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Terrorism
Number of Words: 2470 / Number of Pages: 9
... have been documented. Many have not been as sever as the federal building bombing, but they have been in the forms of pipe bombs, police stand-offs, bank robberies, attacks on abortion providers and many others. (Terror from Within-MSNBC) However, some terrorist attacks are not preformed by Americans. An example of one of two documented cases of outside attacks on the United States is the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. (The Centre for National Security Studies, April 26, 1995) The US is now a big target for outside and we always will be as long as we are a powerful nation with a lar ...
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Pluralism As The Most Descriptive Theory Of American Government
Number of Words: 208 / Number of Pages: 1
... theories, claiming that we as individuals have no voice, and are
merely pawns in some larger game, and there are those others who support
what is known as the pluralist theory. Pluralism suggests that policy
decisions are not the result of an individual citizen's vote (or a vote of
a population of citizens) but instead the result of the interaction and
competition of various interest groups. This theory, it can be argued, is
the most descriptive of America as we know it. There are several examples
on which to draw in order to support this theory. In the April 8th issue of
Time Magazine1, there app ...
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Ebonics Is Not The Answer
Number of Words: 1827 / Number of Pages: 7
... may well have to be overhauled, and some fairly extensive linguistic training will need to occur. Teachers will need to know how to weave dialect instruction into reading, writing, and oral language development in order to connect it to real communicative functions. Society has a clear vested interest in educating its youth. In his most famous decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in Brown vs. Board of Education "Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments... In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is ...
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Abortion
Number of Words: 397 / Number of Pages: 2
... it gives a simple solution that is morally wrong. People should not be able to play God and decide if a baby should live or die. Not even the parents of the child.
There a few circumstances that could possibly be considered a option. Rape is one of them. A person that was raped should have the option to an because she did not choose to have the child. There was really no way to prevent what happened. In any other case should not be allowed. The moral issue of taking a person even if it is a baby still in its mother should not be allowed.
The killing of an innocent baby that cannot make its ...
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Alcoholism
Number of Words: 737 / Number of Pages: 3
... that once a quitter always a quitter. Being a Varsity wrestler and football player, those words inspired me to always to obtain my goals no matter the obstacles standing in my way. I believe a person that quits a sport or drops a difficult class in high school will do the same when a difficult task is in front of him in the real world. My father has guided me to be myself and not to live my life as a follower, but to be a leader. As a senior football captain, my leadership must be great. Many young teammates look up to me as a student and athlete. For me to provide poor leadership would be a disappoi ...
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Communication And Race
Number of Words: 1210 / Number of Pages: 5
... 1998). Shan and Thorton (1994) state that previous research of minority groups has shown that minorities are sometimes depicted as being "violent, primitive, and politically unsophisticated." Furthermore, they postulate that certain types of behaviors among minorities may be "understood by whites as pathological or deviant" because of how the news media represent them. This representation is inaccurate because it ignores historical context and structural explanations for social trends. In addition, Shan and Thorton state that newsmagazines reproduce racism by perpetuating a racial hierarchy carried out ...
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Raves
Number of Words: 1378 / Number of Pages: 6
... it causes health problems. Recently the drug has become very popular and the rising popularity is from the influence of the rave movement. Boom, Boom, Boom. The sound of the new innovative music, responsible for cultivating and transforming society erupts from the speakers of a rave. Codes of conduct at are nonexistent. With out rules the crowds are encouraged to participate in whatever they find pleasing. People attend the to dance, but in actuality the ravers seek thrill through clandestine actions. usually are praised for creating peaceful and positive vibes, but in spite of the fun and happiness ...
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Steps To A Better Life
Number of Words: 677 / Number of Pages: 3
... parents are nonsmokers. In households where only one parent smokes, young people are also more likely to start smoking. Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious health problems to an unborn child. Smoking during pregnancy accounts for an estimated 20 - 30% of low birth weight babies, up to 14% of pre-term deliveries and 10% of all infant deaths! If all women quit smoking during pregnancy, about 4,000 new babies would live each year. Pregnant women who smoke or are exposed to second hand smoke pass three carcinogens to their fetuses: Benzo (a) pyrene which causes lung and skin cancer; (b) p-aminobiphe ...
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The United States And Immigration
Number of Words: 1324 / Number of Pages: 5
... As the population grows at an insane rate, our free space is going to get much smaller. Not only is the population rising extremely fast, but also we are letting thousands of people into the country. The more people there are, the less room there is for everyone. We can’t continue to place everyone together as close as possible. It will only result in a large population moving away to avoid being overcrowded. The more people that live in an area, the more traffic there is. Traffic is a big issue as far as stress and where you want to live. A limit is needed on people entering cities so they ca ...
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The Higher Education Act Is Unfair To Students
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... rapist and thieves right to receive financial aid.
On December 15th, 1998 James Wolf was convicted of possession of less than one gram of marijuana. This conviction caused the former Western Carolina University student to withdraw from college because he could not afford to pay tuition and book fees without federal aid. In February of 1999 James Wolf was convicted of delivery of one kilogram of cocaine. When asked why he was dealing in cocaine, he replied, " I was trying to raise money to finish college." It looks like James will be studying in prison now.
Now I ask you, " Does this law seem f ...
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