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Microsoft Vs Justice Department
785 wordsIn late October 1997, the Justice Department was again interrogating Microsoft. They have been at this since 1993, when they took over from the frustrated Federal Trade Commission. The computer industry of today is exploding more and more as time passes, and competition follows. I think this is a good topic because the world today is surrounded by computers, and it will continue to be this way. It is safe to say that Bill Gates and Microsoft are leading this new revolution, maybe even too much. ...
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Twenty Five Years Male And Female
1,778 wordsTwenty-five years have passed, but the celebration is no victory party. For all the progress women have made, they are still far behind the men on the playing field. A vast number of colleges and universities are still not in compliance with Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination at any educational institution that receives Federal funds. Title IX applies to all educational programs, although it has become the standard-bearer for women's athletics. The following words lie at the heart of w...
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Coal Miners Arnold Palmer
1,187 wordsImagine being woken up in the early morning and having your life be changed by a single horrific even. This situation was like no other coal disaster. This was the result of the irresponsibility of big business not caring for the well being of regular citizens. This case was a first in that the coal miners were not the victims, but their families were. The coal miners were not going to sit around and let this go by, they are ready to fight back. On an early February morning in 1972, one of the c...
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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences
1,641 wordsMandatory minimum drug sentences should be eliminated. First and foremost the mandatory minimum punishment that is given does not fit the crime. Second of all, Judges can not sentence below a mandatory minimum unless the defendant provides substantial assistance. The final reason that they should be eliminated is because they have a more of an impact on minorities. These are only a few of the reasons why mandatory minimum drug sentences should be taken away. The policy has become a debated topic...
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African Americans Affirmative Action
1,847 words4. THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: THE CONTINUING NEED TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE INCLUSION Affirmative action was established as part of society's efforts to address continuing problems of discrimination; the empirical evidence presented in the preceding chapter indicates that it has had some positive impact on remedying the effects of discrimination. Whether such discrimination lingers today is a central element of an analysis of affirmative action. The conclusion is clear...
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Bill Gates And The Microsoft Corporation
1,525 wordsBill Gates - you love him, you hate him, maybe you should get to know him. The founder of the Microsoft has a lot of admirers and we can tell that for sure just by looking at his fortune. There are however people who not only despise him, but dedicate entire web-sites to criticizing him and his company; if you are one of those people you can check out web (access will not be granted if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer). Some have even gone as far as throwing pies in his face... Its an irony t...
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14 Th And 15 Poll Taxes
1,146 wordsJust how broad should suffrage be in a Republic? That questions resonated throughout the history of the United States. America is not a Democracy and never has been. Nowhere in the original Constitution is there a reference to voting. The Constitution left it to the states to determine voting procedures and qualifications. Only making broad statements about them maintaining Republican governments. For more than 10 years before the Constitution was written, the states had been writing theyre own ...
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Alger Hiss Communist Spies
1,458 wordsDuring the late nineteen forties, a new anti-Communistic chase was in full holler, this being the one of the most active Cold War fronts at home. Many panic-stricken citizens feared that Communist spies were undermining the government and treacherously misdirecting foreign policy. The attorney general planned a list of ninety supposedly disloyal organizations, none of which was given the right to prove its loyalty to the United States. The Loyalty Review Board investigated more than three millio...
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Martin Luther King Luther King Jr
2,603 wordsAfrican American leaders all fought for the same cause. Though, they all did it differently, they all had strikingly similar lives, tactics, and ways of persuasion. Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, and even Malcolm X all played a large role in African American reform. I had the chance to interview Malcolm X with Alex Haley. It was unbelievable the things that I learned, finally understood, and took with me to live my life by. All of these leaders took what someone else ...
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Criminal Justice System Deterrent To Crime
1,743 wordsIn our society's criminal justice system, justice equals punishment. You do the crime, and you do the time. Once you have done the time, you have paid your debt to society and justice has been done. Because our society defines justice in this manner, the victims of crimes often seek the most severe possible punishment for their offenders. Society tells them this will bring justice, but it often leaves them feeling empty and unsatisfied after getting what they wanted. Punishment does not address ...
