Word: ridden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...valuable thing we had, which is contact with people," says Washington police chief Isaac Fulwood. "We really got away from basic common-sense approaches." In a city where the murder rate soared 10% last year, partly owing to drugs, Fulwood has established community-policing pilot programs in two crime-ridden districts. In addition to a lawbook, patrol officers now have access to a fat directory of government services...
Occasionally the emotions of the singers clash with those of the songs. While Brad Rouse sings beautifully, his constant cheerfulness mutes the disturbing tale about a dying, guilt-ridden knight in "Two Fairy Tales." As a result, that story fails to contrast the appropriate flightiness of Cori Lynn Peterson's half of the song...
...WHAT can we guilt-ridden white liberals do? I suggest we reformulate the way we think about race and racism. Specifically, I would have us judge ourselves by a sort of categorical imperative of racial sensitivity: If everyone's attitudes about races were identical to my own, would society be acceptably just...
Today's Iraqi announcement drew cautious initial reactions from world governments, but sent rapid shock waves through world financial markets, which have ridden a roller coaster throughout the crisis...
...after bailing out strike-ridden CPS nine times in 18 years, the Illinois legislature passed the SRA. It was immediately hailed as a model for other cities' reforms. The news media and education experts called it a landmark in education reform. A broad minority coalition led by the Chicago Urban League enthusiastically supported the reform...