Word: proportionment
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Some might claim that the scale of the attacks is not commensurate—that, in essence, flying planes into buildings and killing thousands is a greater offense than detonating a bomb in a hotel and killing, say, 27. This argument falters even if we pass over the wholly plausible...
And President Bush gave Powell a solid sendoff Thursday with a message that both insisted that an end to terrorism is the key to progress, but also that such progress requires an end to Israeli settlement activity and, ultimately, an end to its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza...
Ten years ago, health officials thought they were winning the war on smoking. The proportion of high school senior girls who smoked had dropped from 40% in 1977 to 26% in 1992. But according to the Surgeon General, it rocketed back up to 35% in five years, undoing much of...
There are roughly six million people in Israel, and 418 Israelis have been killed in terrorist attacks since the PA-backed Palestinian uprising began in September 2000. To put this death toll in perspective, in proportion to Israel’s size, this is the rough equivalent of seven attacks...
If the INS exhibits outsize incompetence, perhaps it is in proportion to its mission. More than 250 million citizens and noncitizens enter and exit the U.S. each year, many crossing the border repeatedly, and the agency is supposed to keep tabs on all nonresidents. Most foreigners go home when they...