Word: policemanly
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...insistence on raising oil prices at every OPEC meeting, yet that irritation was outweighed by the fact that the Shah was staunchly anti-Communist and a valuable balance wheel in Middle East politics. Eager to build up Iran as a "regional influential" that could act as America's surrogate policeman of the Persian Gulf, the U.S. lent the Shah its all-out support. President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger allowed him to buy all the modern weapons he wanted. Washington also gave its blessing to a flood of American business investment in Iran and dispatched an army...
...second most powerful political post in the city. Taken by surprise, Byrne scrambled to find someone to run against him. Turned down by her first two choices, who were understandably loath to get caught in the crossfire, she settled on Alderman Edward Burke, 35, a lawyer and a former policeman who favors tailored suits and vest pocket watch fobs. Like other members of the machine, he had been at odds with Byrne. During her primary campaign to unseat Mayor Bilandic, Byrne sneered at the ambitious and smooth-talking Burke, calling him a member of "an evil cabal," that surrounded Mayor...
Patrolman Joseph Bellissimo, president of the Policeman's Association, refused to comment on Sullivan's position...
...resisted arrest and struggled with the policeman, Rivkin said, adding he believed the man was intoxicated...
...wasn't until the second policeman arrived that they got him handcuffed and under control," Rivkin said. He added that the man shouted that the first policeman had hit him and "that he would have his day in court...