To slow the spread of the bacterium that causes the scourge, they chopped down hundreds of thousands of infected trees and sprayed an expanding array of pesticides on the winged insect that carries it.
Even gang-related crime, the particular scourge of Los Angeles, is down by 34%.Mr Bratton naturally credits his policing especially, he says, since "we're not seeing any increase in crime as a result of the bad economy".
For his entire mayoralty, Giuliani has been the scourge of illicit pleasures, closing down the sex shops, banishing the hot-dog venders, even trying to enforce the laws against jaywalking.
It's with that rationale that China has begun to crack down on the scourge of inappropriate (read: "dirty") text messages.
Many an iPhone 6 Plus has been struck down by the scourge known as "Touch Disease," but Apple has not acknowledged the problem was systematic or widespread — until now.
In summer of 2011, though, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration decided to crack down on this scourge of New Orleans.
Saru Jayaraman of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United suggests giving the almost 90percentt of restaurant workers who reported inability to take paid sick leave access to that privilege would cut down on the scourge of flu each year.
Already the sun is bearing down, and the constant scourge of mosquitoes hover expectantly.
The State Department of Environmental Protection may spray Scourge, a less toxic chemical that breaks down quickly, if infected mosquitoes are found, officials have said.
Hardly luxurious, of course – but in Davies' world, the tramp was not the scourge of society but a decent chap down on his luck; a vagabond, rather than a smackhead.
