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    1. Al Capone a. Alphonse "Al" Capone (January 17‚ 1899 – January 25‚ 1947) b. Smuggling and bootlegging liquor‚ and other illegal activities such as prostitution‚ in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. c. He made various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities‚ and was viewed by many to be a "modern-day Robin Hood". d. It was said that Capone ordered the 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre in the Lincoln \ Park

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    Al Gore’s Take On The Future Umair Khan What does future hold for humanity is a question that has been haunting us since the dawn of the conscious beings. It has given rise to the divination in ancient times to the prophecies of the middle ages. It has kindled the imagination of sci-fi writers predicting both Utopian and Dystopian future societies. Recently‚ systematic studies of understanding future have given rise to professional futurists like Ray Kurzweil‚ and James Miller‚ etc. But the answer

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    Alphonse Gabriel‚ America’s best well-known gangster will always be remembered as “Al Capone” world wide. His contribution to America wasn’t the best‚ but his disruptive life left a trademark‚ especially during the prohibition era. Al Capone was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ New York during the 80s. He was the fourth of nine brothers and son to two immigrants. Capone’s childhood in Brooklyn wasn’t as disruptive first‚ but as he began associating himself with the wrong crowd‚ many things changed for

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    Al Capone‚the American gangster General introduction: Alphonse Gabriel Capone‚also known as Al “scarface” Capone‚was an American gangster who led a prohibition-era crime by smuggling liquor‚and conducting other illegal activities such as prostitution‚in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. Early life: Al Capone was born in the district of Brooklyn in New York on January 17‚1899.His father was a barber and his mother was a seamstress‚were both immigrants from Italy.He dropped out of school at

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    Based on true events the series centers on the life of mobster‚ Johnny Rosselli and his association with notorious gangster Al Capone. BRIEF SYNOPSIS It’s 1922 Boston and FILIPPO SACCO (aka Johnny‚ 17) lives with his mother‚ MARIA SACCO‚ his siblings‚ and abusive LIBERATO CIANCIULLI (56). Filippo delivers milk. His life changes when SARRO VACCARRO (23) a gangster‚ hires Filippo to deliver “medicine”. Detectives watch him. The detectives want supplier Vaccarro. A junkie‚ FISHER‚ snitches them out

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    Goals and Tactics Al-Qaeda has very specific anti-American goals. They want to drive Americans and American influence out of all muslin nations. They also aim to destroy Israel and overthrow pro-western dictatorships in countries around the Middle East. In order to achieve their goal‚ Al-Qaeda uses a number of different terror tactics including suicide bombing‚ car bombing‚ roadside bombing‚ hijacks‚ and paramilitary. They focus their attacks on civilian and military targets. They aim to cause

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    AL CAPONE On January 17th‚ 1899 the most infamous gangster to walk the streets of Chicago‚ Illinois was born. This man is the true American Gangster. This guy has been incarcerated‚ and was involved in some very terrible crimes‚ but also just some minor crimes. Alphonse Capone (Al Capone) is the most infamous gangster/mobster that had been seen in the city of Chicago. His childhood to his first crime to his grave‚ Al Capone had a very interesting life. Birth to Death Al Capone was born on January

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    Al Capone’s Whiskey Importation Turns Into Cocaine Hydrochloride Al Capone had been a juvenile delinquent and gained his "scarface" nickname after he was slashed across the cheek while working as a night club bouncer. The once small-time thug moved up and up to become the head of a huge villainous organization‚ believed to be responsible for at least 300 murders. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in which seven members of a rival gang were lined up against a garage wall and gunned down‚ is probably

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    his attacker as a bodyguard in later life.[9][10] When photographed‚ Capone hid the scarred left side of his face and would misrepresent his injuries as war wounds.[9][11] According to the 2002 magazine from Life called Mobsters and Gangsters: from Al Capone to Tony Soprano‚ Capone was called "Snorky" by his closest

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    Who was the biggest and most daring criminal during the Roaring twenties when bootlegging and was at it organized crime was at its peak? Many would say it was Al Capone. Alfonso Caponi was born in Brooklyn‚ New York in January of 1899. He was the fourth child of ten children born to his family. Al Capone was a normal kid growing up‚ that is until he got into an altercation with his 6th grade teacher and afterwards was whipped by his principle. Even though Capone was 14 years-old at the time he

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