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 Philip Testa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip Testa's son, Salvatore Testa, an up and comer in the mob, was elevated by Scarfo to the rank of capo in the months after his father's death.
Philip Testa, also known as "The Chicken Man", is probably best known not for his brief leadership of the Bruno Family, or The Philadelphia Mafia, but for being the inspiration for one of rock music's most mythical songs.
Testa was the underboss of the Philly mob under long-time leader Angelo Bruno, known for his good nature and tendency to avoid dealing in violence or drugs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philip_Testa   (330 words)

  
 Trebatius Testa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a protege of Cicero; Cicero dedicated his Topica to Trebatius, and recommended Trebatius as a legal advisor to Julius Caesar.
Trebatius enjoyed Caesar's favor, and later that of Augustus as well.
Trebatius' writings included a de religionibus and de iure civili, but not even excerpts of these survive.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trebatius_Testa   (106 words)

  
 Salvatore Testa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salvatore Testa ("Salvie") was the son of Philip Testa, "The Chicken Man", who briefly led the Philadelphia Mafia before his likely execution by Nicodemo Scarfo.
When Testa inserted his key in the front door, the bomb exploded, killing him and destroying the front of his house.
Testa survived several attempted hits during his time as a capo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salvatore_Testa   (362 words)

  
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www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Augusto+Testa   (362 words)

  
 Cesare Augusto, il grande imperatore
A chiarire ogni dubbio è Augusto in persona: " da allora in poi fui superiore a tutti in autorità, sebbene non avessi maggior potere di tutti gli altri che furono miei colleghi in ciascuna magistratura ".
Augusto muore a Nola, nella stessa casa in cui era spirato il padre, il 21 agosto del 14 d.C., lo stesso giorno del suo primo consolato, all'età di quasi 76 anni e dopo aver governato per 44 anni.
Augusto può controllare il processo elettorale imponendo alcuni candidati come propri e nel 2 d.C. istituisce due commissioni, composte da senatori e cavalieri, con il compito di operare una scelta preventiva tra i candidati alle magistrature.
www.storiain.net /arret/num77/artic7.asp   (362 words)

  
 wiki/A. Testa Definition / wiki/A. Testa Research
Augusto Testa is an Italian The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/A._Testa   (362 words)

  
 AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - Philadelphia, PA
Testa was an up and comer in the mob who had been elevated to the rank of capo in the months after his father Phil's death.
Meanwhile, Phil Testa had been chosen by the New York families to be the next boss in Philadelphia.
One example of this was Salvatore "Salvie" Testa.
www.americanmafia.com /Cities/Philadelphia.html   (362 words)

  
 71
Augusto, applicando speciosamente quella legge, fu il primo a istruire un processo contro dei libelli diffamatori, perché scosso dalla spregiudicata compiacenza con cui Cassio Severo aveva infangato, in scritti saturi di indecenze, uomini e donne illustri.
L'accusatore addebitava a Falanio la colpa di aver accolto tra i cultori di Augusto, esistenti in tutte le casate sotto forma di gruppo sacerdotale, un tale Cassio, un pantomimo abituato a vendere il suo corpo; e gli muoveva anche un'altra accusa, quella di avere, nella cessione di un giardino, venduto anche una statua d'Augusto.
Peraltro il veto prevalse, perché in passato il divo Augusto, interpellato, aveva risposto che gli istrioni dovevano essere immuni dalle sferzate, e a Tiberio non era concesso violare le sue disposizioni.
www.skuola.it /didattica/latino/annali/libro1/71_81.htm   (362 words)

  
 Referenced Case
Philip J. Lipari composed the words and music to a composition entitled, "Kept on Singing" in 1969.
Defendants contend that prior to registration of the copyright in November 1971, one Chuck Marshall recorded "Kept on Singing." However, Philip Lipari, the author and owner of the common law copyright, submitted an affidavit averring that Marshall's recording was without authorization or consent.
In their narrative statement filed in April of 1979, pursuant to Rule 5(II) of this court, plaintiffs corrected the error and stated that Philip Lipari composed the words and music to the song and assigned the work to plaintiffs.
www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/projects/law/library/cases/case_testajanssen.html   (2676 words)

