Most of these children have access to guns due to a lack of gun control measure in this society. ... With a strict gun control measures, incidence similar to that if Chardon High school can be avoided. ... This fear has helped to reduce crime, and would be abolished with any gun control measures. ... However, establishing measures on gun control will not fully effective in reducing crime rates in this society (Milligan). ... Community policing will be extremely efficient in ensuring that gun control measures are effective. ...

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However, many leaders fear that his measure would pass with backing from an unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives. ... On Friday, the House is looking to pass either or both of the measures, signifying Congress' most assertive stance on the Libya conflict to date. ... He also worries over the Kucinich measure individually because it could harm American relations with NATO allies contributing to troops in Afghanistan (Steinhauer). ...

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Elasticity is a measure of just how much the quantity demanded will be affected by a change in price or income or change in price of related goods.(Mankiw, 2012) Different elasticities of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in variables which affect demand so: Price elasticity of demand: "measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded by changes in the price of the good." Income elasticity of demand: "measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded by changes in consumer incomes." Cross elasticity of demand: "measures the responsiveness of quantity dem...

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President Lee Myung-bak from South Korea said, "The countries in crisis will have to find measures that might be painful and politically unpopular in the short term, but nonetheless they must pursue this path" (Castillo). ... Although the two sides are in direct opposition, "they agree that we need to listen to Europe, especially to Germany, to see what measures it proposed to exit the euro crisis," said Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman (Castillo). ... Some analysts predict that if these measures do take effect, the United States will face another recession (Castillo). ... A...

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Have you ever wondered what your IQ really measures? ... A person's IQ is supposed to be a measure of that person's intelligence: the higher the IQ number, the greater the intelligence. ... An IQ test, therefore, should not be considered a measure of a person's intelligence. Rather, it is just a measure of the person's IQ. ... One type of bias, labeling bias, represents that when a test is conducted, it claims to measure one aspect, but really measures another. ...

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Its purpose was to measure pure intelligence or aptitude, as we know it today. ... Graduate Catalog p. 6-8) that the SAT measure the most appropriate aptitude of learning in the areas of critical thinking, verbal skills, and mathematics in relation to their programs more so than the ACT. ... Regarding the consistency and reliability of the SAT I as is applies to measuring the intelligence of students, many would argue that the SAT I is considerably effective. Virginia State Assessment also agrees that the SAT I is very effective, and it measures both verbal and mathematical reasoning in a well...

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John Jay's Treaty with Great Britain proposed measures which would improve relations between Great Britain and the U.S., but because the U.S. was not a strong military power, it lacked the means to enforce the agreements of Jay's Treaty. ...

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The other 99.97% don't have a chance to compete, much less measure up. ... The media acts as a propaganda machine determined to shake our confidence, remind us we are not good enough, we haven't made it, that we just simply do not measure up. ... The financial, social and psychological and physical damages of a woman's lifetime pursuit of thinness are impossible to measure. ... You will learn to measure yourself by intrinsic qualities that are of far greater value and are far more beautiful than any image manufactured on a movie screen. ... These images do not value our u...

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The Democrats lead the charges for stricter gun measure which reflects from the contributions they receive from gun control advocates. ... On Tuesday, May 18 the Senate approved a measure that would require child safety devices with each of the millions of handguns sold by licensed dealers in the United States every year. ... The President stated that The House Republican bill "dramatically waters down" the Senate measures which themselves were modest steps that did not encompass Clinton's entire gun safety agenda. ... They believe if the lawmakers would enforce the current ...

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This compromise was legislative measures that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States for three decades. ... So now Congress passed the Compromise Measures of 1850 during August of 1850. ... This measure outdated the Missouri Compromise of 1820. All these compromise measures resulted in a gradual intensification of the hostility between the slave and free states. ...

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Any such armed attack and measures taken as a result thereof shall be deemed reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security. ... The council shall set up subsidiary bodies as may be necessary, in particular, it shall establish immediately a Defense Committee-which shall recommend measures for the implementation of Article 3 and 5. ...

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Such preventative measures may be school-based or community-based programs. ... To be effective, not only should the individual students be targeted, the whole school environment should take on the preventative measures as well. ... It was a short-term program that showed promise of being a strong preventative measure when implemented over a long period of time, so as to get lasting results. ...

