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Martin Luther King Jr
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... King had determined to use as his main instrument of social protest. King fouund ways to make all the things he had learned in his life usseful in his battle for civil liberty. King, with his new understanding of Gandi’s philosophy of non-violent direct action, was now prepared to use oration as his tool to spread the message of civil liberty. His words gave black and poor people a new sense of worth and dignity. King’s speeches stimulated Southerner’s hearts and minds, and called them to fight for equality. Dr. King's speech at the march on Washington in 1963 (“I Have a Dream”), his acceptance speech ...
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School Violence
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... is a learned behavior. Like all learned behaviors, it can be changed. This isn't easy, though. Since there is no single cause of violence, there is no one simple solution. The best you can do is learn to recognize the warning signs of violence and to get help when you see them in your friends or yourself. Teachers tend to believe that is a result of sociological factors such as: lack of parental supervision, lack of family involvement and exposure to violence in the mass media. These factors could be traced to high divorce rates, both parents working and high availability of mass media, e.g. televi ...
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Conflict Resolution
Number of Words: 555 / Number of Pages: 3
... define the problem. Clarify Perceptions. This can be done by asking the following questions. What does each party thing the conflict is about? Is the conflict over deeply held values or just preferences? Is the conflict over goals or methods? Generate Options for Mutual Gain. This can be done through brainstorming. Brainstorming is a process that encourages all those in the conflict to generate a wide variety of ideas and possibilities that will lead to the desired result. No one is allowed to evaluate, judge, or rule out any proposed solutions. Each person is encouraged to tap his or her creative en ...
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The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... reside. Tom has been seeing her for years even though he married Daisy. No one objects to this because of his old money status. On page 19, Jordan Baker informs Nick of this scandal, "Why- Tom’s got some woman in New York." Jordan also informs Nick of the commonality and wide acceptance of this fact. Tom’s mistress, Myrtle, despite her status as a lower class citizen, tries to pressure him into leaving Daisy. Tom refuses because marrying into a lower social class would develop into even more of a scandal than having a mistress. This corrupted American dream prevents Tom from openly allowing Myrtle ...
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Drinking And Driving Offences
Number of Words: 1200 / Number of Pages: 5
... the penalty and the defences you can make. Driving a vehicle while your ability to drive is impaired by alcohol or drugs is one of the offences. Evidence of your condition can be used to convict you. This can include evidence of your general conduct, speech, ability to walk a straight line or pick up objects. The penalty of the first offences is a fine of $50.00 to $2000.00 and/or imprisonment of up to six months, and automatic suspension of licence for 3 months. The second offence penalty is imprisonment for 14 days to 1 year and automatic suspen- sion of licence for 6 months. The third offence pena ...
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Luke's Three Dimensions Of Power
Number of Words: 4717 / Number of Pages: 18
... essay will examine Luke's three power dimensions and their
applicability to Gaventa's account of the inequities found in the valleys of the
Cumberland Mountains. Reasons for the mountain people's submission and non-
participation will be recognized and their nexus with the power relationship
established. In this way, Gaventa's dissatisfaction with the pluralist approach
will be justified and the emphatic ability of the other two dimensions to
withhold issues and shape behaviour will be verified as principal agents of
Power and Powerlessness.
The one dimensional view of power is often called th ...
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Apartheid In South Africa
Number of Words: 1082 / Number of Pages: 4
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over half of what whites earn.
During Apartheid, media censorship was at an all time high. People were
even banned from showing Soweto on television. It was common to see a newspaper
shut down, and then start again after being halted by the government.
Up until 1985, mixed marriages were banned. This meant that a person of
one race cold not marry a person of another race. Apartheid was not only used
in theory, but also by law. Every person was classifed, just like an animal, as
white, black or coloured.
The system of Apartheid began to deteriorate in the mid to late 1980's. ...
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Why Al Gore For United States President
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... childcare and healthcare for their children. In order to reduce these problems, gore has decided that he wants to put care giving, support groups in many small communities. As well as after school childcare that is high quality and low cost.
He also has some changes to make on our health insurance benefits. All children and parents will receive health insurance, small businesses will receive the same rate as the big businesses, and there will be prescription drug benefits for all that are eligible. Al Gore aims to insure fifteen million uninsured people in the United States. Some of the new benef ...
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Canadas Copyright Law
Number of Words: 865 / Number of Pages: 4
... that for every copy you make the recording artist, the actors, producers and everyone else who collect royalties from the tapes lose money. If the companies start to lose money, they raise prices. Thus a vicious circle begins. As prices go up, fewer people buy original copies. If less people buy the original cassettes prices will once again rise. Another major form of piracy is plagiarism. The stealing of someone elses ideas or work. The biggest category of people who fall into here are students. Very often a student when doing a research paper will "accidently" forget to footnote his work. By "forge ...
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Imperialism
Number of Words: 4860 / Number of Pages: 18
... take over other nests and steal the eggs to eliminate competition and give themselves a boost. It's survival. Humans are that way, only more complex and less instinctive. That in no way makes right... but it does remove some blame from Europeans. The world powers had a "right" to take the land because they said that they did, and back then, as now, supreme rule makes the rules. Also, they thought that they were civilizing the "poor" Africans. Unfortunately, their involvement in Africa held catastrophic results for the Africans: slavery, poverty, civil unrest, not to mention years of already suc ...
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