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Review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed fiscal sanctions against states under the food stamp program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, May 15, 1986. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Agriculture.Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.(CARDINAL)267489;
Subjects: Food stamps; Sanctions, Administrative; United States. Department of Agriculture.;
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The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 : the enforcement report : a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. by United States Commission on Civil Rights.(CARDINAL)137811;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Administrative procedure; Discrimination in housing; Discrimination in housing; Judicial statistics; Sanctions, Administrative;
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Comprehensive juvenile justice : a legislator's guide / by National Conference of State Legislatures.(CARDINAL)158788;
Includes bibliographical references.Overview: toward comprehensive juvenile justice -- Preventing juvenile crime and delinquency -- Immediate interventions and graduated sanctions -- References/glossary/resources -- Serious offenders in the juvenile justice system -- Treating juveniles like adult criminals.
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile justice, Administration of;
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The United States and torture : interrogation, incarceration, and abuse / by Cohn, Marjorie,1948-(CARDINAL)649609;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Mind maze : the CIA's pursuit of psychological torture / Alfred McCoy -- Torture and human rights abuses at the school of Americas : WHINSEC / Bill Quigley -- U.S. foreign policy, deniability and the political "utility" of state terror : the case of El Salvador / Terry Karl -- Fundamental human rights and the coercive interrogation of terrorists in an extreme emergency / John W. Lango -- Torture, war, and the limits of liberal legality / Richard Falk -- Outsourcing torture : the secret history of America's "extraordinary rendition" program / Jane Mayer -- This is to whom it may concern : a Guantánamo narrative / Marc D. Falkoff -- Psychologists, torture, and civil society : complicity, institutional failure, and the struggle for professional transformation / Stephen Soldz -- From Guantánamo to Berlin : protecting human rights after 9/11 / Michael Ratner -- Mass torture in America : notes from the supermax prisons / Lance Tapley -- The law of torture and accountability of lawyers who sanction it / Jeanne Mirer -- Terrorists and torturers / Philippe Sands -- Criminal responsibility of Bush administration officials with respect to unlawful interrogation tactics and the facilitating conduct of lawyers / Jordan Paust -- Torture, war, and presidential power : thoughts on the current constitutional crisis / Thomas Erlich Reifer.
Subjects: Terrorism; Torture; Unlawful combatants; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.;
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Men in white : the gutsy, against-all-odds return of Penn State football / by Raymond, Chris,author.(CARDINAL)891967;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A rich, rousing sports story, Men in White is an oral history of the college players who defied the doomsayers and rescued Penn State's football program from the horrors of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. On November 5, 2011, the news that Jerry Sandusky had been charged with 40 counts of child molestation rocked Penn State's leafy campus, unseating the university president, the athletic director, and head coach Joe Paterno-devastating the football program he had erected and scrupulously maintained over half a century. Men in White recounts the saga of the student athletes who elected to stay and rebuild the program in the face of crippling NCAA sanctions, blistering heat from the outraged media, and radio silence from the adults in the school's administration. With the once proud program in free fall and their personal fortunes in peril, these young men refused to back down, toiling for five long seasons to rehabilitate the program and its ideals, culminating in the thrilling defeat of Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game. Their story echoes that of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a cast of young men who boldly accepted the challenge of a lifetime, achieving success while shouldering the weight of a bruising political drama and ferocious media scrutiny"--
Subjects: Sandusky, Jerry.; Penn State Nittany Lions (Football team); Pennsylvania State University; Scandals;
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The Iran wars : spy games, bank battles, and the secret deals that reshaped the Middle East / by Solomon, Jay(Reporter),author.(CARDINAL)625934;
