Word: ganges
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While Downes has emphasized concern about “public safety” in the department’s policy, Harris pointed to a recent gang-related stabbing on Broadway as an example of the community’s need for more detailed information. The police log reported that the stabbing occurred on Broadway but did not provide a specific address...
...Sayyaf has always said it is fighting for an independent Islamic nation in the southern Philippines, but during the late 1990s, the movement began to show cracks, and members started behaving more like a gang of well-armed bandits driven by greed, not creed. Since about 2002, however, the extremist group has been reverting to its original separatist goals, and its bombings and assassination attempts have increased accordingly...
...because of his brother’s death, but because of the emotional trauma caused by his mother, who blames him for Jim’s death. Since being released from prison, Little has found financial success as a sort of poster boy for reconciliation, helping inmates and former gang members come to terms with what they’ve done. Despite this, as the film progresses it becomes clear Little is as much of a victim as Joe Griffin. His guilt has prevented him from ever starting a family or developing any kind of social life. While Griffin...
...Baucus - and with President Barack Obama - that if the government was going to require people to buy health insurance, it had better also make sure they had the means to do so. Early on, say those who are familiar with talks, Snowe was the lone voice in Baucus' bipartisan "Gang of Six" negotiating group complaining that the federal subsidies his bill would provide to help individuals buy insurance were far too skimpy. When Baucus made his bill public, her complaint was echoed by many Democrats. As a result, Baucus agreed to make the bill's tax credits...
...Etienne introduces her to a gang of party boys, their mistresses and some artistic types, and while Coco holds herself at a distance from most of them, she does make a few contacts that matter. The most important of these is an actress named Emilienne, a composite Fontaine created from two historical figures, played to the mischievous hilt by actress Emmanuelle Devos (Sur mes levres). It's Emilienne who encourages Coco to start making and selling her simple little hats, putting her on the road to her real career...