Word: cordero
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...treats those who have infringed upon its own rules (think Shoeless Joe) more harshly than those who have trespassed against the society that supposedly lies behind the game. Talk all you want about his gambling problems, but I won't see the merit of Rose's exile until Wil Cordero also gets the boot...
...Boston--See Detroit. Even worse becaue of the Wil Cordero and John Valentin controversies...
...keystone of the strategy is to make each of the city's 76 precinct commanders directly responsible for keeping the peace in a well-defined area--formerly the beat officers' job. When Captain Jose Cordero of the 40th precinct in the South Bronx learned that shootings in his precinct had edged up 15% earlier this year, for example, he authorized sweeping searches of housing projects and mailboxes, two common hiding places for guns and drugs. By blocking off streets, officers denied potential drug buyers access to the neighborhood. The result: a 22% drop in shootings over the next two months...
...think a lot of people are very afraid of getting in touch with parts of themselves," says Cordero, "especially a lot of people at Harvard, people who are very competitive...
...fabulous. She's like a goddess basically," says Cordero. "She's got a very, very peaceful way about her. She's got a lot of positive energy. You feel it from her, and I think that's why people like her so much...