From the chief foreign affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal comes a deeply reported exploration of the decades-long power struggle between Iran and the United States that led to a historic (and potentially disastrous) nuclear deal. For more than a decade, the United States has been engaged in a war with Iran as momentous as any other in the Middle East--a war all the more significant as it has largely been hidden from public view. Through a combination of economic sanctions, global diplomacy, and intelligence work, successive U.S. administrations have struggled to contain Iran's aspirations to become a nuclear power and dominate the region--what many view as the most serious threat to peace in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Iran has used regional instability to its advantage to undermine America's interests. The Iran Wars is an absorbing account of a battle waged on many levels--military, financial, and covert. Jay Solomon's book is the product of extensive in-depth reporting and interviews with all the key players in the conflict--from high-ranking Iranian officials to Secretary of State John Kerry and his negotiating team. With a reporter's investigative eye and the narrative dexterity of a historian, Solomon shows how Iran's nuclear development went unnoticed for years by the international community, only to become its top security concern. He catalogs the blunders of both the Bush and Obama administrations as they grappled with how to engage Iran. And he takes us inside the hotel suites where the 2015 nuclear agreement was negotiated, offering a frank assessment of the uncertain future of the U.S.-Iran relationship. This is a book rife with revelations, from the secret communications between the Obama administration and the Iranian government to dispatches from the front lines of the new field of financial warfare. It exposes the hidden history of a conflict most Americans don't even realize is being fought, but whose outcome could have far-reaching geopolitical implications.--Adapted from dust jacket.Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index.Prologue : a diplomatic ruse -- The Persian domino -- The missed chance -- The Shiite crescent -- The axis of resistance -- The physics research center -- The Rial war -- The clenched fist -- Black gold -- The Arab spring -- The road to Vienna -- Khamenei's shadow -- Conclusion : war and peace.
Subjects: Economic sanctions, American; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear arms control;
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America's experiment with capital punishment : reflections on the past, present, and future of the ultimate penal sanction / by Acker, James R.,1951-(CARDINAL)212376; Bohm, Robert M.(CARDINAL)203897; Lanier, Charles S.,1950-(CARDINAL)212377;
Includes bibliographical references.Part I: Introduction -- America's experiment with capital punishment / James R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm, and Charles S. Lanier -- Part II: Capital punishment: Public opinion, law, and politics -- American death penalty opinion: Past, present, and future / Robert M. Bohm -- Judicial developments in capital punishment law / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker -- Beyond human ability? The rise and fall of death penalty legislation / James R. Acker and Charles S. Lanier -- The politics of capital punishment: The sacrifice of fairness for executions / Stephen B. Bright -- Part III: The justice and utility of the capital sanction -- Justice, deterrence, and the death penalty / Ernest van den Haag -- Is capital punishment an effective deterrent for murder? An examination of social science research / Ruth D. Peterson and William C. Bailey -- Future dangerousness and incapacitation / Jon Sorensen and James Marquart -- Executing women, children, and the retarded: Second class citizens in capital punishment / Victor L. Streib -- The execution of the innocent / Michael L. Radelet and Hugo Adam Bedau -- Part IV: The administration of the death penalty -- Closing the circle: The illusion of lawyers for people litigating for their lives at the Fin de Siecle / Michael Mello and Paul J. Perkins -- Stacking the deck for guilt and death: The failure of death qualification to ensure impartiality / Marla Sandys -- Choosing life or death: Sentencing dynamics in capital cases / William J. Bowers and Benjamin D. Steiner -- Mitigation and the study of lives: On the roots of violent criminality and the nature of capital justice / Craig Haney -- race discrimination and the death penalty: An empirical and legal overview / David C. Baldus and George Woodworth -- Federal Habeas Corpus in capital cases / Eric M. Freedman -- The economic costs of capital punishment: Past, present, and future / Robert M. Bohm -- Part V: Terminal stages of the penalty of death -- "Above all, do no harm": The role of health and mental health professionals in the capital punishment process / Charles Patrick Ewing -- The impact of the death penalty on the families of homicide victims and of condemned prisoners / Margaret Vandiver -- Life under sentence of death: Historical and contemporary perspectives / Robert Johnson -- The evolving role of clemency in capital cases / Daniel T. Kobil -- Execution and the forgotten eighth amendment / Deborah W. Denno.Critically analyze the history, politics, law, empirical evidence, and principled underpinnings of the contemporary debate about the death penalty in America. They also assess likely future trends in capital punishment law and practice.
