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...More palpable are the after-effects of a nationwide weapons ban between 2003 and 2005. Some 88% of Sao Paulo's homicides are committed with guns, and the federal restriction on arms sales - short-lived though it was, after having been voted down in a referendum - meant less weapons were being sold openly. The effects were especially acute in Sao Paulo, where the state government had already stopped automatically renewing gun permits and seen the number of legally owned firearms fall from 80,000 to around...
...making for their country and the overarching goal of providing a democratic society for Iraqi citizens—a goal that “overwhelmed” the purple-fingered Sunni women who passed through Havice’s checkpoint after voting in Iraq’s constitutional referendum of October 2005, the Ohio native said...
...this election is a referendum on experience vs. the need for change, Obama's capacity to learn is far superior to Clinton's or John McCain's capacity to change. Cary Glickstein, Delray Beach, Florida...
...even a member of the U.N. Under Chen, issues of Taiwan sovereignty and identity rose to the forefront, and he pursued a series of policies aimed at bolstering Taiwan's sense of independence. For example, on the same day as the election, Chen's government has scheduled a controversial referendum that will ask the public whether the island should apply to join the U.N. under the name Taiwan instead of its official title, the Republic of China...
...because we never were engaged in it. So that's my answer there. And, in an interesting kind of way, it's OK if somebody says they don't want to spend the money, they don't want to do the legislation, they don't want to have a referendum...