Secretary of energy under Clinton

Usage examples of pena.

He grunted in recognition of Lou Pena, one of the local Mafia "enforcers.

He raised veiled eyes to his chief enforcer, Lou Pena, and muttered, "Listen, dammit, I don't want your damn crying excuses!

It was a senseless question, and Pena recognized it as such even as he thought it.

And Pena, the new chief enforcer, had damn well better get it for him.

From Cugina Maria, then but 22 years of age herself, Pena found an identification of ancestry and learned to be proud of his Neapolitan roots.

Even Pena, however, realized that this promotion had been largely based on a scarcity of qualified candidates.

It was generally acknowledged that whatever Pena lacked in brains was more than made up for by his brute strength, stubborn tenacity, and unflagging loyalty to his Capo.

DiGeorge smiled wryly, thinking of Screwy Looey Pena as his Chief Enforcer.

Obviously nervous and awed by the great man's presence, Zarecky stammeringly reported to DiGeorge that Pena had not been heard from and that Willie Walker had departed "with a crew" two days previously.

Willie Walker, smiling grimly, leaned over the bed and fitted a key into the handcuffs with which Pena was manacled to the metal bedpost.

He handed Pena a gun and dropped some loose bullets into his coat pocket.

Screwy Lou Pena, all expansive smiles and high humor, took up nearly half of the rear seat, Wedged in with him were one Mario Capistrano, who had been recently released from the Federal Reformatory at Lompoc, and Harold the Greaser Schiaperelli, a 59-year-old Italian-born contract specialist who had been deported three times but had never spent a night behind bars.

For a startled instant Pena wondered what the guy was doing on his knees beside the car.

Harold the Greaser screamed something in Italian as Capistrano and Pena descended on him.

What kind of information did Pena get back to the mob before you killed him, Bolan?