Word: copping
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...last episodes of the Shield, whose series finale airs Nov. 25, corrupt former L.A. cop Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) takes a meeting with a drug boss. Mackey has brought him a big dope deal with another gang--secretly setting him up in order to secure for himself an immunity deal with the feds for a list of crimes that starts with murder and continues the length of your arm. The kingpin offers him a drink to take off the "edge." Mackey refuses. "The edge is where we live," he says. "People try to convince themselves otherwise. It's just...
...long-held conservative claim that liberal university professors are indoctrinating college students is finally being exposed for what it really is: a political cop-out that sounds compelling but is ultimately hollow. The New York Times recently investigated the contention, revealing that not one but three sets of researchers found that “professors have virtually no impact on the political views and ideology of their students.” The conclusive results of all three studies will hopefully lay to rest the baseless whines thrown up by conservatives whenever the youth vote is not going their way. Conservatives...
...streets who've committed heinous crimes," Key told a national television audience. He's also made familiar right-of-center noises on education, foreshadowing national standards for literacy and numeracy, and plain-speaking school reports. "I think it's time for a change," says Watson, 18 years a cop, "and I know some of my colleagues are hanging...
Britney’s music videos are like an ever-rotating menu of fantasies, but after 10 years of Britney (“...Baby One More Time” was released in October 1998) our star is running out of fetishes to cop. After seeing Brit as a schoolgirl, chair dancer, flight attendant, spy, and anime character, her new video for “Womanizer” features the only thing left: the Ugly One. Yes, Britney as “office girl” is actually so ugly in a black bob wig, librarian glasses, and bright red lipstick...
...Politicians love regulating everybody else," Dakin told TIME. "But they hate regulating themselves." Where's robo-cop when you need...