangster." Tribute. 2008. 29 Sept. 2008 .

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    American Family Interview

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    I recently interviewed Giovanni Budan. He is a 27 years old of Italy-America origin. He has lived with his wife for thirteen years in San Jose California. His major profession is Behavioral Science. Budan is currently pursuing a degree in Marriage and Family Therapist at SJSU. He is currently working as a Chef. Previously‚ Budan had been employed by companies including Apple and Google. He is the oldest sibling‚ besides one brother and two sisters. His family is extended‚ but he is closer to his

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    Effects Of The Plague

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    The Plague‚ also known as the Black Death‚ was the single most deadly outbreak in human history. The Plague was so deadly that is almost completely eradicated the population of Europe in a 5 year span. Because of the devastating effect the Plague had‚ Europe would be altered forever from that point onward. Even though terrible at the time‚ the Plague would carve the way for Europe’s prosperous future. Marking the beginning of the end of the feudal system‚ sparking more widespread education and higher

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    American Conspiracy Theory

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    hangs heavily over our heads today. From one theory to another‚ there is simply no telling what the real honest motive in killing the enigmatic President truly was. Among some of the various and fantastic theories‚ are those involving: the Chicago mafia‚ Lee Harvey Oswald attempting the murder by himself‚ and best of all both sides of our own the U.S. government. Alas‚ after numerous investigations‚ there is no hard tangible proof‚ for any one of these theories to put the mystery to rest. On November

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    thousand Italians traveled to America in search of higher quality jobs and living. This migration managed to bring about the Italian Mafia families‚ spreading within the country‚ about five in New York alone and at least one in each country. In the time of the 1920s‚ because of the 14th amendment‚ there was an abolishment of alcohol. Within this time frame‚ the Mafia began to make immeasurable amounts of money by smuggling in alcohol from foreign countries; this considered them to be bootleggers

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