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    The Sicilian method was one of the first ways to extract sulfur from underground deposits. In its most basic form the ores were piled in a mound and ignited...
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    as caciocavallo and toma. Other versions do not include cheese. The Sicilian methods of making pizza are linked to local culture and country traditions...
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    Sicilians (Sicilian: Siciliani) are a European ethnographic group who are indigenous to Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, as well as the...
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    Sicilian (Sicilian: sicilianu, pronounced [sɪʃɪˈljaːnʊ, sɪdʒɪˈljaːnʊ]; Italian: siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily...
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  • The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa -], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː(ɽ)a]; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is...
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  • The Sicilian is a 1987 epic historical crime film directed by Michael Cimino. The film was adapted by Steve Shagan, and later rewritten by Cimino and Gore...
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    devised his Frasch method of sulfur removal using pipes to bypass the quicksand. This replaced the inefficient and polluting Sicilian method. The process proved...
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  • Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. Luca Zingaretti had to adjust his accent to Sicilian having been born in Rome. Inspector Montalbano was initially launched on...
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    Salvo Montalbano (category Fictional Sicilian people)
    stories. The books were written in a mixture of Italian, strict Sicilian, and Sicilian Italian. The detective's character encapsulates astute detective...
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    force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town. The series is written in Italian but with a substantial sprinkling of Sicilian phrases and grammar. The name...
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    Sicilian cuisine is the style of cooking on the island of Sicily. It shows traces of all cultures that have existed on the island of Sicily over the last...
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    Arancini (category Pages with Sicilian IPA)
    Arancini (UK: /ˌærənˈtʃiːni/, US: /ˌɑːr-/, Italian: [aranˈtʃiːni]; Sicilian: [aɾanˈtʃiːnɪ, -ˈdʒiː-]; sg.: arancino), also known as arancine (sg.: arancina)...
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    The War of the Sicilian Vespers, also shortened to the War of the Vespers, was a conflict waged by several medieval European kingdoms over control of Sicily...
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    Brazen bull (redirect from Sicilian Bull)
    The brazen bull, also known as the bronze bull, Sicilian bull, bellowing bull or bull of Phalaris, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient...
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    The Kingdom of Sicily (Latin: Regnum Siciliae; Sicilian: Regnu di Sicilia; Italian: Regno di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the southern...
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    The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with...
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  • The Sicilian Mafia was less active during the era of Fascist Italy and it was fought by Benito Mussolini's government. In June 1924, Mussolini instructed...
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  • the semi-purified sulfur in various approaches collectively called Sicilian method. Abandoned sulfur mines includes those in Castelterminin, Enna and...
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  • appeared in Colombia during the period known as La Violencia (1948–1958) as a method of psychological warfare designed to scare and intimidate. It was one of...
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  • Lupara bianca (category History of the Sicilian Mafia)
    method was widely used by the Sicilian Mafia's Corleonesi faction during the Second Mafia War, mostly taking place from 1981 to 1984. Other methods included...
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  • crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization. captain: a capo. cement shoes: a method of murder or body...
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    process in 1891, sulphur extracted from volcanic rock in Sicily by the Sicilian method made up the vast majority of the world's production. In 1816, a treaty...
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    sources with the invention of gelato, while other sources claims that Sicilian cooks gradually modified the sherbet recipe over time, giving birth to...
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  • American Mafia (category Sicilian Mafia)
    the same methods of extortion. Giuseppe Esposito was the first known Mafia member to immigrate to the United States. He and six other Sicilians fled to...
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    The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with...
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  • or shipped to a nonexistent address in another city. First used by the Sicilian Provenzano crime family in New Orleans and the Morello crime family in...
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    Hanging (category Execution methods)
    Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions...
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    Count of Sicily, Roger maintained relative tolerance and multiculturalism; Sicilian Muslims remained citizens. Until the late twelfth century, and probably...
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    Organized crime in Italy (category Articles containing Sicilian-language text)
    methods of Italian crime syndicates. The Nigerian mafia pays tribute (a percentage of its profits from criminal rackets) to the Camorra and Sicilian Mafia...
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  • Salvatore Riina (category Sicilian Mafia Commission)
    17 November 2017), called Totò (sicilian diminutive of Salvatore), was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder...
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