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Pecora is an infraorder of even-toed hoofed mammals with ruminant digestion. Most members of Pecora have cranial appendages projecting from their frontal bones ; only two extant genera lack them, Hydropotes and Moschus . [ 2 ]
The Pecora Investigation was an inquiry begun on March 4, 1932, by the United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency to investigate the causes of the Wall Street crash of 1929. The name refers to the fourth and final chief counsel for the investigation, Ferdinand Pecora .
Tom Pecora (born January 21, 1958) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Quinnipiac. [1] Pecora was originally hired as associate head coach at Quinnipiac on March 28, 2017, under new head coach Baker Dunleavy .
Ferdinand Pecora was born in Nicosia, Sicily, the son of Louis Pecora and Rosa Messina, who emigrated to the United States in 1886. He grew up in Chelsea, Manhattan.After briefly studying for the Episcopal ministry, Pecora attended St. Stephen's College (now Bard College) and the City University of New York before he was forced to leave school when his father was injured in an industrial accident.
William Thomas Pecora II [a] was born on February 1, 1913, in Belleville, New Jersey, son of Cono and Anna Pecora (née Amabile). Both parents were immigrants from Sant'Arsenio, in southern Italy. Pecora was the ninth of 10 children, four boys and six girls.
Joseph N. "Jo Jo" Pecora – a former underboss who controlled gambling rackets from Chester and throughout West Virginia. In 1979, Pecora as convicted of racketeering and illegal gambling and was sentenced to five years in prison. [43] [42] [16] On March 3, 1987, Pecora died of heart disease in Florida. [25]
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Pecora is a group of hoofed mammals that comprises most of the ruminants. Pecora may also refer to: An occasional spelling of the Pechora River; Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica; Coda di Pecora, a grape variety