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  • Hawaiian rights activist Dennis Puuhonua "Bumpy" Kanahele says he's still gathering support from Native Hawaiians for the effort, which would attempt to unify the fractured Hawaiian independence movement.

    AsianWeek 2008

  • The film is told through the eyes of three prisoners, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, aka the black Al Capone, a Harlem gangster, godfather and numbers operator who was sent to Alcatraz for his continued criminal influence in prison; Robert Lipscomb, a convicted counterfeiter turned prison activist who fought against discrimination and unfair treatment of blacks; and William "Ty" Martin, a convicted postal robber who was involved in a daring mastermind escape from the confines of Alcatraz.

    San Francisco Sentinel 2010

  • In his book, Lucas chronicles his rise from small-town North Carolina thief to wingman for Harlem crime boss Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson and, finally, to running the drug ring he claims earned him hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Druglord ‘gangster’ fashion victim « 2010

  • Europe's Bumpy RoadWhile European reliability had been improving, momentum seems to have stalled.

    Consumer Reports' 2010 Annual Car Reliability Survey: GM makes big strides, while Honda, Toyota dominate 2010

  • Plugging In Carl Weins Bumpy Road for Electric Cars Charge That Car — for Less WSJ Topics: Electric Cars In the few parts of the country where a majority of electricity is produced by emission-free nuclear or hydroelectric power, such as the Northwest, the greenhouse gases linked to charging an electric car over a 10-year span could be as much as 80% lower than driving a traditional gasoline-powered car, according to the Argonne study.

    Environmental Lift of Battery Cars Is Limited Mike Ramsey 2010

  • Bumpy Ride Track the DJIA in 5-minute intervals from Aug. 1-11.

    Cisco Provides a Boost as U.S. Stocks Surge 2011

  • Bumpy Ride Track the DJIA from Aug 1-5, in 5-minute intervals.

    Dow Whipsaws to a Gain Steven Russolillo 2011

  • Bumpy Ride Track the DJIA in 5-minute intervals from Aug. 1-11.

    Asian Shares Pare Gains John Phillips 2011

  • Bumpy Ride Track the DJIA from Aug 1-5, in 5-minute intervals.

    A Wild Ride for Financial Markets Tom Lauricella 2011

  • Bumpy Ride Track the DJIA in 5-minute intervals from Aug. 1-11.

    Stocks Swing Up in Wild Week Tom Lauricella 2011

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