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...served with distinction in virtually every division, from the SWAT team to auto theft to homicide. In one instance she performed with such diligence that she was nicknamed "By-the-Book Betsy." She is taking over a force plagued by morale problems. As a result of the oil bust, Houston's cops are among the worst paid (starting salary: $20,755.80) of those in the nation's top 20 cities...
Jumping up the scale, Jenkins outconditioned Josh Perelman, 7-6. The 167-pounder started out behind, and though he had little problem escaping Perelman's take-downs, Jenkins couldn't bust through...
...Another explanation for her cooperation is that she feared being charged with perjury for her grand jury testimony about Barry and Charles Lewis, a convicted drug dealer. In December 1988 the Washington police were about to arrest Lewis, when Barry turned up in the man's hotel room. The bust was aborted, but police reportedly found traces of cocaine in the room. Last summer Lewis told federal investigators he had smoked crack with the mayor...
...mayor. Jackson has again and again vowed he will not challenge Barry, an old friend who supported Jackson's two runs for the presidency. But if Barry drops out of the race, the pressure on Jackson to seek the mayoralty could be irresistible. As a result of Barry's bust, Jackson could finally win an important elected office in Washington -- to the District Building instead of the White House...
...slaves, while in the background more blacks celebrate a liberty pole. McElroy complains that the artist "avoids presenting images that describe individual black people": none of the black figures is a portrait. But so what? There is no individual white person in the painting either, except for a bronze bust of the abolitionist Henry Thornton; the goddess Liberty, far from being "a white noblewoman," is a standard allegorical figure...