Subjects: Capital punishment;
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From storm to freedom : America's long war with Iraq / by Ballard, John R.,1957-(CARDINAL)648608;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.Prelude : American military power in the post-Vietnam era, 1975-1989 -- The decision to go to war -- The Iraqi context -- Desert Shield : the line in the sand -- Desert Storm : the 1991 Gulf War campaign -- Interregnum : Iraq and UN sanctions during the 1990s -- Turning back to war -- Iraqi freedom : execution of the initial thrust -- The lost year of the Coalition Provisional Authority -- The Casey strategy, from Fallujah to Tal Afar : 2004-2006 -- 2006 : decent into chaos -- The protection strategy and the 2007 Baghdad surge -- The Iraqis take control -- A final assessment : the impact of the long war with Iraq."A superb new history of America's twenty-year conflict with Iraq. John Ballard examines the entire scope of America's military effort from the U.S. response to Saddam's 1990 invasion of Kuwait all the way up to today's ongoing transition and departure of U.S. forces. Anyone interested in this long and painful war must read this remarkably insightful and long overdue work." LTG David W Barno, USA (Ret.), commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, 2003-2005."From Storm to Freedom is a highly readable and comprehensive examination of America's involvement in Iraq. Drawing together the threads of multiple strategic and operational decisions, John Ballard describes a full range of missed opportunities and tragic blunders, as well as flashes of innovation and boldness of action that characterize these three decades of strategic entanglement. This book is essential reading for national security strategists, military professionals, and all students of national policy." Patrick C. Sweeney, professor of Joint Military Operations, U.S. Naval War College."From Storm to Freedom is a superb study of America's nearly two decades of war with Iraq. The author brings to the reader his experience as a Marine officer, a combat veteran, and a scholar. Here for the first time, Ballard presents a well-researched, comprehensive case study of the war in all of its strategic dimensions. It will be a m̀ust read' for students of the Middle East and modern warfare." Joseph J. Collins, professor U.S. National War College and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense --Book Jacket."From Storm to Freedom will become one of the definitive works of the U.S.-Iraq conflict. In it, John Ballard takes meticulous note of the political, diplomatic, and military perspectives that shaped the trajectory and outcome of the conflict. It is a work of modern history of the highest order, and it should be read, re-read, and then read again by all who wish to understand how this conflict unfolded." The Honorable Mario Mancuso, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, and combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom."This is a must read. John Ballard combines a warrior's insight with a historian's analytical rigor to add clarity to the growing body of literature on America's war with Iraq. He correctly identifies the invasion of 2003 as a continuation of the war, unsatisfactorily resolved, that began in 1990. And, he examines the strategic implications for the U.S. and other nations faced with complex conflicts that require astute coordination of all elements of society and which may never see clear winners." Radm John F. Sigler, USN (Ret.), former Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Central Command.Ballard's thorough examination of these multiple operations within the context of a single conflict provides readers with rare and insightful perspectives on the complexity of modern war and the challenges of operational command. He first identifies the influence of the Vietnam era on the use of U.S. military power and the decision for war in 1990 and then outlines the important factors of Iraqi history and culture that dominated relations between the two nations during the 1980s and 1990s. Subsequent chapters examine the conduct of Desert Storm from the American and Iraqi perspectives and the military, economic, and diplomatic actions of the period between the two conventional campaigns. Final chapters analyze the 2003 offensive on Baghdad, the postwar stabilization operations that began with the failure to transition under the Coalition Provisional Authority, and the eventual implementation of a warfighting strategy that combined new doctrine and a surge of forces to protect the population in a renewed counterinsurgency campaign. A concluding chapter reviews key lessons for the future, including the importance of effective strategic decision making and the operational mindset required to prosecute modern war successfully.Covering both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom as two campaigns within a single, if discontinuous, conflict, this book analyzes the strategic interaction between Iraq and the United States from 1990 to 2010 and the key operational decisions that determined the course of the war. The author's assessment of the long war against Iraq includes misunderstandings between government leaders in Iraq and the United States that led initially to war, ineffective UN sanctions, inefficient efforts by the Clinton administration, and uncoordinated actions by the Bush administration that then led to a preemptive strategy, continuation of conventional combat, and the evolution of an Iraqi insurgency.
