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...Weak supervision has also been a problem. Los Angeles lost 1,600 positions in the 1980s owing to budget cuts, and much of the attrition came among managers in the field. Parks says supervisors often didn't see--or worse, ignored--"red flags" that something was wrong. Perez has charged that a key reason for the misconduct he observed and participated in was that officers were "trying to impress supervisors...
...coming on stage. It took the drum 'n' bass beats of the single "Heart Go Boom" to finally get the crowd going, and even then, the transition into a slower song killed the momentum. Another single, "Stop the Rock," came next, but the rock was already stopped: like a weak bomb, the crowd bounced slowly but never exploded. The poker-faced security people might have smiled inside, faced as they were with the incongruous sight of an equally poker-faced front...
...Crimson can stave off RPI's powerful offense, Harvard should have no difficulty in collapsing on the Engineers' weak defenders on offense. And with the trio of freshman center Dominic Moore, ECAC Rookie of the Week, junior center Steve Moore, selected for the ECAC Honor Roll, and junior winger Chris Bala consistently performing in the offensive zone, Harvard should be a force to reckon with...
...some ways, Bridget resembles a latter-day version of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, caught as she is a picaresque series of adventures and winning goodwill from both other characters and readers by dint of sheer charisma (and some aid from Mark Darcy). Admittedly, those adventures include perhaps the weak point of the novel, when Bridget is framed for smuggling drugs in Thailand, which seems to be the excitement-and-terror locale du jour (see Brokedown Palace or The Beach). Out of urban London, Bridget's neuroticism seems hopelessly out of context: for all her moaning in her diary...
...becomes a surefire nominee. In past years, it hasn't been especially controversial or noticeable since Miramax usually has one of the best films of the year-The Crying Game, The English Patient, Good Will Hunting, Il Postino and Shakespeare in Love. This year, however, their slate was freakin' weak. But quality doesn't stop the Weinsteins. (A friend chimes in. "I waited on Harvey once in a restaurant...