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- 1441: Racism
- ... are now the fastest growing force in America. The Skin Head movement is usually done by the younger kids. These kids are drawn to the Aryan Nations and Neo Nazis by the promise of free drugs, free booze, heavy metal music, ultimate freedom and rebellion. A lot of these kids stay because of family troubles at home and, like in a gang, feel like they have a family with the group ...
- 1442: NAZISM
- ... effect. Prisoners were forced to exist on sea water to see how long castaways might survive. Gynecology was an area of interest. Various methods of sterilization were practiced--by massive X-ray, by irritants and drugs, by surgery without benefit of anesthetic. As techniques were perfected, it was determined that a doctor with 10 assistants could sterilize 1,000 women per day. The "experimental people" were also used by Nazi doctors ...
- 1443: Gangs
- ... hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money ...
- 1444: The Urban Underclass: Challenging THe Myths ABout America's Urban Poor
- ... of the minority population is receiving high school diplomas, a smaller percentage of teenagers is having babies out of wedlock, both blacks and whites are experiencing fewer crimes committed against them, and the use of drugs is declining. Perhaps it is not so much that the situation is deteriorating as that Americans' social expectations are rising. The editors find that the most troublesome aspect of poverty, the rise in the percentage ...
- 1445: Gangs in Today's Cities
- ... hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money ...
- 1446: A Discussion on Animal Rights
- ... American debut on Christmas Eve in 1982. She and two other members broke into a lab at Howard University in Washington, D.C. They liberated thirty cats used in research to study the effects of drugs on nerve transmissions (Reed 38). The activists found the cats in poor condition. Deep incisions scarred some cats' backs and they were dragging their hind legs (Reed 38). While in the lab, the ALF members ...
- 1447: Controversial Pornography
- ... viewers would be similar to restricting cigarettes from smokers. The outrage and protest would be uncontrollably extreme. And laws are only obeyed by people who believe in them. There are a lot of laws against drugs. Has it stopped anyone? Kyle Jorgensen, a man involved in the adult sex industry for seven years, has learned that he will never please everyone (Nichols 60). He has been both praised and reviled. "I ...
- 1448: Gangs
- ... distinct set of values that affect every aspect of his life. According to the Los Angeles District Attorney, "It confronts and confounds adult authority on every level -- sex, work, power, love, education, language, dress, music, drugs, alcohol, violence. As icons of popular culture, gangs not only represent a powerful group identity utterly inaccessible to adults, they are surrounded with an appealing aura of outlaw danger." "Tagging" their territory with gang graffiti ...
- 1449: Teen Drug Use
- ... of the risk of marijuana use has declined, from 78.6 percent who perceived igreat riski in regular use in 1991 to 60.8 percent in 1995. Students' perceptions about the harmfulness of various other drugs have also declined, according to the survey findings. For example: 36.4 percent of the seniors in 1995 perceived igreat riski in trying LSD once or twice, down from a high of 46.6 percent ...
- 1450: Gangs: A Violent Reality
- ... hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theater, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money ...
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