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Sicilian Mafia Organised Crime
1,598 wordsYOU would not know it from the English-language signs promising to serve passengers ''quickly'', but Naples' Capodichino airport is British-owned. In August, 70 % of it was bought by BAA, a company that also runs, among other things, London's main airport, Heathrow. For the Italian south this is a symbol of hope. Finding an international firm of this calibre willing to invest there has greatly boosted its confidence. BAA, for its part, was attracted by the south's tourist potential, but spent th...
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Police Officers Police Commissioner
1,573 wordsCivil rights advocates in the city note, however, that there has been a cost to the new strategy, revealed by steady citizen complaints against more aggressive NYPD officers during the past several years and continuing impunity for many officers who commit human rights violations despite the recent reorganization of both the civilian review board and the police department's internal affairs bureau. In August 1997, after the alleged torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima by police officers mad...
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U S Cities Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
1,356 words... port, the UN said South Africa "uprooted thousands of families from their homes, and expelled thousands of Africans to distant reserves. It has arrested and convicted hundreds of thousands of persons under pass laws and other racially discriminatory measures. It has ex-cluded non-whites from new categories of employment. It has instituted a reign of terror against opponents of Apartheid... " South Africa thumbed its nose at the United Nations protests for years. In a 1963 speech, Prime Minis...
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Bilingual Education Clinton Administration
1,911 wordsWhat does it mean to be a true American? This question has been asked many times when it comes to the topic of immigration. Americanization in itself is a mysterious aspect of our society. In the world today, everyone has his or her own identity but not everyone is accepted or considered American because he or she might stray from the American way. If the term un-American means someone who does not have the characteristics of or who is not constant with American customs, principles, or tradition...
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Collective Bargaining Boston Police
812 wordsCase Study/Labor Management & Collective Bargaining A. Name of the Union and the Occupation Covered -The Boston Police Union # 16807 of the AFL -The occupation covered is the police officer. -new police officers were payed the same as old police officers in a 65 -payment of uniforms and equipment had to come out of their salaries -The City of Boston violated the contract -The Boston Police Social Club affiliated the Boston Police Union -The Police Commissioner refused to recognize the new union ...
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Taxation Without Representation Quality Of Life
1,658 words... or Anthony Williams is reinventing a new Washington. This expansive plan is authored and enforced through the mayor's office. Mayor Williams asks the people of D. C. to come together and work together to improve the quality of life in the District for both its citizens and the local business community. The mission is simple: giving the citizens of DC the best city in America. 9 What at first seems like political rhetoric actually has a multifaceted plan and vision of making Washington the ci...
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State Supreme Court 2005 From The World Wide
1,440 words... er of the Senate is the President, Tom Lee, who is responsible for selecting the Majority Leader and appointing committee chairs. The Legislature convenes in regular session annually beginning on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March; sessions last 60 days. Committees from both chambers meet during the months leading up to the regular session, on a schedule set by their respective officers (myfloridahouse. gov, 2005). Special sessions, for dealing with a specific issue, may be ca...
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War On Terror Presidential Election
1,308 wordsFortenberry. Just sounds like an American name, doesnt it? Jeff Fortenberry- the kind of name that conjures up your old hometown best friend, the one who was always successful, fulfilling his dreams, and is living a happy life. Hes living the dream. But who is Jeff Fortenberry? He is none other than the United States congressman representing Nebraska's first congressional district. Recently elected in November of 2004, Fortenberry is a newcomer or freshman member of Congress. He is a strong Repu...
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Afl Cio Tear Gas
2,649 words... lament seeks to embarrass Mayor Schell and Chief Stamper and appoint a new chief more favorable to the criminal business establishment. The initial approach by the opponents of police accountability was the circulation of mutinous talk regarding the "softness" of the official strategy for dealing with the demonstrators. In October at a crowd control training session, Assistant Chief Ed Joiner had answered questions about protester violence by saying that there was nothing to worry about and ...
