A recent strategy of the nuclear power industry has been to
a. increase public participation in the licensing process of new reactors.
b. improve emergency evacuation plans for reactor sites.
c. convince the public that it isn't necessary to build an inherently safe reactor.
d. absorb the cost of developing safer reactors.
United States workers are two to three times as likely to be killed or injured on the job as are European workers.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The fact that prostitution has always been around can lead us to make which conclusion?
A) Modern theories and research will finally bring about an end to prostitution.
B) Sociologists and other scientists will be able to show how people should not care about the moral aspect.
C) Taxing prostitution would have added greatly to the world's wealth.
D) We will always have some form of prostitution.
Which statement is true of the nuclear power industry today?
a. Between one and four new nuclear power plants were placed each year since 1981.
b. Between five and ten orders for new nuclear power plants were placed each year since 1981.
c. Every nuclear power plant ordered since 1973 has been cancelled.
d. A total of seven new nuclear power plants have been ordered since 1981.
The phenomena in which large-scale events of history bring difficulty into people's lives is called __________.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
The American dream of owning a home and two cars is an example of __________.
A) anomie
B) cultural means
C) cultural goals
D) modeling
The text describes workers fighting against capital flight by
a. leaving town before their plant shuts down and working elsewhere.
b. trying to get plant-closing laws passed.
c. organizing major new unions.
d. moving to the new location of the plant.
In the 1940s, General Motors (GM) corporation
a. contributed heavily to the development of electronic mass transit systems in many American cities.
b. was convicted in Chicago of conspiring to destroy electric transit in order to convert to diesel buses.
c. had a monopoly on the production of diesel buses.
d. b and c above.
Which of the following will continue to drive changes in pornography?
A) Technology and profits
B) Morality and availability of pornography
C) Media and the customer
D) Cable television and art
Renee has a high level of self-control and would not think about committing a crime. She is experiencing __________.
A) inner control systems
B) outer control systems
C) containment theory
D) social integration
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