Mr. Bonanno's authority, organized-crime investigators said, disintegrated in the mid-60's when Mr. Lucchese and another Mafia boss, Carlo Gambino, learned that he was plotting to assassinate them in an attempt to solidify his position as the nation's dominant mob leader.
There was a clear sense of urgency at the White House, where Bush spent more than two hours in meetings with L. Paul Bremer III, head of the provisional authority organizing the reconstruction.
In Luxor on Monday afternoon, the Egyptian authorities organized a news conference with Ms. Rice and Mr. Aboul Gheit.
The authorities organized helicopter flights over Mr. Rodriguez's seven-acre estate in Slate Hill, N.Y., using infrared devices to look for bodies.
Pozarevac authorities organized a rival event to commemorate World War II Victory Day, and opposition officials said the move could have led to clashes between supporters and foes of the government.
In 1665 colonial authorities organized a committee2 to investigate a "difference" between the town and the Indians living nearby with a view towards establishing the bounds of a Wangunk reservation.
The state and local authorities organized a rescue mission for people who were snowbound in their cars along a highway near Nebraska City, which is 44 miles from Lincoln in the state's southeast corner.
The 2008 Summer Olympics closed in a display of tightly scripted merriment and lavish fireworks, a final burst of pomp ending 17 days of sports and celebration that Chinese authorities organized with flawless precision and an unbending security clampdown.
According to a Chinese journalist who often talks with Hong Kong government and mainland Chinese officials in Hong Kong, the Chinese authorities organized an ad hoc group, led by Yang Jiechi, a former foreign minister and now a state councilor, to handle the Snowden matter.
The council's executive vice chairman, Chanina Sperlin, said that they would also distribute fliers advising residents to report suspicious people and packages to the authorities, organize a conference call with local school administrators and hold a meeting with synagogue representatives to discuss safety precautions.
