Sentence examples for scourge of crime from inspiring English sources

But the contemporary era has been marked by the opposite discrepancy: even as the new culturalists were resurrecting Moynihan's diagnosis, the scourge of crime was in retreat.

As the provincial police commissioner appointed seven veteran investigators to chase down the attackers, President Thabo Mbeki called on the nation "to confront this terrible scourge of crime, which has taken the lives of too many of our people, and does so every day".

In his iconic cape and cowl, Billionaire Bruce defends the city from the scourge of crime.

"The President is determined to fight the scourge of crime in South Africa in no uncertain terms, especially with regard to its impact on women and children.

"Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration.

And in laboratories and on imaginary London streets, men armed with microscopes and the power of observation first used science to tackle the twin scourges of crime and disease.

Arpaio, 85, was scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5. "Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration," the White House said in a statement late Friday.

Crime Records portrayed Hoover as the dauntless scourge of serious crime.

In this role, the daughter of a Baptist minister from North Carolina had made her name as a scourge of organised crime kingpins and bent government officials alike.

"He wanted to get rid of the scourge of organized crime so Italians could feel free, and his dream was to be the first Republican Catholic in the White House," Mr. Sheinkopf said.

Not to mention the continuing scourge of organised crime in the south of the country, an economy so rattled it's led to the appointment of a non-elected Prime Minister; Roman traffic; the media and political career of Silvio Berlusconi and a tower that can't even stand up straight.