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           HehadsomeofthegamblinginBrooklynandsomeinQueens.Hehadsomeprostitution.Hehadstrong-arm.HecompletelycontrolledStatenIsland.HehadsomeofthesportsbettingintheBronxandWestchester.Hewasinnarcotics.HehadclosetiestoClevelandandtheWestCoastandhewasoneofthefewmenshrewdenoughtobeinterestedinLasVegasandReno,theopencitiesofNevada.HealsohadinterestsinMiamiBeachandCuba.AftertheCorleoneFamily,hiswasperhapsthestrongestinNewYorkandthereforeinthecountry.HisinfluencereachedeventoSicily.Hishandwasineveryunlawfulpie.HewasevenrumoredtohaveatoeholdinWallStreet.HehadsupportedtheTattagliaFamilywithmoneyandinfluencesincethestartofthewar.ItwashisambitiontosupplantDonCorleoneasthemostpowerfulandrespectedMafialeaderinthecountryandtotakeoverpartoftheCorleoneempire.HewasamanmuchlikeDonCorleone,butmoremodern,moresophisticated,morebusinesslike.HecouldneverbecalledanoldMoustachePeteandhehadtheconfidenceofthenewer,younger,brasherleadersontheirwayup.Hewasamanofgreatpersonalforceinacoldway,withnoneofDonCorleone’swarmthandhewasperhapsatthismomentthemost"respected"maninthegroup.

           ThelasttoarrivewasDonPhillipTattaglia,theheadoftheTattagfiaFamilythathaddirectlychallengedtheCorleonepowerbysupportingSollozzo,andhadsonearlysucceeded.Andyetcuriouslyenoughhewasheldinaslightcontemptbytheothers.