Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...firearms have been widely available for decades, but random mass shootings by high schoolers are a comparatively recent phenomenon. And in a country such as Israel, where a large proportion of the population is almost permanently armed from its teenage years, gun crime is almost negligible. A second common explanation for alienated teenagers' venting their anger in shooting sprees is the glamorization of violence in American popular culture. "Hollywood, TV and and videogames have spearheaded a cult of violence in pop culture that is typically American," says Sancton, "although it's rapidly spreading around the world." But while violence...
...idea was to bring students to one location, the Winthrop House Junior Common Room, to dine tougher for the evening. Each participant would have been randomly assigned to a high, middle or low economic bracket that would reflect the quality of meal the students would receive...
...group, which is run out of Radcliffe'sLyman Common Room, distributes up to $10,000 ayear to various student organizations from a $5term bill fee assessed on all Radcliffe students...
Though the United States loudly proclaims its morality and humaneness, it lags behind other countries in its treatment of prisoners. Women in the U.S. are locked up in overcrowded prisons and many are guarded by men. Sexual abuse of prisoners by guards is common. Many prisons violate international standards requiring adequate health care free of charge. In "Not Part of My Sentence: Violations of the Human Rights of Women in Custody" (March, 1999), Amnesty International reports that last year a woman in an American prison was neglected by guards until she bled to death...
...graduate of a technical high school, Kim has brought engineering smarts to a low-tech business. Curbside shoe repairmen are still a common sight in Korea, so Kim's store is a shock to many customers. It is stocked with a huge array of heels, soles and polishes. Shoes Kim has miraculously salvaged sit out on display. Up by the front window is the computer he uses to track orders and customers. Boasts Kim: "They are surprised when I tell them I programmed it myself...