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Never mind all those mayors who brag about the results of their tough-on-crime initiatives. A pair of respected researchers has come up with a startling alternative explanation for the recent drop in crime--those most likely to commit it were never born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unforeseen Effect of Abortion | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

Fewer offenses, Donohue and Levitt point out, are being perpetrated by people ages 24 and younger--those born after abortion was legalized. Increased abortions, they add, reduced the number of "unwanted" children born to teenage, unmarried and poor women--children considered most likely to commit crimes as adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unforeseen Effect of Abortion | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...deliver on their promises, especially since amenities like community pools can add more than 10% to the cost of homes. It's also tough to sell a $250,000 house on half the lot space available in sprawl developments. Neotraditional neighborhoods need to fill their housing before small retailers commit to moving in, which can spell a considerable lag time before that cozy wineshop arrives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Suburbia | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

Both the televised and the titled took time to commit selfless acts of bravery last week. A rundown on the heroics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 16, 1999 | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...connections to white supremacist groups -- Aryan Nations, the Order and Christian Identity ?- and was said to have once lived with Debbie Mathews, widow of the Order?s founder (they met at an Aryan Nations gathering). And he has been a voluntary prisoner before; last November, Furrow tried to commit himself to a psychiatric hospital in a Seattle suburb, but couldn?t go through with it; he wound up pulling a knife on staffers. Also that he had something bigger in mind. Furrow?s red van, purchased Saturday, was filled with ammunition, bulletproof vests, explosives and freeze-dried food. Asked about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Red Van, a Green Car, a White Supremacist | 8/11/1999 | See Source »

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