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...place, whether they're armed, and where the dope is. Then you go in. It's illegal that way, but then you go and get a warrant later [and falsify the report], saying you made the buy yourself." Or, adds Schoolboy, "you drop a dime, which means you call in a 'shots fired' alarm to 911. Sometimes you even fire your own gun. Then you wait for the shots-fired call to come over the radio, and you respond to your own call. It's all made up, but it makes the raid legal." It's so routine, says Blondie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW COPS GO BAD | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Creekside owner Richard Schachten, who trained and spent his early years as an undertaker, disputes any suggestion that neglect was endemic. "The quality of care was very good," says Schachten, who sold the business in 1995. "I have not paid one dime in fines, there's never been an admission of guilt, and the facility's license was never revoked or suspended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NURSING HOMES: FATAL NEGLECT | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...better your lot in life; it's a religion that seems ready to unify the planet with a single Almighty. In Wall Street we trust, and trust, and trust some more. Patricia Horst, 62, president of her own business-forms company in a Cincinnati, Ohio, suburb, says every dime of her portfolio is in the market. "Every night when I download the prices on my holdings, I just sit there in awe of all the money I'm making," she marvels. The benevolent stock-market god--the true promise keeper of our generation--is paving the way in green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARRIED TO THE MARKET | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

Annaud doesn't hit you over the head with anything, but he now allows prolonged glimpses of the beautiful Tibetan landscape, and almost on a dime, Pitt is inspired to treat people with some respect. Once Harrer reaches the city of Lhasa, the screen explodes with color as the Tibetan customs, artwork and religious traditions are presented. The stimulus-starved audience gains new focus immediately on a suddenly human Harrer and his attempt to assimilate to his new surroundings...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Man Climbs Himalayas, Has Revelation | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

Cantabrigians who recalled getting everyday necessities and odd little knick-knacks from the old-fashioned five-and-dime store since it opened there in the 1920's lamented the demise of Woolworth, and with it the passing...

Author: By Aby. Fung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Woolworth Closing Marks End Of an Era | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

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