... from two very elite universities of California campuses, Berkeley, and UCLA. AT Berkeley, the number of black freshmen declined 57% in 1999, And a massive 40% for Hispanics. AT UCLA the numbers were 43% decline for blacks and 33% for the Hispanics. The numbers are startling (Krauthhammer 30). The number of minority students attending American colleges and universities jumped 48% in the 1990's, with all ... minorities posting double digit gains in college enrollment, according to a study by the American Council on Education. The Study which analyzed statistics from the U.S Department of ...

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... oil into pond or rivers there by polluting the water and killing thousands of species that live in the water. Habitats with the highest number of threatened mammals and birds are lowland and mountain tropical rainforest. Freshwater habitats are extremely vulnerable with many threatened fish, reptile, amphibian ... Zoo. Cause of this species extinction? Humans hunted them for a sport. The Blaauwbok, or Blue Antelope, was all ready limited in number when they were first discovered. Their habitat was the grassy countryside of Africa. When the grassland changed into bush and forests as the ...

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... the true nature of Proposition 184, the voters passed it anyways. We are now experiencing the many pitfalls of this law, and our prison system is seeing a dramatic increase in numbers of non-violent criminals that are being incarcerated for long periods of time. As of March 7, 1994 if someone commits a crime that is considered a felony and they have one previous ... to do and has created problems for the justice system. In order for this to be a constructive law it has to be changed. Our prison systems cannot handle the large numbers of these "three-strike" offenders. Our tax dollars co...

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... is where children first learn to interact with other students when they are away from their parents. Here is where children are taught the very basics of education. Colors, shapes, numbers and other basic information are the elements most often learned in pre-school. This is a child's first educational learning experience. A child will then go on to kindergarten upon completion of ... their work (which is necessary and more important that an elementary students work) is dependant on a computer. A solution to this problem may be to ration the number of computers throughout grades K-12. B...

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... 12 months. That adds up to a significant amount considering more then four thousand prisoners are in jail for third strikes, and the numbers are still rising. That money that is spent on the prisons could be used for any number of things including schools or other educational activities. This law has to be amended in order to fully operate at the potential ... having a third strike law; the more offenders there are, the more criminal justice workloads there is causing loss of time and an increasing number of headaches to those who have to deal with them. There are also a growing number ...

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... "I" has no power when compared to "we". When a single man or family stands in protest, the western residents have no fear. With their numbers they can swallow this rebellious family and spit them wherever they desire. What was once a movement of small families dripping into California, has become a ... . They fear that these lost farmers will come together, although weak, when united, will overcome their strength. They know that with the migrant numbers united, the westerners will be swallowed and spit off their land. This passage presents the idea that, unity in masses brings power. St...

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... and felt. They are currently over 30.3 million Hispanics in the United States and their purchasing power has gone as high as 273.40 million dollars a year. Looking at this numbers t will be not a surprise if more advertisers would choose to target the Hispanic market. For example, Salma Hayek for Revlon and Daisy Fuentes for Philips televisions are some of the ... how do they fare in owning business? There were 7,310,000 with at least High School education in 1994 according with the U.S. Department of Commerce, that number should be a lot more now and days. The number of business owned ...

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... include glue sniffing, use of opiates, etc.), 23 were related to marijuana (meaning that marijuana was present either at time of death or in the system). To help put this number into perspective, in the same timeframe 30,150 people have died from choking on food while 378,960 people died from alcohol related circumstances. With statistics like these, it is ... these inmates are in jail on drug related charges. States spent over 32 billion dollars in 1999 just on corrections. It is quite obvious that if marijuana was legalized, these numbers would drop drastically and the prison system w...

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... careless drivers cut someone off, the "normal" reaction is to honk the horn, flash the lights, and in some cases, flip the old faithful finger. Nowadays, there are an alarming number of violent retort towards tailgaters and otherwise reckless drivers. The major cause of road rage stems from traffic congestion, and the lack of people's patience. With the population growing at ... rage victims and offenders, says, "Like other violence, in America people used to scream and yell at each other, now they are shooting each other. It is not just the numbers but also the intensity of motoring an...

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... . Their fears were confirmed as the greatest influx of immigrants and hopefuls to California happened before their eyes. The gold-seekers swarmed through their streams, fields, and villages. Undermined in numbers, they were driven out quickly. The Indians could only watch, powerless, as their game was outhunted and their streams polluted. An important staple, acorn-bearing trees, were chopped down for ... on, whose streams they were fouling, whose burial grounds they were defiling. In 1845, around 300,000 Indians inhabited the Sierra region (Seidman pg 124). In a couple of years, the num...

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... . Their fears were confirmed as the greatest influx of immigrants and hopefuls to California happened before their eyes. The gold-seekers swarmed through their streams, fields, and villages. Undermined in numbers, they were driven out quickly. The Indians could only watch, powerless, as their game was outhunted and their streams polluted. An important staple, acorn-bearing trees, were chopped down for ... on, whose streams they were fouling, whose burial grounds they were defiling. In 1845, around 300,000 Indians inhabited the Sierra region (Seidman pg 124). In a couple of years, the num...

