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Emergency Preparedness & Response Handbook

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines disaster as “a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction.” We would add to this that a disaster can also be slow-onset such as with droughts. The word emergency most often refers to the results of such an event or events. The Merriam Webster dictionary

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What is Plagiarism

According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means . 1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own 2) to use (another's production) without crediting the source 3) to commit literary theft 4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

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Poverty and Crime: Why a new war on criminals would help ...

Summary When crime and poverty are discussed, the typical debate is about whether – and how much – poverty makes someone crime-prone. This overshadows discussions about the …