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Men And Women Disparate Impact
917 wordsConstitutionally protected speech that is Clearly sexual abuse is discriminating and unconstitutional, therefore, must be restricted speech. Catherine A. MacKinnon, in her book Only Words gives persuading evidence that pornography subordinates women as a group through sexual abuse. She says Protecting pornography means protecting sexual abuse as speech, at the same time that both pornography and its protection have deprived women of speech, especially speech against pornography (MacKinnon, 9). M...
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Injured Person Gain Access
1,406 wordsSince the introduction of personal computers in the 1970 's, the art of computer hacking has grown along with changing roles of computers in society. Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them; our electricity is run by computers, the government could not function without computers, and there are many others. Hackers are people who illegally gain access to, and sometimes tamper with, information in a computer system. Due to recent media coverage and corporate int...
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Point In The Story Van Helsing
1,349 words1. Speaks of history as if he was there 2. Legend in the story states that "un-dead" will go on for eternity 3. Dracula himself states "Time is on my side. " B. Blood gives him strength and restored vitality 1. Dracula looks younger after consuming blood 2. Renfield explains what Dracula is doing to Mina C. Ability to heal injuries much faster that normal men 1. Throws himself through a window and emerges unhurt 2. This explains the difficulty involved with killing a vampire 1. Harker describes ...
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Plant And Animal Nitrous Oxide
1,631 wordsThe destruction of the rainforests is one of the most crucial environmental issues of our time. It is also one of the most misunderstood and neglected. There has been so much propaganda and publicity attached to this crisis that Save the Rainforests is becoming almost as clich as Save the Whales. Why dont we take this problem more seriously? Is it because we, as Americans, simply dont understand the devastating, long-terms consequences that continued deforestation of the rainforests would have? ...
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Ground Water Land Surface
989 words... e of people to the overlying land. The water is used for such activities as drinking, personal hygiene, residential maintenance, and industrial and agricultural purposes. Many of these activities involve the use and disposal of chemicals, which are potential pollutants. When these chemicals are used or disposed of incorrectly unacceptable amounts can get into the ground water and contaminate it. Several valuable aquifers have been polluted by the people living and working above them. Most hu...
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France And Russia Status Quo
1,542 wordsIn exploring the origins of the First World War, many diverse theories have been argued to whom is primarily responsible for the commencement of World War I. Lenin indicted imperialism as the principal cause of the war. Woodrow Wilson saw the culprit in secret diplomacy. Wilhelm II blamed an anti-German conspiracy led by the English. Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary quoted in his memoirs that the primary factor leading to war was the arms race. In the drafting of the Versailles tre...
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Magna Carta King John
722 wordsThe Magna Carta was a major step in the evolution of democratic government. It set a precedent for many other governmental constitutions to come. Issued by King John on June 15 th, 1212, the Great Charter gave written recognition to the concept that the monarch's power should be limited instead of an absolute power (Speilvogel p 285). The document also guaranteed the freedom of the church and that the king could not intervene on baronial privileges. The creation of the Magna Carta was spurred by...
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Police Public Interactions Definitions Of Police Public Interactions Force
741 wordsUse of Force Ambrose Bierce, a social critic known for his sarcasm and wit, once described the police as "an armed force for protection and participation. " In this pithy statement, Bierce identifies three critical elements of the police role. First, by describing the police as "armed, " their ability to coerce recalcitrant persons to comply with the law is emphasized. Because police carry weapons, it follows that the force they use may have lethal consequences. The capacity to use coercive, dea...
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African Nations Young Adults
724 wordsAIDS is the worst case disease scenario. It is sexually transmitted and invokes almost complete conversational avoidance concerning the most intimate act. It hits young adults just as the society had completed investing in their training and before any payback can occur. It kills slowly and incurs high treatment and care costs even as the victim had time to bear two, three, even four children to be left orphaned. AIDS attacks the immune system, making it almost impossible for people in undevelop...
