The Russo-Wellstone health care reform bill from 1992 would require employers and the self-employed to pay a tax equal to 7.5 percent of wages. ... Some economists have said that taxes would be as high as $339 billion additionally each year (Tanner, page 1, 1992). ... For example, in Great Britain, a country with a population of only 55 million, more than 800,000 patients were waiting for surgery at one time in 1992. ... Nontraditional physicians such as chiropractors also do not make out well under a universal system (Tanner, page 2, 1992). ... While Canada is regarded as the "model" for A...

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By 1992, that decision was appealed and several new parties were formed. President Moi was re-elected for another five years in 1992, and once again in 1997 with his KANU party obtaining a majority of the 222 seats. ... Imports - partners: UK 12%, UAE 8%, Japan 8%, US 7% Population: 30,765,916 (2001 est.) ... Literacy: total population: 78.1% male: 86.3% female: 70% (1995 est.) ...

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The largest city in northern Iraq is the oil town of Kirkuk, which used to be about half-and-half Kurdish and Turkmen before the Iraqi government systematically reduced the Kurdish and increased the Arab population in the 1970s (Bulloch 1992). ... The total Kurdish population of northern Iraq is estimated at three million (Bulloch 1992). ... A household typically consists of a husband, a wife, and their children (Bulloch 1992). A girl marries into her husband's family and is very much under the thumb of her mother-in-law, who wields power considerably understated by her public behavior...

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Between 1992 and 2000, real earnings-median earnings adjusted for inflation-rose 6 percent for full-time wage and salary workers ages 25 to 64 with a bachelor's degree (Dohm, A. & Wyatt, I., 2002). ... According to a current population survey (http://www.census.gov/) of men and women 25 and older, the premium to a bachelor's degree in the United States has increased during the last part of the twentieth century. ... In contrast, for the five-year period 1992-96, men and women with a bachelor's degree had an average annual earnings advantage of 79.8% over men and women with a hig...

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(Adapted from Collier's Encyclopedia, vol.12, 1992) History, as commonly understood, may refer to events themselves or to the record of events. (Adapted from Collier's Encyclopedia, vol.12, 1992) I believe that history is what made us what we are today and it defines our culture and our existence, not to mention our daily life. ... The loss of lives then, would have been added to the Lebanese population which would have increased. ...

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With a total population of 149,300,359, Russia is sixth in the world in population, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. From 1990 to 1992 Russia's population had a slow rate of increase at 0.4 to 0.5 percent per year. ... Russia also has reserves of iron ore as well as gold, silver, platinum, lead, molybdenum, manganese, tungsten, apatite, nickel, titanium, and cobalt. 81.5% of Russia's population are Russians, another 2.9% are Ukrainian. ... Other ethnic groups with sizable populations include the Germans with more than 700,000 people. ... Infl...

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Known as LDL pattern B, which is a heritable trait determined by a single major dominant gene the alp locus (National Academy Science. 1992. ... Approximately 30-35% of of the population is heterozygous for alp and another 5% are homozygous. 50% of men with heart disease express this trait. ... A gene responsible has been located on chromosome 19, near the genes for LDL receptor and insulin receptor (National Academy Science. 1992. ... (National Academy Science. 1992). ...

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Ever wonder where the idea for abortion came from or how it started? Herbs or Manipulation were some of the first forms of birth control in ancient Egypt, Greece, and in Rome. In the Middle Ages in Western Europe abortion was generally accepted in the beginning months of pregnancy. In the 19th cent...

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Republic of Congo The Republic of Congo is a Central African nation who's capital is Brazzaville. It is approximately twice the size of Washington state, being 132,046 square miles. There are five countries that border Congo, Gabon on the west, Cameroon and Central African Republic on the north, an...

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A survey done in Texas in 1978 found that only one third of the population considered hitting a child with an object to be physical abuse. The study was repeated in 1991, and almost half of the population saw this as physical abuse, rather than, Corporal punishment. ... (Straus) In 1992 The New Hampshire Supreme Court up held a parents right to hit a child in this way. ... A survey stated, seventy five percent of the population believes it's healthy for boys to get into fists fights while growing up. ...

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The largest population comes from Alaska. ... "Polar Bears" Microsoft encata online encyclopedia 2003 http://encarta.msn.com 1997-2003 Microsoft corporation all rights reserves "Polar Bear Poster" artic ecosystem team joint venture 1992 http://www.polarbearsalive.org fact3.htm. Salmansohn, Pete: "Steve Skyfrecker" wildlife conservation Sept/ Oct. 1992 55-59 Outline I. ... Size Of Population B. ...

