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    The Black Panther Party was a subversive group of black nationalists and socialists active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. On October 15th‚ 1966‚ the party was born in Oakland California. The party’s main purpose was to refute the oppression of black citizens by police officers‚ and challenge the police’s overall treatment of the black community. In 1969‚ community involvement became a crucial activity of the party. Example of this community service included free breakfast for children

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    Bootlegging during the 1920’s was the act carrying‚ making and trading of illegal alcohol during prohibition. It started with the trade of liquor between Americans and Native Americans when prohibition banned the sale of liquor all throughout the United States during the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Which in turn‚ led to the rise of bootlegging and organized crime. Bootlegging became very popular during the early 1920’s due to the laws of prohibition; which banned all sales of alcohol. Bootlegging

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    policy violations‚ where some users continue to leave private data in the open where others can see it; Disgruntled employee purposely takes personal data to cause some sort of damage between the company and the customer; and Employee blackmail or extortion by threatening to distribute or sell the personal data in trying to obtain a promotion or monetary gain3. Workstation domain consist of workstations (any electronic device that a user can connect to the companies IT infrastructure) to gain access

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    enjoy the freedom of exploring the highways on two wheels. Nowadays the most common understanding of the word ‘gang’‚ whether it be a street gang or a biker gang‚ is a group of individuals who use drug sales‚ the selling of "personal protection"‚ extortion and other crimes to take over a territory in a city. But that’s not exactly what the real term should be viewed as. A gang can be a group of individuals who have positive goals. Popular culture has often taken a somewhat romantic view of biker

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    with no money for ransom they are most likely going to be killed as I have learned from the previous video. The people of Mexico do not have the luxury of living the American Dream like US because everyday they face kidnapping‚ rape‚ attacks‚ and extortion. During the journey to North American it has been proved that six out ten women are sexually abused. The bandits hide behind old train cabooses awaiting for any passing traveler stealing their belongings and rape the women within the group. My teenager

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    The world we live in has various obstacles and issues that negatively affect society and the way in which we live our lives. The war on drugs is one of the most violent and controversial issues in the United States current political system. Drug abuse is linked to issues such as racism‚ crime as well as economic discrimination. The “War” was properly declared in the 1970’s by President Nixon due to the server abuse of illegal substances. President Nixon in an interview stated this war as “Public

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    will feel the sense that they only belong with their gang and virtually‚ remove themselves from the social norms of their communities. Gangs have to find methods of fueling their influx of money whether it be through selling drugs‚ robberies‚ or extortion. The money is then used to supply weapons for protection from other

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    You have to consider Greek life and ideals‚ education revolved around a single institution called the city-state. The aim was to revolutionize the daily necessities of life in goods and freedom. With the establishment of the city‚ changes took place in the relations of society. There were two functions‚ old religious dispensations in society by blood and land. From this came the separation between church and state practiced by Athens. Within the city-states‚ Athens formed a social bond‚ a development

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    Annexation of Hawaii Proves Controversial Queen Liliuokalani to President McKinley‚ 1897 “BECAUSE it is proposed by said treaty to confiscate said property‚ technically called the crown lands‚ those legally entitled thereto‚ either now or in succession‚ receiving no consideration whatever for estates‚ their title to which has been always undisputed‚ and which is legitimately in my name at this date.” In this quotation from the letter written from Queen Liliuokalani to the president of the United

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    business and ethical dilemmas that Australia businesspeople may face overseas? - First Rule is adjusting our mindset. Fadiman suggests that we change the way we think about the bribes‚ determinign whether or not the proposed offer is an attempt to extortion or a bid for a relationship. If it is indeed for a

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