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MENTION SOLUTIONS TO CRIME to a liberal--or a progressive or a neoliberal or whatever we are called these days--and the response is almost automatic, "get at the root causes." Poverty causes crime, to end the crime, end the poverty, Simple as that...
...Getting at the root causes," admirable though such a goal may be, does not make the streets safer today or tomorrow, and because crime rates so highly among American concerns, it is the responsibility of public servants to address the issue--now. Of course short-term solutions will not succeed entirely--will not "get at the root causes"--but they can succeed in part, and that in itself is a worthy goal...
Translated into everyday language, the first line tells the computer to let N stand successively for 20 through 30. The second instructs the machine to print the first value of N (that is, the number 20), compute its square root (SQR) and print out the result. The third tells the computer to go on to each of the succeeding values, all the way through 30. Finally, the program tells the computer to call it a day, its job having been done. Even the smallest machine can do such calculations in a flash, compared with the hours of work they might...
PALESTINIAN WRITERS in this country have argued that the Palestinian problem is the main root of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Walid Khalidi, who with Edward Said is the PLO's best-known supporter here, argued in last summer's Foreign Affairs that by bringing the PLO into negotiations on a Palestinian state the U.S. could stabilize the region's regimes and thus defend its interests. The currents of nationalism, pan-Arabism and pan-Islam, while undeniable, pale in comparison with the Palestinian issue, he contended. All Arab regimes, whether conservative or radical are united in their support...
Egypt achieved through discussion what she could not accomplish by war. As the peace takes root, and normal relations between the countries develop, their joint effort will serve as testimony to the wisdom of face-to-face negotiation in solving disputes. Since its creation Israel has repeatedly offered to negotiate with any of its Arab neighbors. We can only pray that Egypt's sister states learn from her example that inflamed rhetoric and hostility are poor substitutes for peace...