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...until he recently turned in his badge as the series began its endgame.) That would not be interesting for long if it weren't for the fact that Mackey was also a very good cop. He nails criminals other police couldn't get--albeit using shady deals and the occasional beatdown with a steel chain. He's a shameless racist, yet he lives to take down crooks who prey on one of L.A.'s poorest and brownest neighborhoods. He's a brutal thug and a loving...
...this in reality.” Calls for size-16 open-toed sandals and stilts on open lists apparently tend to draw attention. Student performances ranged from a romantic duet of “A Whole New World” by a falsetto, flat-chested Jasmine (albeit, with impeccable makeup) and a shorter-than-average Aladdin, to a quasi-strip tease dance by the emcees and their friend “Chocolate” to the beat of “Discovery Channel.” One lucky audience member even received not one, but two lap dances from these...
...which had the effect of worsening already severe current-account deficits. In a peculiarly Estonian twist, companies in the tech-savvy country began offering high-interest short-term loans by mobile phone. Borrowers could text the company their requests and have money transferred into their bank accounts almost instantly, albeit at usurious interest rates of up to 800% a month...
...past, it wasn't - after all it was Richard Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency (albeit grudgingly), and supporters of conservation could be regularly found on both sides of the aisle. But the debate over global warming - which often takes the form of a religious debate, depending on what one "believes" - is markedly partisan. The new American Climate Values Survey, commissioned by environmental groups, found that only half of Republicans think global warming is real, compared to 90% of all Democrats. "Americans have to understand that this is not a partisan or political issue," says Tercek. "We need...
...even in a city affectionately called “Berkeley on the Charles,” conservative voters say their presence—albeit small—is essential to maintaining a true democracy...