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Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2016
Lawful gun owners accounted for just 18 percent of gun violence, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers analyzed 762 cases in which a gun was recovered by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Firearm Tracking Unit (FTU). “Most perpetrators (79%) were carrying a gun that did not belong to
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Quiz: Name The Famous Book By The Secondary Character 0
- Literature
- August 1, 2016
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Can You Pass This College Entrance Exam from 1901?0
- August 1, 2016
Is the curriculum in today’s schools less rigorous than it was 100 years ago? Many Americans have been suspicious that the answer to this question is yes, particularly as they have caught glimpses of book lists and other class requirements from the past. The following images provide a further glimpse into the schools and subject
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Report: What Today’s High School Seniors Are Reading 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2016
At the end of last year, Learnalytics (powered by Renaissance Learning) released their report titled What Kids Are Reading, 2016. The report was based on data from 9.8 million students in 31,327 schools during the 2014-15 school year. Among its interesting interactive features is one that allows you to see the most popular books read by
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What Stalin’s Great Terror can tell us about Russia today 0
- History
- July 29, 2016
Between the summer of 1936 and 1938, the regime of Joseph Stalin summarily executed 750,000 Soviet citizens without trial or any legal process. In the same period, more than a million others were sent to the labour camps of the Gulag, from where many would not return. In the history of a murderous regime, this
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Psychologist: 8 Ways Parents Can Get a Child to Read 0
- Education
- July 29, 2016
A friend of mine recently took her two-year-old son out of state to a family wedding for three weeks. When they returned, her son was talking in a fluent and skilled manner. After hearing him speak, a family member of mine noted in amazement how articulate the little boy had become. I laughed and said,
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