Word: cops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hunger for stories is enriching novelists as well. Producer Richard Zanuck was filming Driving Miss Daisy a year ago when he heard about a first- time novelist peddling a manuscript based on her real-life experience as a Texas narcotics cop who got hooked on cocaine. By the time author Kim Wozencraft sold Rush to Random House for a $35,000 advance, Zanuck had already won the film rights for $1 million. The price was no fluke. Last month Tom Cruise paid about $1 million for the rights to Big Time, a novel by mystery writer Marcel Monticino...
...Mike Brennan (Nick Nolte) is a good cop. He is also a murderer and a racist -- but then, in this study of New York's finest, who isn't? Director Sidney Lumet creates an atmosphere of relentless, compelling viciousness, where cops and crooks have the same dirt under their nails -- and on their tongues...
...John Kerry, who has introduced an amendment calling for public financing of Senate campaigns by raising the checkoff on federal tax forms from $1 to $3. But only 1 in 5 taxpayers bothers to check the box, even though it adds nothing to tax bills. The idea is a cop-out: if Congress wants campaigns to be funded by taxpayers, it should vote to allocate the money...
...since the higher-seeded Yale is expected by pollsters to cop its third straight Ivy title outright, the Crimson's position in the national rankings would not change that much with a loss today. The Harvard squad, already virtually guaranteed an NCAA tournament bid, has been cast into a position where it has everything to win and nothing to lose...
...recruiting skills, the former Army assistant has compiled a 49-81 record in five years at Harvard, including a disappointing 12-14 mark last season. With forwards Ralph James and Ron Mitchell among the top returnees in the Ivy League, the pressure will be on the Crimson to cop its first-ever Ivy crown next season...