New York City, for example, has very tight handgun restrictions. To buy a handgun, city residents must apply to the police for a permit. ... Hugh LaFollette, in his article "Gun Control: The Issues" says that because of these restrictions, as of April 1991 there were only 61,497 legally owned handguns in New York City, a city of nearly 8 million people. ... The BATF says that 96 percent of all handguns used for criminal purposes come from outside the city. This means that criminals still obtain handguns for illicit purposes despite New York's tough laws. ...

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Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City (Clark, 1995). ... Many believed, due to the media speculation, that the bombing had something to do with Islamic extremist like the Twin Tower bombing in New York, but they were wrong. ... The Oklahoma City bombing could be seen as a crime of accommodation. ... The Oklahoma City bombing certainly had a large level of victimization. ... All these factors made the Oklahoma City bombing the worst violent crime of the past decade. ...

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Baby boomers Our children are our future; our seniors are our foundation (Wissel L. 2000). Fifty five million Americans are age fifty five and older, according to the United States Census Bureau, of that number, thirty five million are age sixty five and older. By the year 2030, the sixty five and older population will double to seventy million, and the fastest growing segment of the older population is age eighty five and older. The baby boomer generation will soon reach the retirement age, and expected to redefine old age. Just as they have redefine every stage of their lives because b...

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In towns where royalist mayors were still popular, bands of men invaded town halls and killed city magistrates. ... For opposing the Revolution, most of the city of Lyons was destroyed. ... The Revolutionary Communes had committees that watched everyone in the neighborhood and special passes were needed to travel from one city to another. ...

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Since the inception of the United States, and the founding fathers signed documents that all "men" were created equal, the United States has been able to advertise of the "Land of Opportunity". In this paper, I will show that since the early 1900s and elite few placed in key positions in the United States have been able to focus the attention of the majority of the population in a direction that was acceptable for the government. Some examples are overt and discreet while others will be factual and to the point. I will also show specific examples of how United States elected officials were ab...

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On May 4, 1984 a physician from Spokane, Washington said he had warned the distributor of an intravenous Vitamin E solution last January that the drug was thought to have contributed to the deaths of four babies in his city. ... In the first day of trading after the announcement of the merger, the Hasbro stock gained 1.125 dollars to 37.125 dollars on the American Stock Exchange and Milton Bradley stock jumped 2.625 dollars per share to 47.50 dollars on the New York Stock Exchange. ...

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The New York City Fire Department arrived minutes later to be greeted by a sidewalk filled with the bodies of the helpless victims. ... Not only were they upset about the lack of evacuation by employees and the exit doors being locked, but that the city could not protect the hundreds of buildings that towered over seven floors. ... At these locations, corporations can pay a minimum wage much lower than the main land and still stamp the clothes with the "Made in the U.S.A." trademark and again avoid all taxes and tariffs.( New York Times, May 10, 2002) Although the factories in Guam, Saipan,...

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Apple would agree with this for he believes that if students aren't well educated now, then how is making them, say, studying in history class the exact same thing in Texas and in New York about New York state history? ...

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Name: Anonymous Submitted: 08.29.01 Word Count: 4987 "This site kicks-ass!!" The Ozone a Hole in the Theory The protective ozone layer around our world undergoes much thought and debate. The "Hole", however, only exists in the minds of environmental, self-serving scientists and politicians. It interests many to find all the faults in the publics consensus of the "ozone depletion." Most scientists do not believe in this "depletion", they think it is a natural phenomenon. ...

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