Street Soldier: My Life as an Enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Irish Mob
by Edward MacKenzie Jr., Phyllis Karas, Ross A. Muscato

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In Chapter 4, Eddie explains the infamous 'Code of Impressions', and expounds the fundamental 'Ethic of Appearance'. On page 68 he says, 'Grooming was everything. You didn't never leave the house without a gun, a baseball bat, a chainsaw, dynamite, an acid bath, a Barry Manilow CD in case real torture was needed, your comb and a small vanity mirror. Let's face it; who's gonna take a standover guy serious if his suit ain't shined or his hair don't have one of them layered cuts from The Family's in-house coiffeur, Mario 'The Mincer' Roselli.'

There's only one small inaccuracy in Mackenzie's story, and as it pertains to my work, it needs to be corrected. On page 144, Eddie states that at the 1992 Palermo Film Festival, `Terminator 2' was unanimously voted `Best Conflict Resolution Video' by the members of SNACK (Sensitive New Age Contract Killers). The vote wasn't unanimous. Carmine `The Lens' Gambino abstained because he shot not only the film but also every critic who panned it.

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