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The Secret Rulers: Criminal Syndicates and How They Control the U.S. Underworld

Book by Fred J. Cook; Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1966

Subjects:

Organized Crime--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...166 9. The Rackets Bust a Racket-Buster 186...families" that carved up and controlled the rackets of New York and the nation. He told of...Luciano, then overlord of the New York rackets and the real brains of the American underworld...
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It's a Racket!

Book by Gordon L. Hostetter, Thomas Quinn Beesley; Les Quin Books inc., 1929

Subjects:

Crime and criminals--Illinois--Chicago

Collections: Entire Library

...that knowledge of the truth about the rackets will be of value to every citizen whose...only because nowhere else are so many rackets on view and in operation, nowhere else...Every major American city now has its rackets and racketeers. But, study Chicago...
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Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States: From Capone's Chicago to the New Urban Underworld

Book by Robert J. Kelly; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Organized Crime--United States--Encyclopedias

Collections: History, Entire Library

Typically, other reference works on organized crime in the United States focus primarily on the Mafia and La Cosa Nostra, and neglect the many new ethnic and racial criminal organizations that permeate American society today. This reference fills those gaps while providing systematic detailed ...
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Typically, other reference works on organized crime in the United States focus primarily on the Mafia and La Cosa Nostra, and neglect the many new ethnic and racial criminal organizations that permeate American society today. This reference fills those gaps while providing systematic detailed coverage of traditional crime families, individuals, significant events, and terms. More than 250 entries provide in-depth information on major underworld figures, from Al Capone to John Gotti and Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, and key criminal events and milestones. In addition, Kelly, an expert on organized crime, provides in-depth coverage of African American organized crime, Chinese Triads and Tongs, the Colombian drug cartels' infiltration of the U.S., Dominican drug trafficking, ecocrime, Russian organized crime, Latin gangs and criminal groups, and Vietnamese American organized crime.
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Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld

Book by David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

Crime--Japan--History, Gangs--Japan--History, Organized Crime--Japan--History, Yakuza--History, Yakuza--Japan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

"A fascinating study of how criminal enterprise can infect the very heart of modern capitalism. Here is the backstage world of political influence and organized crime in the world's second largest economy... by far the most detailed and even-handed study of this important and neglected ...
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"A fascinating study of how criminal enterprise can infect the very heart of modern capitalism. Here is the backstage world of political influence and organized crime in the world's second largest economy... by far the most detailed and even-handed study of this important and neglected subject."--John W. Dower, author of "Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
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"A superb study of Japan's underworld that is both entertaining and revealing. The authors miss none of the color and curious detail of the yakuza style, but at the same time go far beyond surface observations."--"Far Eastern Economic Review
"The book is laden with fascinating information, some of it heretofore unavailable in English."--"Washington Post "
"Blend the Mafia with the Masons. Let them simmer a while, then fold in the Ku Klux Klan and you'll have the yakuza. . . . Important and timely. . . "Yakuza "will serve for years as the source document on Japanese organized crime."--"San Jose Mercury,News "
"State-of-the-art investigative reporting. . . must reading for those who consider themselves already highly conversant with yakuza activities. . . disturbing."--"Journal of Asian Studies
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Society in Transition: Problems of a Changing Age

Book by Harry Elmer Barnes; Prentice-Hall, 1939

Subjects:

Social Problems, United States--Social Conditions

Collections: Entire Library

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Journal Articles on: rackets

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On the Defensive: Walter Reuther's Testimony before the McClellan Labor Rackets Committee

Journal article by Anthony Baltakis; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 25, 1999

Subjects:

Communism--Political aspects, Labor unions--Investigations, Reuther, Walter Philip--Investigations, United Automobile Workers--Investigations, United States. Congress. Senate--Investigations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Defensive: Walter Reuthers Testimony before the McClellan Labor Rackets Committee. by Anthony Baltakis From January 1957...New York Times, 5 Apr. 1956; "Eisenhower To Act On Union Rackets," ibid., 6 June 1956. (6) "No Ordinary Hoodlum," ibid., 30...
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Choosing a Racket for Striking Tasks in Elementary School

Journal article by Linda M. Gagen; JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Vol. 74, 2003

Subjects:

Children--Education, Elementary school students--Education, Physical education and training--Study and teaching, Physical education--Study and teaching, School children--Education, Sporting goods--Maintenance and repair, Sporting goods--Usage, Students--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...smaller children might need smaller, lighter rackets or paddles in order to learn how to strike...also apply to choosing appropriate tennis rackets or paddles for elementary school classes...tennis ball with four different tennis rackets ranging from 21 inches to 27 inches in...
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License to Loot? A Critique of Follow-the-Money Methods in Crime Control Policy

Journal article by R.T. Naylor; Social Justice, Vol. 28, 2001

Subjects:

Forfeiture--Laws, regulations, etc., Money laundering--Prevention, Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...enforcement. Instead of simply closing rackets that generate illegal income, the central...operating across the U.S. to monopolize rackets and use the resulting profits to infiltrate...the cash resource generated by the vice rackets were grossly exaggerated for public consumption...
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Violent Youth Groups in Indonesia: The Cases of Yogyakarta and Nusa Tenggara Barat

Journal article by Stein Kristiansen; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 18, 2003

Subjects:

Human rights--International aspects, Unemployment--International aspects, Violence--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...of preman, with violence and protection rackets as main elements, gave their members increased...from commercial security and protection rackets. Even though the local security guards...allows organizations to run protection rackets, extract payments from and control entry...
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Impact of Dominance and Relatedness on Brand Extensions

Journal article by Peter H. Farquhar; Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 5, 1996

Subjects:

Consumption (Economics)--Psychological Aspects--Periodicals

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...relationships (e.g., athletic shoes and tennis rackets are related conceptually; physically, however...Strong-Distant Weak-Distant Nike tennis rackets Converse tennis rackets Nike surfboards Converse surfboards...

