Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...relationship with Peggy deepens, Corky confesses that he's not so much afraid of success, but of failure. Soon, however, he has something else to be scared of -- his agent, having tracked him down, catches him and Fats arguing violently over Peggy, and resolves to get Corky to a doctor. Fats doesn't care for this plan at all. Following his suggestion, Corky bops the agent over the head -- with Fats -- and dumps the body in the lake. From then on, the blood never stops flowing; some characters even die twice...
...will reduce crime--so goes the litany on police reform. Silberman rejects these nostrums, demonstrates their inefficacy, and offers his own. The most crucial reform in policing, he says, is to change its very focus, from law-enforcement to public service. "The closer a police officer's relationship with the people on his beat," Silberman writes, "the greater his chances of reducing crime... improving police-community relationships... is what policing is all about...
...that Soviet leaders probably prefer the Shah to any Iranian government that would be likely to follow him. The Kremlin, they point out, would hardly benefit from a military dictatorship, a right-wing Islamic government or a prolonged period of instability. Moreover, the Shah has developed a good working relationship with Moscow over the years, including a large number of joint economic projects and the sale of Iranian natural gas to the Soviets. One of the opposition's complaints is that Tehran's sale of gas to Moscow enables the Soviets to sell their own natural gas to Europe...
...great easing of the relationship among Jews, Christians and Arabs. After all, in spite of the loyalty of the East Jerusalem Arabs to Jordan, and to the Palestine Liberation Organization, for many the great power is Egypt, with its 40 million Arabs. The fact that there is an agreement may mean the mayor of Cairo will visit here. All this must have its effect on an easing of real relationships. They are already pretty good. This is really one city. Certainly a mayor can walk around here more easily than he can in many cities...
...part, Cathy, who lives in Allentown, Pa., says that she is "ashamed, heartbroken and disgusted" that the book was ever written. "Christina described my mother as everything horrible. It is so unbalanced! Maybe my relationship with my mother was good and Christina's was not. But I do know that my mother was not a monster...