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"The measure of the British crimes is running over", Lee announced, "and the barbarous spoliation of the East is crying to heaven for vengeance against the destroyers of the human race." ... That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effective measures of forming foreign alliances. ... A member of one of Virginia's most prestigious families, Richard Henry Lee had unrelentingly advocated the most radical measures in the pre-Revolution protests against British infringements on colonial rights. ...

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These measures, while undoubtedly increasing the security level of the nation, have breached the sacrosanct right of privacy and freedom of speech by monitoring electronic mail, websites and telephone calls, regardless of the person. The government is clearly blurring lines set forth by the Constitution by taking action through these means of surveillance and promoting corporate scandals by giving companies incentives to comply with these measures through new laws and loopholes. ... In particular, free speech and unlawful search and seizure are the centerpiece violations of these suspect measu...

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To determine the concentration of alcohol in the body at any given time, it is necessary to find the blood alcohol concentration (BAC), which measures the percentage of alcohol in the blood. ... This measures your blood alcohol concentration by measuring the amount of alcohol exhaled in a breath. ...

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He said he saw signs of a shift in public opinion last year after California residents voted on a ballot measure that would have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. Ultimately, the measure failed, but he said, "People are changing their minds" (Ellingwood). ...

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Children living with opposite-sex parents, mother in custody of boys and father in custody of girls, were not as well adjusted on measures of competent social behavior. ... When social class is controlled, children in female-headed families perform no worse than children from two-parent families on measures of intelligence, academic achievement, and educational attainment. ... Differences remain, however, on measures of school performance such as GPA, with children in one-parent families as a disadvantage. ... (Demo & Acock, 1988, p. 622) Fourth graders whose families were recently disrupted, ...

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As businesses try to beat the rising cost by initiating measures such as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), other factors seem to keep the costs soaring upward from month to month leaving these countries in a state of disarray and indecision about what to do (Leyerle,1994). ... Numerous ideas are being passed around regarding measures which could be taken to ensure the long-term stability of our healthcare system while at the same time ensuring consistent and quality health for our taxpayers. ...

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Consequently, both parties have the obligation to keep inder review the fishery resources in the disputed waters and to examine together, in the light of scientific and other available information, the measures required for the conservation and development, and equitable exploitation, of these resources, taking into account any international agreement in force between them, such as the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 24 January 1959, as well as such other agreements as may be reached in the matter in the course of further negotiation. ... The United States, for ...

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Though a majority of nosocomial infections are preventable through proper hand washing techniques, federal government agencies, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), should provide continuous education programs to decrease the amount of cases reported per year in the United States through proper protocol, quality control measures and surface sanitizing, and increased awareness. Hospitals and other health care facilities do have regulations and protocol that contribute to preventive measures. ... Even though it is virtually ...

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They both are assumed to be guilty of crime and are submitted separately to interrogation measures. ... Fidel Castro the president of Cuba approved the placing of weapons in Cuba due to the fact that he was measuring a way to secure and defend his country from potential U.S attacks. ... Consequently, if there is no intention to tighten that knot and thereby to doom the world to the catastrophe of thermonuclear war, then let us not only relax the forces pulling on the ends of the rope, let us take measures to untie that knot. ...

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Some of the factors contributing to the vast improvement in inflation include austerity measures which have reduced wage growth, a determination to keep the exchange rate stable against major European currencies, the sale of inefficient state run enterprises and a willingness amongst policy makers to avoid inflationary policy measures. ... Economic policies since the late 1980's have recognized the shortcomings of Greece's inflation performance and partly as a result of pressure from the European Union has led to policy measures aimed at bridging the gap in inflation between the EU a...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a prominent president who was reelected for a third and fourth term. His 3rd and 4th term was dominated by the Second World War. FDR has been known for his many policies concerning social areas, as well as foreign and militaristic during his 3rd and 4th term. Presiden...

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Since racism and indifference had restricted rights for blacks, executive orders issued by presidents in the 1950s and 1960s established the concept of anti-discrimination measures to guarantee fair treatment of blacks by government contractors. ... Kennedy created a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity in 1961 and issued Executive Order 10925, which used the term "affirmative action" to refer to measures designed to achieve non-discrimination. ...

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The President faced what has been described as an 'impossible situation"; the American public called for harsh reactionary measures against Iran, which in reality were far too risky and could mean the deaths of thousands, including the hostages. ... Amidst the nuclear threat in Iran, greater emphasis on European powers has been seen, with the European Union taking proactive measures in negotiations. ...

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