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...earned the respect of the rank and file, the officer on the street, the detectives." - retired Detective Linda Branchflower, wife of Troopergate special investigator Stephen Branchflower...
...ways contemporary life have drained it of meaning; he has often stated that his favorite novelists are James Joyce and Robert Louis Stevenson. Le proces-verbal was short-listed for the Prix Goncourt and won the Prix Renaudot, and Le Clézio has been in the front rank of French literature ever since...
...Greenwich, about 3 1⁄2 miles (6 km) downstream from Tower Bridge and home to the Royal Observatory, which dates back to 1675. It's the birthplace of Greenwich Mean Time, but for years the area was as well known for its mean streets: 19 Greenwich neighborhoods rank among the most deprived in England. Since 2001, the local council has pursued a major state-funded regeneration program aimed at cutting crime and unemployment, and improving the decaying public housing stock. But these days, coexisting with the urban blight, are plenty of new, well-heeled residents in new, well-appointed...
...Problems, of course, abound. The same letter noted that on recent international exams, American 15-year-olds rank 21st out of 30 in science and 25th on math. Only 57% of black and 60% of Hispanic students in the U.S. graduate high school. And these figures represent only the tip of the iceberg for how many public schools are falling behind...
...rank and file weren't necessarily ready to play follow the leader. Chasing Boehner and his deputies down the Cannon House Office Building's marble stairs, reporters asked if the party's top dogs believed they would get enough votes. They expected "substantial support," barked Representative Roy Blunt, the second ranking House Republican, who represented the House GOP at the negotiations, as he hustled away...