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...their place set up Special Enforcement Units, which operate under severely limited rules of engagement. Morale fell to an all-time low, and many cops left for police departments in other cities. It was only a matter of time before the L.A.P.D. began to lose its grip on gangs. "Immediately after the dissolution of CRASH, there was a lull," says detective Chuck Zeglin, a gang specialist who has 18 years' experience in the L.A.P.D.'s detective-support division. "Then a lot of the more hard-core gangsters came to believe we were not going to be as proactive as before...
Since then, Bergman and Lingman have made sure that Harvard has not dropped a single Ivy match, let alone loosened its grip on the Ivy title or failed to advance to the postseason...
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Harvard sailing team. Graduation was supposed to have taken its toll, loosening the Crimson’s iron grip on the Fowle Trophy, the honor given to the best all-around squad in the nation—the award Harvard had won the past four years...
...result, Québecois are today far from convinced that Canada is amazing, and many people from other provinces have begun to express similar doubts. Because the Liberals currently hold just a minority government in Canada’s House of Commons, they now risk losing their precarious grip on power should anger over the Sponsorship Scandal become too great. This is where the greatest threat to Canadian liberalism lies...
What's New? The Pocket Mod Electric Mini Euro from Razor ($229) evokes a vintage Vespa, right down to its mint-green hue. Lasting about 10 miles between charges, it has a twist-grip throttle for easy acceleration. Tip: Don't ride it on city streets. It's not meant to compete with cars...