1.   This meeting, he realized, was part of some kind of good cop, bad cop balancing act Giuliani was encouraging.

2.   You know the good cop, bad cop thing?

3.   And Lumet captures the crippling anguish of one good cop who turns out to have been as corrupt as any underworld figure.

4.   And some admit to the strange bond they formed with Burger, the tall, muscular hijacker who was good cop and bad cop all rolled into one.

5.   A good cop solves a crime by thinking like the perpetrator.

6.   A good cop can wield that kind of moral authority, and can generally occupy a special place in the life of a small town.

7.   A good cop.

8.   According to people involved in the talks, Bronson employed a classic good cop, bad cop strategy.

9.   But for eight days he has played good cop at the peace talks.

10.   But the real test is what does it take to make a good cop?