COMMENT & ANALYSIS - Police investment; LETTERS to the EDITOR.Byline: Janet Kent YOUR correspondentn F Nolan (Letters, January 10) will be interested to learn that the "groves of academe" form a private estate, just like a football ground. And like a football ground, the police have to be paid for their service of offering protection to the public within that realm. Students are welcomed to this city in huge numbers but arrive without any street skills, making them vulnerable to every villain, and, believe me, they circle like hyenas. However, students in halls and shared houses pay no council tax and we, the residents, are paying for all policing. Their contribution to the life of the city is amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , but the downside Downside The dollar amount by which the market or a stock has the potential to fall. Notes: You might hear someone say that the downside on stock XYZ is $10. What that means is that the stock could fall by this amount if things got bad. has to be managed too. The police and the university authorities have formed a strong partnership to ensure that every innocent little face arriving in Liverpool survives to become a wiser and safer one. I congratulate the police on investing in an enterprising en·ter·pris·ing adj. Showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects: The enterprising children opened a lemonade stand. scheme, to which the students themselves contribute as Special Constables. Janet Kent, Liverpool 2 |
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