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...City Year itself is an urban peace corps of 220 young people who commit themselves to a year of community service," Schorr said...
When everyone has a gun, every argument carries the potential for deadly violence. The fbi reports that in 1990 nearly 3 out of 4 juvenile murderers used guns to commit their crimes. "A gun in the hands of a 14-year-old is much more dangerous than in the hands of a 41-year-old," says James Fox, dean of Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice. "He has little investment in his life, and he doesn't know the meaning of death...
...Transcendental meditation is a very effective measure to cut stress. People leaving the prisons don't commit crimes and don't return to prison" after learning the technique, he said...
...court convicts Garvey of the official charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine that could exceed $500,000, said Prosecuting Attorney David Meister...
...leads to chilling discoveries about mind control? Should humans live longer? Then the whole world will face the problem now besetting industrial nations of ever more retirees consuming rather than producing wealth. As the coming century or two brings the emergence of a world middle class, where do we commit the resources of science and medicine -- to marginal improvements in the life of the already comfortable or to the relief of the desperate? Can gene research really yield food for the entire planet? If so, when and how do we decide that there are enough humans on the earth...