Word: copping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...also to cars and other legitimate users. Smiling, one of my companions approached a police officer and inquired why, if the street wasn’t being used by anyone anyway, people couldn’t walk on it. “Look,” said the cop, “Yes, the street’s going to be shut down no matter what. But if you guys shut it down, Bloomberg gets mad. If we shut it down, Bloomberg doesn’t care...
...that the leaves suddenly change color when exposed to biological or chemical agents. In New York City and Washington, rumors were viral, spreading by word and wire; a friend calls a friend to say her ex-boyfriend's sister's friend's father is a top New York City cop and told his daughter to "avoid the subway for the next 36 hours." Members of Congress were warned about possible assassination attempts, even as missile batteries were scattered all over the capital, and at one Safeway store there was not a bottle of water left. Parents sent their kids...
...sure that censors are mollified and production values are maintained is an ongoing struggle. For example, Wanted! In China, which News Corp. pitched as "legal education" in order to win approval from the Ministry of Public Security, is made in a police-run production house. The host, a Beijing cop, sounded too Orwellian at first. "We had to explain to him that he should sound caring about the people," says Hao Fang, who oversees the show for News Corp...
...Survivor and The Amazing Race, the gay men don't drop Judy Garland references in every scene. MTV's Making the Band 2--a kind of hip-hop American Idol--gave center stage to inner-city kids who would be portrayed as perps or victims on a cop drama...
...hosts the big regional antiques and bric-a-brac market held on the first full weekend of every month. Dealers have to wait as long as two years to secure a regular stand here, and those on the waiting list often arrive at dawn on Friday hoping to temporarily cop the spot of a no-show colleague. Along with genuine antiques and fine furniture, there's a lot of Granny's attic on hand, from slatted-wood children's sleds to old family photos and rusty garden shears. From the Place du Salin a beguiling maze of crooked streets leads...