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Congressmen And Their Influences
Number of Words: 1830 / Number of Pages: 7
... of formulating policy some relationships are dominant over others. The
only ones that would be lower than a freshman Democrat in the 105th Congress
from a rural, low industry district are probably those that represent our
protectorates Guam, Puerto Rico, etc. Many levels within the parties and the
institution afford some members leadership roles and positions that they can use
to sway the other members. The Whips, Majority and Minority leaders and the
Speaker of the House are looking for party cohesion and also bi-partisan support
for a bill. Coalitions are forged or broken depending on the iss ...
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Marijuana Abuse
Number of Words: 1197 / Number of Pages: 5
... the rebellious youth, and the "hippie movement." This evolved into increased use among the older population as well. This trend continues to this day. Marijuana use can be termed abuse. Today the debate over marijuana is a major controversy that affects our society as a whole. During the 60's it was easy to depict marijuana as a beneficial and completely harmless substance because there was not enough scientific research done during this time (Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia). Today we know that the levels of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana called tetrahydrocannabinol, in marijuana are fo ...
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Gender Selection
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... with the dawn of the twenty-first century, that technology has arrived and mankind is faced with a very important decision: whether or not to “play God” and manipulate the gender of their child to suit their preferences. The romance of having the perfect nuclear family, with two boys and two girls’ fills the heads of young couples everywhere, and when given the opportunity, many are likely to accept and genetically alter their offspring so that they do indeed have two girls and two boys. The consequences are largely unknown, and could be dire. Technology can alter the sex. What altering the genetic m ...
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Governement's Bureaucratic Half-Witted Laws
Number of Words: 1532 / Number of Pages: 6
... law. Alabama is not the
only state with laws that seem useless. In California community leaders
passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try to stop a child
from playfully jumping over puddles of water. The fine for such a crime is
fifty dollars and up to ten days in jail. Once again a government decided it
didn't have enough power and thought that it might as well impose a new law to
show its "immense" power over the people.
In Connecticut you can be stopped be the police for bike riding over
sixty-five miles an hour. You can also be arrested for walking across a
street on your ha ...
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The Jury System
Number of Words: 710 / Number of Pages: 3
... But, Jerome Frank, one of delegates of legal realists, criticized
jury system in Law & the Modern Mind, 1930. " A lot of verdicts are
irresponsible juries' products of caprice and prejudice, for example, the
defendant is a rich corporation, the plaintiff is a poor boy and the
counsel is an eloquent speaker. Such facts often decide who wins or loses."
He characterizes that juries have tendency to like weak people and hate
strong people. Jury system seems to have many problems. A sophisticated and
rich person, a person of position and a busy businessman do not want to
become a juror, because ...
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Conservative Personalities
Number of Words: 664 / Number of Pages: 3
... him.
Under such leader, the performance of the financial section has begun to
suffer. Due to his conservative personality, the tendency to face changes is
very low. When sudden changes occur and as the same time the upper doesn't give
guidelines immediately, Jack can't handle well under this situation. Then the
flexibility and imagination in facing different situations tend to absolutely
low. Because his task-oriented leadership, he always neglects the new ideas and
unresponsive to change.
Mostly important, Jack doesn't realize the importance of staff
motivation. Subordinates think that the b ...
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No Title
Number of Words: 747 / Number of Pages: 3
... youngsters tend to do better at basketball, for instance, is that they assume they can learn to do it well, and so they practice constantly to prove themselves right (543). Raspberry emphasizes the importance of developing positive ethnic traditions (544). He tells how people suspect Jews have an innate talent for communications (544). People make assumption that Chinese are born with a gift for mathematical reasoning (544). Raspberry thinks we are “…raising up yet another generation of young blacks who will be failures by definition”(544). Raspberry concludes the essay referring to blacks in the ...
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At The Height Of His Career, W
Number of Words: 517 / Number of Pages: 2
... local Newspapers spoke something of Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Some blamed the suicide on his unhappy childhood and how he was a Ritalin child. While others blamed it on his drug addiction that he had spent all of his young life trying to relieve himself from. But why the reasoning for the unpredictable suicide, Cobain left behind millions of fans asking why he’s gone. Why? Most people who commit suicide do so for personal reasons, such as despair, fears of the future, fears of failure or of not being loved. Society plays a huge part in a lot of suicides. As society becomes more complex a person’s stres ...
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Was Khruschev's Foreign Policy Successful?
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... was calling “peaceful co-existence”.
Although certainly not insignificant, these episodes proved to be islands of co-operation a sea of confrontation. They did not prevent hardening of Europe’s division into Eastern and Western Blocs. The Soviet reaction included organising the Warsaw pact, the Moscow dominated military alliance that after 1955 stood opposed to Nato across Europe.
The Soviets also worked to mend their fences with communist nations in an attempt to reunite the communist world, including a 1954 treaty with China. The soviet leaders enjoyed great success in their approach to the newl ...
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How The Canadian Economy Is De
Number of Words: 2088 / Number of Pages: 8
... The Canadian economy gains access to the U.S economy that is ten times its size. While the U.S economy will gain the lower-priced Canadian goods.
These two agreements show how much the Canadian economy relies on the United States economy and threw these two agreements the Canadian producers can export and import U.S goods easily and at an affordable and profitable price. In this paper I will show you how the FTA and the NAFTA help the Canadian economy export and import into the U.S economy and will show you how much the Canadian economy needs the American economy to do business.
Why are the ...
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