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Tommaso Buscetta ( in sunglasses ), the first important pentito of Italian Mafia, escorted in a court of law.

Buscetta and is
Among the most famous Mafia pentiti is Tommaso Buscetta, the first important pentito.
In 1968, Buscetta was convicted of double murder, but the conviction was in absentia as he was not actually in custody ( In Italy, it is possible for fugitives to be prosecuted without them being present ).
Among the most famous Mafia pentiti is Tommaso Buscetta, the first important state witness who helped Judge Giovanni Falcone to understand the inner workings of Cosa Nostra and described the Sicilian Mafia Commission or Cupola, the leadership of the Sicilian Mafia.

Buscetta and led
According to the " pentito " ( Mafia defector ) Tommaso Buscetta, Lima ’ s father, Vincenzo Lima, was a " man of honour " of the Palermo Centro Mafia family that was led by Salvatore and Angelo La Barbera of which Buscetta's family – the Porta Nuova Mafia family – was part as well.

Buscetta and into
Control of the trade fell into the hands of a few fugitives: the cousins Salvatore " Ciaschiteddu " Greco and Salvatore Greco, also known as " l ' ingegnere " or " Totò il lungo ", Pietro Davì, Tommaso Buscetta and Gaetano Badalamenti.
Buscetta also claimed that the journalist Mauro De Mauro was killed in September 1970 on the orders of Bontade because of his investigations into the death of Mattei.
Buscetta said that Bontade organized the kidnap, because De Mauro ’ s investigations into the death of Mattei came very close to the Mafia, and Bontate ’ s own role in the affair.
Stille's 1995 book Excellent Cadavers was made into a television movie in 1999, starring Chazz Palminteri as Giovanni Falcone and F. Murray Abraham as informant Tommaso Buscetta.

Buscetta and court
In court, Buscetta also elaborated in great detail the hidden exchanges that linked politicians and the Mafia.

Buscetta and at
In an interview with the Italian journalist Enzo Biagi, Buscetta cheerfully bragged that he lost his virginity at the age of eight to a prostitute who charged him just a bottle of olive oil.
Buscetta married three times and had six children, and at one point, he was briefly suspended from the Mafia for walking out on his first wife, adultery being a greater crime than murder in the eyes of his fellow mobsters.
When fellow mafioso Salvatore Cancemi confessed to Buscetta at a trial in 1993 that he had strangled Buscetta's two sons, Buscetta forgave him saying that he knew that he could not have refused the order.
According to Buscetta, Mattei was killed at the request of the American Cosa Nostra because his policies had damaged important American interests in the Middle East.
However, these two paradigms missed essential aspects of the Mafia that became clear when investigators were confronted with the testimonies of Mafia turncoats, like those of Buscetta to judge Falcone at the Maxi Trial.
According to Mafia boss Luciano Leggio, testifying at the Maxi Trial against the Mafia in the mid 1980s, Tommaso Buscetta and Salvatore Greco " Ciaschiteddu " were in favour of helping Borghese.

Buscetta and Maxi
In the wake of the Maxi Trial in 1986-87, and after the testimony of Tommaso Buscetta, the term was more often used for former members of the Sicilian Mafia who abandoned their organization and started helping in investigations.
This premise became known as the Buscetta theorem and would be recognised legally with the confirmation of the Maxi Trial sentence in January 1992.

Buscetta and .
** Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mafioso ( d. 2000 )
After an interview, Falcone became convinced that Buscetta was genuine and treated him with respect.
This premise became known as the Buscetta theorem.
In the period until the 1990s, there were very few, albeit significant, pentiti such as Tommaso Buscetta, Salvatore Contorno, Antonino Calderone, etc.
* Tommaso Buscetta ( 1928 – 2000 ) was the first important pentito against the Sicilian Mafia.
* Salvatore Contorno ( born 1946 ) started to collaborate in October 1984, following the example of Buscetta.
Tommaso Buscetta (; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000 ) was a Sicilian mafioso.
After the Ciaculli Massacre in 1963, Buscetta fled to the United States where the local Gambino crime family helped him to get started in the pizza business.
In 1970 Buscetta was arrested in New York.
Buscetta moved on to Brazil where he set up a drug trafficking network.
In 1972 Buscetta was arrested and tortured by the Brazilian military regime, and subsequently extradited to Italy where he began a life sentence for the earlier double murder conviction.
Arrested once more in 1983, Buscetta was sent back to Italy.
Buscetta asked to talk to Giovanni Falcone and began his life as an informant.
Buscetta revealed the existence and workings of the Sicilian Mafia Commission.
As a reward for his help, Buscetta was allowed to live in the USA under a new identity in the Witness Protection Program.
Judges and policemen found Buscetta to be very polite and intelligent, albeit sometimes prone to vanity.
Like most informants, Buscetta was occasionally somewhat economical with the truth.
Only after the murders on Antimafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, in 1992, did Buscetta decide to talk about the links between the Mafia and politicians.

sunglasses and is
F. A. Porsche founded his own design company, Porsche Design, which is renowned for exclusive sunglasses, watches, furniture, and many other luxury articles.
The DVD cover is a sketch of Pasolini in sunglasses ; Paolo Bonacelli's name is printed beside it.
Another easily observed effect is the drastic reduction in brightness of images of the sky and clouds reflected from horizontal surfaces ( see Brewster's angle ), which is the main reason polarizing filters are often used in sunglasses.
The role played by polarization in the operation of liquid crystal displays ( LCDs ) is also frequently apparent to the wearer of polarizing sunglasses, which may reduce the contrast or even make the display unreadable.
Plus-size models are also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e. g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical products and sunglasses, footwear and watches.
On the right is a man in military uniform with sunglasses and a gun on his right side.
* They Live ( 1988 ), by John Carpenter — As Roddy Piper is trying on his new " sunglasses " that allow him to see the world as it is, he looks at an advertisement for Control Data Corporation and sees the word OBEY.
A pristine, methodical man known for his punctuality and decorum, he is depicted as never appearing in public without wearing reflective sunglasses ( it is speculated that a possible reason for this is that his eyes are " extremely light-sensitive ").
The use by historians of the term " sunglasses " is anachronistic before the twentieth century.
There are also safety glasses for welding, which are styled like wraparound sunglasses, but with much darker lenses, for use in welding where a full sized welding helmet is inconvenient or uncomfortable.
Some sunglasses with interchangeable lenses have optional clear lenses to protect the eyes during low light or night time activities and a colored lens with UV protection for times where sun protection is needed.
His most notable physical feature is his lack of eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket, which he often covers with sunglasses.
The Corinthian does not seem to suffer in any way from his lack of eyes, and indeed claims to be able to see very well: he is shown driving adequately even while wearing sunglasses at night.
But backstage, when he meets Shapiro in person, Clifton takes off his sunglasses and we see that he is actually Kaufman.
Today, Welch is a noticeable face of television commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.
As of June 2010, she is featured in several television ads for sunglasses by Foster Grant.
Since Polaroid sheet is dichroic, it will absorb impinging light of one plane of polarisation, so sunglasses will reduce the partially polarised light reflected from level surfaces such as windows and sheets of water, for example.
These were not " sunglasses " as that term is now used ; Ayscough believed blue-or green-tinted glass could correct for specific vision impairments.
As a result, it is not uncommon ( and in some U. S. states, is required by law ) for riders to wear wrap-around sunglasses or goggles to supplement eye protection with these helmets.

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