  
 SALVATORE FERRAGAMO: STORIA DEL "CALZOLAIO DELLE STELLE"
Salvatore Ferragamo nasce a Bonito, a 100 chilometri da Napoli.
Salvatore va a Boston dove un fratello lavora in una fabbrica di scarpe.
Salvatore è inoltre irremovibile sul fatto che la Ferragamo non avrebbe mai concesso licenze, nè affidato il marchio a esecutori esterni.
www.modaonline.it /stilisti/ferragam/storia.htm   (2676 words)

  
 RISULTATO RICERCA MUSEO
Il percorso espositivo si articola in cinque sezioni, tra i reperti di particolare prestigio: la testa di Augusto e gli affreschi della domus patrizia.
Da segnalare le pitture parietali in cui si rivela una stretta affinità con le decorazioni murali di "quarto stile pompeiano" con motivi tratti dalla scenografia teatrale e le straordinarie pitture che illustrano Athena nell'atto di inventare il flauto.
www.museionline.it /ita/cerca/museo.asp?id=3082   (2676 words)

  
 AT&T (Sony) Building by Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson completed this building in the same year as PPG Place in Pittsburgh, a strikingly different but logically similar post-modernist approach.
That the ATandT building was created by Philip Johnson, who brought the International Style to America in 1932 with his MoMA exhibition and designed such pure modernist forms as the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut is the first irony of this building.
As ATandT tried to rejuvenate itself in the late 1980s, the last thing it needed was a massive granite corporate headquarters with authoritative classical references.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/att   (444 words)

  
 Scarfo/Philadelphi Mob
Testa charged Narducci was robbing the family in the he numbers business, Narducci had asked Testa for a $50,000 loan, even though he had millions in cash, and that Testa had borrowed $50,000 from another family member.
Although Testa suspected he was going to be murdered, he believed that Leonetti would have warned him.
Bruno Underboss Philip Testa and Consiglieri Anthony Campanegra split after Bruno's murder, until Campanegra was subsequently killed one month later.
www.ipsn.org /scarfo.html   (1610 words)

  
 Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - this just in ... Mob News and Features
March 15, 1981: Philip Testa, 56, head of the Philadelphia mob after mob boss Angelo Bruno’s death, is blown apart by a bomb hidden on the porch of his South Philadelphia home.
March 15, 1981: Philip Testa, 56, head of the Philadelphia mob after Bruno's death, is blown apart by a bomb hidden on the porch of his South Philadelphia home.
March 15, 1982: Rocco Marinucci, 30, pizza parlor operator questioned in Testa's death, is killed a year to the day after Testa and found with firecrackers stuffed in his mouth.
www.americanmafia.com /News/1-18-02_Most_Recent_Mob_Hits.html   (1058 words)

  
 Testa1..txt
FELICE3 TESTA (VINCENZO2, ?1) was born October 06, 1892 in Santa Ella a Pianisi, Campobasso, Italy, and died December 08, 1958 in Yonkers, NY.
SALVATORE2 TESTA (?1) was born April 1860 in St. Elia a Pianisi, Campobasso, Italy, and died Unknown.
GEORGE2 TESTA (?1) was born April 22, 1861 in St. Elia, a Pianisi, Campobasso, Itlay, and died July 04, 1944 in Yonkers, NY..
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~skyebrght/Testa1..txt   (1058 words)

  
 94a0900p.txt
Testa, who had been the boss of the Philadelphia LCN (Scarfo was his "consigliere" at the time), had died when a bomb exploded in his house in early 1981.
After the jury's unexpected verdict in the Testa murder case, the defendants' attorneys, friends, and family met at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia.
It ultimately tried Scarfo and Leonetti for the murder of Salvatore Testa.
vls.law.vill.edu /Locator/3d/Nov1994/94a0900p.txt   (1058 words)

