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The Government And Environmental Policy
Number of Words: 1741 / Number of Pages: 7
... the power of any
one person in government, it often slows down the ability of government because
a consensus can be difficult with so many people working together. Another
problem is that there are many subgovernments affecting the legislation as well,
such as interest groups like the Sierra Club, Administrative Agents like the
Environmental Protection Agency, and Congressional Committees. Because these
groups add to the total number of people working on the legislation, the
original noble ideology of making policy for the good of the nation is voided.
Also because there are so many differences of opin ...
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Tobacco
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... deaths each and every year. What is it that makes a -user keep on buying the product? One of the most addictive substances in the United States. The mystery matter that keeps consumers coming back for more is nicotine. Is it necessary that the industry utilize nicotine to keep customers buying? Apparently so. The industry started lowering the tar in cigarettes to create a smoother flavor. But lowering the tar also meant lowering the nicotine because this method affected both aspects. So the industry generated a new breed of plants. The nicotine levels of the new flue-cured, Y-1, and rustica plants w ...
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School Uniforms
Number of Words: 1472 / Number of Pages: 6
... a positive view on the subject. Similarly, a student might want to wear green colored clothing to show his or her support for St. Patrick's day. would end both of those examples listed within this paragraph and many, many more. The last issue that needs to be addressed is the unnecessary burden that will be placed upon those families of limited resources. Many low-income families do not have the money available to furnish uniforms to their children. They can barely make ends meet with the help of charities and social programs. In Polk County, Florida, the school board is trying to pass legislation th ...
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The Graying Of America
Number of Words: 979 / Number of Pages: 4
... the number will
have grown to $232 billion.
The demographic makeup of America is changing. The share of the population over
the age of 65 will continue to grow well into the next century. Today,
approximately 13 percent of the population of the United States is over age 65.
By 2030 that percentage will increase to more than 20 percent. Even more
surprising, in less than 50 years, there will be as many Americans aged 80 and
older as there are now people over 65.
People are also living longer; In 1900 life expectancy was 47 at birth, and if
you lived to be 65, your life expectancy was suddenly 77. I ...
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Drugs Debate
Number of Words: 2878 / Number of Pages: 11
... mind expanding category should broaden the scope of perception and knowledge for the user. The drug should educate the user and "expand" the user's mind. The drugs in the mind constricting category should deter the user from learning, and even if one did claim to gain some sort of knowledge from the high, the knowledge, in the end, would amount to meaningless, confused thought. The rare drugs which stimulate violence, such as angel dust, must definitely be considered mind-constricting because not only does the user not gain knowledge from the experience, but the user destroys self-control and liberty ...
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Communications In Observation
Number of Words: 529 / Number of Pages: 2
... nor as confident in this sort of situation; their eyes tend to dart around the area while the eyes of a woman remain focused upon the eyes of the customer. The man seems to communicate with fewer smiles--apparently they have to get past a certain "ice-breaking" point before they will feel comfortable with a genuine look of happiness.
Verbally, the actual process of speech is also quite different between males and females. The former usually tends to have a more base-orientated voice and a faster rate of speech while the latter is more calm and soft-spoken. Men seem to speak more nasally and women se ...
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The Evolution Of The First Amendment
Number of Words: 970 / Number of Pages: 4
... the natural and inalienable rights of Americans to think and speak
freely. The first Amendments early years were not entirely auspicious.
Although the early Americans enjoyed great freedom compared to citizens of other
nations, even the Constitution's framer once in power, could resist the string
temptation to circumvent the First Amendment's clear mandate. Before the 1930s,
we had no legally protected rights of free speech in anything like the form we
now know it. Critics of the government or government officials, called
seditious libel, was oftenly made a crime. Every state had a se ...
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Clinton Administration Policy Toward The Caribbean Country Of Haiti
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti of FRAPH. The
administration has targeted this group for their continued backing and support
of General Cedras, for their human rights violations.
Issues of , refugee's illegally trying to enter the United States
creating an economic burden on much of south Florida. All of these issues arose
during president Bush's term in office. The Bush administration was to turn
back the refugee's. The Bush administration saw no vital national interest in
concerning it self with the internal problems of Haiti ,because there were so
many problems at home in ...
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The Communications Decency Act
Number of Words: 1729 / Number of Pages: 7
... role in American law." (Cavazos 13) Privacy is not
explicitly provided for in the Constitution, yet most of the Internet users
remain anonymous. Cavazos says, "Computers and digital communication
technologies present a serious challenge to legislators and judges who try to
meet the demands of economic and social change while protecting this most basic
and fundamental personal freedom." Networks and the Internet make it easy for
anyone with the proper equipment to look at information based around the world
instantly and remain anonymous. "The right to conduct at least some forms of
speech activity ...
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Actions And Behavior Of The President
Number of Words: 1346 / Number of Pages: 5
... Government had an obligation and interest in bringing
the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of
agencies and projects to employ people. In the first "Hundred Days" of
Roosevelt's first term he initiated a number of programs which increased the
size of the Federal Government and the power of the President. He did all that
he could to see that his proposals were put into place. This included a failed
court packing scheme to have a more friendly Supreme Court to find his programs
constitutional (Lowi and Ginsberg
230.) In contrast to this belief in broad preside ...
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