Word: nosedives
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The second reason for the increase in gang violence is just as basic. As gang members like Chino are coming back to their old neighborhoods, the police--demoralized by scandal--are backing out of them. In the mid-'90s, the L.A.P.D. curtailed gang violence with some hard-nosed policing, spearheaded...
Of course, there was another side to the blueliner—the hard-nosed, do-what-it-takes captain who never hesitated to light a fire under his squad—but that surfaced only rarely during interviews.
Known for her hard-nosed administrative style and firm leadership of the FDO, Nathans was openly opposed to many of the early recommendations of the curricular review, particularly the push towards Yale-style housing. At the helm of the FDO for over a decade, Nathans led an institution that held...
Most people who go on South African safari holidays hope to see Big Five game?lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants?but what about the Small 110? That's how many South African frog species there are, and Amakhosi Lodge, a five-hour drive southeast of Johannesburg in the Kwazulu...
According to Arthur J. Langguth, Jr. ’55, who was president of The Crimson when Halberstam was managing editor, Halberstam was as hard-nosed as anyone else on staff, and was not afraid to step on some toes, even as a young reporter.