FW: "Finest" and "Bravest" revisited

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:32 AM -0400 8/22/02, Frank Abate wrote:
>To resolve this:
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>In a message dated 8/18/02 6:10:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
>writes:
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>>     My post on New York's Finest/Bravest/Strongest/Boldest
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>Finest=police and Bravest=firefighters, but what pray tell is New York's
>Boldest?
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>In NYC, and perhaps only there (?), the uniformed correctional officers
>(prison guards) are so designated.  At least, they have it painted on their
>paddy wagons.
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And here i thought it was the restaurant inspectors.

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