1. And they enjoy seeing these lofty personages writhing, becoming entangled, lying as they try in vain to defend themselves.

2. We loved Matthew . . . and we are groping for answers as we try in vain to understand the events of last Sunday," the family said.

3. Since October 2000, the police commissioner and a group of high–ranking police officials were forced to resign under the shadow of the Parinyan brothers affair; the chief of the Galilee District was removed from his position due to his performance during the Peki‘in riots; officers in Nahariya took the law into their own hands in their efforts to confront the head of a local crime organization; the Tel Aviv District has been unable to bring to trial the crime families waging their battles on the city‘s streets; the police has not succeeded in reducing trafficking in women; officers repeatedly fail to prevent serious crimes, including the murder of abused wives; farmers take vigilante actions when they realize that the police cannot protect them and their property; Palestinians try in vain to seek the police‘s protection against harassment by Jewish settlers.