  
 Falsetti Genealogy
Salvatore was born at 11 am on October 15, 1857, and his birth was reported to the Officer of Vital Records of Amantea on October 16th by his father Giovanni Sconza Testa, 32, farmhand; the Certificate of Birth was witnessed by Antonio Aloisio, 25, farmhand, and Nicola Politano, 38.
Maria (Mary Testa) was born on February 22, 1891 in the Community of Aria di Lupo, Lago, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.She was 79 when she died in St. Paul, MN on March 9, 1970.
Antonia was born at 5:30 pm on August 13, 1898, and her birth was reported to the Officer of Vital Records of Lago by her father Salvatore Sconza Testa, age 40, tenant farmer; the Certificate of Birth was witnessed by Vincenzo Cupelli, age 46, and Giuseppe Veltri, age 33, landowner.
www.falzett.com /genealogy/Falsetti.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Times Community Newspapers - Obituaries - 02/10/2004 - Salvatore J. Testa, Production manager, Purcellville
Testa was born Oct. 1, 1907, in Newark, N.J., to the late John and Anna Testa.
Salvatore John Testa, 96, of Purcellville, died Jan. 30 in Heritage Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Josephine Testa of Purcellville; his son, William Testa of Purcellville; a sister; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
www.zwire.com /site/tab1.cfm?newsid=10948204&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506049&rfi=6   (1058 words)

  
 People v. Welch (1962) 58 C2d 271
Testa pushed some money along the counter, saying, "This is all I've got." Testa appeared to be rising from his stool, and defendant, thinking that Testa was moving toward him, pointed the gun at Testa and fired.
GIBSON, C. Defendant pled guilty to robbery and to the murder of Rosalie Hettrick and Salvatore Testa, and stipulated personally and through his attorney that each of the offenses of murder was murder in the first degree.
Don't move and you won't be hurt." Defendant then removed the money from the cash register and ordered Testa to give him his money.
online.ceb.com /calcases/C2/58C2d271.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes September 08, 1999
Testa stated that the tandem garage in the rear, as proposed by staff, is not an alternative, as there is an existing screened porch that is attached to the garage.
Testa stated that staff’s alternative for a garage in the front is even more difficult, as it creates an alleyway between the house and garage with a roof overhang.
Testa stated that the 15-foot setback requirement in the zoning ordinance is causing the hardship.
www2.ci.plymouth.mn.us /pls/cop/docs/FOLDER/CITY_GOV/CG_BOARDS/CG_PLANNING/CG_PL_MINUTE/1999_MIINUTES/PLANNING+COMMISSION+090899.HTM   (1058 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1169 (v. 3)
[testa.] TREBELLIA'NUS, one of the most insigni­ ficant and despicable of the herd of thirty tyrants enumerated by Pollio [see aureolus].
He was a Cilician robber, who called his castle in the fast­ nesses of the Isaurian mountains the Palatium, established a mint, and gave himself the title of emperor.
The obverse repre* sents the head of Pallas, and the reverse Jupiter in a quadriga, with l.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3503.html   (802 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.12.06
Finally, L. considers the epistolary "portrait" of C. Trebatius Testa and shows that C.'s representations of this figure are marked by a highly affective and jovial tone, full of the language of social intimacy and shared humor.
To this end, L. reviews C.'s characterizations of Pompey, Curio, and C. Trebatius Testa throughout the corpus of letters, and argues for a relative consistency in the tone and language of the epistolographer's representations of each of these men.
In sum, although it is not surprising that C. is consistent in the tone and language of his characterizations, L. does a fine job of extracting the lexical subtleties of these "portraits" and arguing for a kind of overarching interconnection of representation throughout the corpus.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-12-06.html   (2164 words)

  
 MARCUS ANTISTIUS LABEO - LoveToKnow Article on MARCUS ANTISTIUS LABEO
His training in the science had been derived principally from Trebatius Testa.
To his knowledge of the law he added a wide general culture, devoting his attention specially to dialectics, philology (grammatica), and antiquities, as valuable aids in the exposition, expansion, and application of legal doctrine (Geil.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LABEO_MARCUS_ANTISTIUS.htm   (378 words)

