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...undercover as a pimp. He bristles, saying, "I don't see why the color of my skin automatically makes me a prime candidate to portray a pimp." (The captain, bristling back, says he'll get someone else for the job: "We've got plenty of guys in this precinct who are very much at home around prostitutes.") Rarely has TV portrayed casual racial stereotyping with as much humor or human understanding. Cop-show stereotypes come in for even more satire. The police in this California backwater are a far cry from the cool, macho professionals who have populated TV dramas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hill Street Blues on Happy Juice | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

Chip W. Hellar '96 was circulating a petition at the Peabody School precinct to use money from the gasoline tax to finance road and bridge repairs and create jobs...

Author: By Christopher Ortega, | Title: Election Day Choices | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

Evelyn N. Godinho circulated an initiative outside the Harrington School precinct to create a graduated income tax in Massachusetts...

Author: By Christopher Ortega, | Title: Election Day Choices | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

...Cambridge police officer was stationed at each precinct to ensure that proper election procedures were followed...

Author: By Christopher Ortega, | Title: Election Day Choices | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

...added that there was no evidence that the turnout by CCA supporters had decreased any more than the turnout of the city at large. He said the apparent results could be due to a change in precinct lines since the last election...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Low Turnout Threatens CCA | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

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