Word: sheriffs
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...acted like a dean,” and whose capacity for deference made him seem a pushover to many (he wasn’t), was succeeded by the tough talking and tough acting Lawrence H. Summers, whose advent was described as “a new sheriff in town.” If the Corporation behaves true to form, it will be looking for the not Larry Summers...
...those differences during the campaign, tacking to the right and touting the support of many New Orleans area African- American ministers, who are key in the city's get-out-the-vote drives. And he benefited from a late-in-the-game outburst from Harry Lee, the controversial sheriff of neighboring Jefferson Parish, much of which falls within the congressional district. Lee, incensed by Carter's appearance in the Spike Lee documentary When the Levees Broke, in which she took Jefferson Parish officials to task for turning back pedestrians trying to escape New Orleans via a bridge over the Mississippi...
...between shutting down the original location or trying another location, according to DeLuca, who attended University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The founders took a risk and chose the latter, which proved to be successful. “I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn’t come along and put the ‘bankruptcy’ sign up,” he said. As he faced early financial uncertainties, DeLuca had to juggle his Subway responsibilities with a romantic life, he said. “Basically, my dating life was driving...
...Five years ago, Deputy Sheriff Timothy Scott of Coweta County, Ga., a rural area 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, had his own Bullitt moment. On a Thursday night at 11 p.m., as a second deputy watched from the side of the road, a car whizzed by doing 73 in a 55 mph zone. The deputy gave chase, his blue lights flashing, but the car accelerated quickly. It ran red lights, crossed double-yellow lines to pass other cars, and hit speeds exceeding 90 mph. Curiously, before every turn, the driver put on his blinker...
...going to stop, so the deputy radioed for help, and Scott joined the chase. As the fleeing driver swerved into a shopping mall parking lot, Scott headed for the opposite side and tried to block the exit. The driver squeezed by, bumping Scott's car, which the deputy sheriff did not appreciate. He took the lead in the chase, and called his supervisor at headquarters for "permission to PIT" the driver...