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50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. In Calabrian dialect, ’ndranghita came to mean honor, bravery, or strength, and by extension referred to the code of masculine honor among Calabrian men. Over time, the word evolved from describing a kind of chivalric bravery to identifying the secret criminal brotherhood that claimed to embody that code. So literally, ’Ndrangheta ≈ “the society of the brave (men)” or “the brotherhood of honor.”; 120; | 50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. In Calabrian dialect, ’ndranghita came to mean honor, bravery, or strength, and by extension referred to the code of masculine honor among Calabrian men. Over time, the word evolved from describing a kind of chivalric bravery to identifying the secret criminal brotherhood that claimed to embody that code. So literally, ’Ndrangheta ≈ “the society of the brave (men)” or “the brotherhood of honor.”; 120; | ||
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| + | 1, The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban line that connected the two cities. It was relatively high speed for the time and used quality cars. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_North_Shore_and_Milwaukee_Railroad] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 29 January 2026
Nazis
66, National Socialists; Germans "especially of the Nazi persuasion" in Milwaukee, 71; "European Fascist uniforms," 78; "The Nazis are even less easy to get a story out of," 113;
'Ndrangheta
50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. In Calabrian dialect, ’ndranghita came to mean honor, bravery, or strength, and by extension referred to the code of masculine honor among Calabrian men. Over time, the word evolved from describing a kind of chivalric bravery to identifying the secret criminal brotherhood that claimed to embody that code. So literally, ’Ndrangheta ≈ “the society of the brave (men)” or “the brotherhood of honor.”; 120;
North Shore Line
1, The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban line that connected the two cities. It was relatively high speed for the time and used quality cars. [1]
Nunzi
48, One of Don Peppino's two "boys" or "torpedoes," the other being Dominic
