.... and sexism. When the issue of affirmative action rises, the first thing that comes to mind is blacks. Being black myself, it's only logical that I would be concerned about this issuoe and for my race. In roaming the internet and reading about affirmative action, there is one case that I feel displays why affiramtive action is so needed in the work place. There was a case in 1975 concerning 28 of the local Sheet Metal Workers' International Assoc. The association had been discriminating against black workers. They adopted discriminating admission criteria, restricted the size of memebership and organized shops with very few minority workers. In reaction .....

.... the prevention of abuse and the treatment of victim". The purpose of the new state-wide small scale association is to inform children through first-hand knowledge and example on the protection from abuse and neglect. The substantive right is very important for children to know and understand in case they, or someone they know is ever involved in an abusive situation. The small scale association is limited to children so they can feel free to express their experiences and ask questions openly to others without having to worry about adult supervision. This may interest children to comment on situations and on general conversation that they normally wo .....

.... children.( These were New York, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana.) Most of this activity was stimulated by the passage of the Missing Children Act in October 1982. What the new law did was to legitimize the use of the FBI's national computer network,the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for non-criminal purposes. All of the programs are voluntary. In some cases the police departments retain the records, while in others the fingerprint cards are turned over to the parents for safekeeping. The apparent purpose of the p .....

.... us and patiently waited as we slowly made our way through. My partner made a commented to me, “This is not a bad way to pick up chicks”. I did not realize how fortunate I am to have healthy legs. As I was walking with the walker toward the cafeteria, things started brutal. My hands and legs started hurting and getting sore. It usually would only take me about 2-3 minutes to get to the cafeteria from the Academic Building, but instead, it took me about 15 minutes with the walker. People were kind enough, however, to open the doors for my partner and I. As we entered the cafeteria, I noticed people looking at us sympathetically and some very arrogantly. .....

.... built on two basic principles. Political power is the first of these twin powers. Historically, the American government ignored and suppressed the black community's need for assistance. This avoidance made white supremacists fell justified in their actions. By looking the other way the American government silently condoned racial violence. After the Civil War, many abloitionsists believed that racial relations would imporve. Optimism amongst the aboltionists quickly gave way to traditional segregist beliefs. Despite the end of the war on the battlefield, the war at home witihin society still raged. "Black Codes" replaced "Slave Codes". Blacks could not .....

.... journalists, radio personalities, televised news reports and now, even more menacing: the Internet. Presidents who are constantly reminded of their power and prestigious rank, become exasperated because they cannot control the news media, even though they can to a large degree set the news agenda. Media has expanded in its presence, becoming widespread on the Internet, perhaps monopolizing the domain, by becoming more powerful and more used than written, televised or radio journalism. The Presidents' inability to control the press exposes their vulnerability and tends to question the actual power they can actually exert. All presidents, at some time .....

.... first observation is of teenagers communicating with siblings. The sister, in this situation, is a teenager and the brother is in the first of his teenage years. Their father is on the floor in the living room taking an old television set out of the stand and replacing it with a new one. The sister sits down on the couch, slouches and lifts her feet on to the coffee table. The brother moves from one piece of furniture to the next. The sister is eyeing the brother, who is younger by a few years and at least five inches shorter than her. The brother is eyeing the sister now and at times glancing at the television. The sister wears a frown as she sit .....

.... theory and the power control theory. These theories have been applied to a news story in which two young teens from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Renee and Danielle Orichefsky, were killed in a dangerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old man from Halifax who lost control of his sports car as he attempted to make a turn on the corner where the girls were sitting. This article involves the day of Mr. Park's conviction, the reaction of the girls' parents and also the reaction of Mr. Park's mother. The problem of dangerous driving as viewed from a theoretical standpoint can easily be identified with the social control theory. The co .....