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...disorganized, business in Boston's lower crust. The "vigorish," or profit, is estimated at $1,000,000 a week. With that kind of take, the competition for trade is bound to be keen. As might be expected, the surplus of bodies has been accompanied by a dearth of witnesses and evidence. Just five of the 43 killings have been solved. Bay Staters who derive comfort from the gradual depopulation of the underworld may be deceiving themselves. On at least one occasion, an uninvolved citizen was shot dead for standing too close to the mark...
...poor academic results obtainable from a university of this description can be readily imagined. The low standard of American education is really astonishing. The dearth of teachers is an outstanding reason for this...
...recently as 1962, Ohio qualified as one of the less industrious of the nation's industrial states. Beset by an $83 million budget deficit, a dearth of new business, and a 25% drop in employment during the previous six years, Ohio set out to do something about its sluggish economy. Since then, no other state has wooed industry with quite as much ardor-or success. Last year Ohio lured an estimated $2.1 billion in new industrial investment, the best such performance ever by any state...
...There's a dearth...
...sparks of interaction that fly between proficient Actors Gossett and Bedelia camouflage the dearth of action in the play. Considering that the two hurl abuse at one another for minutes at a time, it is surprising that a playgoer ends the evening feeling that it has been spent with two decidedly likable people...