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...pathology of the ghetto contribute to the spreading scourge of youth crime. But the reverse is also true: the ripple effects of crime eventually overwhelm a city and destroy its élan. People are frightened away from downtown, reducing business for stores, theaters, restaurants. In their place, thick as weeds, sprout porno houses, massage parlors and gambling havens, where criminals thrive...
...Ghazi al-Qusaibi, 37, Minister of Industry and Electricity, received his master's degree in international relations from the University of Southern California. A big, round-faced man, Qusaibi wears thick-lensed glasses because, as he explains, "when I was a child in Al Hasa province, I almost went blind as we had no medical facilities." He presides over the single largest industrial project in history: the construction of an $11 billion gas-gathering project that will take the natural gas flared away at Saudi wells and liquefy it for shipment abroad...
...Redford's natural ease, he is unable to force it up between the thick lines he has to speak here...
...only other players who broke 290 in 1958 were Julius Boros and Gary Player, then making his first impression on American golf. This year Player was once again in the thick of contention. He faltered on Sunday but still finished only seven strokes off of Green's pace...
...very black. One ride from Washington down to Forest Hills is the best reminder that ours is not the best of all possible worlds. Forest Hills, the end of the line, is on the edge. North lie graffitti and broken glass. South stand houses and big old trees on thick lawns. Stand in the middle and figure it out if you have the stomach for this kind of paradox...