... you. And it will unless someone stops it. The National Emergency Conference on Police Brutality and Misconduct of the Center of Constitutional Rights says that there is a 72% rise in reports of police brutality in the US between 1992 and 2000. Every year the numbers grow and with no one to regulate this problem when will it stop. Why is it ... worst. This growing problem seems to have no end in sight unless something is done to convict these criminal police officers. Now out all the thousand reports there is a stunning fact over 3/4 of all the reports were made by minority civilians. In...

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... also stated that America will continue to be attacked until it stops supporting Israel and specific foreign policies in the Middle East are stopped. In the book, Terrorism and Collective Responsibility, Burleigh Wilkins writes, "It is generally agreed that it is justifiable to do violence to another person in self-defense ... be more hatred for America, it's policies and it's people. The War on Terror is not a just war. As Andrew Fiala states in the book, 'The Just War Myth; The Moral Illusions of War', there is neither a clear, nor direct threat from Iraq to justify going to war ... not...

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... physical aggression more than doubled." The fact that a given person sees more than 8000 people die on television before they reach adolescence is horrendous. It is no wonder that many reports show that television gives people a false sense of reality. This is stated in the fact that many programs are now forced to display disclaimers which state, "Do not try this ... of Educational Progress shows a lack of reading skills among students in all age groups, beginning with the reading performance of 9 and 11 year-old children. In addition, a survey by the Book Industry Study Group shows th...

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... my hearing aids I felt like I was getting so much more from the world. I could hear the birds chirping outside the window. I was able to hear the pages turning in the book I was reading. I could hear my friends whispering to each other. For me it was like I was in a whole different world. Unfortunately when I entered middle school I refused to wear hearing aids ... to be amazing. These are just two stories. There are many more that have already been told; and many more to come. I have researched their website and found only good reports. Of course this is also possible for every charity...

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... in Korea, it was still overwhelming for me to adjust in Korean class. I struggled with reading and writing in Korean, so I did not catch the main idea on the text book and understand my instructor's criteria. My Korean language grade was very low as my other subjects; I was ashamed of my grade. Moreover, I put pressure and stress towards my parents. Finally ... unable to read and write. It can be called inter-generational cycle of illiteracy. Usually, the illiteracy begins from children's home to see their parents who earned poor school progress reports, and parents cannot help their ch...

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... acts do not just start happening in high school. Nearly eight percent of elementary schools have reported discipline problems. Drugs and alcohol are also a major contributor to school violence. Although reports do indicate that the use of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and crack is down among students, the consumption of alcohol is not. Alcohol is the number one drug used by teenagers ... weapons available to students, especially guns. More than 50,000 kids were killed with firearms between 1976 and 1991. In response to this, many schools are starting random checks of book bags and lockers...

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... I consulted were Planned Parenthood, a family planning organization (though much of the information was collected from their website), the Vanderbilt website, the Alan Guttmacher Institute website, a website called "Lifecall.org", and a book called The Abortion Factbook by S.K Henshaw and J. Van Vort. There are not too many changes in the way that statistics are collected over the years of 1980-2000. They are ... mostly derived from the natality reports of the National Center from Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...

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... I consulted were Planned Parenthood, a family planning organization (though much of the information was collected from their website), the Vanderbilt website, the Alan Guttmacher Institute website, a website called "Lifecall.org", and a book called The Abortion Factbook by S.K Henshaw and J. Van Vort. There are not too many changes in the way that statistics are collected over the years of 1980-2000. They are ... mostly derived from the natality reports of the National Center from Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...

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... supported studies researching the harmful effects of marijuana abuse. Regardless, many scientists and doctors have done private research and various studies, and found that marijuana has many medicinal values. In a book titled Marihuana: an Old Medicine of the Future, Dr. Lester Grinspoon states, "More than 7,600 annual deaths and 70,000 hospitalizations caused by NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are ... reported. Cannabis smoked several times a day is often as effective as NSAIDs or acetaminophen in osteoarthritis, and there have been no reports of death from cannabis.""(...

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... attempts to get service from their waitress, they requested to speak with the manager who took several minutes to come out to them. According to Joe R. Feagin, author of the book, White Racism, "This account suggests that any African-American, regardless of economic status, can be the victim of discrimination in public accommodations" (81). Even News Anchor Dan Rather, of the ... they may, or may not realize are genuinely racist. Even in these times of political correctness, many whites have a side that is only seen by family and close friends. Feagin reports that "Psychological studies...

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... I consulted were Planned Parenthood, a family planning organization (though much of the information was collected from their website), the Vanderbilt website, the Alan Guttmacher Institute website, a website called "Lifecall.org", and a book called The Abortion Factbook by S.K Henshaw and J. Van Vort. There are not too many changes in the way that statistics are collected over the years of 1980-2000. They are ... mostly derived from the natality reports of the National Center from Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...

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... known enemies. Louis Freeh, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, believes that continuation of current trends in juvenile crime "portends future crime and violence at nearly unprecedented levels." Recent reports of juvenile crime dropping are of little comfort in light of the coming demographic surge of juveniles in their crime-prone years from dysfunctional families. Growing numbers of young people ... are growing. The number of juveniles arrested for violent crimes has increased nearly 60 percent over the last ten years." (Allegrin 104). These shocking statistics were comp...

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... not kill again. Why does the United States need capital punishment? The main purpose of the death penalty is to protect the rights of other Americans to live. In his book, The Law, Federic Bastiat writes, "humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. These rights are life, liberty, and property. The only legitimate purpose of government is ... not given life prison terms, especially with their first murder. The average prison sentence for murder is less than six years! (Jacobs, Landes, and Siegel) The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that in 1998, th...

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