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- 3951: Casinos
- ... City. The reason for this may be because of increasing crime rates. The casinos would have everyone believe there is no change in crime statistics after they come in but this is not true. The American Insurance Institute estimates that 40% of all white collar crimes have their roots in gambling. Compulsive gamblers will bet until they have nothing left: savings, family assets, personal belongings, anything that can be pawned or ... number of problem gamblers growing with the casinos this is a problem that will not go away. The illegal gaming market is so enormous that its profits each year, surpass that of the top 100 American corporations combining. This includes IBM, all the automotive industries, and many more. The gambling industry makes a lot of promises it knows will not be fulfilled. But, once the revenues are tasted by the local ...
- 3952: Children And Video Games
- ... of television research. The consensus among researchers on television violence is that there is a measurable increase of from 3% to 15% in individuals' aggressive behavior after watching violent television. A recent report of the American Psychological Association claimed that research demonstrates a correlation between viewing and aggressive behavior (Clark, 1993). Effects of Other Characteristics of Video Games Some adults believe that video games offer benefits over the passive medium of ... 1): 107-130. EJ 406 646. National Coalition on Television Violence. (1990).Nintendo Tainted by Extreme Violence. NCTV News 11(1-2, Feb-Mar):1, 3-4. Provenzo, E.F., Jr. (1992).The Video Generation. American School Board Journal 179(3, Mar): 29-32. EJ 441 136.
- 3953: Child Labor
- ... America's army of child laborers had been growing steadily for the past century. The nation's economy was expanding. Factories, minds and mills needed plenty of cheap labor. Around 1911, more than two million American children under the age of 16 years of age were a regular part of the work force. Many of them worked twelve hours or more a day, six days a week, for pathetic wages under ... labor displayed in Lewis Hine's photographs, including the harsh working conditions, long hours, low pay and cruel employers, his photographs captured the true humanity, dignity and strength in the children. Hine's photographs stirred American's conscience and helped change the nation's laws. The Word of God never really comes right out and says that child labor is wrong, but anyone with a heart for the Lord would know ...
- 3954: Coca-Cola And Its Evolution
- ... Force officer, explained in a letter to the Coca-Cola company that he wanted to be cremated and barried in a Coke can, but now that this change had come about he was reconsidering. Many American consumers of Coca-Cola asked if they would have the final say. When Pepsi heard that the Coca-Cola company was changing its secret formula they said that it was a decision that Pepsi tastes ... most significant soft drink development in the company's history". The change back to the old Coke was known as the Second Coming. Roberto Goizueta said, "Today, we have two messages to deliver to the American consumer, first, to those of you who are drinking Coca-Cola with its great new taste, our thanks...But there is a second group of consumers to whom we want to speak to today and ...
- 3955: Clown
- ... dirty rags and a tattered hat and was down on his luck. Auguste Another type of clown is auguste, which developed in the mid-19th century. One of the more popular auguste clowns was an American named Tom Belling. 1864 in a European performance, Belling, (an acrobat and horseback rider) rummaged through a costume trunk, looking for a new comic identity. Dressed in a torn up coat, an old wig on ... the white.There face was usally drawn on to help them give some facial expression. The auguste clown will stumble, slap each other around, and is usually made fun of. Lou Jacobs, the most famous American auguste clown, used to paint large white patches around his eyes. His bald head was shaped like a cone, with red hair around the ear. Jacobs also wore a red rubber-ball nose. He retired ...
- 3956: Book Review On Public Administ
- ... programs and training and employment opportunities 10. Neighborhood citizenship and common action: extensive volunteerism and sweat-equity 11. Democracy in the workplace Frederickson evaluates that some of these suggestions may be impractical. As an african-american citizen, all of the suggestions seemed impractical. Often times, minority populations do not have the time to participate in meetings and volunteerism. A more effective way may be informative newsletters that provide alternate solutions that ... discusses Ethics, Citizenship, and Benevolence in Public Administration. Chapter 7 discusses very controversial issues on ethics in public administration. The chapter effectively begins by discussing how government reform of the early 20th Century has affected American government today and that the current practices of ethic reform will have the same lasting effect. In early government.."Increasing administrative capacity and decreasing politics reduced corruption. In the present case, we are moving in ...
- 3957: Bussiness
- ... big had to be broken up to make smaller companies in order to create a competitive economy. The large corporations fought back by saying that they were no less competitive than smaller businesses. An Austrian-American economist named Joseph Schumpeter who argued in defense of large corporations said, "the prime mover in capitalist progress is not the small businessperson but the entrepreneur who introduces new technologies and develops them." He also ... nearly doubled during the 80's from 550 billion to 991 billion. To go even further I would like to see a flat tax implemented. A 15-18 percent flat tax rate would stimulate the American economy greatly. This would happen by giving huge incentive to everybody to make more money. Of course, some liberal might confuse you by saying that making money is greedy. Sure the rich will get richer ...
- 3958: Business
- ... clean your room and you did and you got rewared. But now all the time you clean your room you expect to be rewarded. Different caltures have different attiutes. Example Asain students study harder than American students because there we brought up to study hard, no job until they have reached end of school. As for American students layed back, and have jobs, but has to handle both. Attuitudes dont always have to be with an outside issue this can be brought up in the work place. Example, your manger comes ...
- 3959: Basics Of Mutual Funds
- ... the stock-market , yet they must have good prospects and a good reason to feel they will rise over time. The highest fund return in 1998 in this category under the Large-cap funds is American Century Income & Growth (mid range risk) with a 27.7% return. In the Midcap fund highest return in 1998 is American Century Equity Income (very little risk) with 13.0% return. In Small-cap fund highest return in 1998 is Royce Premier (very little risk) with 6.7% return. The sub-category Blend funds is when ...
- 3960: BEHIND THE SCENES
- ... and unrestrained violence on the air as was evidenced in the Geraldo broken-nose episode of 1988. Will the talk shows finally reform themselves? The prospect seems unlikely. Thanks to Freedom of the Press every American with a TV or a radio can participate in a trial by jury. This is not what was intended by a jury of ones peers and only succeeds in fostering resentment of the Judicial ... 19). This was the month that the Advisory Council on Social Security issued its report recommending that some of the fund be invested in the stock market. Heres a proposed change that affects every American, yet during the short time it showed up in news reports, Newsweek gave us Paula Jones on the cover and then, in an even more puerile gesture, a head shot of the recently murdered JonBenet ...
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