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...Dollar-wise, it's not really worth it when the volume is not great,...but we'll try to increase the prices during the next bidding season," Gatta said...

Author: By Kelly M. Bowdren, | Title: City Towing Competition Is Tough | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

...tainting evidence and entrapping defendants. Department overseers complain that prosecutors break the rules without fear of sanction. It is "the arrogance at the department that's so dangerous. Some of the same people who are responsible for dispensing justice believe they themselves are above the law," says Representative Robert Wise, Democrat, of West Virginia, who used to head the House Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law and Disorder | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...equivalent to the greatest work of Manet or Matisse, or that of Jackson Pollock . . ." What a failure of nerve! How can such slurs be left hanging in the air? At least the curator might have specified just which non-greatest Matisses or Manets Koons' work is equivalent to, quality-wise. Justice and public enlightenment demand no less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Princeling Of Kitsch | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...Johnson, in rendering his decision, appeared to draw the conclusion that the fired guard was responsible for the incident. The other guard was not suspended or other wise disciplined, according to department sources...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Johnson Fires Security Guard | 2/6/1993 | See Source »

Doormen have seen it all, and Abdul, our particularly excellent doorman, is as wise as they come. So I repeated his comment to a cynical Wall Streeter I'll call Mac, who replied cheerfully, "I'll support any sacrifice -- so long as it's someone else's sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: What You Can Do for Your President | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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