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City Council March 2009
1,289 wordsUniversity: Lecturer: Course: Date: Ethical person Mr. Woodburn was an environmentalist. He frequently crashed in opinions with other powers that be on how the general environment should be treated. So when the city council proposed to replace a recreational park with a sports stadium, he rose up in arms. His argument was that that recreational park was one of the very few still remaining in the city. The park had natural vegetation, including some trees several centuries old. Many people used t...
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Legislative Branch City Council
586 wordsCity Government Firstly, the city government can be of several types. They are the following: Council-manager government Mayor-council government City Commission In the council-manager government the elected city council consists of five-eleven people who are responsible for for making policy, passing ordinances, voting appropriations, and having overall supervisory authority in the city government. (Dye 2004) The characteristic of such form is that mayor performs only ceremonial duties and / or...
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Freedom Of Speech Draw The Line
1,048 wordsCensorship From Obscene Material Today, in the 1990 s, citizens in our society are being bombarded with obscene material from every direction. From the hate lyrics of Guns N Roses to the satanic lyrics of Money Crue and Marilyn Manson to the sexually explicit graphical content of todays movies, the issue is how much society is going to permit and where we, as a society, should we draw the line. The freedom of speech has always been considered a right, but that doesnt mean that you can shout, Fir...
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Racial Tensions Political Machine
1,186 wordsThe Rise an Fall of the Machine Chicago politics had become synonymous with organized crime. Following the years of prohibition, this reputation had become well earned in that control of many municipal functions was influenced in some way by the underground operations. In a city that initially developed by entrepreneurial ambition, it was no surprise that now money was the core influence in policy decisions. By itself, the criminal element had enough of a deterring effect on the city and its ima...
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City Council Big Problem
1,741 wordsComplete an Unabridged History of Flint: well, almost! The history of Flint is perhaps as long and complex as the federal bureaucracy. OK, maybe not. The first white man to visit Flint was the famous fur trader Jacob Smith. He was the first to settle in the area and established his lucrative trade here. His trading post was the cornerstone of the city, that is until it was torn down to make room for a parking ramp. The social life of this time was not great. In fact, the husky, rugged guy to gir...
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Sicilian Mafia Organised Crime
1,614 wordsYOU would not know it from the English-language signs promising to serve passengers quickly, but Naples Capodichino airport is British-owned. In August, 70 % of it was bought by BAA, a company that also runs, among other things, London's main airport, Heathrow. For the Italian south this is a symbol of hope. Finding an international firm of this calibre willing to invest there has greatly boosted its confidence. BAA, for its part, was attracted by the souths tourist potential, but spent three ye...
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Supreme Court Cases U S Supreme Court
2,039 wordsThe first amendment of the US Constitution states that? congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press? ? . Ever since the beginning of the Supreme Court, cases have come up time and time again that challenge this amendment, or require the justices to interpret this amendment. Looking back at all the cases heard, it is obvious that the US Supreme Court have changed their interpretat...
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Created Equal City Council
391 wordsEvery family has one (except mine of course). The uncle that always brings disgusting, fat, and ignorant women home for Christmas. No one approves, yet no one says anything. Why, because it is his life. No one has the right to judge him simply by whom he dates or doesn? t date. Just because he likes fat women, does that mean he deserves fewer rights? Of course not, no one would ever try and take any away from him. How is that any different from the aunt that brings home another woman for Thanksg...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Plan Of Action
1,542 wordsGuns are not toys and never were designed to be considered as such. They should not be feared, but respected. A bullet from an unsecured gun can destroy the life of any one. Careless thoughts or reckless actions by anyone must be avoided at all times when a gun is present. Gun Safety Education is a big item for discussion. A safe plan of action should be taught to everyone. It should correspond with a persons age. This safe plan of action hopefully will be learned and practiced before a person c...
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Rolling Stone Magazine Heavy Metal Music
3,001 wordsThroughout history, the emotions of people have shown themselves in a variety of forms. Some of the people chose the medium of music to express their emotions and ideas. Music somehow became useless for some people, while music was still spreading across the world. But this work offended some people who were in the need of authority; these people tried to control the music created by the artists. This control of the music is in the form of censorship, and censurers used their political, economic...
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