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...Security had been beefed up on Ben Yehuda Street, one of three popular public areas the Israelis had specifically suspected might be hit. Yet the suicide bombers demonstrated once again that they could strike at will, reopening the cycle of violence and punishment that has done so much to blight the peace process...
Rubin's other domestic priority is unusual for a Treasury Secretary: lifting the blight from America's desperate inner cities. He has made a point of visiting New York City's troubled South Bronx and crumbling areas of Chicago and Los Angeles to underscore his belief that extra capital and market incentives can bring rejuvenation. "It's sort of a Nixon-going-to-China approach," he explains. Specifically, Rubin wants to increase funding to a network of community-development banks across the nation, expand their inner-city small-loan programs and reach out to roughly 10 million low-income Americans...
Harvard officials say their nearly zealous vigilance is necessary to prevent urban blight from afflicting their wholesome community. "We've seen what it does to other communities," says Harvard High School assistant principal Dean A. Albright. "We felt it was better to get on the ball and prevent it before it became a problem." Albright says the worst crimes he's seen are occasional vandalism, graffiti and minor drug...
...which the proper response, of course, is a polite, "No, guess I missed that issue. And how are you coping with the urban blight these days...
Harvard officials say their nearly zealous vigilance is necessary to prevent urban blight from afflicting their wholesome community. "We've seen what is does to other communities," says Harvard High School assistant principal Dean A. Albright. "We felt it was better to get on the ball and prevent it before it became a problem." Albright says the worst crimes he's seen are occasional vandalism, graffiti and minor drug...