  
 Augusto dos Anjos
Augusto, em geral, andava sozinho e na frente do grupo, observando o movimento agitado e alegre das moças, as comidas típicas da festa, o amendoim açucarado, as cocadas, a maçã do amor.
Augusto tinha tamanha fraqueza, que tomou injeções de soro fisiológico com rum, e tão enérgico remédio não pôde reanimá-lo.
Augusto, durante esses quatro anos, levara boa parte do seu tempo a solicitar emprego público aos políticos da Paraíba radicados no Rio de Janeiro, então Capital Federal.
www.vidaslusofonas.pt /augusto_dos_anjos.htm   (378 words)

  
 Claudio
Così si esprimeva Augusto in una lettera a sua moglie Livia riferendosi a Claudio, figlio di Druso e quindi nipote della stessa Livia che, al momento del suo matrimonio con Augusto, era di Druso già incinta.
Sposa in prime nozze Plauzia Urgulanilla dopo due fidanzamenti finiti malamente, il primo perché la famiglia della sua promessa sposa offende pubblicamente Augusto, il secondo perché la sua fidanzata, Livia Medullina, muore proprio il giorno delle nozze.
Nasce a Lugdunum (Lione) il primo di agosto del 10 a.C., terzo figlio di Nerone Druso, il fratello di Tiberio, e Antonia Minore, sorella di Augusto.
spazioinwind.libero.it /popoli_antichi/altro/Claudio.html   (378 words)

  
 taranto.htm
Tra i pezzi più notevoli della collezione è una testa virile raffigurante probabilmente Herakles, che illustra l'influenza esercitata da Lisippo, che operò a Taranto; un sarcofago frammentario neoattico del II sec.
La ritrattistica romana ufficiale è documentata, fra l'altro, da una testa di Augusto velato, mentre gli artigiani locali scolpirono una serie di ritratti, vivaci anche se sommari, che avevamo la funzione di cippi tombali.
Pregevoli sono le sculture che, come la grande Kore incompiuta e la testa di Apollo, dovevano far parte di templi o di santuari.
www.cartadeivini.net /comuni/taranto.htm   (378 words)

  
 From adversary to target market: the ACT-UP boycott of Philip Morris -- Offen et al. 12 (2): 203 -- Tobacco Control
Philip Morris referred to it as a "minor skirmish".
Philip Morris tour is the new target for Helms’s foes.
Philip Morris, ultimately it became the means by which a new
tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/12/2/203   (3331 words)

  
 Fauquier Gators vs Herndon Braves
Testa out at second p to 1b to 2b, caught stealing.
Testa singled, bunt; Grandfield advanced to second; Dressman advanced to third.
Nixon reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Testa out at second ss to 2b; Grandfield advanced to third; Dressman scored.
www.clarkgriffithbaseball.com /stats/hf0623.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Coturri Vineyards
Today, the Testa family (Maria and Rusty) are carrying on this legacy and continuing to live the dream as fourth-generation grape growers farming the same land Maria's great-grandparents worked - a section of Mendocino County just on the border of the Redwood Valley AVA.
The soils at the Testa Vineyards are a naturally rich sandy loam high in nutrient.
Winemaker Tony Coturri’s Notes: The 2003 Charbono Testa Vineyards is a delicate and understated wine that has straightforward flavors and a soft acidity that give it a rich texture and lasting flavors.
www.coturriwinery.com /vineyards.html   (3195 words)

  
 When Textiles Go to Extremes (washingtonpost.com)
Testa's tower exists so far only as a creamy white model with circular ramps passing in and around the crisscrosses of a structural double helix.
The young curator, Philip Johnson, decided to exhibit common hardware, including ball bearings, springs and cables, as worthy examples of form, function and aesthetics.
Robots would create, shape and cure strands of carbon fiber on site in a process called pultrusion, which he argues is no more complicated than fabrication of the fiberglass ladders commonly available at home-improvement stores.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A56477-2005Apr15.html   (1494 words)

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