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Most of the 6,500 registered guests were affluent, to say the least, and 75% of them came with their wives: prime targets for the jewel thieves who prowl the better hotels. Security had to be beefed up; in addition to the Hilton's regular complement of 70 guards, the A.T.A. provided 35 officers. The New York police department detached some plainclothesmen and mounted patrolmen to monitor the portals. This was something of a departure for the N.Y.P.D., but the convention after all was expected to unload $3 million a day on the city. Hilton Chief Barren Hilton himself...
...better understanding of the goals of the department," he says, adding this should increase communication between the different branches of the department, and facilitate the upward input into the decision-making process. Chafin would agree. "This office has been very open to suggestions and ideas from the entire complement of personnel and has instituted programmatic changes based upon some input," Chafin says, citing the initiation of monthly plenary staff meetings, new police cruisers with more effective equipment and the influence of dispatchers' opinions in the design of their new uniforms...
...says it would be nice to have another English player on the team to complement his playing style. He has done well for himself at midfield, though, using his head for the game to choreograph the Harvard attack, which has become much more controlled this season...
Ford said he decided to platoon because "Walter (Diaz) and Lee (Nelson) are two very similar players," who like to work the ball up from midfield. Ford says he is looking for "more aggressive" players to complement Diaz and Nelson up front and put the ball...
...curious combination. They possess a wealth of musical talents, both having shown over the course of their careers that they can write exceptional music. Neither one displays exceptional virtuousity with instruments--Hall plays an adequate keyboard and Oates strums a less-than-spectacular guitar. However, vocally the two complement each other nicely. Hall's wide-ranging, piercing voice contrasts well with Oates' smooth, sensual tenor...