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Word: asses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remained stonily silent as Kelling explained that he and Wilson had deliberately chosen a provocative phrase to stimulate discussion. I remember wondering if this was why people study for years, get PhD's and become instructors at Harvard--so they can tell cops to have their patrolmen go "kick ass...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...officer asked if "kicking ass" was a wise thing to do, in light of all the troubles the department had faced a decade ago, the charges of brutality and so on. Kelling responded that the police were now more professional, more interested in doing a good...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...time since Kelling's speech, unfortunately, some New York policemen have followed his and Wilson's advice and indeed "kicked ass"--as is evident from the emergence of a congressional subcommittee now investigating police brutality in New York...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...Kicking Ass in Boston...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...Kicking Ass in California...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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