Word: william
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...been phenomenally effective. Robberies are down 50% in the past four years, and murders are down 60%. The real danger, some New Yorkers say, is that the criticism will cause the crime rate to rise once again. "We need to be careful," says former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton. "We don't want to oversensationalize it so the cops play turtle and decide not to get involved...
Blur's last album, the eponymous Blur (1997), featured raw, guitar-driven rock and seemed to be influenced by the then dominant alternative-rock scene in America. On 13, Blur's sixth album, the band has enlisted producer William Orbit, the electro-guru behind Madonna's most recent album, Ray of Light. The result is that 13 is full of buzzing and whirring, guitar distortion and machine-generated beats. Unlike on Madonna's album, however, few of the songs here have danceable rhythms, and few have memorable tunes. Other British acts, including Radiohead and Unkle, have explored similar sonic territory...
Your article "A Life For A Life" about the racial-murder trial in Jasper, Texas, put me on the verge of tears [NATION, March 8]. My heart went out to the families of both dragging victim James Byrd Jr. and his killer John William King. But bravo to the Jasper community for being strong in the face of evil and bigotry. Justice was served with King's being convicted of murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection. This should be a lesson to all hate groups, white and black. Americans want a change. If you want to hate, hate...
...bought a Nissan 200SX in 1979 and never learned to live with its rear end, which fishtailed all over the highway in slick and rainy weather. And the astronomical cost of replacement parts finally finished whatever predilection I had for Japanese cars. WILLIAM ORR Picayune, Miss...
...William Tynan...