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...Police Academy. The reader quickly discovers the dysfunctional nature of police work, piles of red tape, overly hierarchical and often contradictory management, and a culture that values loyalty, silence, and self-preservation over effective detective work and transparency—what Moskos calls the “Blue Wall.” With such absurdities, we begin to see how poorly the academy prepares its cadets to combat Baltimore’s violent drug markets...
...lauded albums of the genre, not to mention the decade. Heavy with lush, sexual bass lines and cinematic string arrangements, “Dummy” brought a sultry sort of half-humanity to the genre. While any vocals on Massive Attack’s debut, “Blue Lines,” were samples—and alienating ones at that—Beth Gibbons’ siren vocal work on Portishead’s “Sour Times” and “It Could Be Sweet” was disarmingly beautiful, sinister...
...that just scoffed at me, I’m not talking about the Ivy League that plays in Division I-AA football—a division in which a team beats one of the top squads in the country only once every blue moon, in which an Ancient Eight team hasn’t won the national championship since the first half of the 20th century...
...show, hosted by BlackCAST (Community and Student Theater), was “Elements of Desire,” with four acts centered on Earth, Fire, Water, and Air motifs. Each scene displayed a different color scheme: Earth models wore brown-tones, Fire models wore red-tones, Water models wore blue-tones, and Air models wore metallic tones. The show began with a performance by two teenagers from the Center for Teen Empowerment and a presentation of a check for $5,000 to the Center, located in Boston. The models and staff volunteered at the Center during the course...
...officials say their blue helmets are ready to take the fight to the LRA. On the day Uganda's President was meant to sign his side of the peace deal in Sudan, Museveni put on a show of force and implied he was ready to help the Sudanese stop the LRA attacks. Regional diplomats say they are pushing for more cooperation against the LRA. But that is all likely to be bluster. "We are not talking with the group because they have political legitimacy but because they can't be beaten militarily," said one exasperated follower of the peace talks...