The state sought to cure the problem by encouraging local sheriffs to build more cells, in part by promising that a certain portion of them would be filled.

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As first conceived, it would have had enforcement powers and tried to pre-empt state failure, not just cure it.

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The harder question to answer is as follows: Is the NCAA's emphasis on Penn State's "culture" part of the cure or part of the disease?

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But there are many unknowns about this treatment, and it's not clear how permanent the state of desensitization is, she said, and this immunotherapy method is not a cure.

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