Year: 1999

The Federal Tobacco Lawsuit is Bad Economics, Bad Law & Bad Governing

The federal lawsuit against tobacco companies announced today by Attorney General Janet Reno is bad economics, bad law and bad governing, says a National Policy Analysis #255 paper published by The National Center for Public Policy Research. The paper points ...
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The Future of Breast Implant Litigation May Be a Bust for Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #262 /
The future of breast implant litigation is beginning to look like a bust to the nation's trial lawyers. Study after study has shown no link between breast implants and disease.1 Trial lawyers hoping to profit from future implant case awards ...
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New Technology Will Allow Us to Dodge the Hardest Punches of Hurricanes

National Policy Analysis #264 /
"Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it," Mark Twain once quipped. But now someone at least is doing something about some of its worst effects. A seven-year-old Virginia company called High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi) ...
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Junior High and High Schoolers: Think About Your Future! by E. LeMay Lathan

Project 21 Commentary /
As another school year begins and thoughts of skipping class and missing lessons dance in your minds, think of the consequences. You are no longer little kids being sent off to the cruel confines of school by your parents. You ...
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Let’s Put Some Spirit into Government Aid, by Star Parker

Project 21 Commentary /
Vice President Al Gore now says he thinks churches and faith-based organizations should partner with government to do charity work, but only if they leave out their spiritual component when they do so. Speaking from personal experience as a former ...
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Violence in America, by Mike Green

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published September 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Every day, we live ...
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Come to the Table, Don’t “Battle to the Death”, by Michael King

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published September 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Atlanta, the Metropolis of ...
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August 20, 1999

David W, Almasi, Editor The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street, NW #700 * Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: https://nationalcenter.org Contents * White House Awards Agency ...
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Linking Abortion to Crime Could Label Unborn Black Americans as Crooks

Press Release /
A new study proposing that legalized abortions have caused a reduction in crime is causing great concern among members of the African-American leadership network Project 21, many of whom fear such ideas could be used to resurrect racist population control ...
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Administration, Democratic Party Should Cooperate in Investigation of Interior Department Officials, Says Group

Press Release /
Recent newspaper reports in the Washington Post, Washington Times and elsewhere about overt, illegal partisan political activity at the U.S. Department of the Interior require a full investigation, says The National Center for Public Policy Research. News reports indicate that ...
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