Word: cop
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...matter if they go to Harvard or Junior College. It takes real balls to admit a good song. If you've had a hard day, or if you had a tough exam, Britney Spears might put you in a better mood than before you heard her. It's a cop-out to go against something that's mainstream, and it's incredibly lame and cheesy to think otherwise...
...time of death. They never obtained a warrant to search the Skakel home. And conflicts of interest abounded. It was (and is) the custom in Greenwich for off-duty policemen to work as bodyguards or chauffeurs for wealthy residents. "In retrospect, we probably treated the Skakels differently," a cop later admitted to author Timothy Dumas. "We did a little soft shoe, proceeded cautiously so as not to offend anyone...
Thus, for 30 min. each week a massive audience witnessed, live, a parade of people trying to use their heads to strike it rich. Question quickly spawned a number of instant folk heros and heroines: the New York City cop who had brushed up his Shakespeare ($16,000); the shoemaker opera buff ($32,000); the young psychologist named Joyce Brothers whose specialty was prizefighting...
...news Wednesday for anyone who's ever panicked at the sight of blue uniforms and flashing red lights. Led by Chief Justice Rehnquist, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that officers can legally stop and question anyone who runs away from a cop and exhibits "nervous, evasive behavior." The case prompting the decision involved a Chicago man who ran after seeing police in an area saturated with drug dealers. Police took off after him, claiming his flight helped to establish "reasonable suspicion" of his involvement in a recent or impending criminal act - and was therefore covered under the legal parameters...
...felt, was determined to stay. This was partly why the top officials--even as they bade Yeltsin goodbye--were struggling for a consensus on Putin, who has risen from deputy mayor of St. Petersburg to President in less than four years. Some administration officials thumbnail him as a "smooth cop"--a man tough enough to clean up Russia but charming enough to keep ties to the West. Other analysts, however, particularly at the Pentagon, are worried about Putin's disregard for democratic practices and his reliance on a war in Chechnya to boost his popularity ratings. "All we know...