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Maritime Law
Number of Words: 840 / Number of Pages: 4
... is to be received by the insured.
A contract of marine insurance is embodied in a policy, which specifies:
"1- The name of the insured, or of some person who effects the insurance on his
behalf.
2- The subject matter insured and the risk insured against.
3- The voyage, or period of time, or both, as the case may be, covered by the
insurance.
4- The sum or sums insured.
5- The names of the insurers."
The promissor in an insurance contract is called the insurer or underwriter, the
person to whom the promise is made is the insured, assured or the policyholder
and finally the contra ...
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One Man, One Vote?
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... and issues that are being addressed. They would
have to give some kind of multiple-choice question test that you had to fill out
while voting. It would take a long time for each person to vote and I think that
would make people less encouraged to come and vote. Since the only way to link a
vote with a test is to have them on the same paper the voters would have to take
a test every time they voted. Most people want to walk in, vote, and walk out.
They don't want to fill out a test asking them about what they know. For the
people who don't know alot about the election, they don't want to say that w ...
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Censorship Of American Music
Number of Words: 1122 / Number of Pages: 5
... King of rock-n-roll’ was once thought of as obscene. In 1957, when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan show for the third time, the cameramen were told to only film him from the waist up. "Elvis’s dancing was considered lewd" (http://ericnuzum.com/banned/fifties.html). In 1964, "Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh asks the State Broadcasters Association to ban the song ‘Louie, Louie’ by the Kingsmen because he considers it to be pornographic." (http://ericnuzum.com/banned/fifties.html). This trend has continued all the way up to the nineties, and I’m sure it won’t stop any time soon. In the past ten years esp ...
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Problems In Air Traffic Control And Proposed Solutions
Number of Words: 4431 / Number of Pages: 17
... was
"panic on everybody's face" as they realized they had been rendered deaf, dumb,
and blind by this catastrophic equipment failure. It took a few minutes for
controllers to realize the shut-down had affected the entire facility. There was
no book procedure to cover this emergency scenario, so most controllers
improvised.
Controllers in adjourning Los Angeles, Salt Lake, and Seattle ARTCCs and
various Terminal Radar Approach Controls (TRACON; the level of radar coverage
below upper-level ARTCC radar) were asked to take control over all airspace
within their radar coverage, and divert aircraft under ...
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The Changing World Of Women
Number of Words: 470 / Number of Pages: 2
... his case, women are not supposed to work unnecessarily if their husbands can provide for them(or their fathers can provide for them if their not married), but in a place like Saudi Arabia where men and women don’t mix at work, working just enhances the mind and makes one wiser to the ways of the world. In my mothers opinion, women become better companions to their husbands who should be more understanding and supportive. I feel that instead of being selfish, we can work out ways that help us be good mothers, wives and also continue with our needs of life. If education is one such need, then there are ...
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An Analysis Of Violence In The
Number of Words: 702 / Number of Pages: 3
... to behave more violently than their parents did as children. 2. Today's television has more violent shows, both in abundance and degree. There appears to be a simple causation there. It may be just a corelation. American television networks operate on the supply and demand curve just like any other industry. There has to exist a demand for violent programming first. The demand for violent programming leads to the broadcasting of such programs, but do violent shows lead to violent behaviour? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Some see the violence in the schools as a response to negative social ...
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Animals In Testing
Number of Words: 606 / Number of Pages: 3
... disease, aging and congenital defects. The AMA claims that the result of these experiments has been the elimination or control of many infectious diseases. This has meant a longer, healthier, better life with much less pain and suffering for humans. Animal research is for the most part cruel and inhumane. Animal rights activists have gathered large amounts of information that has resulted in the closing down of many laboratories that violate anti-cruelty statutes. Almost daily we read about scientists and researchers who conduct animal experiments that do not consider pain and suffering. Laborator ...
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The Politial Parties Of America's History
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... party soon became to be known as the Know Nothings.
The Republicans were a new party that rose aound the 1850s. There were against slavery in the South. Their nominted President achieve 2nd place in the Presidential Election. Since this was a very new party, they called this the “Glorious Defeat.” The reason is that this party now gain recognition.
The Whigs dies out. The Know Nothings come around and begins to die out. After the Kansas-Nebraska act and the incident that took place in Kansas which gave the nick name, “Bleeding Kansas,” the Know Nothings completely died out.
Now there was mixed feeling ...
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Leading By Example: Drugs And The Presidency
Number of Words: 1103 / Number of Pages: 5
... Negative publicity created by something such as Bush’s drug use will be broadcast to other countries. This should concern you, the reader, because the president’s image is all some foreigners know of our country. For instance, consider the disgrace brought upon the United States by the President Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. This issue was the primary focus of the news for months. Although that scandal was not drug related, it still represents the type of distraction created when a leading media figure dabbles in immoral acts. There’s no doubt that citizens and leaders of other countries we ...
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Aids
Number of Words: 902 / Number of Pages: 4
... it be taken advantage of? Since these are adults being familiarized with HIV/, how to contract it, the consequences, and the raw statistics, they will probably disregard all of the information. Education on the issue of HIV/ obviously needs to begin at an earlier age. HIV is spread most commonly by sexual contact with an infected partner. The virus can enter the body through the lining of the vagina, vulva, penis, rectum or mouth during sex. HIV also is spread through contact with infected blood. Prior to the screening of blood for evidence of HIV infection and before the introduction in 1985 of heat- ...
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