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The rate of attempted suicide is twenty times higher among individuals with panic disorder than the general population (Morrison, 1995, p.403). ... Behavioral therapy is meant to help patients confront fearful situations (FDA consumer, 1992 p.22). ... There have been other drugs such as Xanax and Klonopin, which have said to reduce panic attacks (FDA consumer, 1992, p.22). ... If a person suffering with panic attacks use alcohol or if they are taking drugs it can lead to an increased risk of suicide attempts (Grewal, 1992, p.57)....

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One restriction is that they are allowed to have only one child because of the high population. ... It is reported that from 1979 through 1992 that 10,638 children were in the United States. ... The government was unable to do this successfully because patterns of these populations started showing up mainly in the Mid West. ...

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A couple of years later, the Feminism movement increased its importance around the population, by a political theory of Mary Wollstonecraft, "Vindication of the Rights of Women", that was published in 1792. ... Rebecca Walker created the term "third-wave feminism" in an essay, she wrote in 1992. ...

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Its surface area is Northern Ireland 13.483 km2 and its population is 1.589.000 (1990). ... The population of Republic of Ireland is 3.503.000. Most of its population lives in the eastern provinces, only 490.000 people live near Belfast and in Belfast. ... Eight workers were killed by IRA militants, on their way to home from work, is an example of their targets (17 January 1992). ... Structure: They have several hundred fighters and thousands of supporters among the Irish Catholic population. ...

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., 1992, p. 8742). ... Their population can increase when there are not many harmful predators around, control for "land development pressures" and the ground in a moist condition (Pierce et al., 2006, p. 4). ... They hatch one egg at a time and the size of kiwi eggs are so huge for their body size and each egg takes about 80 days to hatch; which makes them vulnerable since it can be easily spotted by predations and killed (Mercury Bay, n.d.). 80 years ago the population for kiwi is five million birds; now it has dropped spontaneously to 50,000 - 60,000 (Willowbank, n.d.). ... '...

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-Population density and degree of urbanization. ... - Variations in compositions of population and particularly youth concentration... The U.S homicide rate that has decreased since 1992 is still the highest in the industrialized world. ... Prison Population has been expanded, since the mid 1970's. 4. ... Authors have made a link between violent crimes and crack use 6.Changing in demographics of an aging population has been cited for the overall drop in crime. 7. ...

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DC has a population of almost 600,000. Its population is greater than that of Wyoming. It is one of eight states whose population is under 1 million. ... With these facts in mind, it becomes difficult to understand why Wyoming, with a population of 79,000 less, is represented in Congress by 3 voting representatives, while DC is represented by zero. ... In 1992, the United States became a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which article 25 guarantees equal representation among the citizens and equal representation in the national government. ...

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According to the Center for Disease Control, you would be at risk for HCV infection if one or more of the following applied to you You were notified that you received blood from a donor who later tested positive for hepatitis C Have ever injected illegal drugs, even if you experimented a few times many years ago Received a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant before July, 1992 Received a blood product for clotting problems produced before 1987 Have ever been on long-term kidney dialysis Have evidence of liver disease You should talk with medical provider about screening me...

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For example, a report conducted by the Commission on Systemic Racism on the Ontario Criminal Justice System, concluded that Blacks constituted not quite 3% of the population, yet they accounted for 15% of the prison population. During a six year period from 1986-1992, the black imprisoned population increased by an astounding 204% (Henry,147). ...

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Therefore, the loss of revenue would have a major impact on the daily life of its population and the operation of the government . ... Then in 1991, Mexico entered into talks with Canada and the United States that concluded on 17 December 1992. ... Since the middle class represents the lowest percentage of the working population and the upper an lower classes grow further apart, by exchanging or trading goods and services between the two countries hopefully resources such as oil, gas, textiles and agricultural products can be kept at a rate where the people of the U.S. do not have to...

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The largest McDonald's in the world opened in 1992 in Beijing, and there are over 400 McDonald's in China. ... Over half the population of the USA live within 3 minutes drive of a McDonald's, and Ray Kroc, the founder of the restaurant chain, made sure they did so. ...

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As defined in the Webster dictionary, apartheid is a system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which they largely repealed in 1991 to 1992. ... In 1950, the Population Registration Act required all South Africans to be classified into one of three categories. ...

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Life earnings estimates are created by using the working population's 1-year annual earnings and summing their age-specific average earnings for people aged twenty-five to sixty-four. ... According to the same Occupational Outlook Quarterly, workers age twenty-four to thirty-four years old holding college degrees rose from 26% to 33% between 1992 and 2000. ...

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Clinton also made 1992 the "year of women-. ... But still women are underrepresented in politics: in 1998, 12% of the House seats and 9% of Senate were women, but women make up more than half the US population. ...

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