What was the reason for the decreased crime rate from the 1990s to the 2000s? The increase in technology in the late 1980s-early 1990s made it easier for gangs and criminals to commit crimes. In the 1990s there was a lot of crime going on and many people though that it was going to keep increasing into the 2000s but to many peoples surprise the crime rate actually decreased. After the 1990s‚ which was a decade full of crime‚ many people thought that the crime rate would increase in the 2000s
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The stories we hear about how the West was won are all lies. The history of the West was written by the horse. Wherever a settler left his footprint there was a Hoofprint beside it. Men came farther and further west to stake their claim in the great American wilderness. But they encountered a strength that couldn’t be tamed- Wild Horses. Mustangs (Flicka‚ 2006). Wild horses are the foundation of the Wild West‚ now all of their land has been taken. They are in danger of extinction. Wild Horse management
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During the Han Dynasty is when confucianism became the dominant political standpoint for the next 2‚000 years. Confucianism‚ which revolves almost entirely around issues related to family‚ morals‚ and the role of the good ruler. In the short reading of “The Responsibility of Rulership” by Dong Zhongshu it explains that confucianism is a unifying idea and heaven upholds its rule‚ which is why the leaders must rule with firmness. Without humans‚ earth‚ and heaven fathers will not be able to control
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communist morale‚ rising dissent‚ Stalin’s policy foreign policy and his inability to solve the decline in the Soviet economy. The introduction of Stalin’s successors‚ Nikita Krusshchev and Mikhail Gorbachev‚ along with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989‚ was a major factor in the fall of Communism during the reforms of 1989-1991. In this essay I will discuss these factors and how they contributed to the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. The first factor I will discuss which contributed to the failure
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An Analysis on the Decline of the American Dream Coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 in response to the economic growth and prosperity experienced in the 1920’s following the end of World War I‚ the American Dream has served as a source of motivation for working American citizens and a pull-factor for those immigrating to America for decades. Defined as “the ideal that every American citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and
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Commercial Print‚ an Industry in Decline Robert Ehnat Business 110 The commercial printing industry‚ once the dominant communication medium of the United States has been changing constantly for the last 65 years. Since the end of the Second World War‚ the commercial printing industry has lost market share for a number of reasons. Unimagined technological advances brought continuous innovations‚ new media challenges‚ a changing culture and increased domestic and foreign competition. The result
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‘The theory of party decline is outdated’. Discuss Introduction Political parties are key institutions at the heart of the political system. However‚ the claim that political parties are in decline puts forward the case that the significance of the party role is diminishing. It suggests that other institutions and processes are increasingly carrying out the functions of political parties‚ and that these alternatives are now dominating these roles and carrying them out more efficiently. The
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Detroit once use to be Americas 5th largest city until the decline. The city of Detroit‚ has gone through a major economic and demographic decline in recent decades. Detroit’s decline began in the late 1950s‚ when the city lost almost a tenth of their population. The population of the city went from 1‚850‚000 in the late 1950s to 701‚000 in 2013. Factors that have influenced the decline of Detroit includes the the automobile industry‚ which suffered from global competition and has moved much of the
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How can we explain the sudden collapse of Communism in Europe? Communism was a very popular ideology which was in great favor during the inter-war period but in the 1980s‚ there was an unanticipated demise of Communism. So how can we explain the sudden collapse of communism in Europe? I would argue that there were several forces converging to the breakdown of communism in Eastern Europe. Factors such as the high expenses of engaging in nuclear arms‚ the lost of their satellite states‚ the growing
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Jordan W Amy Ruppert Summary response 2 10 May 2012 The Decline of the Popularity of College in America College education‚ in general‚ is a very controversial topic amongst society mainly in America. The articles “The Purpose of Higher Education” by Richard Kahlenberg of The Chronicle of Higher Education and “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree” by Marty Nemko also of The Chronicle of Higher Education both address these issues associated with college education. Colleges
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