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Seattle is only one of dozens of cities facing a decline in police recruiting. National statistics tracked by the Department of Justice are grim: in the past three years, New York City has seen the number of its applicants plummet from 32,000 to 15,000; in the next five years, Minnesota expects to retire half of its police forces statewide. The aging of baby-boomer cops is partly to blame. So is the profession's tarnished reputation in incidents ranging from the racially charged 1991 Rodney King beating in Los Angeles to the recent wilding incident in New York...
...expert in university fundraising said such success was not simply a result of the surging stock market. He noted total giving does not surge or plummet based on the ups and downs of the market...
...sounded optimistic Tuesday as they discussed the implications of the study. Faced with a clear causative relationship between cigarettes and gum disease, officials figure they are in perfect position to kill two birds with one stone: Continue an aggressive anti-smoking campaign, and watch the incidence of gum disease plummet...
...risk losing government spending. The Times reports that census officials are breathing a sigh of relief as the completed forms pile up; despite concerted and expensive efforts to increase returns, controversy over the questionnaire's so-called "invasive" nature had sparked concerns that this year's return rate would plummet. It's a welcome sign that ill-conceived paranoia is not strong enough to overwhelm even a long-dormant sense of civic duty...
...sure that teaching a Core class with 'Physics' in the title would make my ratings plummet and make me very unpopular," he quipped...