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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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Trouble Growing Up In Catcher The Rye
1,256 wordsThroughout the entire book Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield experiences a lot of trouble while struggling with the boundary between adolescence and adulthood. Holden's basic problem in life is that he is unable to accept adulthood and grow up because he is not mature enough to handle a complex world. He likes to see things frozen because this way things are always the same so he doesnt have to worry about it. He would rather recede into a false, fantasy world he created tha...
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Recording Industry Association Intellectual Property
1,401 words... for users to download an MP 3 (even an illegal one) and then decide to purchase an album is still there, but is probably reduced if all material is available for free on the Internet. Discussion While there are many debates about what is going on with copyright laws and technology, one thing is clear: change is inevitable. For better or worse, with every new technology, new regulations seem to appear. And, whether we agree with it or not, regulations are already in the works for digital musi...
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Third World Countries Standard Of Living
737 wordsIn the times we live in, there are still enormous differences between rich and poor, developed and less developed countries. But why and who is to blame? What can one do about it? Many things have been tried to solve these problems, but have they worked? It is very weird, that we modern, intelligent people, have not yet achieved to get rid of the differences between developed countries and less developed countries. Developed countries try, every year, they grant a certain percent of their Gross ...
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Raped Because Nanny Protecting Her From Being Raped Janie
311 wordsJanie's vision at the beginning of the book is like a pear tree in bloom, however she changed into a pragmatic person who is not so juvenile and immature through the interactions with the people that she meets. Nanny has been a big influence on her because she was her mother for a long time. Joe was a bad influence on her because he taught her things that were not good to learn, like how a wife is supposed to be according to Joe. Logan Killicks was a man that Nanny picked out and Janie did not c...
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Civil War Began Robert E Lee
1,290 wordsOn February 11, 1861, Lincoln left Springfield to take up his duties as president. Before Lincoln reached the national capital, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America. When Lincoln reached Washington on February 23, he found the national government incapable of meeting the crisis. Congress fruitlessly debated compromise. The national treasury was near bankruptcy; the civil service was a riddled with secessionists; and the miniscule armed forces were bei...
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Rape Victims Unprotected Sex
740 wordsWhen having unprotected sex you are taking a risk, a risk to conceive a child. Every action taken has a consequence, and when a couple has unprotected sex, they must deal with the consequences. A woman who is old enough to conceive a child should take the responsibility to raise the child: abortion should not be an option since she took the risk. A woman should not have an abortion because she wants to; she needs a solid reason to do it. A reasonable instance for a women to get an abortion would...
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Aims Of The World Wildlife Organization
424 wordsThe World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an environmental organization dedicated to protecting the worlds wildlife and wetlands. It is one of the largest private supported conservation organizations in the world, with support from 1 million members in just the United States. Since 1961 the WWF has invested in over 13, 100 projects in 157 countries. I picked this organization to write to, and to write about, because they seem very involved in helping the wildlife and the wetlands. With so many members, a...
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Analysis Of The 2004 Democratic Primaries
1,261 wordsThe primaries are a set of elections in our country that determine the two candidates for the presidential election. Each state holds its own elections for the registered voters, and the candidates from each party are selected. Some states have different primary elections whether they are open or closed. These two terms apply to what kind of voter participation is allowed. Closed primaries allow registered party voters to participate in that partys election whereas the open ones allow any regist...
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What Is Equality In John Locke Second Treatise
1,487 words... om munities emerge and ultimately the political common-wealth of John Locke is achieved. With property and the settling of families in a defined region, humans are able to enter the common-wealth society with structures that are rooted in the basic natural equality of persons. Locke defines the common-wealth as: not a democracy, or any form of government, but any independent community. This common-wealth, (whether a monarchy, oligarchy, democracy, etc) is constructed when: any number of men ...
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge Energy
331 wordsWhat Are We Trying to Accomplish? Emboldened by the election, President Bush and his allies in Congress have renewed their call to open up the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Senate is expected to vote on this as soon as the week of March 14. This will be an incredibly close vote, with a handful of Senators deciding the fate of this spectacular wilderness. That is why we need to mobilize Americans around the country to speak out for protecting the Arctic National Wi...
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