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AIDS
Number of Words: 454 / Number of Pages: 2
... of all cases in the U.S. Adult women make up 15 percent and children make up the other 1- percent of the cases. (Encarta 99) People have been lead to believe so many fictional stories about the ways of contracting and HIV; it’s hard to know what to believe. The truth is, the main way of getting this disease is unprotected sex. Although condoms do work most of the time, they are not 100% effective. Abstinence is the only foolproof way of not being infected with this disease or one of the thousands of others. Besides sexual contact with a person carrying the virus or HIV, you can also be infected ...
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Suicide The Right To Die
Number of Words: 1494 / Number of Pages: 6
... assisted suicide is nothing new to society, dating back to the time Socrates 470-399 BC. With the interventions of Jack Kevorkian M.D., being played out in the media and in the courts, Doctor assisted suicide has become the focus of intense public and professional debate. Most of this attention is focused right here in Michigan because of Dr. Jack Kevorkian AKA, "Doctor Death". Doctor Kevorkian has assisted in over one hundred assisted suicides. The Debate There are many arguments for and against assisted suicide. Points for and against this practice encompass legal, ethical, religious and medical argu ...
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Domestic Violence
Number of Words: 1623 / Number of Pages: 6
... executives and nurses. Most are heavy set women whose assets are controlled by their husbands and cannot defend them physically. Battered women are found in all racial, religious, and ethical backgrounds as well as age groups and educational levels. ''Who are battered women? If you are woman, there is a fifty- percent chances it could be you!''(Walker 19) Statistical data on battered women is difficult to find because most records are buried in medical records, domestic disturbance calls to the police or the records of social service agencies. During my research I found that characteristics in nume ...
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Death Penalty
Number of Words: 741 / Number of Pages: 3
... offence, can also happen to me. But individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc. An individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a child, will probably never understand any limit as to what they can do, until ...
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A Direct Democracy
Number of Words: 808 / Number of Pages: 3
... direct democracy will be enforced by means of secure networks of interactive electronic devices hooked up to every voter’s home, or convenient voting center. Registered voters will be able to vote for all state, county, city offices and governments. The voters will be able to advise their representative by a majority vote on upcoming bills. The nonpartisan representative must honestly and truthfully inform voters, so they can make informed decisions.
California should not adopt this amendment because it is way too expensive and they don’t have the funds for the installation and upkeep. It is to ...
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The Apathy Of Generation X
Number of Words: 1436 / Number of Pages: 6
... to. When asked to give an example the student stated, "he made a reference to World War I, I thought he was going to say he fought in that one too!" (www.mtv.com/chooseorlose). While Bob Dole is a isolated instance, many youthful voters feel that there is a ever growing distance between them and the older generations. Another reason that young people are turning away is lack of education towards politics. While this could be said for any age group, it seems to be more prevalent in younger people. The lifestyle of younger people does not allow for a everyday exposure to politics as those of a older ...
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Islamic Women
Number of Words: 409 / Number of Pages: 2
... happens the man is responsible for caring and supporting both of them. In order to marry another woman however, the man must have the permission of his first wife. Although Muslim women have had been married at extremely young age, this practice is related to the fact that father and other male relatives generally have chosen the grooms themselves. There are however some discrepancies. are not treated equally in the face of the law. “Ones women statement in the court is equal to half of one man.” The same principle also applies to inheritance and other issues. The Koran states that the man, since he i ...
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The Cold War - Foreign Policy - Eisenhower And Kennedy
Number of Words: 1206 / Number of Pages: 5
... once this plan was determined by both
presidents. The policy of containment was the policy of the time, it said
that our main goal was to keep communism from spreading. It would be later
seen that the focus of our efforts would be on the third world nations
which were weak and thus possible to have their governments overthrown.
Although both presidents agreed on the topic of containment, Kennedy was a
little more forceful in his approach. This was seen through his
inauguration speech in which he made clear his central opposition to
communism. He felt that the nation was not doing enough to combat it. ...
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Should Governments Use Private
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... health care fees. Many people say that private for-profit health care is less efficient and more expensive than public health care. Private health care would cause people who cannot function in such a competitive environment to suffer. But think about the benefit we will have for the majority people. Isn't "majority rules" the main theory in democratic countries? Expanding private health care is the only way to cut costs and reduce waiting lists in a public system that has been stretched to the limits by federal funding cuts. A private enterprise economy creates a competitive environment. People work h ...
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Law Of Precedent
Number of Words: 1360 / Number of Pages: 5
... of the more common drawbacks to the law of precedent is that over
time, a law may be found as no longer applicable, or on the other hand, a new
decision may be found in a trial which can also be undesirable. Keep in mind
that the courts are not supposed to create new policies to deal with new
problems, that is the role of the legislature. This drawback is prevalent in
two forms: The first is the ruling of a court case, and the second is the
sentencing or judicial decision of a case.
In order to examine the first form an example is given. A long time ago,
sexual harassment at the wo ...
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