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...Orleans cops, in particular, so corrupt? Both the Frank case and the drug-ring case suggest part of an answer. Frank and the fellow officer she is charged with killing both worked in that eastern New Orleans restaurant as security guards during their off-duty hours; Davis and his colleagues were also working off-duty security jobs. This sort of moonlighting is known in police jargon as "detail" work and is a fixture of the New Orleans police department. Because police there are among the lowest paid in any major city in America--a fresh recruit makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COPS AND ROBBERS | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

There are always such criticisms (and should be) in any social science or public policy study. But the notion that his ideas are so morally corrupt and racist and that thereforeit is all "pseudo-scientific" gobbledy-gook, and that we can thus rest assured because "real" (totally apolitical, of course) scientists have destroyed the whole idea is ridiculous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate Over Bell Curve Not Ended | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...when it seems ready to take the money and run into the depths of noir, director Danny Boyle's edgy "Shallow Grave" cops out. The film, which has been a national sensation in England, turns into a suspenseful blood-spattered illustration of an old idea: money and lies can corrupt friendships...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: Scottish Thriller Isn't Even Six Feet Deep | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

That does not exempt him from charges of hypocrisy. ``Newt Gingrich complained about the corrupt system when he was in the minority,'' says Fred Wertheimer of Common Cause, who six years ago gave crucial support to Gingrich's effort to oust Speaker Jim Wright for ethics violations. ``Now he's running that corrupt system, and it's politics as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWT INC. | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

There's no good reason to vote for any of these retreads. Liston is incompetent, Fine corrupt and Coffey once called Liston his "big brother" in public. They suck. As long as council members--and not the student body--vote for president, we'll get nothing but Michael W. Beys '94 and Joshua D. Liston' 95 clones...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: None of the Above | 2/4/1995 | See Source »

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