The Health of the Homeless 
.... Not surprisingly, the death rate for the homeless is
nearly four
times greater than that of the rest of the population ("Health Care for the Homeless," 2008). ....
(1157
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Imprisonment of Nonviolent Drug Offenders
.... Terkel (1997) notes, "Federal taxpayers spend
nearly four
times as much to incarcerate one inmate ($20,804) as to educate one child ($5,421)" (p. 103). ....
(1627
7
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Maternal Mortality
.... Sept. 3, 1998: 1. Remez, L. Pregnancy-related deaths in 1987-1990 were
nearly four
times as likely among blacks as among whites. Family Planning Perspectives. ....
(1592
6
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Perseverance and Achievement
.... In closing, it is clear that we can all become discouraged in terribly difficult
times or after very discouraging failures. Yet
nearly everyone who has ever ....
(1013
4
)
Journal Articles on Sociology of Corrections
.... 100,000 currently incarcerated is the largest in the Western world--more than twice that of either West Germany or Great Britain, and
nearly four
times that of ....
(6079
24
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Deforestation in the Tropics
.... from remote sensing satellites by the National Remote Sensing Center) was 1.5 million hectares per year during the early 1980's
nearly 10
times the rate ....
(1474
6
)
Sweden and Norway
.... from its northern neighbor. The Gross National Product is
nearly two
times greater at $203 billion. The nation's landscape is flatter ....
(6883
28
)
Depression and Older Women
.... The Hippocratic medical doctrine of bodily humors survived into
nearly modern
times, along with it the association of depression (melancholy) with the body's ....
(7669
31
)
Shelby Foote
.... Why did 26,000 men -
nearly nine
times as many as died on 9/11 - have to join the ranks of the eternal on this battleground? Foote ....
(772
3
)
Women athletes in the Olympic Games
.... referred as "girls;" men were never referred to as "boys." In addition, in describing male basketball players, commentators used
nearly three
times as many ....
(1739
7
)
Suicide in People of Color
.... Today, it's 42 percent greater" and "Between 1979 and 1992, the rate of suicides among Native American males age 15-24 was
nearly six
times the US average and ....
(1903
8
)
Illegal Drugs in American Life
.... Moreover, of working Americans,
nearly one in ten is, in some way, impaired by substance abuse. These drug users are three
times as likely to be involved in on ....
(2992
12
)
Definitions of Sexual Harassment
.... Racial harassment charges rose to
nearly 10,000 in fiscal 1998 from
nearly 5,000 in fiscal 1991 (Brooks, 199, p. C5). .... Los Angeles
Times, p. B9. ....
(1564
6
)
Philosophies of Education
.... and, 3) What role should the state play in education?[4] In modern
times,
nearly all philosophers of education answer the question of "Who should be educated ....
(3786
15
)
We are what we Eat
.... This field is a broad one - affecting the lives of
nearly everyone in the world at all
times - and so is almost impossible to address in its entirety. ....
(1919
8
)
Electoral Politics in Washington State
.... when the publisher of the state's leading newspaper, the Seattle
Times, began purchasing and .... states in the nation, with a population that is
nearly 85% white. ....
(2585
10
)
Morbid Obesity
.... for treating obesity related medical illnesses have been estimated at
nearly $51.6 billion .... in patients who were morbidly obese, mortality was 12
times higher in ....
(2520
10
)
Illegal Immigration
.... their immigration "status" to control their actions, "Per capita annual earnings in Mexico are approximately $1,900, compared to
nearly ten
times that level in ....
(5298
21
)
Battuta
.... The adventures are a personal and engaging account of
nearly every social, political .... believes Ibn could do little wrong, though he does at
times reveal that ....
(2014
8
)
Domestic Violence
.... batterers. There are
nearly three
times as many animal shelters in the United States as there are shelters for battered women. Battered ....
(1523
6
)
Skeletal Muscle
.... capillaries (5:122). During exercise, a muscle's oxygen consumption may increase
nearly 70
times (6:349). To accommodate this large ....
(2789
11
)
Sample Letter of Transmittal
.... batterers. There are
nearly three
times as many animal shelters in the United States as there are shelters for battered women. Battered ....
(1621
6
)
Sherpa Culture
.... region. Today, the annual per capita income of Sherpas is nearing $1,000,
nearly eight
times Nepal's national average. Towns have ....
(1609
6
)
Ohio Dominican College
.... Some of us grew up
nearly in sight of Ohio Dominican College. .... If I added up all the
times that I have walked from Erskine Hall to Wehrle Hall, or from Spangler ....
(1758
7
)
Charlie Chaplin
.... Although other performers and filmmakers were involved in the same process (and surpassed Chaplin at
times) he was
nearly unique in the degree of control he ....
(1952
8
)
Influence of Air Conditioning on Population Growth
.... 1950s found that people living in air conditioned houses "slept 10 percent longer during the summer, enjoyed their food more, did
nearly three
times as much ....
(4201
17
)
Imam Khomeini and the new Iran
.... generate a strong capacity for mobilization and collective action in
times of conflict .... the city and thus atomized, the bazaaris were thus
nearly as concentrated ....
(2015
8
)
The 1950 North Korean invasion of South Korea
.... The North Koreans, seeing complete victory so
nearly within their grasp, had .... fundamental geographical fact that Korea is a peninsula, several
times longer than ....
(1106
4
)
Failure of the War on Poverty
....
Nearly one-fourth of young adults do not finish high school (Ford, 1989, p. 1 .... in adjusting to society: "High school dropouts are 2 1/2
times more likely than ....
(1648
7
)
Effects of the Irish Potato Famine Thi
.... From 1767 to 1841 the population of Ireland
nearly quadrupled, from 2,544,276 to .... In
times of agricultural distress, subdivision was used as a means of raising ....
(4438
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