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General News 12/27/2005 at 5:55 AM EST

Bloomberg's Word Choice Still Under Fire

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Four days after the city's transit strike ended, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was still coming under fire for his use of the word "thuggishly" to describe the actions of the leaders of a union that is mostly minority... another sensitivity chip missing?

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