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  • 121Vincent Palermo — Vincent Vinny Ocean Palermo (b. 1944) is a former defacto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who eventually became a government witness. BackgroundVincent Palermo was divorced once and remarried. For years he struggled financially.… …

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  • 122Paulie Gualtieri — Infobox character name = Peter Paul Gualtieri caption = first = Pilot (episode 1.01) last = Made in America (episode 6.21) cause = nickname = Paulie Walnuts alias = Paul Walnuts , Ted Hughes , [EP. 2.22 From Where to Eternity] Clarence [ Ep. 1.09 …

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  • 123Luigi Manocchio — Luigi Giovanni Baby Shanks Manocchio is an Italian American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the boss of the New England based Patriarca crime family, which is part of La Cosa Nostra. [ The Boston Globe , Alleged underboss of New… …

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  • 124Matthew Guglielmetti — Matthew L. Guglielmetti, Jr., also known as Matty (born 1949), is a high ranking mobster from Cranston, Rhode Island who is a Caporegime, or captain, in the New England based Patriarca crime family of La Cosa Nostra. Guglielmetti is said to be… …

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  • 125Wan Kuok-koi — (尹國駒; Cantonese: Wan Gwok keui; Mandarin: Yǐn Guójū), popularly known as Broken Tooth Koi (崩牙駒; Cantonese: bang nga keui; Mandarin: bēng yá jū) was, until his arrest, the leader of the Macau branch of the 14K Triad. Background Wan had a tough… …

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  • 126Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr. — Nicodemo Salvatore Scarfo, Jr.Anastasia, George. Nicky Jr. : Where Does the Boss Son Fit In? Philadelphia Inquirer. March 10, 1991.] aka Nicky Jr. (b. 1964) is the second son of convicted Philadelphia organized crime boss Nicodemo Little Nicky… …

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  • 1271984 Detroit Tigers season — MLB yearly infobox name = Detroit Tigers season = 1984 misc = American League ChampionsWorld Series Champions current league = American League y1 = 1901 division = East Division y2 = 1969 Uniform ballpark = Tiger Stadium y4 = 1912 city = Detroit …

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  • 128The Mafia during Prohibition — By the 1920s The United States and the provinces within Canada had adopted prohibition (a law forbidding the sale of alcohol [Hallowell, Prohbition In Ontario, 1919 1923.1972. Ottawa: Love Printing Service. Pg ix] . It was during that era that… …

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