... gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, who are also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, ... in a reasonable order. The ending of the story was a bit expected although it was nevertheless effective. I anticipated the death of Johnny. The death of Dally was not as predictable as Johnny's death because it was said that: Quote "He was tougher than the rest of us "tough...

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... right hand man that the Don hired for me. He thought I was a good tender he didn't want to have any more killings in his easy. So my man two-time Johnny, and not because he two-timed women, since he would not kill you once but two-times. You got it. Well he and I became real pals, he would die for ... he had some good ideas. He made a valid point that no one like the Don his own family turned on him only thing he had left was the law. So Johnny says "Why do we work for the Don, what exactly is he the Don of now?" You have to admit that's true his family didn't want part of the business ...

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... . There I got to know Natasha Lytess, who became my voice-coach and a close confidante. On a New Year's Eve Party I met Johnny Hyde, an executive vice-president of the Williams Morris Agency, who I started a relationship with. After having already my overbite corrected, Johnny arranged a surgeon to correct my nose and jaw. As I had no money I posed nude for a calendar in 1949. In the ... same and the following year I played some more small roles in further movies. In the beginning of 1951 Johnny Hyde sadly died. In spring I was offered a new contract for seven years by 20th Century Fox, ...

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... before this point, "The Five Points Gang" was led by an Italian immigrant named Paolo Antonini Vaccarelli, or maybe better known as Paul Kelly with his cocommander Johnny Torrio. With Paul Kelly as leader Johnny Torrio would recruit street hoodlums from all places across New York City to their gang . " The Five Points Gang" became a "playground" to many young street gangsters, and ... ...

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... traveling on business from North Carolina, and had to go to New York for a proposition that his company was making. His name was John but told me everyone called him Johnny because John just seemed too formal, and made it clear to me that he was the laid back sort. Anything but formal. "Well ... , Johnny, what are you listening to?- I pointed to his discman. "The Doors. Ever listen to them?- "Yeah, I've heard them."" "They're classic, I tell ya. Just classic."" "Why yes, they certainly ... ...

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... , Armstrong formed a new group, the Hot Five, and recorded again for Okeh records. In this group were three musicians with whom he had played in New Orleans: Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds and Johnny St. Cyr. Lil Hardin, Armstrong's wife, played piano and completed the Hot Five. Armstrong added a new element to his performances known as scat, or the use of made-up ... ...

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... alone. Large cities were the main location for organized gangs to flourish. Although there were over a half a dozen powerful gangs in New York, Chicago was the capital of racketeers, including Johnny Torrio, "Bugs Moran", O"Banions, and the Gennas (Behr,192).The most powerful and infamous bootlegger however, was of course Al Capone, operating out of Chicago. On Valentine's Day, 1929 one ... ...

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