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- 1970s: Divorce rates are on the rise world-wide with approximately 50 percent of marriages in the United States ending in divorce by 1975.
Today: Approximately 41 percent of marriages in the United States end in divorce, a rate that has gradually been decreasing since the late 1970s. At the same time, marriage rates have also been declining.
- 1970s: Congress passes the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to give federal investigators and prosecutors the power to defuse organized criminal activity....
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