Journalists may be targeted because of their views or what they have reported. ... Information tradition, which is reports are expected to be factual and reliably documented. ... Didactic tradition, the report is intended as an explanation, and the goal is purported to be educating the public. ... Also another person the book talks about was in Peru when the leader of the Shining Path, Abimael Guzman, was captured in 1992 . ... In short order, Guzman went from being a threat to being a joke in journalists" reports about him. ...

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(Lipsitz vii) " Lipsitz's book gives a substantial amount of evidence which shows that America's investment in whiteness with historical facts, stories, and statistics. ... In his book, Lipsitz states that "[w]hiteness is everywhere in U.S. culture, but it is very hard to see (Lipsitz 1)." A major factor as to why Lipsitz wrote this book was due to the events surrounding Bill Moore's death when Lipsitz was a youth. ... Lipsitz admits that "the murder of Bill Moore did affect [him] to an unusual degree, even more than the many reports of the deaths of dozens of blacks in the civi...

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Peter Singer, a professor of ethics at Princeton University, is often considered the Father of the animal rights movement, says in his book Animal Liberation, "If humans have basic rights, such as rights to be spared unnecessary suffering, then animals have those rights, too, the fact that a being is not a member of our species has nothing to do with how much its pain matters" (89). ... Even though pharmaceuticals are routinely tested on animals, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported, "that 100,000 people every year are killed by prescription drugs and more than 2 million a...

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The twelfth edition of the book, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-preventable Diseases, revised in 2012, written by epidemiologist, William Atkinson discusses the mechanics of vaccines in the immune system. ... Providers are also required to partake and report to the Adverse Vaccine Event Reporting System. The Adverse Vaccine Event Reporting System compiles the reported adverse effects of vaccines from every healthcare provider that administers vaccines in the United States in order to effectively monitor, and possibly recall, faulty vaccines (Centers 5-6). ... Additionally, the Centers...

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A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives perfectly identifies the recent hike of tuition fees. ... Furthermore, the report also contained details of how the average tuition fee could have only been $3,047 compared to current $7,459 (Rushowy 1). ... Convincing voters should not be a struggle as a report by the Canadian Federation of Students Ontario stated that 90% of Ontarians believe that tuition fees should be reduced or frozen (Public Opinion: Reduce Tuition Fees), it just may not be the voters' most important priority. ... This could include the reduction of residence f...

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Since 1990, the Human Development Report has been publishing every year an index called the Human Development Index that has been used to measure every nation's development. ... Human Development Reports are important to know since the data shows how national locations are standing globally. ... According to the Central Intelligence Agency's world fact book, 58.8% speak English, and 21.6% know how to speak French. ... Toronto is in fact actually the 4th largest city in North America behind Los Angeles (3rd place), New York City (2nd place), and Mexico City in first place according t...

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Many black American activists became increasingly popular during this time period, Booker T. ... Booker T. ... President Roosevelt reacted to Tarbell's reports by creating trustbusting, which was a way to restrain or dissolve business monopolies. ...

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The crew is hand picked by the captain, the leadership ranks are of those who wish to seek political assylum in the United States--though this is not disclosed until near the end of the book. ... A series of thrilling and very technical discussions and explainations of the naval vessals and their design and use is detailed int he book to much effort by the author and far more detailed than can be included in a book report. ... The book ends with the loss of life of one of the senior crew members who desired to see Montana, and now to be buried there. ... The book is of greater length and de...

• Word Count: 1089
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The data for 1997 reveal, " that respondents arrested in the past year for possession or sale of drugs and driving under the influence had the highest percentage of illicit drug use [during] the past year" and that " illicit drug users were also about 16 times more likely than non [drug] users to report being arrested and booked for larceny or theft" and "..[were] more than 14 times more likely to be arrested and booked for such offenses as driving under the influence, drunkenness, or liquor law violations, [along with] more than [nine] times likely to be arrested and booked on assault charge[...

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Examination of the reasons behind Female Genital Mutilation in the World was reviewed and looked at. A look at a Patriarchy society as the invisible hand behind the practice of female genital mutilation. These practices are carried out by women for the benefit of men. Female Genital Mutilation ...

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For each county sampled, the study collected data from two sources: (1) reports from the local Adult Protective Services (APS) agency responsible for receiving and investigating reports in each county: and (2) reports from "sentinels"-specially trained individuals in a variety of community agencies having frequent contact with the elderly. ... Consistent with three national incidence studies on child abuse and neglect, this methodology assumes the sentinel reports represent substantiated reports. ... Of this total, 70,942 (16 percent) were reported to and substantiated by APS agencies, but t...

