Drunken driving deaths in the U.S. have risen to levels not seen in nearly two decades, federal data show, a major setback to long-running road safety efforts.
At the same time, arrests for driving under the influence have plummeted, as police grapple with challenges like hiring woes and heightened concern around traffic stops.
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The LSAT scores fall on a bell curve from 120 to 180. Ivy League scores average about 170-172. The average score on the LSAT varies vastly by race. Research by Aaron Taylor, Executive Director of AccessLex, a center for legal education excellence, shows that the average score for white and Asian test takers is 153, while the average for Black test takers is 142 and for Latinos is 146.
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This is Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. arguing, in a letter written about 80 years ago today, at age 57, and with unstable angina, that he should be on the first wave at Utah Beach on D-Day.
"The force and skill with which the first elements hit the beach and proceed may determine the ultimate success of the operation.... With troops engaged for the first time, the behavior pattern of all is apt to be set by those first engagements. [It is] considered that accurate information of the existing situation should be available for each succeeding element as it lands. You should have when you get to shore an overall picture in which you can place confidence. I believe I can contribute materially on all of the above by going in with the assault companies. Furthermore I personally know both officers and men of these advance units and believe that it will steady them to know that I am with them."
He died of a heart attack shortly after D-Day, and is buried at the Normandy Cemetery ( Colleville ) above Omaha Beach.
I believe Patton said that he was the bravest man he ever knew
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D-Day
156,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy by the end of the day, June 6, 1944. Despite their success, some 4,000 Allied troops were killed by German soldiers defending the beaches. At the time, the D-Day invasion was the largest naval, air, and land operation in history, and within a few days about 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles, and some 100,000 tons of equipment had landed.
Normandy changed the War.
Some perspective. July 1, 1916 was the first day of the Battle of the Somme, fought on the river Somme in France, early in the First World War, from July 1 to November 18. The estimate of British deaths on the first day of the battle, THE FIRST DAY, was 60,000. Sixty thousand men.
The original Allied estimate of casualties on the Somme, made at the Chantilly Conference on 15 November 1916, was that the Germans suffered 630,000 casualties, exceeding the 485,000 suffered by the British and French. In 41/2 months.
Some perspective. July 1, 1916 was the first day of the Battle of the Somme, fought on the river Somme in France, early in the First World War, from July 1 to November 18. The estimate of British deaths on the first day of the battle, THE FIRST DAY, was 60,000. Sixty thousand men.
The original Allied estimate of casualties on the Somme, made at the Chantilly Conference on 15 November 1916, was that the Germans suffered 630,000 casualties, exceeding the 485,000 suffered by the British and French. In 41/2 months.
| Month | British | French | Sub- total | German | (% of Allied total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 158,786 | 49,859 | 208,645 | 103,000 | 49.4 |
| August | 58,085 | 18,806 | 76,891 | 68,000 | 88.4 |
| September | 101,313 | 76,147 | 177,460 | 140,000 | 78.9 |
| October | 57,722 | 37,626 | 95,348 | 78,500 | 82.3 |
| November | 39,784 | 20,129 | 59,913 | 45,000 | 75.0 |
| Total | 415,690 | 202,567 | 618,257 | 434,500 | 70.3 |
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