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Racial suspicion abounds on the force. Some white cops fume about hiring practices established in 1987 to make the division more racially balanced. For every 4 whites promoted, 1 black must be promoted. "Can you imagine how you'd feel," asks Fangman of the Fraternal Order of Police, "if you studied your a__ off, got the right score and got passed over because of race?" Black officers are embittered too. "There are 16 captains--1 is black. There are 41 lieutenants--6 are black," notes Scotty Johnson, president of the Sentinels, a black police group. "I don't think they...
front of Mass Hall, complete with a jousting tournament and round-table discussions. (For those of you PSLM members who are starting to fume and feel that sending me a nasty e-mail is the best way to release that anger, just count to 10, then think of rainbows and little tweeting parakeets, and then go buy yourself a fudge-covered banana split. See, that wasn’t so hard...
There is nothing desirable about a tainted election. The uncertainty that hangs in the aftermath, like some noxious fume, poisons intentions and debilitates resolve. Bringing our council into the clear is no easy task. But an election commission that is both fair and harsh is a good start...
...Havana will, no doubt, fume about how the Cuban Adjustment Act - which grants asylum to any Cubans who manage to reach U.S. shores, but sends home those intercepted at sea - encourages people to risk their lives. Campaigning against the act has become the centerpiece of Fidel Castro's domestic propaganda efforts in the wake of the Elian Gonzalez case, but that doesn't mean Havana will use Thursday's previously scheduled immigration talks with U.S. officials in Washington to threaten, once again, to open the spigots. (The current arrangement was negotiated between the two governments, which have no official diplomatic...
...joints, but we drink mostly bottled water. And we don't often burn candles; some wicks contain lead that can reach toxic levels. The biggest source of lead here is Rachel's stained-glass studio in the basement. But Brennan declared himself "wickedly impressed" by the exhaust fan, respirator, fume collector and gloves Rachel uses when she works...