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...split right down the middle into a V," says Doug. He loaded one shell and carefully worked the gun into the crotch of the tree until it fit tightly. Then, while both boys crouched behind the sides of the tree, Doug reached around to the gun, felt for the trigger, closed his eyes and squeezed. "I just love that sound," he says...
...Magnum, then guess who has status," Roberts says. The gunplay spread quickly beyond the gangs. "For some reason this particular generation of kids has absolutely no value for human life," he says. "They don't know what it is to die or what it means to pull the trigger...
...knows how much warming will occur or how soon. While early computer models suggested that average global temperatures could jump 3 degreesF to 9 degreesF by the middle of the next century, recent studies have cast doubt on those estimates. Even a small change in average temperatures can trigger big changes in local weather patterns, but there is no evidence that climate changes are to blame for the weather we are suffering through right...
...however, most cable and city officials simply grit their teeth and tolerate these programs -- and often encourage opposing groups to produce their own shows in response. In a perverse way, hate programs can even draw a community together. "Shows like these can trigger animosities, but they certainly do not cause them," says Robert Purvis, administrative director of the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence. "Public access is potentially far more valuable in improving intergroup relations than it is in harming them...
...newly identified chemical can trigger the release of extra growth hormone from pituitary cells. Children deficient in the hormone now take injections of extra growth hormone to ensure proper physical development, but these injections can cause side effects; the new substance might be given orally and would be less likely to cause harm...