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These beliefs lead way to a whole new political way of life and the rest of Appleby"s book is based on the foundation of change that Jefferson laid for Americans in the future. ... The printed reports of the political sides that people took gave people enjoyment and got them more involved with the government then they had been in the past. ... Appleby's main purpose in writing this book is to show how Jefferson affected the American society after the American Revolution and the changes in the economy and the people. ... One thing that she could have done to make this book less biase...

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The book is filled with intriguing chapters on history and a bold analysis of present-day America. ... Gregory McNamee reviewed Kevin Philips Wealth and Democracy and found that the book "examined cycles of economic growth and decline from the founding days of the republic to the recent collapse of technology stocks, Phillips dispels notions of trickle-down wealth creation, pricks holes in speculative bubbles, and decries the ever-increasing "financialization" of the economy--all of which, he argues, have served to reduce the well-being of ordinary Americans and government alike. Highly reada...

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Terry Anderson states in his book: "One reality in Iraq that everyone can agree on was that the nation had enormous proven oil reserves. ... Another quote from the book suggests that the Iraqis seemed fully aware of America's true motives: "Only 5 percent of Iraqis surveyed thought that the United States invaded "to assist the Iraqi people," only 1 percent believed it was to establish democracy, while about half thought it was "to rob Iraq's oil." ... The vision is in depth, unbiased, human-centered reporting on the whole of America." ... Based on the Islamic influence, their holy bo...

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Throughout the history of our world, political theories have governed nations great and small; regulating the teeming masses. In the under-developed third world country of Iraq the only apparent governing political theory was terrorism and a cult like hierarchy that left Iraq in a swarm of U.S. bou...

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In the book "The Geopolitics of Emotion" by Dominique Moisi, he discusses issues that are happening around the world. ... Losing individually in an ego- involving condition led to the highest levels of negative affect responses and attenuated levels of reported need satisfaction" (Standage). ... For instance, Redding reported research findings from Hong Kong managers of higher scores for 'social needs.' ...

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Theory links up the research and the problem, which is examined in the research. Theory allows the researchers a streamline of action. It is a set of logical, coherent, interrelated concepts, which attempt to explain some observable phenomena or group of facts. Review of the literature provides awar...

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The decisions are subsequently recorded in law reports and are now also available on computerised legal data bases. ... Rules of Court, which are made by the Justices, set out the procedural steps that legal practitioners must comply with in preparing a case for hearing, including the preparation of an Appeal Book. The Appeal Book prepared by the appellant's legal practitioner, contains basic documentation which is necessary background for the Court to consider the issue raised by the appeal. ...

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There are many people that realize what problems Native Americans deal with that are expressed in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ... To begin, one of the problems expressed in the book, is the living conditions of the Native Americans, this a huge problem because majority Native Americans live in low quality houses, this are major problem because it has a huge impact on the family and the community. In the Meriam Report it states that "The Native Americans are easily sickened because they are closer together....

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William Cronon's book Changes in the Land is a very detailed and informative explanation of the cultural and environmental shifts that North America underwent with the European colonization. Reading through this book allows you to see not only how America has become the nation she is today ecologically but it also shows the ecological state of New England during Native American inhabitation and the radical changes that were caused by the European way of life. ... "Dwight reported that they (livestock) were gone from the south. ... This book easily accomplishes and expounds on the ide...

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The legislative bill, which instigates the controversy and events taking place in this book, calls for two separate days for primary elections. ... The rest of the book describes their hiding in the McDonald's one room apartment and the call placed on the Senate issuing a statewide search involving the DPS for the missing Senators including Longoria, whom sided with the bees and Brooks, who was in Oklahoma and kept his intentions covert to everyone. ...

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The legislative bill, which instigates the controversy and events taking place in this book, calls for two separate days for primary elections. ... The rest of the book describes their hiding in the McDonald's one room apartment and the call placed on the Senate issuing a statewide search involving the DPS for the missing Senators including Longoria, whom sided with the bees and Brooks, who was in Oklahoma and kept his intentions covert to everyone. ...

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Of course, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were reports of numerous scandals and reports of kickbacks, and other various types of shady activity within corporations and the government. ... A book by a man named Charles Lewis and others from the Center for Public Integrity titled, The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers-and What They Expect in Return listed the now bankrupt company Enron as one of President Bush's biggest contributors. In fact, in the book it states, "Enron's employees and Political Action...

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In rural counties all over the United States it is easier to check out a book at the library or rent a video from the local store than it is to find a doctor who can provide medical treatment. ... In Idaho, it has been reported that they have the fewest doctors per capita in the U.S. ... In 1981, the GMENAC published a report that predicated a surplus of 145,000 physicians by 2000. The GMENACs report advised that medical schools restrict their enrollment and restrict the immigrating international medical graduates (Blumenthal, 2004). In response to the GMENACs report, Congress eliminated sub...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. Some refer to family situations. They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather th...

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