Congress was more concerned with marijuana use and heroin use, but that changed as the media continued to report on “black crime” and its link to crack cocaine. Soon cocaine specifically crack became the focal point of Congress legislation. The image of cocaine had shifted from the glamorous and wealthy to the violent inner-city gang banger. Len Bias was perceived as a crack cocaine overdose user an a up and coming NBA draft pick led to the most punitive anti-drug legislation passed and also expedited
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The fact that he connects with the audience, memorized the entire speech, and connected previously stated ideas together proves that Ronald Reagan’s Challenger speech extremely powerful. The fact that the former president connected emotionally with the viewer is one example of why this speech was very powerful. Throughout the speech it feels, to the viewer, that he is speaking directly to them which makes the emotions he speaks of genuine and shows that he really does care about this. The viewer
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The reasons why Ronald Reagan had an effect in western civilization was because he had effective leadership skills that widely affected the end of the Cold War. By strengthening the alliance with Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of Britain and softening the tensions with the USSR, Reagan promoted an environment where peace could be reasonably obtained. For example, he lifted the grain embargo and was one of the first presidents to visit the Soviet Union. Reagan also has successful domestic policies
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Speech by Ronald Reagan on May 5, 1985, to the German war cemetery at Bitburg as requested by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, for a wreath-laying ceremony. This cemetery and the President's speech are historically significant because they marked the 40th Anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II. After where President Ronald Reagan gave a speech at an Airforce base in Germany to the service member, Germans, and Jewish survivors and remembers. President Ronald Reagan knew what he was walking
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1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing seven astronauts and sending the public into a state of panic. President Ronald W. Reagan addressed the nation on that day, employing the rhetorical strategies of compelling diction and emphatic allusion to achieve his purpose of mourning those lost while still encouraging the spirit of celestial discovery. President Reagan utilizes both positively and negatively connotated words in order to create a sharp contrast in his diction. For example, positively
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War on Drugs Ever since the Nixon administration “took on the challenge of the war on drugs” in the late ‘60s, almost every president succeeding him made it their mission to be tough on drug crime. However, as stated in the article “The New Jim Crow”, this war on drugs “had little to do with drug crime and nearly everything to do with racial politics”. Racial politics is the practice of political figures exploiting the issue of race to forward an agenda; this unethical practice has always been a
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While I previously thought of the 1980s as a corybantic era where big hair, bright clothes, and rock music existed, and little else occurred, I now understand that this decade was much more complex than that. While researching, I discovered that the 1980s was a decade composed of multiple issues and topics, many of which are still significant today. There has been a ripple effect throughout time and many of issues that were relevant in this decade we are still dealing with the repercussions of the
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In this document, an experienced federal official is allocated the job of an instructor, who is accountable for providing aid in educating and managing agents and police officers. My job is to aid the exercising authorities in preparing modules for a two week program which will consist of the subject relevant to search warrants, forth variation, potential cause, reasoning relevant to warrantless queries, etc. This important process is to give 30 authorities the information relevant to the types of
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The changing legal idea about computers is that its a trend forcing police to change the way that they investigate crimes and obtain search warrants. A computer or personal electronic device can no longer be seen as just a thing, it should be viewed as a place said Mr. Justice Thomas Heeney. Recent case laws holds that because a computer can contain such huge amounts of personal information, it should be regarded as a place. Mr. Rafferty's laptop was essentially warrant-less and so had violated
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Forensic Accounting in Practice: Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters A forensic accountant is part investigator, part auditor, part attorney, and part accountant (Levanti, T.). Due to the increase in high-profile cases of companies and individuals, forensic accounting is a growing and popular field in the business and forensic subjects. A forensic accountant is someone who is often retained to analyze, interpret, summarize, interviews and present complex financial and business related issues in
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