Word: states
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that September day in 1995, we of the Class of 1999 looked around at each other, wondering which of us would become heads of state. But we mostly thought about that exciting pronouncement that one of the speakers made, that this would be the last time our entire class would be sitting in one place until we reunited for Commencement in June 1999. None of us bothered to think that maybe the most important people we would meet at Harvard weren't even here yet, or that some of those wonderfully well-adjusted people we had just met would crack...
...certain lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts state police had made a name for himself by diversifying his force...
Many officers mentioned Riley's hiring of former state police officers to fill paid consultant positions. Others questioned Riley's skills as a communicator, recalling incidents when Riley dressed them down for petty offenses...
...another unpopular personnel move, Riley brought in Nelson Ostiguy, whom he had known in the state police, as a "consultant" and head of the detective division and special operations...
Part of Stanford's claim stems from an acknowledged change of policy by Riley--reducing the emphasis on state civil service exams and increasing the emphasis on more subjective factors when deciding whether to hire or promote officers...