Conspiracy: The Killing of a President In 1976‚ the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy‚ who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas‚ Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who
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attack‚ there was never an autopsy‚ and at the time‚ the Vatican definitely had ties to organized crime. Sure enough‚ in 1982‚ Vatican Bank president Father Paul Marcinkus resigned from his post after a series of scandals exposed the bank’s ties to the Mafia. Eventually‚ the bank had to repay more than $200 million to its creditors. But Marcinkus was never indicted of a crime‚ and though he was suspected of being involved in several mysterious deaths‚ including Pope John Paul I’s‚ Marcinkus successfully
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The Art of Film Film Review #1 The Road to Redemption The most appealing thing about Road to Perdition is its over-arching theme of redemption. Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks)‚ an Irish mafia heavy‚ wants more than anything to keep his son from following in his criminal footsteps. Even though father and son will eventually drive to a place called Perdition to lay low‚ the story’s title suggests that Michael has for many years been traveling the road to hell. He understands as much‚ and wants
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doing was incredibly wrong. Fear never crossed Pentangeli’s brother’s mind in the courtroom‚ instead there was just a look of utter disgust on his face. This resonated deeply with Pentangeli as he was breaking “omerta‚” or the mafia code of silence (Alcorn‚ “What is the Mafia?”). When Elster states that honor’s “aim is sheer self-assertion and self-esteem‚” it is clear to the viewer the value Pentangeli places on family as he commits perjury in order to avoid losing his honor in front of his brother
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Lord of the Flies and Columbine High School Shooting On April 20‚ 1990 a horrible tragedy occurred‚ the Columbine High School Massacre. It was one of the most horrible school shootings in the United States. When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebod killed students at their high school‚ it was similar to Lord of the Flies where children were stranded on an island by themselves with no adults‚ and they gradually started to become more violent ending up trying to kill each other. What drove these boys to
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Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) charter was started in 1948 approximately 11 years before the Pagans Motorcycle Club (PMC) was started. By the 1960s both clubs were in full swing; with the HAMC incorporating and the PMC getting involved with the Mafia. Both clubs try to recruit members based on the prospect’s skills as well as the club’s needs. As you will be able to see both of the clubs are involved in violent crime and drugs‚ the difference is to what level. Today the HAMC is still going strong
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The decade of the 1920’s was a period of American prosperity‚ new technology‚ and a new role for women. As World War I came to an end‚ society began bursting into many different things. The twenties were a time when people laughed more often than cried‚ partied more often than worked‚ and dreamed more often than faced reality. Athletes were looked up to as heroes‚ authors helped people escape into a different life‚ and women dressed as flappers and started voting. The Harlem Renaissance‚ the model
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and Bobby. Bobby Kennedy‚ San Giaconda‚ among others conspired to murder Marilyn Monroe and make it look like a suicide to prevent her from going public about her love affairs with the Kennedy’s brothers. Sam Giaconda was the hired hit man from the mafia‚ a crime boss. Suicide is the official cause of death. Marilyn Monroe was found dead fifty one years ago on August 5‚ 1962‚ at the age of 36. She was found inside of her bedroom under circumstances that are still considered mysterious. There is conflicting
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Colombia has been a very unstable country for the past fifty years. Beginning in the 1960s Marxist guerilla groups formed. The two strongest groups called themselves the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the other was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They
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Legalization Ariel Bryant Mr. Elsey ENC 1101 3/12/2013 Relieving pain‚ slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and fighting depression are some of the benefits marijuana can offer patients‚ some studies claim. Now‚ a group of pot activists is envisioning a new benefit: legal profits. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope-making. "The flowers... contain
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