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...assumed that it was a violent or impoverished upbringing that led to violent adults. "We're depraved," says one of the gang members in West Side Story, "on account of we're deprived." Indeed, studies had suggested a correlation between a harsh childhood and later criminality. The link was strongest for those who had been physically abused as kids. Still, not all abused children grow up to perpetrate violence in turn. Something else must be going...
...raise the allowable age for owning an air gun from 14 to 17. He also announced a new minimum five-year sentence for illegal possession of a gun, which he said "will send a clear message that serious, violent offending will invariably be dealt with in the strongest manner." At the emotionally charged Brixton meeting, Clarence Thompson, who arrived in Britain from the Caribbean 40 years ago, said five years was too mild a punishment. "Give them life - if they carry a gun they mean to kill," he said to applause. For the government, the strength of public feeling...
Antiwar activists like to accuse the Bush Administration of waging a "war without end," but in the case of Iraq the more appropriate phrase might be "war without a beginning." Thursday's report to the UN Security Council by the officials leading arms inspection efforts in Iraq gave the strongest indication yet that the inspection process won't yield a definitive judgment on whether the country is conducting prohibited weapons programs by the January 27 deadline. The most dovish voices in the Bush war party - Secretary of State Colin Powell and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair - are warning that...
...Mountain Hawks placed sixth at the Midlands Tournament, their strongest showing ever...
...What I’m seeing from us is consistency,” Merchant said. “I would say this is the strongest we’ve been [in the last four years]. I can’t picture any team that can put as much experience on the floor at once...