Word: concerningly
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...chiefs of police in the towns Clinton and Auburn stated that because of the flaws in the law’s wording, their forces would not even attempt to enforce it. Their line of reasoning here is faulty. Police are not hired to legislate, but to enforce legislation. One concern voiced by Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association—that state law prohibits officers from demanding identification when dealing with civil infractions—is simply not true. Other worries, including those such as who will print the physical tickets, that current citation books...
...Wildlife mitigation is the official term for avoiding accidents like these, and according to the government's latest report on the topic, it's becoming an increasing concern. The report, which was released in June by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Program, found that since 1990, the number of bird strikes has quadrupled, from 1,759 in 1990 to a record 7,666 in 2007. Officials cite a number of possible causes for the increase...
Despite universal concern over the state of the global economy, few attendees agreed on what should be done to fix it. "It's typical that if you have five economists in the room, you'll get six different opinions," Bauman says, after the show. Nevertheless, the prevailing view by the end of the conference is that things are unlikely to get any better without some sort of government intervention. "Even the hard-core free-market thinkers are reconsidering their stance nowadays," he notes. That's a sobering thought. Which could be why economists need a laugh right...
...certainly not toward one that is too small. If all goes according to plan, which is a leap of faith in itself, this plan still leaves millions of Americans in the unemployment line. In addition, unemployment statistics present an incomplete picture of unemployment. Job losses are not the only concern, but also the scarcity of job opportunities for people entering the workforce...
...British officials say they are concerned about the possible consequences the Middle East conflict could have in the U.K. - not only because of the uptick in reported violence against Jews or Jewish property since the start of the Gaza onslaught, but because it could further radicalize extremist sectors in the 1.6 million British Muslim community. That's a concern that senior British Muslims have themselves. "I am very concerned indeed that the events in Gaza could well be used by those people who want to peddle pernicious extremist views to draw particularly vulnerable young people into that kind of extremism...