A couple of paces away is the entrance to the Senate, whose narrow precincts contain a large proportion of the famous men of America.
We are entering St. Eli's Cathedral, a twenty-thousand-square-foot two-story refectory in whose chaste precinct the wellborn may, without scandal, exchange quality money for quality grub.
John A. Eterno, a retired police captain whose former precinct patrolled public housing in South Queens, said doors were a target of choice because they provoked a feeling of vulnerability.
Commanders in precincts whose crime rates drop are rewarded with promotions or other honors.
Of the first eight precincts whose 14,956 ballots were examined and recounted in Hastings, the seat of Dakota County, about 20 miles southeast of St . Paul only six were challenged.
A Republican Party whose more energetic precincts have been gripped throughout the Obama presidency by a desire to expel moderates and upend the establishment will have put itself in the hands of a candidate who, more than anyone in the race, comes out of a moderate, establishment Republican tradition.
He's less involved in the management of the company than he used to be, but since he got into the gear business, more than fifty years ago, he has frequently disappeared for months, sometimes for half the year, to climb, kayak, surf, ski, fish, and ramble around the planet's wilder precincts, whose preservation he has dedicated the better part of his life to.
There, counting errors were compounded by a caucus that was cancelled due to snowfall and several other precincts whose tabulations were left out of the mix.
They also highlight precincts whose leaders used innovative techniques to drive down crime and push their peers to copy what works.
Writer visited 24th Precinct, whose members will be riding bikes.
Lt. John P. Quinn of the 28th Precinct, whose territory encompasses south-central Harlem, is optimistic.