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Levi Strauss In the mid-1800s, news of gold rushes occurred all throughout Western America. Miners would travel all the from the East, and with the large numbers arriving, towns and small cities started to appear. Small business also started to appear. Some people would sell food, others goods and tools, and others clothing. One such person was ... would be very high. Toward the end of the 19th century, Levi stepped out f the day-to-day work, as his nephews stepped in for him. In 1890 the lot number "501" was used for designating for the denim waist overalls, and the company was officially i...

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... welfare recipients since they started Indian Gaming. There also was nine hundred indirect jobs created in Wisconsin by the increased sales of local businesses, caused by gaming employees. The increased numbers in tourism also created Five thousand six hundred new jobs in Wisconsin. Seventeen percent of the people in Wisconsin casinos are from out of state, and fifty three percent come ... help the economy it will allow more regulated gambling to occur. Regulated gambling such as Indian gaming and state lotteries help raise revenues for better schools and help lower the number of welfare...

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... friends at preschool. I also learned a great deal of information as well. I believe this helped me in kindergarten because I had some structure and social skills. I still remember learning my address, phone number, and I still have my book about me, which I wrote down all of my information in it myself. In this little book, I showed how I knew colors, how to write, and to ... a million children. After reading through the past article, "Does Universal Preschool Pay?- I found so much valuable information. This article describes the idea of exposing very young children to letters and numbe...

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... also be implemented. Some states are altering senior citizens and public highways. Nevertheless, Elderly drivers have a higher fatality rate among their age group for the total numbers of drivers on the road, which is a number one reason why elderly should have their license restricted. Drivers over the age of 65 are known to renew their licenses every two years and undergo an ... ...

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... ,000 illegal immigrants under the rug (los angeles). You must have a pretty big rug. It would have to be to just ignore an unlawful problem like that. Here are some numbers for you to think about: (1) There are an estimated 7,000,000 "undocumented workers- in the United States, but even that is a shot in the dark (los angeles). I mean how could ... 's license who isn't even supposed to be here. Here is what an illegal immigrant needs to obtain one: A Taxpayers Identification Card, which can be obtained by anyone without a social security number, and one other form of identification. This ...

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... his term. The first of which is impeachment by the legislature for "misconduct in office". The second is recall for which there is no constitutional standard. However a recall requires a higher number of signatures to qualify than an initiative or referendum, two other aspects of direct democracy that were implemented by the progressives. The reformers designated three criteria to launch a recall effort ... $1 million in funding to help counties pay for special elections to reducing assistance to local governments. Yet, senate republican leaders aren't sure how the democrats will react....

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... only it was readily available to them. I. Does condom distribution in public schools promote sexual activity? A. Making condoms available in public schools gives students the opportunity to obtain relatively large numbers of condoms, which does not lead to increases in sexual activity but an increase in condom use among sexually active teenagers. B. Do condoms reduce the risk of pregnancies and Sexually ... desire to be sexually active, but one has to wonder how many teenagers are having sex in today's society. A. In a recent small survey taken at the University of Wyoming, the numbers ...

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... man to their list of enemies. The first couple of battles, about 1863-64, the hunk papas saw defeat due to the failure of their traditional battle styles, lack of numbers, and lack of sufficient weapons. Soon after, the Treaty of 1868 split the tribes into two parts: those who chose to live in the Great Sioux reservation, led by Red ... life of old, led by Sitting Bull. The discovery of gold in the 1870's doomed the Lakota fate. Few last huge battles were fought but the gold rush meant increasing numbers of whites and government support. Finally the Lakotas were all either killed or mov...

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... . It is also not as hard to get in as a UC or CSU. To get into a CC you need to be a high school graduate at least 18 years old. Increasing numbers of community colleges have formal transfer agreements with nearby four-year schools. Many CC's offer remedial courses, English as a second language classes, and enrichment courses for adults who want broader ... ...

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... land around Sallisaw. In fact, however, there were few farming corporations anywhere in Oklahoma." The Fortune magazine article that was published just before The Grapes of Wrath did give solid numbers and evidence about the farming life in California. "One in ten farms in the state grew more than one-half the crops; these were gigantic "factories in the field", which ... ...

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... continues it is an estimated 1 out of every 20 people you see will be expected to serve time in a prison in their lifetime. For African Americans it is more the numbers are more like 1 out of every 4. Now putting people in jail is not cheap. In 1999 alone our nation spent 146,556,000,000$ on the federal state and local ... ...

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... lived in peace for a few hundred years. In I am alone, Cochise writes, "This for a very long time has been the home of my people; they came from darkness few in numbers and feeble." In this quote, the symbol of darkness is used to represent the nomadic ancestors. Because little history was recorded, Cochise cannot see back very far into his roots ... ...

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... 100,000 white males in the same age group. (Meeks) -The crime victimization rate is 260 per 1,000 Hispanic households versus 144 per 1,000 non-Hispanic households. (Cole Smith) These numbers can be very alarming. It is obvious that minorities have more trouble with the law than whites. That is not fair. In order to fix this problem one must understand ... ...

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... that up to 1,000 Chinese died during the project as a result of avalanches and explosive accidents as they carved their way through the Sierra Mountains (other sources claim much more numbers of casualties). Even though the Chinese workers performed virtually all of the hardest, dirtiest, and most dangerous jobs, After they returned to California, the Chinese increasingly became the targets of ... ...

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