Region, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It extends east to the Jordan River, north to the border between Israel and Lebanon, west to the Mediterranean, and south to the Negev desert, reaching the Gulf of Aqaba. The political s...

“In the final analysis, it’s people—families—who have to make the adjustments. Certainly, the economy of the tobacco-producing states and the large manufacturers will be affected [by the tobacco lawsuits]. But the co...

Any toxic substance used to kill animals or plants that damage crops or ornamental plants or that are hazardous to the health of domestic animals or humans. All pesticides act by interfering with the target species' normal metabolism. They...

I have found that a person's age has an impact on which physical activities individuals participate in to stay healthy. Many young boys and girls ages 18-20 often enjoy activities such as, walking, stretching, and weight lifting. Whereas, o...

In the fall of 1999, Rafael Perez, a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department’s crime- and gangster-ridden Rampart Division, was arrested for stealing three kilos of cocaine that had been confiscated as evidence during an underco...

"Of the people, by the people, and for the people" (Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address.) Is there really any choice by the people of who govern us? Do people really think about the type of people they're electing? Who really decides who'...

in human biology, the whole number of inhabitants occupying an area (such as a country or the world) and continually being modified by increases (births and immigrations) and losses (deaths and emigrations). As with any biological populati...

Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. Though pornography is clearly ancient in origin, its early history is obscure...

From being one of the most prosperous countries in sub Sahara Africa, Zambia has experienced a sharp decline, a crush, of its economy, which has had a great adverse impact on the quality of 10 million people. The decline started with th...

Institution for the confinement of people convicted of crimes. Prisons are administered by state, provincial, or national governments and house inmates for relatively long terms. They thus differ from jails, which usually are under local j...

"IT HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN by sociologists and psychologists that sports have taken on a central role in the daily lives of millions of Americans, sometimes even exceeding politics, community service, religion, or family in i...

Over the years, drug abuse has been a rising problem in almost every country in the world. Day by day more people are involved in this endless cycle of drug craving, money shortage, and drug related crimes. Congressmen and politicians of Un...

Psychics as clairvoyants, fortunetellers, and earth-bound connections to the spirit world can be traced back thousands of years and as far away as ancient Egypt. As an element of American popular culture in the 1990s, the Psychic Friends N...