Word: violent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...homeowners, not more dead robbers. As the number of handguns in circulation increases, the chances that the guns will fall into the hands of criminals also increase. Just about every handgun used in a criminal act was once stolen from an honest citizen. This in turn leads to more violent crime involving handguns. With this increase in crime, the fear of crime rises. The cycle continues, and people buy more handguns...
...produced under contracts with large corporations or groups. Large feedlots (over 1000 heads capacity) have taken over a dominant share in beef production in the last ten years. In California, large growers have formed marketing boards and growers' exchanges to control production (Sunkist, Sunmaid) and have compelled often by violent means, smaller growers to join. As early as 1939, California had 30 per cent of the large-scale farms of the United States. Now, the ratio of family labor to hired labor is one to four in California and one to six in Arizona. Three or four companies have gained...
...battle. He was remarkably observant, sometimes with a grisly poetry: "Saw a lot of dead Germans yesterday frozen in funny attitudes. I did not have my color camera, which was a pity, as their faces were a pale claret color." Gradually he crystallized his personality into a hard, violent mask. "My private opinion," he wrote in 1945, "is that practically everyone but myself is a pusillanimous son of a bitch...
...permanent and most characteristic is most visible in the face and pose of his sitter. An angry couple sit turned away from each other in a bar, their faces sullen masks lined with bitterness and resignation. The tension between them is palpable yet there are no harsh words or violent gestures, only a deadly calm...
...premise, of course, is demonstrably correct, as the absence of hijackings the last 21 months proves. Logically, the government should apply this sound theory of crime prevention to other danger areas. Why not search people going into banks? That would undoubtedly end bank robberies. To prevent both non-violent shoplifting and violent hold-ups, why not search customers in stores and supermarkets? They do it in Belfast...