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Harcourt Brace Warning Labels
791 wordsCharles Bradlaugh revealed the reality of censorship beautifully when he stated, "Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. " Bradlaugh realized the importance of restraining censorship from destroying truth. Censorship continues to be increasingly present in our everyday lives. ...
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Social Security Reform Money To Pay
1,269 wordsFinancial Concerns About the Future of Social Security "Will Social Security Have future financial difficulty?" In my view, Social security doesn't face a true financial crisis. But it does face a crisis of confidence among younger workers. One widely publicized survey showed more young workers believed in UFOs than believed Social Security would pay them full benefits when they need them. By the time young workers, such as myself, reach the retirement age; confidence should be very high in Soci...
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Matching Funds Major Parties
861 wordsThe federal election laws influenced Nader in many ways. He was excluded form the national televised debates. A bi partisan committee plans these debates on elections. They set the criteria for inclusion. Many third party advocates argue that this committee is biased and doesn't give the third parties a chance. This was the case with Nader. The committee says that a candidate with fewer than 15 % in a national pole doesn't have a substantial chance of winning, and therefore shouldn't be included...
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John Paul Ii Roman Catholic
556 wordsThis article deals with Vice-President Al Gores view on abortion. Al Gore is a strong advocate of a womens right to choose. He supports the Clinton administrations ask for a $ 35 million increase in federal funding of family-planning services. They also support a $ 4. 5 million grant to fund security improvements for abortion clinics at risk of violence by pro-life activists. Al Gore believes in a womans right to free choice regarding the life already existing inside of her, that she has the rig...
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O J Simpson Kennedy Administration
1,115 wordsThroughout the history of the United States of America, the Constitution has always been put to the test. The first amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and the press, comes from William Blackstone of England who wrote, "The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state, but this consists in laying no previous restraint upon publications, and not from censure... when published" (q. in Bain, par. 22). The founders of this great country originally created the firs...
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Tax Cuts Middle Class
482 wordsWhen there is a government surplus or an election approaching politicians propose a plan to reduce taxes. In this recent election the two candidates Al Gore and George Bush Jr. have proposed to different plans for these returns given to the U. S. citizens. Even though tax cuts are only a small portion of ones income, as a whole they benefit the economy if used wisely. Bush's proposal gives the majority of tax cuts to the wealthy. In contrast, Gore's proposal provides the tax cuts to the largest ...
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Horror Films People Love
519 wordsMany people go to the movies. The movies are an escape into a fantasy world. Everyone has a different preference on what kind of movie is the best. Romance, horror, action, and comedy are different types of movies. The kind of movie someone goes to see can give clues to what kind of person they are. People who prefer horror films obviously like to be grossed out or like to be frightened. The horror fans probably tend to enjoy suspense and anxiety. One might suspect these people love to go on fri...
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Pat Buchanan Richard Nixon
736 wordsThursday night the Phillips Center for Performing Arts hosted a very special guest appearance by the Reforms Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. In the year of presidential elections the two popular candidates George Bush and Al Gore really dont lash out on each other, which makes this years debates boring and long. Pat Buchanan is refreshing to the sense he doesnt care what he says about the other candidates. Pat Buchanan's history includes serving as an assistant to Richard Nixon, and a...
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Nightmare On Elm Street Film And Reality
1,437 words... x Seven, eight, gonna stay up late Nine, ten never sleep again. As a teenage girl wanders around a dark boiler room in only her nightgown, as a screeching is heard as knives are scratched against the pipes. A badly burned man wearing a dirty hat and striped sweater with knives for finger grabs her from behind and she then wakes up screaming in her bed, it was only a dream. Not long after this, the same girl is in another dream where she is being chased by the same man, Freddy Kreuger. As the...
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Public Policy Problems In The Environment
832 wordsPublic policy is defined by Websters as the The basic policy or set of policies forming the foundation of public laws, especially such policy not yet formally enunciated. The United States Government has many policies in the area of the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970 to help identify environmental problems in our nation, and to set policy on how to deal with those problems. Yet, with so much money spent by the government to deal with problems with the ...