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-2011.; Persian Gulf War, 1991;
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Bullwhip days : the slaves remember : an oral history / by Mellon, James,1942-(CARDINAL)525286;
Narratives : Georgia Baker, Mary Reynolds, Katie Rowe -- Voices : slave children, food and cooking, stealing, and fading remembrances of Africa -- Narratives : Thomas Cole, William Adams, Fanny Cannady -- Voices : ghosts and conjuring -- Narratives : Charley Williams, Jack and Rosa Maddox, Rose Williams -- Voices : plantation life, poor white folks, classes of slaves, patrollers, Christmas on the plantation, dancing, corn-shuckings, hog-killings, music, slave marriages, and forced breeding -- Narratives : Calvin Moye, Isaac Stier, Charlie Moses -- Voices : religion and education -- Narratives : Rachel Cruze, Jacob Manson, Martin Jackson, Josh Horn -- Voices : bullwhip days -- Narratives : George Fleming, Arnold Gragson, Cato Carter, Elmo Steele -- Voices : slave auctions, forced breeding, rape, and runaways -- Narratives : John Crawford, Lulu Wilson, William Moore -- Voices : the Civil War and statutory freedom -- Narratives : Neal Upson, Charlie Davenport, Ellen Betts -- Voices : the Reconstruction Era, sharecropping, voting, and the Ku Klux Klan -- Narratives : Mary Grayson, William Colbert, Mollie Dawson -- Voices : the younger generation, reflections and conclusions.In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration commissioned an oral history of the remaining former slaves. Bullwhip Days is a remarkable compendium of selections from these extraordinary interviews, providing an unflinching portrait of the world of government-sanctioned slavery of Africans in America. Here are twenty-nine full narrations, as well as nine sections of excerpts related to particular aspects of slave life, from religion to plantation life to the Reconstruction era. Skillfully edited, these chronicles bear eloquent witness to the trials of slaves in America, reveal the wide range of conditions of human bondage, and provide sobering insight into the roots of racism in today's society. - Publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; African Americans; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons; Slave narratives.;
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Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA / by Vallianatos, E. G.(CARDINAL)383852; Jenkins, McKay,1963-(CARDINAL)685110;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index.A country bathed in man-made chemicals -- The EPA nobody knows -- Pest control : a matter of merchandising -- The dioxin molecule of death -- DDT : a new principle of toxicology -- Why are the honeybees disappearing? -- Agricultural warfare -- The swamp : the big business of fraudulent science -- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against -- When will the well run dry? -- Fallout -- The hubris of the Reagan administration -- From Reagan to Bush -- The Obama administration : Yes, we can? -- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms."Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food. These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long after they are deposited, and constitute, in the words of one scientist, "biologic death bombs with a delayed time fuse and which may prove to be, in the long run, as dangerous to the existence of mankind as the arsenal of atom bombs." All of these poisons are sanctioned--or in some cases, ignored--by the EPA. For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex. Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating exposé of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission. Half a century after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring awakened us to the dangers of pesticides, we are poisoning our lands and waters with more toxic chemicals than ever" -- from publisher's web site.
Subjects: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.; Corporate power; Environmental responsibility; Pollution;
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