... a country that supported apartheid. Believers of the rumor claim that the South African government profited off the African Americans' lust to have the right shoes, thus creating an African American conspiracy (Turner, 1993, p.128). Another company that rumor has circulated around is Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfiger reportedly stated on the Oprah Winfrey Show that his clothes were not intended for blacks ... and on the westcoat, groups tested displayed similar beliefs. However, intensity of the beliefs varied. In the south, African Americans were less likely to believe that HIV/AIDS was a govern...

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... he's a Muslim,'' said Hani, another engineering student. ''He offers the most precious thing he has.'' An hour into the conversation, I presented some hypothetical questions in order to cut through the conspiracy theories that turned Sept. 11 into an attack on Arabs rather than Americans. What if the hijackers really were Muslims? I asked. It was still wrong, they all said. Someone who ... America,'' making it a little harder for Egyptians to sustain their denial that Muslims could have had anything to do with the attacks, their insouciant insistence that it had to be a conspiracy of Je...

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... , power is concentrated in the hands of a few, a very small group of people (an elite ) who manipulate the masses through control of the media, visible government leaders, with a right wing conspiracy version which argues that the elitist ideology is subversive, anti-capitalist, anti-individualist, anti-patriotic, pro-welfare, and pro-one world government, with the sole aim of undermining traditional American ... , power is concentrated in the hands of a few, a very small group of people (an elite ) who manipulate the masses through control of the media, visible government leaders, with a...

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... , power is concentrated in the hands of a few, a very small group of people (an elite ) who manipulate the masses through control of the media, visible government leaders, with a right wing conspiracy version which argues that the elitist ideology is subversive, anti-capitalist, anti-individualist, anti-patriotic, pro-welfare, and pro-one world government, with the sole aim of undermining traditional American ... , power is concentrated in the hands of a few, a very small group of people (an elite ) who manipulate the masses through control of the media, visible government leaders, with a...

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... measures included: greatly lengthened prison sentences; removal of discretion from judges through mandatory minimum sentencing schemes and strict guideline systems; expansion of conspiracy laws to include people only peripherally involved in an offense; loosening of the evidentiary requirements to prove conspiracy; and "school-zone" sentencing enhancements that apply to a large percentage of all drug cases in many urban areas, although the majority ... ...

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... by Charles Schumer. His bill proposed imposing a mandatory five-year prison sentence for publicly engaging in "unseemly speculation" and publishing or transmitting by wire, or electronic means of communication for conspiracy theories regarding the federal government of the United States. Can you imagine if the right to free speech was not so free anymore? In the wake of this event it ... had prior knowledge to this attack, as is said about September 11th. But one fact remains clear that government defiantly wanted to have total control over those who were discussing conspiracy theories....

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... can overcome anything. Roosevelt's speech contains an interesting pattern that is evidence of strategic linguistic construction. Generally speaking, Roosevelt touches base with Americans by first defending the presidency against any conspiracy theories regarding a warning sent to Hawaii of a possible attack. This is interesting because, looking back, we know this message did indeed exist, it just was not sent in time to ... ...

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... a new "wonder plant" were to be discovered in the Amazon, you can bet that funding and research would be available immediately. To me it seems that there is a lot of conspiracy behind the governments reasoning. Perhaps it is the politicians fearing re-election, or the pharmaceutical companies fearing bankruptcy or maybe the petrochemical companies fearing competition over the hemp industry; which ... ...

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... 2002 indicates that simply brandishing a gun stops crimes 95 percent of the time, and other surveys have also found high rates, it is very rare to see such a story. No conspiracy is really needed to explain why an editor finds a dead body on the ground very newsworthy (particularly if it is a sympathetic person, like a victim of a gun shot). For example, a story ... ...

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... had a continued presence in Vietnam, and American cinema celebrated the life of the hippie with Easy Rider. 1970 seemed an extension of 1969 as the Chicago Seven were convicted of conspiracy to riot, National Guardsmen shot and killed four students at Kent State University, and American cinema celebrated the restlessness of the new middle class in Five Easy Pieces (Lev, p.189 ... ...

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... a football game for the first time since they started playing each other in 1875. The assassination is remembered as a loss of national innocence, which served to magnify the appeal of conspiracy scenarios. A single individual seemed to have murdered an entire era (Holiday). Formation of the League of Nations: The League of Nations is an international alliance for the preservation of peace ... ...

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... the American State Councilfoggy bottom?, besides it is the name of marsh, also reflects one side of some hazy policy, and people will associate naturally it includes lots of diplomatic conspiracy. What's more, there are some slang satire the women: bat(prostitute); bag( ugly maiden); old lady(mistress); easy-woman(the women who are wide in speech and behavior).etc. Some ... ...

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