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...Bratton is usually up to those sorts of challenges because he is a shrewd politician, and, as police chiefs go, a charismatic figure. (Several years ago he was even touted as a New York mayoral candidate, and he ultimately left the NYPD in part because Giuliani thought he was stealing the limelight by taking too much credit for the drop in crime.) He has cultivated good working relationships with many disparate and powerful elements in the city. He tapped longtime LAPD critic and civil rights lawyer Constance Rice to write a report on the Rampart scandal and to oversee compliance...
...people in the world [May 14], especially the stories of everyday unsung heroes like U.S. Army Captain Timothy Gittins, Chinese blogger Zeng Jinyan and construction worker Wesley Autrey, who saved a man's life in the New York City subway. They prove you don't have to be a politician or a billionaire to do the right thing. In the end, simple acts of humanity and justice can change the world. I look forward to discovering what I can do to help our fragile planet. John Jacob, East Lansing, Michigan...
...behind the killing. "The pro-Syrian opposition [in Lebanon] has reached a complete political deadlock and the international tribunal is about to be passed by the United Nations. That's the reason why we are seeing this violence," Marwan Hamade, Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications and a leading anti-Syrian politician, told TIME...
...Gordon Brown's big day, the launch of his campaign to replace Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair. Any serious contenders had already hung up their gloves, unwilling to challenge the heavyweight politician Blair once dubbed the "great clunking fist...
...Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pdbhayani@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The May 23 news article "Barrios Departs, Race Opens" incorrectly identified Michale J. Albano. Albano is a Chelsea politician who is the chair of the Chelsea Planning Board. He is not the former Springfield, Mass., mayor of the same name, as the article stated...