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Chechnya
Number of Words: 2476 / Number of Pages: 10
... hostility and warfare. In 1991, immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Chechen rebel leader Jokar Dudayev hopped on the bandwagon with other seceding republics, and ceased an opportunity to declare independence from Russia, or "Mother Moscow". "Most Soviet nationalities did not like the Russians, whom they saw as a colonial, or occupying power" (Roskin 284). Contrary to places like Estonia, Armenia, and Ukraine, did not fully succeed at seceding and was still legally a member of the Russian Federation (Dyer). In practice, they were as independent as you could get, and they live ...
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Sexual Abstinence
Number of Words: 2154 / Number of Pages: 8
... The dangers of going through a pregnancy without seeing a doctor are not only serious to the mother and child, but may risk the lives of both. "I'm doing the body count at 3 a.m. at Ben Taub [Hospital]," said Dr. Hunter Hamill, "and I can tell you that most of our (teen pregnancy prevention) programs aren't working. We have blood on our hands." (Feldman 1). Without seeing doctors or receiving correct pre-natal care, the risk of complications for mother and child nearly quadruple. Not only can these complications include still birth, but may also cause excessive bleeding and hemorrhaging of the ...
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An Analysis Of Political Eliti
Number of Words: 2870 / Number of Pages: 11
... really has political power in Canada.
Though this paper is an analysis of elitism, we must also dissect the concept of democracy. Needless to say, without democracy in a political system, elitism would not exist. Democracy was a concept developed by the Greeks and the Romans during the classical period. It comes from the Greek word "demos", which means "the people"; and "kratien", which means "to rule". In essence, democracy is a nation’s people rule themselves through elected representatives. Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia reminds us of an important point though. Though the words "democracy" and "rep ...
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The People's Choice?
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... candidate's views haven't changed. All that is changed is how the people perceive the candidate's views. However, if a candidate must run alone, there will be a much clearer idea of where exactly each candidate stands on various issues.
Secondly, by choosing the Vice President through this method, there will be a dissemination through party lines. The position of President is the single most important that a member of any party can hold, but with a Vice president of a possible separate party there is a large chance that Americans will focus less on party lines and more on specific candidates. Eventual ...
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The 26 Amendments Of The US Constitution
Number of Words: 3094 / Number of Pages: 12
... seized.
Amendment V (1791)
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor shall private propert ...
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The Electoral College System
Number of Words: 1181 / Number of Pages: 5
... on four different occasions (Peirce 39).
Basically the Electoral College system works like this today. Every
ten years the census figures adjusts how many representatives each state
has. This number plus two, representing the two senators, equals how many
electors each state has. Also Washington DC has 3 electors. Then each state
has the right to decide how to select these electors. Forty-eight states
use the general ticket system, two, Maine and Nebraska, use the district
system. The general ticket system is supposed to operate as follows. There
is a direct vote election held in each ...
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Ghandi's Influence On India
Number of Words: 629 / Number of Pages: 3
... people.
Ghandi was a man who took advantage of his home countries colonization and took the opportunity to go to England and study law, were he met many Indian anarchists. He thought methods were to brute and would not be sufficient, he came up with his idea of “hind swaraj” or Indian home rule, swaraj alone means self rule or independence. This was an idea that Ghandi felt extremely strong of, with that in mind
Ghandi wrote a pamphlet describing his ideas for India and how with the use of “swaraj” the goals could be achieved. Ghandi like Vivekenanda also opposed western culture, but he was a bit ...
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The Corruption Of Power
Number of Words: 487 / Number of Pages: 2
... the underdog's accusations may be twisted undermine the real issue.
The power to distort is often give the assistance of higher authority, the
government perhaps, and often lead to victory, therefore losing rights that they
have originally been given.
Recent problems have occurred involving the Cincinnati Reds owner, Marge
Schott. By exercising her freedom of speech and her opinion, she was forced to
lose her property, being her Major League Baseball team the Cincinnati Reds.
She stated that what Adolph Hitler did in World War II to the Jewish people was
right. To most people, this statement ...
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US Politics And Foreign Policy
Number of Words: 576 / Number of Pages: 3
... in Quebec, (almost crumbling
literally, due to Olympic Stadium, the billion dollar fizzle) it is
interesting to think what would happen if they did separate? Would
Canadians be in too bad a mood to negotiate with Quebec if they separated?
Question is, would they negotiate at all? If Quebec did separate, the
border ramifications would be just astronomical, trade routes would be
chopped off, and a whole number of other things just too much to explain.
Reading an article about a speech that external affairs minister
Joe Clark was presenting jogged my mind a bit. Talking about the serious
c ...
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Media
Number of Words: 446 / Number of Pages: 2
... I have learned that the informal sanctions, public humiliation and shame, are far more effective than the formal sanctions in preventing crime. When people who are having a hard time dealing with being a parent see something like this in the , they may stop to think about their actions. A good idea would be to run several articles on where parents can go to for help. The combination of the two, may help prevent this from happening to another child. As a mother I have a definite interest in this crime. I cannot even begin to understand how anyone could do something like that to someone so helpless. I am ...
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