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Communication Progresses Between People
Number of Words: 808 / Number of Pages: 3
... Think of the father and son
separated by an ocean, one in England, the other in Newfoundland. This is
where the telephone plays a role. It facilitates an almost instantaneous
connection at a reasonable cost, and bridges a gap. Fortunately, this is
now made possible by satellite systems launched into orbit by a recently
developed rocket deployment system. Aside from this, people should attempt
to communicate with people in their immediate surroundings more often, and
use the more up-to-date technology sparingly, and only when appropriate.
If a walk is taken down the street, or perhaps a r ...
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What Is Welfare?
Number of Words: 1006 / Number of Pages: 4
... have been cut from $30 billion, in 1981, to $7 billion in 1987, and
only about 4 million of 10 million eligible households receive federal
rental assistance of any kind (Long 29).
In the essay, “A Nation of Welfare Families,” Stephanie Coontz
discusses her belief that all families in American history have depended on
the legislative, judicial, and social structures set up by the government
(Coontz 994). The suburban family of the 1950s was far more dependent on
government assistance than any so-called underclass family of today (Coontz
995). Federal GI benefit payments, available ...
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War On Poverty: Project South
Number of Words: 287 / Number of Pages: 2
... institute that
develops popular political and economic education and action research for
organizing and liberation. They contribute to the development of a strategic
vision for the movement emerging in the ese new times-bringing together
grassroots, scholar and cultural activists and youth on the basis of equality to
join in the process of understanding and transforming our society. The work of
Project South is funded by dues and contributions, in-kind work, and grants from
the Atlanta Black United Fund, the Center for Responsive Politics, the Schumann
Foundation, the Fund for Southern Communities, ...
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How Can We Control The Drink Till You Drop Mentality At Colleges?
Number of Words: 617 / Number of Pages: 3
... them make the grades and continue on with their education while at the same time continuing their drinking habit almost religiously.
The people that go to college and drink heavily for the first time or mix drugs with large amounts of alcohol are the ones that are effected the most by binge drinking. There have been more and more deaths related to binge drinking every year and the numbers are still climbing. When I said that binge drinking effected the student who had too much, or mixed drugs and alcohol I was wrong because when the student dies it’s their families that have to deal with the pain ...
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Dangerous Driving And The Effects On Youth
Number of Words: 1975 / Number of Pages: 8
... of Mr. Park's mother.
The problem of dangerous driving as viewed from a theoretical standpoint
can easily be identified with the social control theory. The control theory
questions not what motivates individuals and society in general to indulge in
societal deviant behaviour but rather examines what is within the structure of a
society that causes individuals to conform to social laws. A social control
theorist would argue that it is social pressures that prevent people from acting
out in deviant manners; otherwise people would act upon inborn animal impulses.
In this case, Mr. Park it seem ...
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Freud’s Three Types Of Anxiety And My Personal Experience
Number of Words: 1038 / Number of Pages: 4
... motion. “Here,” I managed to say. I handed over the whopping twenty dollars Swan Cleaners had made during the course of the day. Without counting it he ran out the door. With Sam at my side, we had realized what had happened, we’d been robbed; in broad daylight, by an old freaky man, on Sam’s third day. Instinct came over me; I chased the man outside and around the corner, to the rear parking lot. “AZZ9605, you’re fucked!” His eyes met mine with intensity as he threw himself in his car. My rational side soon caught up with my thoughts. Darting back into the store I called 9-1-1.
Four minutes had pa ...
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Road Rage
Number of Words: 2171 / Number of Pages: 8
... US government has named "aggressive drivers" as one of the most serious transportation challenges facing State legislatures today. Ricardo Martinez, federal administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has declared that is now the Number One traffic problem. The New York Times reported a poll in Washington, D.C., showing that 42% of the residents rate aggressive drivers as the biggest threat on the road, followed by drunk drivers (35%). The problem is so serious that insurance companies are devising ways to deny insurance to aggressive drivers and cut rates for pea ...
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Affirmative Action In Florida
Number of Words: 1071 / Number of Pages: 4
... to an even higher rate. Affirmative action, as it is instituted today, serves more to divide out society than to unite and equalize it. First implemented to protect the rights and opportunities of women and minorities, it has cascaded into policies that favoritize but do not necessarily achieve the fundamental goals behind affirmative action. Governor Jeb Bush of Tallahassee recently implemented a new initiative in the Florida Affirmative Action Plan. His new plan reflects the true spirit of affirmative action by eliminating ineffective practices and replacing them with more efficient manners o ...
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Partner Abuse
Number of Words: 1649 / Number of Pages: 6
... only important as a phenomenon in itself but also because it precedes
marital violence and thus may provide a link in transmission of violence. Here
are some theories that may provide some reasons how partner abuse occurs and the
prof that it is a problem on college campuses.
On theory of dating violence is the social learning theory. This theory
examines the effects of either experiencing abuse as child or witnessing abusive
between one's parents. Reachers of dating violence have found that there is a
history of abuse is related to later involvement in an abusive relationship for
both males and ...
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Rights, Responsibilities, And Growing-up
Number of Words: 394 / Number of Pages: 2
... effective tool available for teaching personnel responsibility, sportsmanship, safety, ethics of hunting, and the achievement of marksmanship, and much more. For many young people being allowed to own a firearm is a maturing experience. For example, the trust given to a son or daughter is very important, because that means that a parent knows their child will always do the right thing when it comes to safety and responsibility.
When I think my child is old enough and able to accept the responsibility of using a gun, I will carry on the tradition of teaching him or her the right way to do so. Hunt ...
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