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What Are You Watching
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... television (“V-Chip: A Matter of Law” 21).
Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who spearheaded the drive for the V-chip, argues that there is nothing in the legislation that limits the content of programs. He, and other supporters of the V-chip, said that the broadcasters would still be able to air any programming they wish. They will just have to accompany the programming with a rating that will help identify to parents the content of the programs. He emphasizes that it will be left to the parents to decide which programs they wish to view, not the government (“Markey Chip” 11).
Broadcasters ...
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Goals And Accomplishing Your Dreams
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... training to be a lawyer will take time
and commitment. I must constantly look at where I am now and evaluate where I
need to go from here. There will never be a time in your life where you are at
the top. You must keep climbing the ladder of success. Fortunately I know that.
I have a good G.P.A., but I know there is always someone smarter than me, so I
continue to expand my knowledge.
Also, there are many obstacles that will stand in my way. Most of the
decisions I will make in the next ten years will have a profound impact on me as
a person, and society as a whole. I hope that we, as ...
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Nazism
Number of Words: 1097 / Number of Pages: 4
... there was a new and ominous agency. A minor department in the
Berlin police, detailed to watch anticonstitutional activities, was put
under Goring's command. As of April 26, 1933, this old Department IA of
the Prussian political police was replaced by the Geheime Staatspolizei
("Secret State Police"), better known as the Gestapo. Within two years its
actiones would be free from judicial review and it would take its place
beside the SD (Sicherheitsdienst, or "Security Service") and the security
branch of the SS in a sadistic competition to achieve the totalitarian
state.
Until this time ...
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Birthing Cermonies Of Other Cultures
Number of Words: 2292 / Number of Pages: 9
... around the seventh month, the mother introduces the baby
to the natural world. She does this by taking walks in the fields and over the
hills. They believe that the baby is consciously taking all of this in to
prepare him/her for life within that culture.
When the baby is born none of the mothers children should be
around. The only people there are the ones that were chosen by the
representatives and the parents. If someone can not make it then someone will
have to fill in for them. The only people besides children who are not allowed
to see are the single women. The only w ...
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The Role Of Women In India And South America
Number of Words: 1369 / Number of Pages: 5
... women. Every 7
minutes a woman is raped, every 45 minutes a woman is kidnapped or abducted.
335 of women are subjected to cruelty. 17 dowry deaths are reported every
day. In the reading done this semester it is shown that the treatment of
women in India is not often understood.
"The Shroud", written by Prem Chand, is a perfect example on how women are
disrespected by their husbands. The women in the story dies during
childbirth and her husband is worried too much about his own enjoyment than
purchasing a proper shroud for her to be burned in. This is quite an
isolated case though, because t ...
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The First Impression
Number of Words: 753 / Number of Pages: 3
... man who was on a quest to find himself decided
to do a trek across the United States. When he reached the state of Arizona, he
met up with a man in ragged clothes, messy hair and in need of a bath. Still,
the young man started up a conversation and found this hobo to be very
intellectual and pleasant man despite his appearance. As night approached each
went and sought shelter for the night, but before they departed the hobo said
"You think I'm a bum, am I right?" Being truthful the young man replied "Yes."
"I am really a millionaire," the hobo confessed, "I dress and live this way
because I want ...
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Feminists
Number of Words: 986 / Number of Pages: 4
... at doing so. This revolution had been known as womanpower.
Men still believe that women should obtain jobs like secretaries and nurses instead of being the bosses or the doctors. It is hard on any man's ego to have a woman in a superior position to them or to have a wife bring home a higher income than he, but they seem to be more understanding to the situation. However, women have not taken this into consideration. They feel that they have been below the average man, that it is time to show the world what women are made of. Women are not cruel by doing this, because they know they have t ...
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Straight-Edge: What It Is And What It Isn't
Number of Words: 1014 / Number of Pages: 4
... Ian MacKaye, the band's singer, not only coined
the phrase, but it encompassed all of the philosophies that a straight-edge
person believes in. There have been theories that an earlier punk band,
called the Teen Idols (which included Ian MacKaye and the drummer from
Minor Threat*), started the ideology of straight-edge, but the term was not
used until MacKaye wrote and published the song. Minor Threat have since
disbanded, but hardcore fans everywhere still follow the words of the song.
(MacKaye later joined up with the punk band Fugazi and is tragically no
longer straight-edge.)
The symbol of stra ...
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Immigration And Population In America
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... in the colonies. Africans made up nineteen percent of the
population while the Irish and Scots accounted for fifteen percent.
Germany made up seven percent, Dutch three, and French two percent. The
ethnic diversity of the United States was obvious. (222)
In 1790, many Americans became worried that the many different
groups of people would “fracture the nation.... Thomas Jefferson worried
that immigrants from monarchical countries, untutored in the ways of
democracy would ‘warp and bias’ the direction of American political
development. Reflecting such fears, the nations first Naturalization ...
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Causes Of Divorces
Number of Words: 932 / Number of Pages: 4
... up a marriage. This could be due to lack of trust, lost of interest, or the cheating spouse choosing the "new" love. Being in this situation for either partner is never easy and when children are involved, the situation only becomes worse. Sometimes with counseling it can be worked through, but when it is not fixable deep hurt feelings are left behind for the innocent spouse to deal with.
When a young couple has fallen in love, often they will think that they are with the right person and will make an impulsive decision to get married. Granted that sometimes these young and inexperienced couples ...
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