THE DEATH OF THE MOB: PUTTING GODFATHERS BEHIND BARS

THE DEATH OF THE MOB: PUTTING GODFATHERS BEHIND BARS

THE TEXT
THE DEATH OF THE MOB: PUTTING GODFATHERS BEHIND BARS
For years, nothing moved in New York
is that real mobsters are not at all as
unless the Mob profited from it, but a 15-
smart as we, or they, like to think. If
year campaign by the FBI has put the
that's true, you might ask, why did it
godfathers in jail.
take so long to catch them? The answer
It takes some time to get used to the
to that question is worth considering. It
following fact. In the past year, there
shows what can be done in the police
has not been a single Mob-related
force if the police, the government
killing in New York. Also, the garbage
and their lawyers try really hard. It
collection industry in New York, which
shows that the right laws, the right
has long been run by the Mob, is now
people (particularly in the police) and
open to any company that would like to
the right attitude can work wonders. But
try. Third, if you build an office
you need imagination.
skyscraper or a block of flats in New
York now, you don't have to pay $2 to
VOCABULARY
organized crime for every window you
The Mob -- Mafie
unless -- leda by (pokud ne)
godfathers -- kmotři (mafiánští)
not a single one -- ani jeden jediný
Mob-related -- Ve vztahu k Mafii
garbage collection -- sběr odpadu
run a company -- řídit společnost
in fact -- (zesiluje výše řečené)
the whole picture -- to celé, to o co jde
in a way -- svým způsobem, tak trochu
family ties -- rodinná pouta
honourable -- čestný
have st in common with sb -- mít něco
společného s
the Hollywood sort -- Hollywoodský typ
(sorta, odrůda)
mobsters -- mafiáni
consider st -- něco zvážit, popřemýšlet nad
něčím
particularly -- obzvláště pak
attitude -- postoj, přístup
work wonders -- dělat zázraky
put in any more: the Mob window tax
is gone. Finally, the most surprising fact
of all: the godfathers of all five New York
families are in jail and will remain there
for a very long time.
In fact, the whole picture is hard to get
used to. Without really wanting to,
many of us, thanks to the books of
Mario Puzo have begun to admire, in a
way, the world of the godfathers, with
their
family
ties,
their
cruel
but
honorable fights, and their justice.
Of course, the real-life Cosa Nostra
never had much in common with the
Hollywood sort. The greatest difference
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