Word: patrolman
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...listener to question the choices made in assembling previous albums. It is difficult to say why "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the second disk's meditative song about the Vietnam War dead, did not make the cut for Nebraska, which included not only several forgettable songs--"Highway Patrolman," "Used Cars"--but also some of Springsteen's most idiotic whooping ("State Trooper"). In general, though, it seems that Springsteen's editorial taste has been very good: the songs on the second disk (1980-83) often feel as if they might have been perfect for 1984's Born...
Officials said the guards' union, the Harvard University Patrolman's Union, will meet Nov. 17 with Kim A. Roberts '78, Harvard's labor negotiator. Harvard officials characterized the meeting as a "get acquainted session," but union chief Steve McCone will likely ask Roberts about a long-discussed buyout plan for experienced guards and argue the guard's side of a three-year-old contract dispute...
...particularly nasty case. As superintendent of the project, Kelly was directing a crane, lowering an empty bucket into the excavation site for the subway tunnel. So engrossed was he in this responsibility that he failed to notice when the 25-foot crane inexplicably began to teeter. A Cambridge patrolman shouted at Kelly to "get out of the way," but noise prevented him from hearing the warning signal. The unit toppled completely, and Kelly was buried beneath 15 tons of crane...
...investigation--and says it still--many police and other critics think he has no zeal to prosecute them. Indeed, they say, historically he has not been enthusiastic about prosecuting anybody; police bitterly accuse him of negotiating far too many plea bargains. Dale Stange, just retired as a Boulder patrolman, says the D.A. has long been known to the police as "Alex Let's-Make-a-Deal Hunter." Carla Selby, a community activist, voices another suspicion: "There's a feeling that Alex is vulnerable to big money, that he is protecting the Ramseys"--who are very big money. John Ramsey...
BORN: Feb. 29, 1952, Milwaukee, Wis. EDUCATION: Northwestern Michigan College, A.A., 1972; Saginaw Valley State College, B.S., 1977; Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Laurie Ann Olsen; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; state trooper; patrolman POLITICAL CAREER: Michigan House, 1989-91; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 143, Menominee...