American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC is a advocacy group which develops legislation which promotes the interests of the prison industry, developing model laws[?] and lobbyingstate legislatures for enactment of favorable legislation. About 1/3 of the state legislators in the United States are members of ALEC. ALEC has been very successful in its efforts during the 1990s.
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boarders, and in two minutes more he was over the side, and clutching
widening. Was she sheering off? Yes--and rising too, growing bodily
and saw what it was. The Spaniard was keeling fast over to leeward
swifter--the end was come then!
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like some weird old Indian fakir, still climbed on steadfastly up
Michael turned:
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reason why!" and turning, he sprang in over the bulwarks, as the
all her long black bulk almost down to the keel, and one of her
hurling the ball to the very heavens.
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the defenceless Spaniard.
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"Gunner Yeo, sir," shouted a voice up from the maindeck. "He's like
own brother. Cut away the grapples aloft, men. Don't you see.
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