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Virtuous observers who washed their hands studiously after reading of the "Ohio gang" and to whom politics is a concatenation of corruption, will receive new shocks upon reading the tales of Pennsylvania politics now current in the press. It is truly obvious that politics in Pennsylvania are not conducted with kid gloves. But to those interested in the organized basis of American politics, in its accepted and unblushing practices, in the forces, which periodically corral the "phantom public" and compel it to electoral articulation, and in the eagerness of men benefiting in party policies to continue party patrous, the revelations...
...York’s Radio 4 revive the danceable post-punk of bands like the Gang of Four, P.I.L. and Mission of Burma. Exuberant indie-rockers The Fever and Certainly Sir start off this night of fun musical frenzy. Don’t forget your dancing shoes! Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of show. +18. 9 p.m. The Middle East Downstairs...
...chinned kid-Leno or even the storyline itself. An appearance on “The Today Show” followed by a stint filling in for Kelly Ripa on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” combined with an appearance with Barbara Walters and the gang on “The View”—all airing on the same morning—seemed nauseating overkill, even to fans of Leno’s “Tonight Show” monologues and incessant chin jokes...
...psychiatrist Park Dietz, who knows of roughly 50 U.S. cases in the past 20 years. When they do happen, they tend to make headlines. In 1988, Dietz testified in the grand jury investigation of Tawana Brawley, a black woman who claimed to have been abducted and raped by a gang of white men in upstate New York. The grand jury found her claims to be untrue. Dietz coined the term factitious victimization disorder to describe what occurs when someone claims to be a victim to win sympathy and support. The motives for individuals who stage their own victimization range from...
...exists in the force, but says, "We take severe punitive measures against any policeman found guilty of corruption." Though ordinary Bangladeshis have little faith in their police, they also believe the cops are only lackeys in a system in which the chief criminal beneficiaries are a handful of powerful gang lords with important political connections. Former President Chowdhury says some politicians have cultivated gangs of armed youths in order to intimidate their opponents. These gun-toting gangs, most observers believe, also work as extortionists?sometimes to collect cash for their political patrons, sometimes simply to make money for themselves. "There...