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    had a ticket to go anywhere in this world I would want to go to The Bahamas. I would take my Family no matter what the cost as long as they agree to go with me but I’m pretty sure they would want To come. The Bahamas is located in The Caribbean and it is beautiful from I what I seen and heard. I Have never been anywhere outside of Texas so I think I would definitely enjoy going to an amazing place Like The Bahamas. The Bahamas has everything I would like to enjoy to visit. The first

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    The effects of the war were much more immediate and explosive than anyone in the government anticipated. Within a few weeks of Pearl Harbor‚ plans had been laid to make New Providence a major air base‚ for America‚ and upgrading the airport close to Nassau which Sir Harry Oakes had already donated to the government‚ and adding a even larger Satellite Field next to Lake Killarney at the western end of the island. The building contract was rewarded by the United States regime to the large Pleasantville

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    Metrobus Strike Case

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    relied on to supply a service to the residents of the city • Relevant in this case because a strike (stopping the service) will bring extra issues such as extra expenses to citizens & a reduction in government revenues Economic Subsystems (Labour Market) • Metrobus supplies jobs to many residents of the city • Relevant in this case because a strike will leave Metrobus employees without jobs‚ therefore effecting their daily lives

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    Three Strike Rule

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    A few models we spoke about were the interracial view of crime‚ conflict view of crime and consensus view of crime. These models just are examples of how some systems operate. Another way the criminal justice system enforces crime is by the three strikes law. Only twenty-four states have adopted this law. What this law basically does is give the criminal three chances to avoid major jail time. After the third time you get into trouble with the law your doing twenty-five to life in jail without no

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    The role that the federal government played in the period surrounding the strike was mainly to help factory owners put an end on strikes. According to President Grover Cleveland‚ he believed that the Pullman strike was wasteful‚ disruptive and unlawful (Hewitt and Lawson‚ pg. 556). He thought that the Pullman trouble originated because neither the public nor the government had taken acceptable measures to control monopolies and corporations and had failed to “reasonably protect the rights of labor

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    Three Strikes law

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    Three Strikes and You’re Out The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is a law that was passed by California Voters in 1994. What this law basically means is that people who have been convicted of three or more serious felonies or violent crimes may end up being sentenced a longer amount of time in prison or even facing life in prison. Violent offenses include murder‚ robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used‚ rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same

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    Three Strikes Law

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    http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-03-05/opinion/17416623_1_three-strikes-law-violent-crime-third-strike The purpose of the “three strike” law against offenders was originally to help reduce the number of criminals who were running around free but what it had come down to was costing tax payers more than what they had bargained for. More than 57% of offenders in California who are placed in prison for the “three strike” law were typically arrested for nonviolent offenses such as drug violations

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    own town. Simply put‚ Pullman’s workers‚ would essentially be depositing their own wages back into Pullmans pocket. The panic of 1983‚ an economic recession that inadvertently begins a domino effect in the town would soon lead to the Pullman Strike. As a result of this‚ Pullman wasn’t making the money he wanted‚ and henceforth decided to cut his workers’ wages in order to continue his increase in profits the way he

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    Homestead Strike of 1892

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    Homestead Strike of 1892 The Carnegie Steel Company‚ owned by Andrew Carnegie‚ was highly profitable. In 1892‚ the company’s profits reached four and a half million‚ a new record. Carnegie’s company was the world’s largest manufacturing firm at the time. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers‚ founded in 1876‚ worked to gain better wages and work rules. Previously‚ the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers had been defeated at J. Edgar Thomson works in Braddock‚ in 1889

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    brain. Many do not rank their top vacation destinations‚ but the ideal vacation destination is one almost all are familiar with‚ the Bahamas. The ideal vacation would be a trip to the Bahamas‚ alone. One may think to themselves‚ why the Bahamas? The Bahamas is the perfect vacation getaway with many exclusive attractions‚ to name just one‚ the amazing beaches. The Bahamas have world renowned beaches. The beaches have the clearest waters on Earth‚ not to mention the cleanest. While at the beaches one

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