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Whatever the merits of that argument, it is unlikely that Mugabe's regime will make the same mistake twice. One longtime resident of the capital of Harare warned in an e-mail a few days ago that Zimbabwe's opposition is in danger of losing its best chance at making a change. "What I find most frightening is that already the opposition and elements of the international community are subsiding back into apathy," he wrote. "I am hearing people saying, 'Well, you know, he'll get away with it this time, but he won't last forever, and there...
Other researchers have focused on mass shootings: there were 11 in Australia in the decade before 1996, and there have been none since. This appears to be a strong argument for gun laws designed to help prevent massacres like Port Arthur. But McPhedran argues that because "mass shootings have been such a rare event historically ... it's incredibly difficult to perform a reliable statistical test on such rare events." Massacres, she argues, are a separate research question...
Further, Bolduc cites other ethnic minority groups, such as Japanese Americans, who have done better economically than blacks despite racism. He argues that their success proves there is something within black “culture” that hampers blacks’ economic achievement. This argument also has its flaws. First, the historical racism towards blacks in this country has been longer and more ingrained than that of recent minority immigrants. Second, perceptions of blacks, regardless of talent, are worse than other minority groups and whites. Studies have shown that the exact same resume results in an interview more often...
...live to find their next fix; drug dealers who kill and destroy lives because they have no other options; police who won’t or can’t make a positive difference for those they serve. In the face of this failure, Moskos concludes, passionately, with an argument for the legalization of drugs, comparing the chaos and crime of modern drug-infested Baltimore to the speakeasies of 1930s Chicago. While Moskos may or may not fully convince you that drugs should be legalized and regulated, he nevertheless makes you aware of the destructiveness of the drug...
...Just because he made a big play doesn’t mean you can automatically ring him up. O’Hara was blatantly safe.” In protest, both Walsh and assistant coach Tom Lo Ricco were ejected from the game after a heated argument with the umpire.POWER SURGEThe Crimson entered the series with 14 homers total. In the four games against Dartmouth, Harvard nailed four long balls, while two other shots fell just short. On Saturday, Albright knocked a three-run dinger, the first homer of his collegiate career.“It was my first collegiate...