... of the population previously hidden or unheard. Three House members are openly gay, and two lawmakers, Senator Max Cleland, and freshman Representative Jim Langevin, both democrats, use wheelchairs. These numbers indicate today's Congressional members are overwhelmingly able-bodied and heterosexual. The Senate is prone to even less diversity with 2001 seeing no change in its minority composition. The Senate's fair ... had after the 1992 elections become leaders within the legislature. The census of 1990 was cited as the most important variable in the change of women in Congress. A large ...

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... Commercial and practical uses of knowledge, especially in agriculture and engineering, created powerful incentives for states to increase financial support for their public universities. In addition, the numbers of students attending college increased dramatically after World War II ended in 1945, which further pressed states and municipalities to expand opportunities for publicly funded postsecondary education. Federal financial ... exams usually have direct consequences for the students who take them, often by permitting or denying access to higher education or positions of employment...

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... to that collected by the NEAIS. Using rigorous estimation methods, data were weighted to represent national totals and annualized. The numbers of cases in the data obtained from the states by NCEA were very close to the NEAIS national estimates. The total number of actual reports obtained from the states by NCEA was only 1.4 percent greater than the NEAIS estimated total. The ... using scientific probability sampling methods to obtain a nationally representative sample. As a result, it is possible to make valid projections from the NEAIS data, to make national estimates of the numbers of...

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... to that collected by the NEAIS. Using rigorous estimation methods, data were weighted to represent national totals and annualized. The numbers of cases in the data obtained from the states by NCEA were very close to the NEAIS national estimates. The total number of actual reports obtained from the states by NCEA was only 1.4 percent greater than the NEAIS estimated total. The ... using scientific probability sampling methods to obtain a nationally representative sample. As a result, it is possible to make valid projections from the NEAIS data, to make national estimates of the numbers of...

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... be known as the Nanjing Massacre. Most experts agree that at least 300,000 Chinese died, and 20,000 women were raped. Some estimate the numbers to be much higher - 340,000 and 80,000 respectively."(Nanking 1937) Because of the incident, General Matsui, who led the Japanese troops to ... be known as the Nanking Massacre. Most experts agree that at least 300,000 Chinese died, and 20,000 women were raped. Some estimate the numbers to be much higher - 340,000 and 80,000 respectively. The Japanese government, to this day, maintains that the death toll is greatly exaggerated, ... first time t...

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... States have been identified as apathetic, indifferent, and disinterested in the process of attaining an education. Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. This Latino group has struggled to dispel the characterization. In response, Mexican-Americans, as well as Anglo-Americans, have ... hope to eliminate chasms in Latino-Anglo relations. Other Educational Programs In addition to implementing bi-lingual and dual immersion systems of education, school districts across the co...

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... adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations. It was also peculiarly ... and proceded to demand a recount of the state of Florida, who's 25 electoral votes would decide the election. The Republicans pressed to have the vote counted as is; the original numbe...

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... One caveat is that because this cohort of middle-aged adults is the largest ever, physicians are projecting a major increase in the numbers of individuals who will be affected by such age-related changes-and both their function and quality of life will decrease. Even so, ... occupying middle age need contact lenses, bifocals, or half glasses to read the newspaper, computer and I-pad screens, restaurant menus, small printed numbers on price tags, wristwatches, and prescription dosages. If this problem is not corrected, people discover that they can read printed material only by ... situa...

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... of these characteristics. Among these 1.4 million inmates are parents of 2.4 million children, many of them minors 0.C [f]rom 1980 to 1996, the number of people in prison has tripled due overwhelmingly to criminal activity spawned by drug and alcohol abuse. If this rate of increase continues, then one ... users during periods of active drug use and much lower rates during periods of non-drug use (Ball et al. 1983). A large number of people who abuse drugs come into contact with the criminal justice system when they are arrested and subsequently sent to jail or to other ... narcotic dr...

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... as employers that have grown accustomed to not being reprimanded for employing undocumented Hispanic workers has created the perfect storm to breed an enormous number of illegal immigrants working here in the states. These workers often work in horrible conditions and are treated inhumanely, yet do nothing about ... the existing agricultural guestworker program, known as the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program ("Summary of AgJOBS" n pg.). The new bill numbers are S. 340 and H.R. 371. The propositional bill has received much praise from farm worker advocates for the depth i...

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... . The Immigration Law of 1996 helped move toward this goal. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act authorized funding to increase the number of border patrol agents (Cozic). It also increased penalties for those who smuggle illegal aliens into the country and those who use fraudulent ... and 1990, ten's of thousands of low income native-born Americans migrated out of states like New York, Texas, and California where huge numbers of immigrants were moving in (Andryszewski 60). The immigrants were taking away economic opportunity for low income Americans who were f...

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... information for computer conversations (e.g., e-mail) as well as telephone conversations, 18 U.S.C. 3121, 3123. In answer to objections that e-mail header information can be more revealing than a telephone number, it creates a detailed report to the court, 18 U.S.C. 3123(a)(3). Communications Records and Stored E-Mail. With respect to chapter 126, relating among other things to the content of stored ... for computer conversations (e.g., e-mail) as well as telephone conversations, 18 U.S.C. 3121, 3123. In answer to objections that e-mail header information can be more revealing than a tel...

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... choice is to participate in the correct sport. If the sport chosen has similar numbers compared to NASCAR, almost any company will be successful when they sponsor or participate in it. These numbers came from all sponsors put together, but it stands to reason that the sponsors ... present in NASCAR which are linked to cars can achieve even higher numbers. Brands should therefore always look at sport familiarity and sport popularity before deciding on which sport to spend money. This ... choose to start the questionnaire and 37 completed the questionnaire. These 37 respondents finished t...

