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[snip] Giuliani transformed a city whose budget and workforce were larger than those of all but five or six states. He and police chief William Bratton famously cracked down first on quality of life crimes like panhandling and public urination. Teenagers who leaped over the turnstiles at subway entrances were arrested — a departure from the practice under Mayor David Dinkins. Giuliani later quipped that the police under his predecessor had become "highly skilled observers of crime." Those turnstile jumpers turned out to possess a huge number of illegal guns, which were confiscated, and criminals throughout the city discovered that...

Look who makes '24' tick Chloe O'Brian, everyone's favorite cybercurmudgeon, has added acerbic comic relief to the adrenaline-fueled TV thriller By HEATHER SVOKOS STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER We will sit, by the millions, white-knuckling our remotes and wondering how Jack Bauer will save us from World War III. On the brink of tomorrow night's season finale, we can say it with confidence: Fans have finally been given a season of 24 that has lived up to the potential of its premise. Seasons one and two of the hit Fox series started strong but devolved into a sometimes boring morass of seen-it-coming...