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...that the problem is grossly exaggerated or that victims are not reporting incidents that, if publicized, might expose the vulnerability of their computer systems. Moreover, many of the so-called computer criminals, like the Oakland subway riders accused of using folded $5 bills to coax free Bay Area Rapid Transit tickets from computerized coupon dispensers, had only the most rudimentary knowledge of the machines they manipulated...
Judicate is only one example of a phenomenon known as privatization, which is becoming increasingly commonplace across the U.S. More and more companies are taking on tasks that are traditionally performed by government. These firms are earning profits by operating transit systems, cleaning streets and even fighting fires. Cities and towns are finding that private companies can often get things done more efficiently and cheaply than civil servants...
...communities that have been most innovative is La Mirada, Calif. (pop. 41,000), in Los Angeles County. City officials have hired private firms to run the parks and recreation department, perform public-works inspections, provide day-care services and remove graffiti from public buildings. Mass transit in the form of comfortable vans is supplied by a company called Dial-A-Ride. Says La Mirada City Manager Gary Sloan: "In some areas, privatization has been the most efficient, cost-effective way of providing service...
...sources now indicate that the two talked about an air link for Soviet Jews to Israel via Poland. Such discussions are, however, denied by Jaruzelski's aides, and Israeli officials dismiss a broker role for Poland. Indeed, Budapest and Bucharest have been mentioned in the Moscow discussions as possible transit points, according to one source. Yet two weeks ago Bronfman visited Warsaw and, say W.J.C. sources, discussed with Jaruzelski the emigration of Soviet Jews...
...second-term bid. A tireless campaigner who tends assiduously to home- state details, D'Amato has amassed a war chest of $7 million. Last week, even though the Democrats have yet to come up with a candidate, five New York City unions, including those representing city employees and transit workers, endorsed D'Amato, bringing his statewide total to nearly 70. Even New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, has praised him as "a miracle worker" for his ability to win funding for local projects such as a Navy base on Staten Island and mass-transit repairs...