Word: staking
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Which brings him back to Square 1. Violent crime is committed by society's outcasts, the poor and left-behind minorities who see no stake in preserving the way things are and who see crime as the only way "to get one's fair share in an unfair world." But, asks Silberman, how does one explain why blacks have a much higher crime rate than Hispanics, who are usually just as poor and suffer just as much discrimination? In New York City, for instance, a recent study shows that blacks commit four times as many robberies as Hispanics, though their...
Silberman is left with the unconsoling conclusion that until blacks and the poor are brought into society's mainstream, there is not a great deal courts and cops can do to cut down on crime. He finds a few examples of the poor taking a stake in improving their own communities, but more thoroughgoing solutions will take more money?and patience?than the country has so far been willing to give. "It's a gloomy book," admits Silberman. But an enlightening...
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Women have a stake in seeing that RUS operates effectively. Unless they write letters requesting refunds, all women contribute to the $12,000 RUS collects in term bill fees, and they have a right to expect some visible results. Nor can women afford to let their primary advocate stagnate in inaction and unresponsiveness...
...finish off with Brown, Penn and Yale," Brown continued, "and we can prove a lot to a lot of people. There's a great deal of pride at stake at this point in the season...