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George W Bush Voter Turnout
1,434 wordsWhat's the U. S. all about? When asked that question almost everyone I know would reply: "Well, the U. S. represents democracy, capitalism, freedom, etc. " The first thing I noticed is that everyone seems to mention democracy first. If you quiz a random American on this, that's probably what they " ll think of too. It's also a point of view that might be the source of resentment for many Americans who are unhappy with our government right now. Why would that be? Because the U. S. is actually not...
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Effects And Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,098 wordsRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more than just arthritis. In deed, many doctors call it rheumatoid disease to emphasize its widespread nature. People with RA often describe feeling much as though they have a virus, with fatigue and aching acting on their muscles. It has been estimated that 2 million Americans with 60 % of them women, have rheumatoid arthritis (Brewer, Earl J, 2000). The condition usually appears in middle-aged people, in the forties and fifties, although it can begin at any age. Si...
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Al Gore Time Magazine
260 wordsMy article came from TIME magazine, July 17, 2000. This is a very short article on the Florida state senator, Bob Grahm. The basic issue is, can Bob Grahm be Al Gore? s Vice President? Basically the article talks about his obsessive behavior. Bob Grahm has over 4, 000 journals of his daily life for the past 23 years. He has an account for every meal he eats, every meeting, and every person he meets. Bob Grahm gave TIME magazine a copy of one day in September. It goes from 8: 45 - 9: 35 he eats b...
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Pursuit Of Happiness Drug Abuse
975 wordsDrug Legalization: Look at the Big Picture Drug abuse has progressively, over the last thirty years, become a tool for crime organizations and bureaucracies, independent and under the control of the federal government, used to transform drug addiction into a profit through the passage of countless laws against drug abuse. Gore Vidal's assertive essay communicated his belief that drug addiction should be legalized in order to ensure the eventual well-being and individual freedom guaranteed to Ame...
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Maximum That Is Politically Example Of Self Defense Abbey
992 wordsBill McKibben and Edward Abbey are both modern environmental writers who have had a noticeable impact on the environmental movement. One of Abbey s novels, The Monkey Wrench Gang, was an inspirational piece for some of the founders of Earth first! , a far-left environmentalist group. McKibben s most famous novel, The End of Nature (1989), is more widely read than any other nature book since Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring. Abbey, who is commonly associated with the Southwest, a has often been ...
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Marshall B Clinard Joining A Gang
1,447 wordsGangs are a Gangs Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today s cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answers to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. By looking at the way humans are influenced in society, ...
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Role Playing Survey Conducted
1,258 wordsSince the 1970 s when they were first introduced, videogames have evolved from a simple, white ball that bounced off the TV screen walls into 3 -dimensional, role-playing characters with realistic features, sounds, and actions. Children, in most cases, are the targets of many videogame producers. However, videogame producers have recently developed various role-playing games with such explicit adult content as violence and gore, and often, recurrent nudity or sexual themes. Special rating boards...
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Jenny Jones Television Violence
1,274 wordsTelevision Violence Society was changed forever through the invention of the television. We now have access to information across the globe and entertainment around the clock. At what point has the industry crossed the line in television entertainment? Mentally or physically we all at some point or another want to be like the television personalities we see on a daily basis. No one is more influenced than the impressionable youths who are raised by the television rather than their parents. After...
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Dylan Klebold Mentally Unstable
952 wordsSociety Music Censorship Music Censorship Society in general has always had its faults and glitches, some of which were remedied, others which will never be solved. Media, more specifically in the arts, have never been perfect and have always taken criticism throughout the history of time. In the last few decades or so though, censorship and music has gone hand in hand, one not being able to exist without the other. When a problem occurs in society where music is involved, the masses immediately...
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Frederick Douglas Leadership Qualities
686 wordsNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas, a slave born in Tuckahoe Maryland, was half white and half black. His mother was a black woman and his father a white man. Though he never knew his father, there was word that it was his master. Douglas wrote this narrative and I felt that it was very compelling. It really showed me the trials and tribulations that a black man went through during times of slavery. In his early years, Douglas lived on a farm where he watched many slave...
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