... millimeter and the Glock .40 caliber. Of the guns confiscated from juveniles and young people, 18% had been used in homicides, 18% in robberies, 28% in assaults and 31% in drug offenses, among other crimes. About 40% of the investigated cases of trafficking involved 10 or fewer guns, the report said. But one case involved 1,359 guns sold illegally and another 1,600 guns. According ... intermediaries acting on behalf of the real buyer. 14% of the guns used in crimes by juveniles and young people were sold by private sellers without federal firearms licenses and 10% were sold at gun shows,...

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... industrial development and population growth shows how the post-Civil War transformation had such consistent and rapid proliferation. In the dawn of industrial development in America we also see the first men to get extremely wealthy from these new opportunities. Billionaire John D. Rockefeller was one of the more prominent examples of such accomplishments. Rockefeller acquired his significant wealth from ... many Americans blamed this on the economy being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations, the populist movement gained traction by promising to help mainstream America...

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... basis of issues of morality is seldom found and rarely encouraged. The third point Frederickson tries to get across is that the issue of accountability is central to the practice of public administration. Shafritz defines accountability as the extent to which one must answer to higher authority for one's actions in society at large or within one's particular organizational position, be it leqal or organizational. Theoretically ... and idealism. These two contrasting values are further exemplified in the characters of New York City mayor John Pappas and his young deputy mayor from Louisia...

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... early 1920s. (The World Book Encyclopedia, 1998 edition, page 81, Volume 10, Letter I, First Paragraph, Immigration to the U.S.) During my research I found that there were two types of immigrants: new and old. In notes, given by Mr. Buck, old immigrants were said to be immigrants who moved to America in mass numbers before the civil war. These "old- immigrants were mostly from Western Europe: ... ) Most immigrants settled near ports of entry, but a large number did find their way inland. Manu states did find their way inland. Many states actively sought to attract immigrants by offering ...

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... spaces. During the course of each year, more than 110,000 different homeless New Yorker's, including more than 40,000 children, sleep at least one night in the municipal shelter system. The number of homeless New Yorker's in shelters has risen by more than half over the past decade. Most of us, myself included will probably look away when a homeless person is around ... another thing. Research shows that the primary cause of homelessness, particularly among families, is lack of affordable housing. The U.S. Bureau of the Census has recorded a steady decline in the number of affordable re...

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... made following Gatsby's lonely death are telling of the power that language can hold. The understanding of life that Nick underwent was only possible due to an abrupt change in characterization. Following Gatsby's death, Nick found himself in charge of Gatsby's burial. At first, Nick thought he would be planning an eventful day celebrating a man that lived his life with great honor and ... how a man with such fame and fortune generated such a small outcome at the funeral. "When the butler brought back Wolfsheim's answer (another decline to the funeral) I began to have a feeling of defia...

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... police misconduct claims filed with the Comptroller's Office "had increased 53% over the five years from 1987 to 1991 (from just over 1,000 in 1987 to more than 1,500 in 1991)." Claims have risen since then to around 2,000 annually. The number of actual lawsuits filed in any given year is somewhat lower but still substantial. More than 3,000 State and Federal civil lawsuits were ... York alleging police misconduct for the years 1992 through 1995. The number of cases actually disposed of in any given year is much lower, as civil lawsuits usually take years to reach a settlement. Statistic...

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... to go, so she turned to prostituting. It was all she knew. With the equivalent of a 6th grade education this meant easy fast money. She was recruited to work in a brothel where she would scrub floors and turn tricks. All the while she was singing in Harlem nightclubs until that faithful night she ran into John ... Hammond, big time record producer. With in weeks she was in the studio. At the time she ... her quite influential (Yanow). Throughout 1936, Billie toured with groups led by Jimmie Lunceford and Fletcher Henderson. She then returned to New York for several more sessions in the...

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... ). Again, just as she experienced detachment from the girls in her college dormitory, Esther lacks camaraderie with the other guest editors in New York. She is in a "quandary about Doreen and Betsy," the two girls who want to befriend her. Esther is confused about her own identity and cannot answer the question of whether she wants to be a bad girl or a good girl - "sexual and defiant ... mother's statement, "[w]e"ll take up where we left off ... [and] act as if all this were a bad dream," is evidence of the lack of understanding that contributes to Esther's problem. To Esther, "the pers...

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... has remained unchanged is the existence of corruption within the police department. Corruption within police departments falls into two basic categories, external corruption and internal corruption. For an internal act to occur, three distinct elements of police corruption must be present: misuse of authority, misuse of official capacity, and misuse of personal (Dantzker 157). It can be said that power inevitably ... old story of police corruption. And with many American cities wary that drug money will turn their departments bad, police departments around the country were lending an un...

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... elite rivalry atop the machine. The black elites were not members of the machine so much as they were associates of particular factions in the machine" (Grimshaw 87). Although it appeared that Dawson had the power he inevitably had to answer to Daley on all issues including race and ethnicity. Powell's political power was more solidified and consolidated which made it easier for him ... to be loud and outspoken in Congress and earn the recognition he received for championing civil rights issues. Both Adam Clayton Powell and William L. Dawson had ... a more reliable source, the voters. ...

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... love," (The White House) daughter of Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt. Since her early years, Eleanor was known for her compassionate heart and kind personality. In many occasions she gave her own jacket or shoes to clothe needed people. This would be a characteristic that would remain with her throughout her life and that would define her personality. Nonetheless, tragedy would come soon ... Secretary of the Navy the Roosevelt's had two more children: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and John. In 1917, America entered WWI on the allies side and "Eleanor did a great deal of war work." (Graves 36...

