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...some respect for the law. All the thieves needed was two rented cops' uniforms and some flimflam at the security entrance on a Saturday night, and -- presto! -- in they walked. They ) immobilized the two night guards, ignored the museum's security system (which was not connected to the police precinct) and then spent two hours pulling paintings off the walls and out of their frames. Then exeunt: a clean getaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Boston Theft ReflectsThe Art World's Turmoil | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

Hill Street Blues (NBC, 1981-87). Though it grew stale and self-important, Steven Bochco's gritty, rambunctious, richly textured look at a big-city police precinct set new standards for TV drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Best of the Decade: Video | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

...Ward 8, Precinct 3--a voting area of about 95 percent Harvard students that includes Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Quincy and Winthrop Houses--went for Dukakis by a margin of 417 votes to 97, roughly 80 percent for the Massachusetts governor...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Harvard Votes Go to Dukakis | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...Another precinct of mostly Harvard students, Ward 6, Precinct 2, tallied more than 85 percent of its votes for the Massachusetts governor. That precinct, which includes Adams, Dunster, Leverett and Mather Houses, is composed of more than 60 percent Harvard undergraduates...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Harvard Votes Go to Dukakis | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...district that includes the freshmen Yard dorms had a slightly lower margin of victory for Dukakis--just under 80 percent of Ward 8, Precinct 2 went for the Democratic candidate. The freshmen voters made up about 80 percent of the precinct...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Harvard Votes Go to Dukakis | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

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