Americans may neither fly direct to Cuba nor spend dollars there: their Cuban hosts must pay all their expenses.

ECONOMIST: Large hopes of that forbidden island

There seem to be some links between crime and economic conditions, but they are neither as direct nor clear as one might assume.

ECONOMIST: America's falling crime rate

But although what is left may be wholesome and improving, it is neither as direct as the religious right's publications, nor as racy as the secular ones.

ECONOMIST: Hard to digest