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How a Romanian Fought Against Public Enemies

Public Enemies in this context:  a term which was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and extremely damaging to society. However, the phrase (often spelled “publick enemy”) has been used for hundreds of years to refer to pirates, outlaws, and rebels.
After seeing the movie with the same name (Public enemies) we find out a striking fact:

Late in the afternoon of Saturday, July 21, 1934, the madam of a brothel in Gary, Indiana, contacted one of the police officers with information. This woman called herself Anna Sage, however, her real name was Ana Cumpanas, and she had entered the United States from her native Rumania in 1914.

So there you have it: Romanians fighting crime, side by side with the newborn FBI, during the Great Recession (if we don’t count the current recesion, that is)
The movie isn’t bad, but that doesn’t make it a good movie. Just the usual “bang-bang”, “we’re gonna get you”, “look how cool I am robbing banks” kind of movie. Still waaaay better than Ice Age 3, who totally sucked.

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