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Years In Prison Chesney Lind
1,999 wordsFemale Criminals Western domination of women and nature was conceptually linked into the processes of making them inferior and had mutually reinforced each other. For example, Merchant (op. cit. p. 165) argues that from its beginning the discourse of modern science in the West was informed by imagery that portrayed nature as female. Given womens status this both aided and made erotic the domination of nature for men of science. Woman was interconnected with the exploration of nature having love ...
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Coal Miners Million Dollars
2,387 wordsImagine being woken up in the early morning and having your life be changed by a single horrific even. This situation was like no other coal disaster. This was the result of the irresponsibility of big business not caring for the well being of regular citizens. This case was a first in that the coal miners were not the victims, but their families were. The coal miners were not going to sit around and let this go by, they are ready to fight back. On an early February morning in 1972, one of the c...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
1,004 wordsThe topic of racial profiling amongst minority individuals in the state of New Jersey has been a heated issue for the past several years. This department has been charged with numerous allegations of racism and is the main focus for racial based events in police departments nationwide. Although racial profiling amongst police officers in the state of New Jersey has been a major issue for many years, it has not been until recently that action has been taken in order to investigate the alleged pro...
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Police Brutality Police Misconduct
896 wordsIt has been discussed in many public circles whether or not the N. Y. P. D. should or should not be monitored by the Justice Department. Many feel that some of the recent cases of brutality and corruption have warranted some sort of intervention by the Government. I believe that we should be opposed to a federal monitor. To be constantly watched over by a body such as the Justice Department, would be demoralizing to all of the officers. As we know, police moral in the N. Y. P. D has not always b...
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Incl Briar House Un American Activities Committee
2,398 wordsThe Alger Hiss Spy Case During the late nineteen forties, a new anti-Communistic chase was in full holler, this being the one of the most active Cold War fronts at home. Many panic-stricken citizens feared that Communist spies were undermining the government and treacherously misdirecting foreign policy. The attorney general planned a list of ninety supposedly disloyal organizations, none of which was given the right to prove its loyalty to the United States. The Loyalty Review Board investigate...
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Microsoft Plans Attorneys General Company
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Sherman Anti Trust Anti Trust Act
659 wordsAs this paper is written there is a landmark court case proceeding in Washington in front of a federal judge. This case involves the charging of the Microsoft Corporation for violating antitrust laws set up by the government to preserve market competition. A general overview of the accusations brought against Microsoft by the Justice Department was given by Hayes in the Scholastic Update article The U. S. versus Microsoft (1999). This article explains why the federal government is suing Microsof...
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Microsoft Netscape Navigator
2,635 wordsSince 1990, a battle has raged in United States courts between the United States government and the Microsoft Corporation out of Redmond, Washington, headed by Bill Gates. What is at stake is money. The federal government maintains that Microsoft? s monopolistic practices are harmful to United States citizens, creating higher prices and potentially downgrading software quality, and should therefore be stopped, while Microsoft and its supporters claim that they are not breaking any laws, and are ...
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Hard Core Pornography Age Of 21
2,527 wordsPornography &# 038; Ethics Pornography is a social problem and is a commodity brought into existence by certain characteristics of a highly developed civilization. The problem with pornography is that any form of censorship or suppression cannot solve it. These aggressive methods would merely aggravate the disease and create other deplorable consequences. Prevention is better than cure, and by diagnosing the psychological motives of those who consume pornography, we may be able to change the ins...
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1,635 wordsShould The Internet Be Censored Or Screened Should The Internet Be Censored Or Screened To Protect Users Should the Internet Be Censored or Screened to Protect Users? Right now hundreds of thousands of people have just sat down in front of a computer. After brief negotiation of something called a mouse, these same people will be transported into a realm of virtually unlimited possibilities. Beep... beep... pulse... waiting almost there, wham! connection. To clarify, this is not a transcription o...
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