... and counterproductive the "war on drugs" is. According to Judge James P. Gray, a veteran Judge of the Superior Court in Orange County, "the war on drugs has resulted in the loss of more civil liberties protection than has any other phenomenon in our history" (1Gray 2). He also explained that the "government attempts to stop drug use by massive prisons ... people are killed each year in the United States as a direct result of the high price of buying and selling drugs" (1Gray 127). In former President Bush's inauguration speech in 1989, he stated, "there is crime to be conquered, the rou...

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... and Trade was adopted as a national law. This was also because of the help from federal bureaucrats who wanted to violate the cardinal rule of bureaucracy, causing emissions trading, or Cap and Trade, to become one of the biggest success stories in the history of the Green Movement. The reason why Cap and Trade came to be, was due to the problems in 1980, when ... eight million ton cut in emissions. Close to the end of the debate over the policy, changes took place. A major one being that the EPA's prior experiments with emissions trading faltered due to relying on complicating systems ...

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... has achieved several firsts in her life. As a faculty member at Stanford University, she became the youngest provost in the institution's 110-year history and the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. As national security adviser, she holds a powerful position during a ... time when the United States is considered at war and she is reported to be one of President Bush's closest advisers. Her unique name is derived from an Italian musical term that means "with sweetness." Family Background Rice was born ... fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she served...

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