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...leaders who say some of Bratton's cops carry his aggressive style too far--"that's too damn bad," says Bratton. Success isn't pretty, even for his troops. Effective precinct commanders such as Lawrence (crime was down 15% in his precinct in 1995) merely get grilled to a medium rare at Comstat. Those who show up unprepared, without coherent strategies to reduce crime, are fried crisp, then stripped of their commands. Half of all precinct bosses have been replaced under Bratton. Those who survive get unprecedented autonomy but have to demonstrate extraordinary results. Some feel pressured to shave their...
...convince serious detractors of the artist's merit, it provides an interesting study in art history of a decidedly different sort than we are used to. She traces the artist's influences, from Picasso to F. Holland Day, along with his growing interest in gay pornography as a medium...
...danger is real. Making a nuclear weapon is a complex business, but in essence all anyone would need to lay waste to a medium-size city like New Orleans are two things. The first is an understanding of the technology involved, the easy availability of which has been demonstrated by innumerable high school science whiz kids. The second component is actual fissionable material--55 lbs. of enriched uranium, say, which would be enough to turn the heart of New Orleans into radioactive dust. With the increasing use of nuclear technology around the world and the destabilization of Russia, the once...
...trend. Last year's trend was hard-boiled women detectives, by such hard-boiled women writers as Carol O'Connell (Mallory's Oracle) and Patricia Cornwell (The Body Farm). The new trend is, let's see (flip, flip), hard-boiled women, right, but (flip, flip) written by soft-to-medium-boiled...
...Guide time again, when Harvard students have their chance to speak candidly, and with devastating anonymity, about their courses, professors and, most especially, their teaching fellows. TFs who score 4.5 or above will be awarded a "Certificate of Excellence," redeemable, I'm told, for a plain croissant and a medium lemonade at the Kendall Square Au Bon Pain...