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2701 [lbo-talk] Seattle redux -- rank: 119

... to measures instituted while Bratton was Mayor Rudy Giuliani's police > commissioner between 1994 and 1996, crime was reduced 64 percent ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Wed Oct 1 18:43:29 PDT 2003

2702 Ralph on race -- rank: 119

[non-sub'd address] Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:12:55 -0700 (PDT) From: chris niles <chajib at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Ralph on race To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Nor can he speak inspiringly about ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 11 09:32:29 PDT 2000

2703 Prague: a view from the inside -- rank: 119

From: Soren <Soren at afgj.org> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 10:43:18 -0400 MANILA, PHILIPPINES | Monday, October 9, 2000 A World Bank economist's odyssey in Kafka's Prague By ANTONIO ANDRADE (Columnist Walden Bello met an old contact from the World Bank during the World Bank-IMF joint ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 9 12:19:36 PDT 2000

2704 Ralph on race -- rank: 119

[the guy just can't speak inspiringly about justice, can he?] Ralph Nader Responds to ColorLines On August 17, 2000, ColorLines published an article by Vanessa Daniel criticizing presidential candidate Ralph Nader for downplaying issues of race and racism in his campaign, and calling on him to make these crucial ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 5 16:26:03 PDT 2000

2705 [lbo-talk] Identity Thief Is Often Found in Family Photo -- rank: 119

Feminist research has emphasized that crimes against women and children are often committed by their intimates and acquaintances. Is it possible that many other kinds of crimes are, too? This article says, "Though most victims never learn who stole their identities, half of those who do say the thief was a ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 13 06:29:09 PST 2006

2706 M$uck security -- rank: 119

This article doesn't get into the specifics, which I think involves an encryption of TCP/IP protocols at the chip or motherboard level so that only systems with this modified firmware can exchange data. Typical embrace and extend tactic. In my view the problem isn't controlling copyright infringement, but ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Thu Aug 8 20:53:08 PDT 2002

2707 And the establishment says.... -- rank: 119

[Boston Globe says anywhere from 10,000-20,000 folks showed up to protest at UMass. Boston.] Activists take time to speak up By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff, 10/3/2000 hird party proponents, shut out of tonight's official two-party event, dumped televisions into the Boston Harbor in ...

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Author:	Lisa & Ian Murray
Date:	Tue Oct 3 22:07:17 PDT 2000

2708 [lbo-talk] Ballsiest Defense Attorney Ever! -- rank: 119

... chance to stop Pichushkin's > rampage in 2002, when a police officer ignored the > story of a woman who survived one ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Thu Oct 25 13:48:30 PDT 2007

2709 boston indymedia update -- rank: 119

... crowd is pushing through fences and a line of riot police has formed at the far end of protest pen but ... going and they are beginning to challenging the fence. The police are respond with batons, clubbing anyone who crosses the fence. The police are about ten feet back from the fence and taunting ... clenching fists. 8:38pm EDT - It is reported that the police have begun attacking activists by reaching over the barricades. 8 ...

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Author:	Lisa & Ian Murray
Date:	Tue Oct 3 17:56:06 PDT 2000

2710 Oh Canada indeed! -- rank: 119

... the leading business in British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police estimate that there are about 9,000 "grow operations" in ...

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Author:	Lisa & Ian Murray
Date:	Sat Aug 26 23:45:15 PDT 2000

2711 Progressive Speeding Tickets -- rank: 119

Exec Gets Six-Figure Speeding Ticket -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By MATTI HUUHTANEN Associated Press Writer Originally published April 14, 2002, 1:52 PM EDT HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Looking at Anssi Vanjoki's speeding ticket, many Finns are wondering whether their egalitarian spirit has taken them over the edge. True, Vanjoki was doing 46.5 ...

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Author:	Kevin Robert Dean
Date:	Sun Apr 14 18:20:13 PDT 2002

2712 [lbo-talk] Seattle redux -- rank: 119

... been completely adequate for WTO if not for incompetence and police incitement. The London Metropolitan Police use about 600 officers to patrol soccer games city-wide ... Sturgis rally. What ChuckO wrote: >I wouldn't argue that police have to have massive forces to control >a crowd, but a massive force of police can put a significant damper >on crowd behavior, i.e ...

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Author:	boddhisatva
Date:	Wed Oct 1 18:26:48 PDT 2003

2713 Comparing the Clinton regime to the Stalin regime -- rank: 119

... wrote: >Charles: Interesting your mention of the concept of "secret police" . I >was thinking recently about this standard concept from the Cold War era. >Communist countries have secret police and capitalist countries don't , is >the notion one gets ... criticisms of that mindset. > >Do people really think the plainclothes police in the socialist countries >are unknown or SECRET to the ... a cop ? >(Wojtek ?) What exactly was perniciously _secret_ about the police forces >in those countries ? It seems that a contrary caricature would be that the >force of the police was open and intimidating, the opposite of secret. Oh come ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 10 12:08:55 PDT 1999

2714 Reflexivity alert :-) -- rank: 119

... charge of driving while intoxicated at a DWI awareness picnic. Police arrested Linda M. Harris, 53, on Wednesday in the parking ... the event was held. Several people working near Harris told police they smelled alcohol on her, Sgt. Joel Cano said. An ... 0.08 -- and she failed four of five coordination tests, police said. As Harris did the coordination tests, people gathered to watch, thinking it was a demonstration. At the police department, Harris was given two more breath tests and registered 0.09 and 0.08, police said. Harris, sa

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Sat Jul 28 13:03:14 PDT 2001

2715 [lbo-talk] Carrie Nation Rides Again in Oakland -- rank: 119

... the weapon metal bars. SR] Oakland liquor stores under siege Police say Black Muslims may have warned business owners not to ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Fri Nov 25 16:40:07 PST 2005