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Sports in America: Recreation, Business, Education, and Controversy

SOURCE : Joseph Carroll , “ Favorite Sport to Watch , by Age , " in Football Reaches Historic Popularity Levels in Gallup Poll , The Gallup Organization , January 19 , 2007 , http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=26188&pg=1 ( accessed ...
Transportation: America's Lifeline

Detroit's $ 1.2 billion Midfield Terminal ( called the Edward H. McNamara Terminal at the Northwest WorldGateway ) , opened on February 24 , 2002 ; it offers 97 additional gates , an automated people mover , a parking lot with a ...
Women's Changing Roles

According to an April 2000 report by the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research , the high turnover rate among child - care workers both lowered the quality of child care and increased the costs . Child - Care Workers According ...
Youth Violence, Crime, and Gangs: Children at Risk

... born in September 1915 and sentenced to death in June 1983 . -Less than 0.05 % . * Excludes 258 inmates for whom the date of arrest for capital offense was not available . SOURCE : Thomas P. Bonczar and Tracy L. Snell , " Table 7.
Endangered Species: Must They Disappear?

Arctic Foothills This ecoregion consists of a wide swath of rolling hills and plateaus that grades from the coastal plain ( 101 ) on the north to the Brooks Range ( 103 ) on the south . The eastwest extent of the ecoregion stretches ...
Death and Dying: Who Decides?

... 63,66f B Baby Boomers, 131–132 Balanced Budget Act (1997), 121 Balch, Burke J., 62–63 Barber v. ... 138t, 139t Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 24, 28–29 CARE (Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency) Act, 124–128, ...
Crime, a Serious American Problem

... 16,552 12,587 11,285 10,539 3,587 3,490 3,361 3,305 2,705 2,490 2,197 1,723 1,055 900 831 601 American Indian / Alaska Native 0 % 20 % 40 % 60 % 80 % 100 % * Non - Hispanic Percent of Federal officers SOURCE : Brian A. Reaves .
Growing Up in America

Growing Up in America
Energy: Shortage, Glut, Or Enough?

Examination of energy concentrating on the state and future of coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power, renewable energy sources, and conservation.
Animal Rights

Cornish hens are slaughtered at 5 weeks old and weigh around 2 pounds . Broilers or fryers are slaughtered at 7–8 weeks old and weigh 4–5 pounds . Roasters are slaughtered at 12–13 weeks old and weigh about 8 pounds .
Growing Old in America

According to Bonnie and Wallace , the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia is a risk factor for the physical abuse of older adults . Several studies estimate prevalence rates of mistreatment in samples of dementia patient ...
Social Welfare: Help Or Hindrance?

Summary of the National Job Corps Study (John Burghardt, Peter Schochet, Sheena McConnell, Terry Johnson, R. Mark Gritz, Steven Glazerman, John Homrighausen, and Russell Jackson, 2001) were also used in this book.
Information Plus: Mental Health: How Do Americans Cope

Examples of these are support groups for teenagers , women with breast cancer , and bereavement groups for persons recovering from the loss of a loved one . Heterogeneous groups are composed of individuals with varying concerns and ...
Gambling: What's at Stake?

The gaming tax is allocated as follows : 50 percent to the Commission Fund , 40 percent to the Department of Tourism , and 10 percent to Lawrence County . The annual device fees also go into the Commission Fund .
Information Plus: Space Exploration: Are the Gains Worth the Cost

ADVISORY BOARD CONTRIBUTIONS Statistical Information The tables and figures featured throughout Space Exploration : Are the Gains Worth the Cost ? will be of particular use to the reader in learning about this issue .
Immigration and Illegal Aliens: Burden Or Blessing?

Commenting on the 1924 quota law , the New York Times said , “ America the melting pot comes to an end . ” Today , about 100 million Americans are descended from the immigrants who passed through Ellis Island ...
Women's Changing Role

Hazel R. O'Leary served as energy secretary , Carol M. Browner was head of the EPA , Janet Reno was attorney general and head of the Justice Department , Donna E. Shalala was secretary of DHHS , and Alexis Herman was secretary of labor ...
Growing Old in America

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide information about a range of age-related issues in America, covering population figures, economic status, living arrangements, work and retirement, education and voting behavior, ...
AIDS/HIV

AIDS/HIV
Energy: Shortage, Glut Or Enough?

Designed as ready-reference tools providing key data on social concerns, these books save researchers and students from the cumbersome task of locating the various data in pamphlets, legal journals, congressional reports, newspapers and ...