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...Leader Steny Hoyer. Harman defenders say Pelosi's complaints either stem from an unworthy catfight among leading California congresswomen; Harman's close relationship with Hoyer; or Harman's efforts to seem bipartisan on controversial issues such as the Administration's controversial domestic warrantless wiretapping - when Pelosi wanted a Democratic pit bull in the party's top intelligence post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pelosi's Next Big Call | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...taken to make treatment of the mentally ill more “humane,” but well into the 20th century these people were still confined to asylums and forcibly subjected to terrifying treatments like shock therapy. With reason, such institutions acquired the label “snake pit...

Author: By Alex Harris | Title: Big Brother Psychiatry | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...into a shopping mall parking lot, Scott headed for the opposite side and tried to block the exit. The driver squeezed by, bumping Scott's car, which the deputy sheriff did not appreciate. He took the lead in the chase, and called his supervisor at headquarters for "permission to PIT" the driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Hot Pursuit Takes a Deadly Turn | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...PIT - Precision Intervention Technique - is essentially what Bullitt was trying to pull off when he hit the black Charger in the left-rear door. If you bump another car in just the right spot, the car will spin and come safely to a stop. That's the theory, anyhow, and Scott's supervisor gave the go ahead to "take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Hot Pursuit Takes a Deadly Turn | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...Like Bullitt, though, Scott encountered a few problems. The fleeing car was going way too fast for an accurate PIT, so Scott chose another strategy. Nine miles and six minutes into the chase, he rammed the car from behind, sending it off the road and down an embankment. There was no gas station at the bottom, but the crash was bad enough: It rendered the driver, 19-year-old Vincent Harris, a quadriplegic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Hot Pursuit Takes a Deadly Turn | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

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