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Bubonic Plague
Number of Words: 1119 / Number of Pages: 5
... China along trade routes (Matthew 154). Once the plague had reached the coast of Europe, it was soon transmitted to the countryside through the commercial trade networks (Matthew 154). The first cases of the plague occurred in a European colony called Genoa (Blum, Cameron and Barnes 38). It was "besieged in 1347" by mongols, who flung plague riddled bodies over the walls of Genoa. This was considered "an early form of biological warfare" (Blum, Cameron and Barnes 38). According to Matthews, "Experts could do nothing to cure or explain the plague" (154). The people of this period had no idea what they w ...
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Gun Control: Why Do We Need Licenses To Own Guns?
Number of Words: 739 / Number of Pages: 3
... Restricting
the ability of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms on their own
property, and in defense of their homes and families, punishes them before they
have even done anything wrong.
In 1990, guns, which gun control supporters claim are "designed only to
kill," were involved in about 1,400 accidental deaths, 18,800 suicides, and
13,600 murders, for a total of 33,800 firearm-related deaths. There are more
than 200,000,000 firearms in private hands in the United States. Also in 1990,
motor vehicles, which are not "designed to kill" were involved in about 46,000
accidental deaths and 1,900 ...
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Capital Punishment - Injustice
Number of Words: 1401 / Number of Pages: 6
... than long prison terms do.”(Cavanagh 4) Going ever farther, Bryan Stevenson, the executive director of the Montgomery based Equal Justice Initiative, has stated that “…people are increasingly realizing that the more we resort to killing as a legitimate response to our frustration and anger with violence, the more violent our society becomes…We could execute all three thousand people on death row, and most people would not feel any safer tomorrow.”(Frame 51) In addition, with the growing humanitarianism of modern society, the number of inmates actually put to death is substantially lower than 50 years ...
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Affirmative Action
Number of Words: 1174 / Number of Pages: 5
... It is possible that because of , racism will grow and continue to grow until we history repeats itself and we end up living underold laws again. That is an extreme possibility to end up under discrimatory old laws again, but it is a definite possibility to end up somewhere close to live up to these laws again.
In addition to that, people say is ok because it cures past discrimination (Keyes 1996). George DeWit spoke of this on the topic and said "Discrimination wasn't ok when blacks were the ones getting the short end of the stick. Therefore it's not ok when whites are discriminated against."(1997 ...
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Kennith Starr Wasted Millions Of Taypayer's Money
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... of two or three women whom claimed to have sex with the President of the united states. At this point in the show he was just poking around to see if he could find an impeachable offense, even though way back then people said that there wasn’t the two thirds needed to do soEvdently, Kennith Starr took it upon himself to spend millions of tax payer dollars to investigate Paula Jones, one of two or three women whom claimed to have sex with the President of the united states. At this point in the show he was just poking around to see if he could find an impeachable offense, even though way back then pe ...
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Hammurabi's Laws
Number of Words: 1238 / Number of Pages: 5
... city”3
I do not think this punishment fits the crime. As stated before, the punishment for robbery is much harsher than for this crime. Incest only grants expulsion. To steal a tangible item and inflict fear, you die; to steal a girl’s innocence and dignity, inflict pain, hatred, fear, and just an overall tainted feeling, you get to start your life over in a new city.
Another of these laws that show exactly what little worth the female gender had is number 141:
“If a wife, living in her husband’s house, has persisted on going out, has acted the fool, has wasted her house, has belittled her hus ...
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Ecuador And Democracy
Number of Words: 1791 / Number of Pages: 7
... in the
area at the time of the Spanish conquest. The population density of about 38
people per sq. km is the highest of any South American nation.
Like other Latin American countries, the major religion is Roman
Catholicism. Some of the older cities have splendid 16th and 17th-century
Catholic churches. Although churches of other faiths can found, they form only
a very small minority. The Indians, while outwardly Roman Catholic, tend to
blend Catholicism with their traditional beliefs. In Ecuador, Spanish is the
main language. Most Indians are bilingual, with Quechua being their preferred
lan ...
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Hippies
Number of Words: 1890 / Number of Pages: 7
... moved into suburbs, and found good jobs. They expected nothing else but for their children to go to college and follow in their footsteps. Adults had faith in the American government, and believed that any hard working, dedicated and honest man would succeed, and of course, they thought that their children would conform to their traditional values. Young adults were expected to look and act a certain way. Young men had to have their hair cut short, be clean shaven, and dress in suits or nice clothes all the time. Young women should always wear the right amount of makeup, have their hair done, and ...
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Charles Manson- Methods To The
Number of Words: 1864 / Number of Pages: 7
... case over his head, a lamp cord tied around his neck, his hands tied behind his back with a leather thong, and an ivory-handled, bi-tined carving fork in his stomach; he had been stabbed multiple times and had the word “WAR” carved in his flesh (Bugliosi 55-56). The murderers were members of a group led by Charles Manson called the Manson Family. These people were completely controlled by Manson. He had them convinced that they were the chosen ones and that they were only carrying out the orders of a man they thought was Jesus Christ incarnate (Watson par. 3). They were willing to risk death and impri ...
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The Bill Of Rights
Number of Words: 4329 / Number of Pages: 16
... George Bush said "I
don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be
considered patriots." Bush has not retracted, commented on, or clarified this
statement, in spite of requests to do so. According to Bush, this is one nation
under God. And apparently if you are not within Bush's religious beliefs, you
are not a citizen. Federal, state, and local governments also promote a
particular religion (or, occasionally, religions) by spending public money on
religious displays.
FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION: Robert Newmeyer and Glenn Braunstein were jailed in
1988 for refusing to s ...
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