... explicit materials- (Strossen 1995, 254, emphasis in original). Probably the largest natural experiment along these lines resulted from the lifting of the prohibition of pornography in Denmark in 1965. As R. Ben-Veniste reports, If pornography is indeed a cause of sex crime, we would expect to see a rise in Copenhagen's sex crime rate since pornography began to be freely dis- seminated. On ... . An analysis of Copenhagen police statistics reveals that the rate of reported sex crimes has declined sharply during the period that hard-core pornography has been freely disseminated. (1971, 246...

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... alive because he knows how happy his son will be come Christmas day, takes the doll home and wraps it for his son. The next day Jimmy, who works for Ben at the toy emporium, takes his paycheck and goes over to the super hotrod performance shop and makes the final payment on his 500 horsepower supercharged fuel injected motor that ... dad just finished building the night before. You can envision this vicious circle, as dad continues to build high performance motors so he can go buy toys at Ben's toy emporium, Jimmy needs to shave a quarter second off his quarter mile run time so this mea...

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... control laws be enforced to reduce violence even though citizens have the right to bear arms? The most sweeping Federal Gun Law was passed in 1968 with long lasting consequences. Ben Garrett believes that it was an assassination attempt on president –elect Franklin D.Roosevelt which left Chicago mayor Anton Cermak mortally wounded, the prolific shooting of John Kennedy in Texas ... ...

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... often suggested a kind of modern Jesus figure, whose materialistic teachings should be adhered to by all those Americans he preached to, even in replacement of Christ. "Henceforth be masterless,"" retorts Ben. "Be ye each one his own master unto himself, and don't let even the Lord put His spoke in."" ' But despite critics such as Lawrence, Franklin's view of the perfect ... ...

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