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June 20-26, 2002 the bell curve The Bell CurveCity Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life Some Center City residents organize to save the recently closed Sameric, the last large-screen, old-style theater in the city. They want to preserve the traditions of the grand old theater, like shouting, throwing sodas at the screens and showing only the finest teen comedies and action flicks. Plus 3 Council overrides veto to pass bill addressing behavior of college students living off-campus in West and northwest Philly. Students collectively threaten to call their dads. Plus 3 Liquor store robberies rising since cops were reassigned to duties related to Operation Safe Streets. It's nice to see that the drug dealers have other skills they can fall back on. Minus 2 Bookbinder's restaurant may reopen, but with condos on upper floors. Female tenants should be prepared for boyfriends' snarky "does it smell like fish in here?" comments. Plus 1 Cardinal Bevilacqua played key behind-the-scenes role in shaping U.S. bishops' new policy on sex abuse by priests, Inquirer reports. Now planning a book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Priest. Plus 1 After publicity surrounding theft of handicapped Manayunk girl's special tricycle, artist returns it, saying he'd thought it was trash. "Funny," says the girl, "I thought the same thing about your work." Plus 1 Firm chosen to run a city middle school plans to separate boys and girls. Prison Preparedness 101. Plus 1 Under union pressure, Street administration scraps plans for zoning code changes that could have saved money for homeowners. Seems Street was right when he said the brothers are running this city -- just not the brothers we thought he meant. Minus 7 Total pluses: 10 Total minuses: 9 Score for the week: 1 Last week’s score: -9
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