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...report documents decreases in crimes ranging from domestic assault to auto theft...
...wide range of Chinese imports valued at about $1 billion. The move came as retaliation for what the Clinton Administration regards as Beijing's inadequate efforts to curb widespread piracy of American computer software, music and films. The new tariffs are intended to equal the estimated revenue lost through theft of U.S. copyrights and patents in China. Among the hardest- hit Chinese exports are plastics, picture frames, cellular phones, answering machines, sporting goods and some bicycles. Beijing responded with 100% tariffs on compact discs, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and other products, threatening a trade war between two of the world...
Finally, sources familiar with the museums said, many of the buildings which house collections do not provide adequate protection against theft or natural disasters, like fire. While most museums are designed to protect objects before saving human lives, the University museums' primary purpose is to protect its students...
Nevertheless, curators and security experts admit the danger of damage or theft...
...various other benefits. So the increasingly "democratic" face of interest groups means the American government is asked to pay more, which means finally Americans of all classes are too. And the ultimate cost could be larger still. The budget deficit is not only a grave problem in itself, a theft of resources from the next generation, but also one reason politicians feel too strapped for cash to earnestly confront the other leading contender for gravest problem: the existence of an urban underclass. This sort of predicament is what the Founders designed representative democracy to solve. "They saw the public interest...