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Word: precinct (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Otis Morrison, 31, was creating a disturbance next door to a police precinct in 1982 when four policemen mistook pliers in his hand for a gun and killed him. No one was even disciplined, let along charged with a crime...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...police deaths on duty, are the result of becoming caught in a family dispute. Risks aside, answering domestic-disturbance calls is the bane of policemen everywhere. "We end it for an hour or two and do a lot of paper work," says Officer Lawrence Santos of Harlem's 25th Precinct. To a frightened woman, though, even a reluctant policeman offers more hope than an insensitive one. Sergeant Louis Mancuso of Manhattan's Ninth Precinct, for example, does not think arrests are always the best solution. He believes there are often extenuating circumstances, observing after hearing about one brutal assault, "Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wife Beating: The Silent Crime | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...reason that Reagan has done so well with his secret is that he is not fascinated by the intricacies of politics. Unlike Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, he is bored discussing fund raising, precinct captains and bumper stickers. Reagan does his star turn. Others run the campaigns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Silence as a Political Weapon | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

...great movements of this century or of any other, an expansion of the concept of our human dignity and of our worth. One-half of the human race is waking to claim its birthright. The full participation of women in our national life-in our courts, capitols, boardrooms, precinct houses, theaters and universities-will flood this country with new energy and imagination and genius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Words of Courage and Comfort | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Harold Washington was already savvy about the byzantine world of Chicago politics: he worked with his father, a Democratic precinct captain, organizing voters on the South Side. He also received an early education in the rigors of competition. While at Du Sable High School, he won the city championship in the 120-yd. high hurdles. At the Civilian Conservation Corps camps, he became a no-nonsense amateur middleweight boxer who won 50 of 60 fights, 15 by knockout. Laughs the mayor-elect today: "I'm a pretty good bare-knuckles fighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going the Distance | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

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