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... constantly to male prisoners when discussing these issues. When examining the issue of male rape in prisons, it is difficult to state any exact numbers, simply because no exact numbers exist. According to a recent Human Rights Watch report, most states do not keep statistics on male rapes within the U.S. prison system. Additionally ... notes that, "Indeed, it has been estimated that as many as 70 percent of inmates are assaulted by other inmates each year." While this number may not be exact or accurate, the idea that the percentages may even be close to this high is in itself alarming. ...

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... Although cocaine use has not significantly changed over the last six years, the number of first-time users has increased 63 percent, from 574,000 in 1991, to 934,000 in 1998. While these numbers indicate that cocaine is still a threat to the United States, cocaine use is ... . Flunitrazepam is usually consumed orally, is often combined with alcohol, and is abused by crushing tablets and snorting the powder. Flunitrazepam abuse causes a number of adverse effects in the abuser, including drowsiness, dizziness, loss of motor control, lack of co-ordination, slurred speech, confusion, and gas...

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... 0.9 percent of women reported drinking while pregnant. But these numbers don't add up when you look at the number of children that are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. It is extremely hard to put a solid number on the number of women who drink while pregnant because majority of the women ... child is older. These studies are done while the child is an infant. But numerous studies have been done they say a large number of incarcerated people have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). FAE is harder to diagnosis because the symptoms are not visible ... retardation in the U...

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... the percentage of crimes falling rapidly for three or more victims: 0.5% involved 3 victims, 0.1% involved 4 victims and 0.05% involved 5 or more victims (U.S. Department of Justice). These numbers illustrate the true rarity of the crime, the victimization and number of offenders, in contrast to what the media presents. Viewers are led to believe that serial killing is a common type of homicide due to the ... Past studies have often looked at childhood and home environment to establish a corollary to their current behavior. Ressler, Burgess, Douglas, (1988) in a study of serial murderer...

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... brews and those of high quality. This development is an important trend for us as it represents our target market. We are having an increasing number of people who appreciate the traditional brews while living in the urban areas. With this in mind, we intend to ensure that our packaging is ... in China to 11.8 liters per capita in South Korea. These numbers are compiled as an average from 2003 – 2005. Seeing as we are dealing with smaller numbers, a range of seven liters of alcohol will make a difference when taking into account a large number of customers. As we see in the graphs, th...

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... stage for the conquest of the rest of the Southwest. Until this time, the system ended the isolation of the Southwest from the rest of the country and brought larger numbers of Anglo Americans to the region (Acuna, 1991). Over time there was a press for lifting the restrictions on Anglo American immigration and for the separate statehood, this occurred around ... the Spanish and Mexican settlers who first settled the Southwest before the arrival of the pilgrims, whereas others are immigrants or children of immigrants who begun to arrive in large numbers by the beginning of the twentiet...

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... operating in every competitive sport, examples include soccer's FA, UEFA and FIFA. Government intervention is also significant in present times. Generally folk-pastimes saw little specialisation. Games involved large numbers and specified positions and differentiated tasks did not exist. As Phillips (1996) states: " there was room for everybody and a sharply defined role for no-one."" Furthermore, distinction ... the challenge to western hegemony yet further. Furthermore the Western media has looked to Asia increasingly for programming. Examples include Channel 4's adoption of sumo wres...

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... continental character,- as their second pick. Thus, the Vice President was selected to office--not by a separate vote--but by the second greatest number of electoral votes for the Presidency. In the unfortunate case that the President might fall ill or die, the vice-president similarly qualified and the ... as Vice-President The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on...

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... of these diseases, "[Diphtheria], the United States had two hundred and six thousand cases reported, over fifteen thousand of these cases resulted in death" (Diphtheria CDC 2014). Those numbers were said to decrease throughout the nineteen-twenty's when vaccinations became more prevalent within the United States. With the help of vaccinations the disease, Diphtheria has become almost completely eradicated ... to find sources that were backed up with hard facts. They would find that only 16 out of 165 studies resulted in harm, which is less than one percent, that number seems so small co...

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... in Cuban immigration. Most recently, the 1970s and 1980s brought a significant influx of South American Latino immigration to our nation. Regardless their numbers, children from virtually every country around the world can be found in any given classroom around our nation. Hence, the need is greater ... embrace multicultural learning are. Effects of Immigration or Migration Patterns on Public Education Immigrants continue to come to the United States in record numbers. Since 2000, immigration to the United States has reached the highest level ever. More than 7 million people entered th...

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... Becoming the Norm for Black Males? In the last two decades the population of black male inmates grew three times as fast as the number of black men enrolled in higher education. Authored by the Justice Policy Institute, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, the study showed ... into believing in the magic of imprisonment. But prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings. And the practice of disappearing vast numbers of people from poor, immigrant, and racially marginalized community has literally become big business. When prisons disappear human beings in ord...

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... the deportation of aliens who were members of socialist, anarchist or communist organizations. About 500 aliens, including Russian-born anarchist "Red Emma" Goldman, were deported during this period. A number of them, like Goldman, rejected Bolshevism as they experienced it in the Soviet Union and later returned to the United States. Meanwhile, workers were striking for higher wages all over ... many blue-collar workers. Foreign competition, which has depressed some United States industries and increased unemployment. The transition to a "post-industrial" economy in the United States. E...

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