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Pro Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... who are against it feel that the death penalty is not a deterrent and that it is barbariaertic of the past. It has no place in a civilized society today. One of the biggest arguments against capital punishment is people feel that it violates the eighth amendment which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. People against Capital Punishment believe the death penalty is absurd and is in un-christian practice. Further more, they feel society should not" encourage sentiments of vengenance cater to morbid interest in ritual execution." Criminologists also built a strong case that the threat of death fail ...
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'96 Elections
Number of Words: 485 / Number of Pages: 2
... thinking of
something to say quickly and making their point clear to the audience in order
to make a difference in the debates. The debates are a time to show the
audience the flaws the other candidate might have and to also show them the good
things that you may have to offer them as their president or vice-president.
Dole is the major republican candidate for president. One of Dole's major
plans in his presidency, if he is elected, is to cut taxes and balance the
budget. This is a very hard thing to do, but it is a good aspect of Bob Dole.
He also has a goal for a plan of economic growth. ...
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Condemnation Of The Church And Foreign Intervention
Number of Words: 1559 / Number of Pages: 6
... teh film portrays the power of the church when Jose and Maria wish to marry but they cannot afford the cost that is required by the church. I think this illustrates the power of the church because if one cannot afford to pay thefee they cannot marry that not event the poorest peasants can escape its grip. A scene with the blessing of the animals also portrays how the grip and influence, the scene has a massive amount of people flocking to the church.
In the film Maria Candelaria Jose and Maria wish to marry but they cannot afford the cost that is required by the church. I think this illustrates the ...
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Bilingual Education
Number of Words: 1472 / Number of Pages: 6
... we didn’t know that wouldn’t work, however, it’s time to move on and do the right thing and switch to English Only.
Lyndon Johnson was president, we had the futile dream of world peace, at the same time we were “Bombing the North Vietnamese into the stone-age”. In the final year of LBJ’s presidency sever new education initives were taken as part of the last step in his “Great Society” programs. One of these new initives was . At the time it was supported by the Liberal whites in this country, for the most part the conservative Hispanic sect was opposed to such measures. The idea at the time was, k ...
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Sobering Studies
Number of Words: 578 / Number of Pages: 3
... apparent for this year's Penn State-Michigan game. What students (as well as everyone else who drinks) need to realize is that drinking is not a solution to any kind of problem. Alcohol, like caffeine, nicotine and heroin, is a drug. Beverage companies can paint them any color they want, but nothing is going to take away that fact. Like any drug, alcohol is potentially addictive. The best test is to figure out whether you use the drug, or the drug is using you. As the summer is in its midst, more students will be inclined to drink after the stress of finals and even graduation. Don't let the summer b ...
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Keep Our Water Clean: Clean Water Act
Number of Words: 1000 / Number of Pages: 4
... that we have
worked for since 1972 will be lost. It will take all of the advances made to
clean our water and totally reverse them. This bill will take apart the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, leaving loopholes for businesses
desiring to pollute our waters. This bill also demonstrates a flagrant disregard
for the state of scientific and technological knowledge in the area of water
quality. It will corrupt our water in such a way as to totally abolish the Clean
Water Act, rendering it obsolete.
The intent of the of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1995 is to
increase flexibility on ...
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The Need For Peace In The Midd
Number of Words: 678 / Number of Pages: 3
... city and hopes a deal will win world recognition of that right. Palestinians, on the other hand, wish to reclaim east Jerusalem for the capital of a new Palestinian state and want to share sovereignty. This issue should be resolved by making Jerusalem ‘no man’s land’. Jerusalem should be governed by an independent, neutral third party. Palestinians and Israelis would share it, as neither party would have control. If the Christians can share it with the Jews and Arabs, why can’t the Jews and Arabs share with each other? The creation of a Palestinian state is one of the main issues the Palestinians are ...
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A Case Against The Minimum Wag
Number of Words: 1982 / Number of Pages: 8
... (Tannenbaum and Gupta B1) By having minimum wage laws the government is trying to ensure that everyone has a better standard of living and a more equal chance of competing with the higher income families and a fairer chance to improve their economic condition.
In talking about low-income families the topic of equal rights arises and what an individual can do to get fair treatment regardless of their income. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy enacted the Kennedy rights, and among them is the right to be a minority consumer without a disadvantage. The word minority not only refers minorities but also ...
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FEMINISM
Number of Words: 690 / Number of Pages: 3
... well as a psychologist. She has many theories that deal with moral reasoning and development. In her influential book In a Different Voice, she sets forth the idea that women make decisions “according to a criteria of ethics of care and that men make decisions according to an ethic of rights.”(3) In her book, Carol Gilligan also disagrees with Lawrence Kohlbergs' theory, which suggests that “Few people matured fully in their moral reasoning...but women hardly ever did.”(2) In her opposition Gilligan stated that “women make moral decisions according to different but equally mature and morally upright re ...
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Female Genital Mutilation
Number of Words: 1595 / Number of Pages: 6
... not find husbands. In most cases they will become outcasts.” is not a new practice. In fact circumcised females have been discovered among the mummies of ancient Egyptians. A Greek papyrus dated 163 BC refers to operations performed on girls at the age they received their dowries. A Greek geographer reported the custom of circumcision of girls he found while visiting Egypt in 25 BC. In Africa female circumcision has been reported in at least twenty-six countries and can be viewed as a public health problem “because of its wide geographic distribution, the number of females involved and the serious com ...
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