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What's in a Name? In Corleone, Sicily, a Lot
Reuters ^ | Tue, Nov 25, 2003 | Philip Pullella

Posted on 11/25/2003 10:13:30 AM PST by presidio9

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To: jdege
King Richard III was Richard the Lionheart.

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." - Clemenza
21 posted on 11/25/2003 11:44:05 AM PST by Astronaut
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To: Astronaut
King Richard III was Richard the Lionheart.

Nope. Richard III was the last of the Plantagenets, 1483-5. The blackhearted scoundrel who imprisoned, and probably killed, the young Edward V, and was defeated and killed by Henry Tudor (Henry VII).

Richard I Coeur de Lion ruled from 1189-1199, joined in the 3rd Crusade, and hardly ever set foot in England at all.

22 posted on 11/25/2003 12:31:56 PM PST by jdege
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To: byrony
Don't steal my line! ;-)
23 posted on 11/25/2003 2:41:15 PM PST by Clemenza (East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
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To: jdege
I stand corrected. Thanks.
24 posted on 11/25/2003 4:32:49 PM PST by Astronaut
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To: presidio9
My grandfather came from about 20 clicks down the road in Pianna deglie Albanesi. He didn't look anything like the Don. Well maybe he was balding and a little overweight and mumbled a lot. But that's as far as any similarties went.
25 posted on 11/25/2003 6:45:23 PM PST by x1stcav ( HOOAHH!)
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To: presidio9
Right. What are they going to do about Palermo? Remember when the police cordoned off the whole city, back in the eighties?
26 posted on 11/25/2003 6:50:16 PM PST by firebrand
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To: nutmeg
bump
27 posted on 11/25/2003 7:47:53 PM PST by nutmeg
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