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Magazine Articles on: rackets

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The Tuscan Holiday: Chiantishire May Be the New Labour Idyll of Choice but It Has Protection Rackets, Tax Avoidance and No Minimum Wage

Magazine article by Quentin Letts; New Statesman, Vol. 128, July 26, 1999

Subjects:

Blair, Tony--Travel, Travel industry--Social aspects, Tuscany, Italy--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The Tuscan holiday: Chiantishire may be the new Labour idyll of choice but it has protection rackets, tax avoidance and no minimum wage. by Quentin Letts Ordinary Tuscans must think Tony Blair an odd sort of left-winger...
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The Feel of Wood

Magazine article by Marshall Fisher; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 276, July 1995

Subjects:

Rackets (Sporting goods)--Materials, Tennis rackets--Materials, Tennis--Equipment and supplies

Collections: Entire Library

...the arms of the players, were the wood rackets: Dunlop Maxply Fort, Wilson Jack Kramer...made the switch. The power of the big rackets was too much to forswear. In 1982 Chris...majority of players at the Open wielded big rackets, and for the first time more than half...
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Spin Doctors: Racket Technology Saved Tennis, and Roger Federer Is Proof

Magazine article by Tom Perrotta; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 298, July 2006

Subjects:

Federer, Roger--Competitions, Federer, Roger--Evaluation, Rackets (Sporting goods)--Research, Rackets (Sporting goods)--Usage, Tennis players--Competitions, Tennis players--Evaluation, Tennis rackets--Research, Tennis rackets--Usage, Tennis--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...near. Top players were becoming bigger, rackets more powerful, and, as the aces piled...over the game in the 1980s. Composite rackets are routinely cited as the villain behind...surge in power in tennis, yet it is these rackets that saved the game from becoming an utterly...
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The Irish Sopranos

Magazine article by Tom Deignan; Commonweal, Vol. 128, September 14, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, The Rackets (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...SOPRANOS by Tom Deignan The Rackets Thomas Kelly...clear in his bloody new union saga The Rackets. When Liam was born there had been...The Rackets is Kellys follow-up to his first book...
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What's NEW?

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, March 1999

Subjects:

Candles--Purchasing, Clock radios--Purchasing, Clothing and dress--Purchasing, Clothing--Purchasing, Electric shavers--Purchasing, Rackets (Sporting goods)--Purchasing, Razors--Purchasing, Television antennas--Purchasing, Tennis rackets--Purchasing

Collections: Entire Library

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Newspaper Articles on: rackets

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Serve & Folly? Purists Decry Impact Made by Newer Rackets

Newspaper article by Karen Goldberg Goff; The Washington Times, July 15, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...folly? Purists decry impact made by newer rackets by Karen Goldberg Goff Pete...finesse tennis with canvas shoes and wood rackets. "Losing the wood racket was a big blow...tennis is a different game now, and wood rackets are as much an antique as the Jack Purcell...
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Badminton: Wootton Claims National Crown; RACKETS

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 15, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Badminton: Wootton Claims National Crown; RACKETS. Byline: By Sally Jones Stratford...Under-15s Championship in the ancient sport of rackets, the explosive forerunner of squash and...after Shiner won the British Under-15 rackets singles championship in December, beating...
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Wootton Upsets Odds; Rackets

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 15, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Wootton Upsets Odds; Rackets. CHARLES WOOTTON and partner Jon Chitty...final of the Neptune National Schools Senior Rackets Second Pairs Doubles Championships. Wootton...partner Jon Chitty just missed out on a national rackets title.
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BORGAIN HUNT; Tennis Champ Bjorn to Auction off Wimbledon Trophies and Rackets

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 3, 2006

Subjects:

Auctions, Borg, Bjorn

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to Auction off Wimbledon Trophies and Rackets. Byline: By Pete Samson SKINT Wimbledon...Bjorn Borg is selling his trophies and rackets after blowing a multi-million pound fortune...tennis champion." Two trademark wooden rackets that Borg used in the 1976 and 1980 mens...
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NEW MAFIA; the IRA Is at the Heart of a Vicious Gangster Network Running Smuggling Rackets

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 16, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Vicious Gangster Network Running Smuggling Rackets. Byline: GRAEME WILSON THE IRA...is running multimillion pound smuggling rackets with the UKs most feared gangsters, it...vicious gangsters behind massive smuggling rackets. The revelations follow the outrage...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: rackets

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Badminton

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...volleying a shuttlecock (called a "bird") a small, cork hemisphere to which feathers are attached over a net. Light, gut-strung rackets are used. Badminton, which is generally similar to tennis, is played by two or four persons. A badminton court for singles...
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Catgut

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Roman strings, imported from Italy, are considered the best for musical instruments. Catgut is also used for stringing tennis rackets and for some surgical sutures. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University...
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Kennedy, Robert Francis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...subcommittee chaired by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy . He then became (1957) chief counsel to the subcommittee investigating labor rackets and there gained a reputation for toughness by exposing corruption in the Teamsters Union . In 1960 he was manager of his...
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Organized Crime

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...20th cent. the traditional Mob increasingly abandoned such blue-collar crime as extortion and construction and trash-removal rackets while continuing its activities in gambling and loan-sharking and turning to such white-collar crime as health insurance fraud...
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Handball, Court

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in some cities, to racquetball , a four-wall game, invented in the 1950s, that has similar rules but employs short-handled rackets and a fast-moving hollow rubber ball. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia...

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