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Costs And Contributions: The Wave From South Of The Border
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... buses and drive cars to work. In
southern CA, one-third of all bus riders are recent immigrants.
Myers noted that immigration is raising other issues, including
overcrowded housing. The US definition of acceptable housing was two or less
persons per room until 1960, when the definition was change to one or less per
room. However, as immigrants
moved into southern CA, overcrowding jumped, raising questions about how
aggressively cities should enforce housing codes developed during a non-
immigrant era." Many are haunted by the question: will we be hurt? Over
crowding has had a m ...
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Teenage Girls And Eating Disorders
Number of Words: 659 / Number of Pages: 3
... until she has lost all of the food and feels relieved. This becomes habit forming and the teenage girl learns to binge and purge at every meal or snack. Anorexia is another popular quick fix for the teenage girl to lose weight. Anorexia is a disorder in which the girl just does not eat. The girl will start off with not eating one meal until she is eating no meals at all. She will go for days at a time without eating. This goes on until the girl is satisfied with herself. Often the teenager is never satisfied and continues to be anorexic until it is too late. Teenage girls often resort to ta ...
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Domestic Violence
Number of Words: 1300 / Number of Pages: 5
... of 1993 and the first three months of 1994
Portland averaged about 1,000 calls each month or 12,000 calls a year.
In January 1992, 30 criminal domestic violence complaints were issued.
For January 1994, the number was more than 100.
Nationally, estimates range from 2 to 4 million women assaults each year.
Some studies show that 20 to 30 percent of all women who seek help at
hospital emergency rooms are there because of domestic violence.
Kyra Woods never made it to the emergency room. Whoever killed her saw to
that. She suffered 13 stab wounds to the back five of them so violent t ...
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Gays: A Struggle For Acceptance
Number of Words: 4700 / Number of Pages: 18
... active and words like desegregation and equal rights for all became
synonymous with the American way of life. Stand up and fight against those who
have done you wrong! This is what gave homosexuals such a conviction to start
fighting for their own cause. This paper will follow the progress of gay and
lesbians in the twentieth century before, during and after World War II. What
was their position in the armed forces during the war and what was government
and military policy during and after the war on gays in the army and in
government positions? How did gay and lesbians respond to the new policies afte ...
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Juveniles: Too Young To Die?
Number of Words: 1675 / Number of Pages: 7
... in effect.
Another strong outcry for the death penalty comes from those wanting
restitution for the death of a loved one. It is the thought that a life is the
ultimate price to pay which fuels this argument. The delineation between adults
and juveniles is much less clear on this point. Age doesn't seem to make much of
a difference when dealing with restitution. Putting an individual to death seems
to put the minds of certain individuals at ease. This argument is what makes
that 9% seem to be the vast majority.
The distinction between juveniles and adults is a very important one.
It is often a dec ...
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Diversity On Campus
Number of Words: 957 / Number of Pages: 4
... to the world's survival.
The attitudes and values are well defined concepts that are appropriate for college students to acquire have been described as: "1. Appreciation of similarities and differences. 2.Utilization of techniques that exemplify the best traditions of true democracy. 3.Respect for equal worth of one's self and every other person. 4. Respect for law and order; honesty and integrity of thought and action; responsibility; and education.5. Respect for the rights of all equal protection under the law,as well as equal opportunity to secure education, employment, housing, and equal accommo ...
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Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... Nothing. It is every
person's right and responsibility to shield him or herself from any language and
other audio and visual provided I do not say anything false which could hurt
another person's reputation messages that is found demeaning to the individual.
One person may find my !@#$%& language offensive, yet another may find my
language rather humorous and meaningful. I feel that when I use offensive
language, I am more thoroughly stressing my point. Allow me to demonstrate my
point. I have just been shot in the knee cap on my way to the Noble Prize Award
Dinner, and I will now be disquali ...
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Senior Citizens And Driving Tests
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... the roads.
Along the lines of qualifications I am an experienced driver with three near accidents due to an elderly driver. One of these times almost resulted in me hitting a pedestrian with my car. Also I’ve lived in a town my entire life where every summer a Senior Citizen careens around the area the area in his Buick inadvertently running bicyclists off the road and disregarding pedestrian ad motorist safety. Also with my position in the hospital I am privy to certain information. A certain time an Elderly person came to the hospital after a stroke, which left him without the ability to move ...
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Drug Use Among Teenagers
Number of Words: 611 / Number of Pages: 3
... is literally thousands of times that, making the
drug essentially non-toxic. LSD can be administered a number of ways,
the most common: orally through paper, sugar cubes, on a piece of gelatin,
or by pill; intravenously; or intramuscularly. A standard dose with
noticeable hallucinogenic effects is about 100-200 ug. The intensity of the
trip is proportional to the size of the dose -- it is interesting to note,
though, that the duration of the trip seems to stay the same at higher doses
(Freedman, 1984). The initial effects begin 20-40 minutes with a sense of
euphoria ...
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Interracial Adoption
Number of Words: 2690 / Number of Pages: 10
... learn about your own heritage, the more enlightened you are to others. Some families celebrate their heritage by cooking certain types of food, with recipes handed down from generation to generation. Others celebrate holidays differently or not at all.
America is known as the “melting pot,” where people of different backgrounds live together. People with different background marry and start their own traditions. These differences are not visible, but skin color and hair texture are visible. In Ivor Gaber’s article, He writes how a Christian single mum adopted an olive skinned Muslim, because both ...
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