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  2. Dean O'Banion - Wikipedia

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    O'Banion's twin careers as a florist and Chicago gangster is reflected in the character of Giuseppe Givola in Bertolt Brecht's play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. In Nigel Balchin's The Small Back Room (1943) a character refers to O'Banion as an example of someone whose job appeared harmless but wasn't: "I'm a harmless Assistant Secretary ...

  3. Lucky Luciano - Wikipedia

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    By September 1931, Maranzano realized Luciano was a threat, and hired Vincent Coll, an Irish gangster, to kill him; [33] however, Lucchese alerted Luciano that he was marked for death. [33] On September 10, Maranzano ordered Luciano, Genovese and Costello to come to his office at the Helmsley Building in Manhattan.

  4. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon - Wikipedia

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    Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass, a young couple in Boston, shared a love of crossword puzzles, and were accustomed to doing the Sunday crossword puzzle together. Intending to propose, and hoping for a great surprise, Aric approached Doug Most, the editor of the Globe Magazine, and through him, Cox and Rathvon, soliciting a special crossword. Cox ...

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    Crossword. Solve puzzle clues across and down to fill the numbered rows and columns of the grid with words and phrases. By Masque Publishing. Advertisement. Advertisement. all. board. card.

  6. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Wednesday, July 17

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    Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #402 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, July 17, 2024 New York Times

  7. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  8. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir , then a senior intelligence officer ...

  9. List of crime films of 1995 - Wikipedia

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    Crime comedy [17] Palookaville: Alan Taylor: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese: United States: Crime comedy [18] Seven: David Fincher: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow: United States: Crime thriller [19] Shanghai Triad: Zhang Yimou: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian: China France [20] Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead ...