Word: crimed
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American women are taking up arms. Propelled by a rising tide of crime, more and more of them no longer seem willing to trust their safety solely to their husbands, their neighbors or the local police. Between 1983 and 1986, as gun sales to men held steady, gun ownership among women jumped 53%, to more than 12 million, according to a Gallup poll commissioned by gunmaker Smith & Wesson. Even more striking, the poll found that the number of women who were considering buying a weapon quadrupled, to nearly 2 million...
David T. Wasserman, a newly-appointed Fellow from the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at the New York University School of Law, described his selection as a "pleasant surprise...
Investigators apparently have not determined a motive for the crime. Just three days before the shootings, Thompson mentioned another death threat to his friend but still did not contact the police. The disregard for danger that marked Thompson's driving career may have led to his death in his own front yard...
...polls on March 13 to elect the mayors of nearly 1,000 cities and towns. The exercise in democracy -- until now the country's mayors have been appointed by Bogota -- is designed in part to give cities like Medellin new powers to fight such menaces as organized crime and drugs. Some feel that an administration with a direct mandate to govern will find it easier to face these challenges than an outside appointee with no popular support. Yet many fear that decentralization of power will make cities even less governable than in the past. Nowhere are the concerns greater than...
...enough either; the majority cannot solve the nation's problems. If blacks do not participate in the solution to this country's difficulties, there will be no solution. It is going to take a thorough interweaving of minorities within majorities and majorities within minorities to deal with crime and drugs and jobs and health. So far, the most energetic piecer-together of the component strips of such an electoral quilt is Jesse Jackson, rhetorical, ecumenical, opportunistic, making history, making jokes...