Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Descartes' metaphysics and Tom Stoppard's humor. "If so," he jokes, "it's sure going well for me, I must admit." He laughs; his eyes sparkle. Here's something machines can't do (I don't think): giggle about their plight in the cosmos, crack themselves up, have...
This year, Chasson is seeing the fruits of years of good recruiting and scads of practice time. He's looking to crack the top 10 at the NCAA's, and with this team, he just might...
...Giuliani and police chief Howard Safir (along with former chief William Bratton) are eagerly taking credit for the decline. Though previous Mayor David Dinkins deserves some credit for putting more cops on the beat, Giuliani allowed Bratton to do something Dinkins would never have approved: use those cops to crack down on minor offenders. This quality of life campaign tested a principle that Giuliani and Bratton had believed for years: the "Broken Windows" theory, first put forth in 1982 by criminologists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, who argued that a city that tolerates minor violations creates a disorderly...
...Giuliani and police chief Howard Safir (along with former chief William Bratton) are eagerly taking credit for the decline. Though previous Mayor David Dinkins deserves some credit for putting more cops on the beat, Giuliani allowed Bratton to do something Dinkins would never have approved: use those cops to crack down on minor offenders. This quality of life campaign tested a principle that Giuliani and Bratton had believed for years: the "Broken Windows" theory, first put forth in 1982 by criminologists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, who argued that a city that tolerates minor violations creates a disorderly...
...predicting that the Miltiades photograph will crack the Olympic-bombing case wide open. But it was precisely the kind of lead the FBI was hoping for when it took an aggressive new tack in the investigation last week, announcing a $500,000 reward and presenting an unusual televised show reviewing the main evidence. At an Atlanta press conference, deputy director Weldon Kennedy for the first time played a tape recording of the 7-sec. 911 call that warned of the bombing and asked anyone recognizing the voice to come forward. An agent modeled a replica of a military-style backpack...