 "Chicago Sun-Times (IL)")
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Calabrese, 'Gomorrah' add harsh, riveting reality to mob life
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America loves its mobsters.
Whether it's Al Capone wielding a baseball bat and a smirk in "The Untouchables" or Tony Soprano unburdening his inner wiseguy to his shrink, we like our mobsters as charming rogues -- funny, but nasty when necessary.
Mobsters, we are told, have their own code, their own sense of honor, their own family values.
Just watch "The Godfather," a movie that bestows a sense of honor and operatic tragedy to thug life.
Actual wiseguys adore "The Godfather" and why wouldn't they?
Still, while there's nothing wrong with a little escapism, it's good to have a corrective now ...
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The Making of Gratian's Decretum.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; The Making of Gratian's Decretum. [Volume IL, Cambridge...to the work of the first generation. Gratian's Decretum established canon law as a field of study. We know very little about Gratian, other than that he compiled a systematic...
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The Making of Gratian's Decretum.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies
; ...Scholars of medieval canon law generally know Gratian's Harmony of Discordant Canons or Decretum...a twelfth-century lawyer known as Gratian (about whom we know virtually nothing...historians and canonists have access to Gratian's work in two editions: the "Roman...
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The Making of Gratian's Decretum. (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; Winroth, Anders The Making of Gratian's Decretum Cambridge: Cambridge University...63264-1 Publication Date: February 2001 Gratian's canon law collection, the Decretum...text but two, whose first recension (Gratian 1) was about half as long as the text...
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The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX...lifetime of arduous work on the glosses on Gratian's Decretum in a mere forty-three pages...discovered Roman law of Justinian and Gratian's great compilation of canon law. The...
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 "Sudan Tribune (Sudan)")
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US's Gratian rewards the Genocidal NCP.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
; ...vocal, since his arrival, becoming a mouthpiece of the genocidal National Congress Party (NCP) regime in Khartoum. General Gratian continued rewarding this evil establishment for free in blatant disregard to the Darfur crisis, which is worsening the plight...
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Yale Scholar, Revisiting the `Decretum,' Opens a Window on the 12th Century.
Magazine article from: The Chronicle of Higher Education
; ...discoveries on canon law IN ABOUT 1140, Gratian, an obscure cleric in Bologna, created...of words. Indeed, the list of titles Gratian consulted reads like a spell: the Panormia...in Bologna and other European centers. Gratian did this by applying to law the "scholastic...
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No. 5 Lions Fall to No. 4 Dons 4-2.
News Wire article from: Official College Sports Network
; ...spot. Jennifer Lee-Heisner and Cecilia Gratian topped Bliss Nixon and Jane Pringle 8...and Morgan lost the No. 5 match against Gratian 7-5, 7-6. Jane Pringle won LMU...Doubles
 1. Heinser/Gratian, USF def. Pringle/Nixon, LMU - 8...
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Women's Tennis Wraps up 2009 Season.
News Wire article from: Official College Sports Network
; ...three doubles matches. Sophomores Cecilia Gratian and Jennifer-Lee Heinser defeated senior...2, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Gratian took a 6-1, 6-3 win from Pane at...taking two of three matches. Heinser and Gratian took an 8-7 (3) win over junior Maria...
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Matadors Capture Sixth Straight with 5-2 Victory over USF.
News Wire article from: Official College Sports Network
; ...over Jennifer-Lee Heinser and Cecilia Gratian in the top-seeded contest. Nigora Sirojiddinova...2 victory at the fifth spot against Gratian. In the top spot Heinser defeated Vertesheva...Vertesheva/Doane (CSUN) def. Heinser/Gratian (USF) 8-6 2. Jaworowski/Sirjiddinova...
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 "Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)")
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Nalinda helps Sinha CT win Intermediate Cup.
Newspaper article from: Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
; ...25 (13 balls, 4 fours) and skipper Gratian Karunartne 22 not out (17 balls, 2 fours...Upul fourwickets for 14 runs and skipper Gratian Karunaratne four for 19 off four overs...Rangajeewa Perera 49, Rohana Fernando 25 and Gratian Karunaratne 22 not out; Anishad 2/27...
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