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...that person myself. I used to support the death penalty. [But] once I started doing the work, I became aware of the inequalities. I tell people that if you're going to commit murder, you want to be white, and you want to be wealthy - so that you can hire a first-class lawyer - and you want to kill a black person. And if [you are], the odds of your being sentenced to death are basically zero. It's one thing to say that rich people should be able to drive Ferraris and poor people should have to take...
...solved. Police chiefs around the country credit improved police work. Demographers cite changing demographics of an aging population. Some theorists point to the evolution of the drug trade at both the wholesale and retail levels, while for veterans of the Clinton Administration, the preferred explanation is their initiative to hire more cops. Renegade economist Steven Levitt has speculated that legalized abortion caused the drop in crime. (Fewer unwanted babies in the 1970s and '80s grew up to be thugs in the 1990s and beyond...
...Undergraduate Council passed legislation last night allocating $600 to hire a web developer to create an online study guide library, pending approval of Harvard administrators...
...What a kind sister. The snowboarders don't quite sell themselves as well as the skiers. "Downhill skiing is way gnarlier than snowboarding," says snowboarder Markku Koski of Finland. (Attention snowboarders: Don't hire that guy as your spokesman.) Fortunately for the boarders, other players in the game will fight for White. "You need to be able to flip yourself multiple times," says Bower, who gives White the advantage over Vonn. "It's not just one jump. It's a series of jumps, five or six in these pipes. To land cleanly and to maintain the speed that you need...
...that legislators’ actions are largely influenced by who donates to their reelection committees. This is true, but not the whole story. Another equally troubling entry point for corporate influence is in the lawmaking process itself. Interested parties do not merely participate by donating to campaign committees. They hire lobbyists to argue their case with Congress by session. These lobbyists do not convince just due to force of their arguments. Sometimes, yes, they offer help with reelection or threaten to back a challenger. Other times, they provide information other sources cannot and become an asset to Congressional offices...