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Political Parties
Number of Words: 2039 / Number of Pages: 8
... officials. Parties began to emerge in Europe and North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when elected legislatures became a dominant force in government.
In the earliest decades in which existed, their memberships were quite small. In the United States and England, for example, most citizens were not allowed to vote. Party membership, therefore, consisted mainly of landowners, members of the nobility, factory owners, merchants, and other wealthy individuals By the third decade of the 19th century in the United States, and somewhat later in Europe, the right to vote was extended t ...
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Hate Crimes Should Not Be Puni
Number of Words: 784 / Number of Pages: 3
... fact still remains that he or she has been killed. With hate crime laws, the hate is being looked at, more so than the crime itself. Even though hate is a terrible thing to have in your heart, all Americans have the right to hate whatever or who ever they want (Hudson 1). Besides, if officials start punishing hate or unholy thoughts, they might as well make a new category of crime- thought crime. If this line of thinking were acted upon, then half of America would be behind bars.
As stated above, the idea of punishing crimes differently based on the victim might make some people or groups feel as if o ...
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Gender Differences
Number of Words: 1326 / Number of Pages: 5
... it comes to seeing other males
bigger or stronger than myself, that I don't feel too much pressure of
trying to look better than them. I am rather more concerned of my own
health and ways to improve it. I was really surprised when they told me
that other girls are the ones who usually criticize or pressure them.
When I was aware of this, I did notice, at times, while walking around
casually with my girl friends, when they weren't looking appropriate,
would get stares, hisses or comments from other females. I was even
surprised when I heard my girlfriends talking about other girls right in
front of ...
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Cigarette Smoking
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... is another problem forsmokers, now they have to go outside even in the winter to have acigarette, even though they used to be able to smoke inside.A strongsupporter on smokers rights is Democratic Assemblyman Dick Floyd, whowanted to vote for a controversial smokers right bill. He feels it is not a smoking bill, it merely protects the people who use legal substances suchas tobacco and alcohol in their homes from job discrimination. However, smoking in public places is a danger to non-smokers healthfor the reason of passive or second-hand smoke. The public does not realizethe significant hazards of pa ...
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Hunting The White-Tail Deer
Number of Words: 708 / Number of Pages: 3
... the deer without harming it. Debra Fluitt, a citizen of Tulsa, Oklahoma, said, “Last year a big white-tail deer came into my very own house as I was unloading groceries. When the police tried to get it out, it destroyed over $800 worth of my belongings and finally jumped through the window.” After the deer are captured in the city, they are taken back into an environment where food is scarce because of the over-populated deer that are already there. That deer then dies of starvation.
Furthermore, the white-tail deer is destroying the environment day by day. They eat crops that humans need f ...
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Ban Smoking In Public Places
Number of Words: 583 / Number of Pages: 3
... and the non-smokers voice can now be heard loud and clear. The government has an ongoing campaign to make mothers aware of the damage-smoking can do to the defenceless unborn child. If a woman smokes during pregnancy the she delivers nicotine and carbon monoxide into her babies blood stream. The baby is more likely to be born small and be more prone to illness in the first months of it s life than the child of non-smokers. Doctors have also said that it has been linked to cot deaths. Statistics show that the risk of a stillborn baby or one, who dies in the first week of birth, increases with every ...
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Business And Government Agencies
Number of Words: 722 / Number of Pages: 3
... that in question three.
Back to the ethics involved, it would be very important if the Director were to
try and be ethical about the issue he/she should give the appearance of ethical
procedure. One way this could be done is that a recommendation could be made
rulemaking be in a formal format. In addition she/he should be very careful to
limit ex parte contacts between himself and his former business associates.
Under no circumstance should the Director have conversation of any nature
involving this case. Under the circumstance that the drug was or was not
approved, the case could go before Judicial ...
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Whats Wrong With Communism
Number of Words: 257 / Number of Pages: 1
... a
Constitutional Democracy.
This form of government, very unlike yours, puts the power to the
people. Communism is a very old, and decaying way of rule. Communism, in a
broad definition, puts the ownership of farms, mines, factories, etc. in the
hands of a group of people. This leaves the individual with less freedoms.
This also weakens the economy. The Democracy is much the opposite.
The Constitutional Democracy in particular, is exceptionally effective.
Under this government many things are accomplished. A person has the ability
to make what they want of their life. They ...
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Racism
Number of Words: 569 / Number of Pages: 3
... multi-cultural worlds like Canada and the States. is a part of each and every one of us. No doubt, we are all racist, but this the term has been used too loosely. has been mutated to such an extent that it could be a reason for war, a symbol of terrorism, and even an excuse for neglecting. Is that all there is to it? No, actually it is just the beginning. is just like warfare in which there is no shelter and nobody is neutral. Nobody is exempt from this demon. He has haunted us with a bitter curse. On one occasion I remember, nobody would play with me at school. I would walk around by myself and ...
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Basic Principles Of Democracy
Number of Words: 913 / Number of Pages: 4
... passed. The rules and
restrictions that are accompanied by zoning are phenomenal. In many cases the
taxes rise depending on how property is zoned. For example, if property is zoned as commercial property the taxes are considerably higher than if property was in a residential area. Consequently the minority here is being punished. More permits must be acquired and plans must be approved before anything can be
done to ones own land. Zoning was voted in by the majority, however the
minority’s rights were not completely maintained. People need to maintain
certain basic rights, and these rights per ...
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