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13. Why will the New York times not use the word "torture" when Americans are torturing people but have no
problems using this word to describe the actions of the Chinese?
14. What did early Polio researchers think might have caused Polio and why? What was the matter with this?
15. As the 1980's came to a close, what did most people think would happen to the crime rate of the United States?
Why?
16. Why did Police Forces say that the crime rate went down in the 1990's?
17. What surprising reason does economist Steven Levitt put forward as the real reason that crime rates went down
in the 1990's? What does he use to support this idea?
18. What did Steven Levitt learn about incentives when he tried to potty train his daughter?

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  • The New York times not use the word "torture" when Americans are torturing people  as it is a controversial term, has simple bias in media and who the newspaper is connected with and thus they decided to drop it and use harsh interrogation instead.

The Early Polio researchers have different reasons that caused Polio. Though at first,  No one knew how polio was been transmitted or what result to it. The first theories state that the virus spread as a result of imported bananas or stray cats. The matter is not feasible and no one knows how true it is.

As the 1980's came to a close, there was a decrease in crime rate and as such most people think that the crime rate of the United States will continue to decrease but instead it went up.

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  • The Police Forces say that the crime rate went down in the 1990's because as at in the beginning of 1990s, crime rate was 9.4 % while in the later end or in 1995s upwards, crime rate dropped to 8.2%.

What Levitt believed that the sharp drop in the United States crime rate during the 1990's due to factors such as better policing, stiffer gun laws and an aging population. He support his idea using Roe v. Wade decision.

Steven Levitt learn about incentives when he tried to potty train his daughter. He learnt that even small children could work the system and see still see the tricks inherent in the system.

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