In 1970, Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (US Code-Title 18), or RICO, to provide a powerful tool in the fight against organized crime. Since the mid-1980's, the RICO Act has been applied in circumstances that many believe to be beyond the scope of the act...

Before I begin my speech, I would like to ask you a question. When you go to a theatre to watch a movie, and find that there are no tickets left, what do you do? Do you say," It's OK, we can come another time." Or do you buy a ticket in black, paying Rs.80 for a ticket when it actuall...

The fight for equality has been ongoing since the creation of the United States. Between the 1960s and 1990s this conflict grew to be such a nation wide problem that the government has had to intervene and create laws to prohibit different types of discrimination. Women were fighting for equality in...

Stakes are high. The audience is restless. The thunderous echo of a motorcycle engine fills the arena as "The Undertaker" approaches the ring, ready to take on his worthy opponent. As boisterous cheers fill the room, he lifts his challenger by the neck with both hands and furiously thro...

Life in Russia has always been different from what most of us know in the U.S. Life under monarchy in Russia had its ups and downs. It was ruled by a tsar, up until the Russian Revolution, when the government turned from monarchism to communism. With this new was of life the very existence of the Ru...