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That stunning conclusion drew immediate attacks. Critics, and they are legion, cite a variety of defects: Ehrlich did not compare the effectiveness of the death penalty with that of particular prison terms; his formula does not work if the years between 1965 and 1969 are omitted; and in accounting for the increase in homicides during the '60s, he neglects the possible influences of racial unrest, the Viet Nam War, a loosening of moral standards and increased handgun ownership...
...possible punishment. "An eye for an eye," says Illinois Farmer Jim Hensley. "That's what it has to be. People can't be allowed to get away with killing." Counters Amsterdam: "The answer can hardly be found in a literal application of the eye-for-an-eye formula. We do not burn down arsonists' houses." The scriptures do preach mercy as well as retribution. Last Saturday, in fact, Pope John Paul II sweepingly recommended "clemency, or pardon, for those condemned to death...
...money raised by the nickel gas tax will be distributed according to a complex formula that tries to assess each state's need, population, land area and readiness to use the funds. Since the Department of Transportation works regularly with the states to determine highway priorities, plans for using the money are ready; no new bureaucracy is needed to disburse...
...January of 1981, an error in the rent board's space formula resulted in an inadvertent overcharge of tenants in 8 Plympton St. a building containing both residential and commercial units. The board failed to evaluate properly the difference between the commercial rents and the residential rents...
...that breakfast was a time for smiley voices instead of burned toast and reviewing comedies like this. Nowadays, when the shows that used to be off-Broadway are on the main stem, and Broadway shows are running in the little houses, things like this open less glitzily. But the formula is as ever: one set, six characters, some brisk banter and a simple conflict in values bobbing along the sparkly surface...