Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particular sore point is the unit's aggressive use of "stop and frisk" tactics. Of the 27,061 people its officers frisked last year, more than 80% were unarmed, which suggests that the cops felt they needed little in the way of probable cause to stop someone. Critics say the frisks are overly intrusive and unequally applied. "They will shake you down because of the color of your skin or the way you dress," charges Dinkins. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan last week launched a probe of N.Y.P.D. tactics...
...reading it, but it's just too absorbing to put down. When the intended audience is a tight group of friends, the plan file is characterized by cryptic in-jokes, humorous anecdotes and such. In other cases, the author knows he or she is being stalked by a particular person (usually some jilted romantic flame), and tailors the text accordingly. These plan files are addressed to a mysterious "you," and contain accounts of the exciting/depressing life the author is leading without said person...
Through this particular organization, Lipman said he hopes to motivate homeless people to improve their life situations by instructing them in reviewing care systems critically and in thearticulation of their arguments. He has plans tomake the organization politically active as well...
...Particular praise was reserved for Jane Pavese,associate director of OCS for study abroad...
...particular, UNH is a team that has a long playoff tradition. Though the AWCHA tournament is only in its second year, the Wildcats have not missed an appearance in the finals of the ECAC tournament since...