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Violence In Schools Violent Crime
1,127 words... age... " [I]t is not simply who has the abortion that leads to the lower crime rate... but the ability of the woman to choose better timing for child rearing that lowers criminality. " (Los Angeles Daily News, August 8, 1999, pp. 1, 18) What about the Brady Bill and other gun control measures? Didn't the Brady Bill play a big part in reducing gun crime? See Gun Cite's analysis of that claim. Four scholars discuss "Does Gun Control Work?" in PBS's moderated panel discussion, Think Tank (aired...
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Lord Of The Flies Literary Critic
1,178 words... station was going bankrupt. He was appalled. So he drove down to the radio station and he bought it right then and there. The station is WZON and is still on the air right this very minute. King is also in a hard rock band where he sings and plays the guitar. The band, called The Rock Bottom Remainders, puts on many concerts to benefit different charities (Beahm 72 - 73). Perhaps the most inspiration comes from the numerous towns that King has lived in over his lifetime. For example, the tow...
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1960 And 1970 Sri Lankan
1,309 wordsVernon Corea was one of the world's greatest broadcasters - he was born on the island of Ceylon. The 'Hindu' newspapers placed him among the 'greats' in the world of broadcasting. Vernon was born in Kurana, Katunayke on September 11 th, 1927. His father Rev. Ivan Corea was a curate at the St. Phillips Church in Kurana in 1927. The Corea family are descendants of Dominican Corea who was crowned King of Kate in the 16 th century. Vernon Corea's parents were the late Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Core...
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Spanish American War Carl Sandburg
1,796 wordsAs a child of an immigrant couple, Carl Sandburg was barely American himself, yet the life, which he had lived, has defined key aspects of our great country, and touched the hearts and minds of her people. Sandburg grew up in the American Midwest, yet spent the majority of his life traveling throughout the states. The country, which would define his style of poetry and his views of society, government, and culture, would equally be defined by his writing, lecturing, and the American dream he liv...
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Cassius Clay Heavyweight Championship
963 wordsClay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964 From the accounts of various Kentucky newspapers, I was able to learn a few facts about Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, as well as the attitudes of his fellow Kentuckians. The first thing I noticed in all the newspapers that I viewed was that almost all the articles written about the fight were written by writers from either the Associated Press (AP) or United Press International (UPI). This displayed three things about the Kentucky press, first th...
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Gun Control Laws Gun Ownership
1,629 wordsIn Gun Control Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8, 915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesnt seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. (Gun Control). One of the most alarming issues dealing with gun control is juvenile violence. A large percent of crimes committed with guns are by children. No one has yet been able to ...
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Law Abiding Citizens Los Angeles Times
2,223 wordsIn some cases, gun control may be favored even if the price is more death. Consider, for example, H. Laurence Ross review of Gary Kleck's book Point Blank in the American Journal of Sociology. Kleck's book was awarded the Hindelang Prize, as the most significant contribution to criminology in the last three years; Ross praises Kleck's meticulous research and analysis, and Kleck's debunking of many of the myths surrounding the gun issue. And Ross does not deny Kleck's conclusion that, because han...
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Gun Control Laws Gun Ownership
1,657 words1988, handguns Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8, 915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesnt seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. (" Gun Control" ). One of the most alarming issues dealing with gun control is juvenile violence. A large percent of crimes committed with guns are by children. No one has yet...
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Stephen Edwin King Novels And Short Stories
2,379 wordsStephen King The most haunted of houses is the human mind. -Patrick McGrath When you read that quote, what does it make you think? Well, it makes me think of one thing. It makes me think of all of the terrifying stories I ve read by the master of the macabre himself, Stephen Edwin King. His mind has conjured up countless novels and short stories to do none other than to scare you out of your mind. His style and vivid detail meticulously planted in every work he does is the reason for such reacti...
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