Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When an officer is out on patrol, Kordis says, he or she is only likely to see a fellow officer if called in four backup. "You are not out there to socialize. You are mainly thinking of safety," he says...
Such hypocrisy is further heightened by the de facto existence of co-ed rooms all over campus--and the sanctioned co-ed rooms in Adams and Mather. Jewett says that it will take time to find a "guaranteed backup if problems [arise] in the co-ed setup." But many problems exist now because men and women cannot room with one another...
...testimony about what he called "hits" and "whacks" that could damage Gotti the most. Under questioning by prosecutor John Gleeson, the witness testified that Gotti ordered 10 of the killings in which Gravano admitted having a hand. "Sometimes I was the shooter," said Gravano. "Sometimes I was a backup guy. Sometimes I set the guy up. Sometimes I just talked about it." Foremost among these rubouts: the 1985 murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and his bodyguard Thomas Bilotti outside a New York City steak house -- an execution that put Gotti in the top job. Gravano says he and Gotti...
Nowaczyk is interrupted by a stream of customers on this busy Friday night. He glances at the I.D.s of those who appear over 30, but scrutinizes the I.D.s of younger patrons, sometimes asking for a second piece of identification, or "backup...
...really don't feel that it's a major problem," said Dalaklis. "We just have a good steady flow, rarely a backup...