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... as the psychological analysis behind the action. In truth, the plot is only a loosely strung set of incidents that are combined to reveal four days in life of Holden Caulfield. The novel is episodic nature, and the bulk of it is narrated in the form of flashbacks. The plot is also supplemented with a number of digressions, which help to reveal more about the various characters, especially ... Holden himself. Holden's journey begins on a Saturday in December, just before school closes for Christmas break. He has been informed of his expulsion from Pency ... they recovered from the news ...

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... see it today is the end result of years of work that covered over six centuries of history. This is just one of the examples that demonstrates the advancements in architectural structures during the Renaissance period, which prevailed until the last quarter of the sixteenth century, soon after the spiritual political and cultural uprisings provoked by the Counter Reformation ... of baroque architecture were executed on a colossal scale, incorporating aspects of urban planning and landscape architecture. This is most clearly scene in Bernini's elliptical piazza in front of St. Peters in R...

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... more punished than those charged with labor trafficking, therefore, the state enforced the eradication of sex trafficking specifically. These sexual slave trafficking crimes can lead up to 25 years in prison, compared to up to seven in labor trafficking. These new laws and guidelines clearly mapped out the offenses and their consequence. Michael E. Bongiorno, a District Attorney from Rockland County, explained that ... inherently require much more effort on the official's part regarding paperwork, evidence, and time spent on the scene or with the victim. A lot of officials who want to mo...

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... such as irritations of the nose, eyes or throat, coughs, nausea, dizziness and major 2 headaches. (Passive/secondhand smoking #2) But long-term consequences are even more serious. "Secondhand smoke contributes to the development of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke." (Passive/secondhand smoking #3) Whether the smoke is being exhaled by someone or just coming from the end of a lit cigarette, you ... /03 #1) New York City and many more counties around the state have already passed a local legislation to limit smoking in public places. (D and C 1/16/03 #2) Governor George Pataki said, "...

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... relatives of King, along with several of his closest friends, gathered at the National Mall, the original site of King's speech, to honor the influential figure. The official event will take place sometime in September or October on a date that is yet to be determined (Eversley). The $120 million memorial erected on the National Mall, just a short distance from where the actual speech ... - it's about the moment, that we recognize that something great did happen. [King] happened to be at the forefront and is recognized, but there are a whole lot more people involved in this and a whole ...

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... empty inside, shallow, and arrogant. A prime character that perfectly describes East Egg is Jordan Baker. She appears beautiful but is only interested in deceiving others in order to advance her way through life to get what she wants. Another pair that fits in East Egg well is the Buchanan's; they appear impeccable on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. The characters from East ... , the waste land, the dusty replica of modern society, where ash-grey men are crumbling like Eliot's hollow men" (Mulford). Myrtle and George Wilson both live in a rundown garage. Myrtle Wilson tr...

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... on a street corner, where the sights, sounds, and smells of New York would one day cost something, all of this made her feel like more of a stranger to the city. Even after eight years in New York she still liked being there. She "Liked the bleak branches above Washington Square...the morning chromatic flatness of Second Avenue, the fire escapes and the ... grilled storefronts peculiar and empty in their perspective," (Didion 234). She begins to love the city in another way than she previously did, it was the quite places she loved where she could be alone, and no one needed ... she co...

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... the accent was fading. Apparently, this disappearance is for a multitude of reasons, all as complex as both the city's history and the dialect itself. According to an NPR segment on the topic, it may be in part because of the social and economic homogony that has struck the city, and the island of Manhattan more specifically (Lo Wang, Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent ... of immigrants from other parts of Asia are now calling Queens home, especially people from India. According to the Asian American Federation, about 65% of Indians who live in New York City reside in Queens (United States...

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... free (53), and bought him a book (54) so he could develop his English to adapt to the Western culture. She found a family that is willing to adopt Deo. Sharon gave a hand to Deo in any possible way she could, and this is what we all should be doing in life. Giving aid to people in need when one has the ability, make the world a less cruel place - especially ... frequently. There were incredible amount of bones on the ground, where once Murambi Technical School was standing. These bones belonged to humans who used to live in Burundi. "At this site they counted the bodies. Fifty thousand ...

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... my whole life but over the past couple of years had desperately wanted to escape. Teresa on the other hand grew up in Portland, and after graduating from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism she decided to move to Seattle. She was in town making preparations for her cross-country move to New York City. A dream she has had since visiting New York City as ... caused by a broken heart. From the first time I laid eyes on Teresa the night of my birthday, I knew this was the woman I was destined to be with. As I sat there and listened to her soft-spoken words echo in the back ...

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... have friends that used cigarettes, marijuana, and other types of drugs, (Mercola)" Females who have received a piercing seems to make them feel as if they are more of a woman; their attitudes tend to change as far as being sexually active to having failing grades in school. Boys, on the other hand, piercing are a less common trend for them. More than 4,500 young adults aged ... , "Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord." I don't think religion has anything to do with body piercing. If I was a true Christian and believed in the word of God, an...

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... temporary bars. Boogie-woogie is also the predecessor of the Midwestern shuffle style made popular by Count Basie (Davis 109). The second style of jazz popular in Chicago was known as Chicago Jazz. This style tended to be very aggressive with usually abrupt endings, and was played mainly by white musicians (Kenney). Most of these musicians were influenced by New Orleans musicians ... numerous schools of jazz such as the Harlem big bands, the Harlem Piano School, urban blues, and society dance bands. It was also in New York that "spasm" bands began to catch on (Charters). The most creati...

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... eventually became her husband. She describes the feelings, smells, sights, and sounds with such clarity that the city becomes a person to the reader. Didion describes her falling in love with New York as "the way you love the first person who ever touches you and never love anyone quite that way ... for her the naivete' that comes from being young. The possibilities were endless and she, could make promises to [herself] and to other people and there would be all the time in the world to keep them. [She] could stay up all night and make mistakes, and none of it would count". She ... unti...

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