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Bankruptcy For Small Business
1,128 words
Bankruptcy is defined in our text as when a
business is unable to pay its debts as they come
due. (Daft 778) Small business owners never start
their businesses with the intention of failing,
however statistics show that in all likelihood
they will not be successful. This fact reveals the
importance of understanding bankruptcy even before
a new business is formed. Small business owners
who understand the bankruptcy law are better
equipped when their business does not succeed,
allowing them to min...
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War On Drugs People Of Color
878 words
The U. S. Constitution once counted Black slaves
as worth three-fifths of Whites. Today, Black per
capita income is three-fifths of Whites. Thats an
economic measure of enduring racism. The
Latino-White ratio is even worse. One out of three
Black men in there twenties is now in prison or
jail, on probation or on parole on any given day.
The comparable figure for Latinos is about one in
eight, and for Whites, one in fifteen. It is
impossible to understand why so many people of
color, particularly...
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Labor Movement Labor Unions
1,512 words
... ude's 115, 000 part- timers) won all major
issues. The issues included: 20, 000 full-time job
opportunities for part-timers, including 10, 000
new full-time jobs created from existing part-time
positions; new limits on subcontracting; the
largest-ever wages raises and major increases in
pensions under the existing Teamster plans; and
new job safety protections (The Teamster, October
1997). At the time of the strike, House Speaker
Newt Gingrich attempted to use tactics similar to
those applie...
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000 Per Year Death Penalty
1,062 words
The death penalty for years has served as a
castigation for the evil-minded individuals who
unlawfully take the life of another human being.
Putting to death people judged to have committed
certain extremely heinous crimes is a practice of
ancient standing throughout the world.
Disagreements about the death penalty usually turn
on issues of fairness, morality, and
effectiveness. The death penalty is a non-costly,
deterrent to crime. Although capital punishment
has been inflicted in a relatively ...
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Womens Rights Movement 4 Th Ed
1,670 words
The desire of women to be viewed and treated on an
equal level to their male counterparts is not new,
the womens movement has been growing for many
generations, swelling rapidly since the 1800 s
specifically. The goal of the womens rights
movement, for the most part, is quite reasonable,
they would like to see equal pay for the same work
as their male co-workers, and they would like to
see affirmative action encouraged in hiring
policies, both in the public and private sectors.
The womens moveme...
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Wall Street Journal Hewlett Packard
1,430 words
The term the glass ceiling first came into use in
1986 when two Wall Street Journal reporters coined
the phrase to describe the invisible barrier that
blocks women from the top jobs in corporate
America. In the article, The Corporate Woman, the
authors described a corporate world in which
access to the top for women was blocked by
corporate tradition and prejudice. They wrote that
the executive suite seemed within their grasp, but
they just couldnt break through to the top. Among
the reasons cit...
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Chemical Castration Birth Control
1,115 words
What if our nation where to take a true no
tolerance approach to sex offenders? What if the
old adage the devil made me do it was no longer an
excuse, thrown out along with I could not help it
and I am sick, its not my fault? Whether it is due
to media exposure, new community outrage aimed at
the offender rather than the victim OR that our
nation is truly going to hell in a hand basket, we
are bombarded on a daily basis with shocking
stories of children being molested, their
innocence stolen, th...
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Dollars Per Day Chemical Castration
1,136 words
... spatial numbers and even though surgical
castration is more severe the end results for
chemical vs. surgical are very similar, and a very
good argument can be made for the humanity of
chemical castration. In a news article, Pro and
Con: Is castration a Just Punishment for Sex
Offenders a recipient of the injections who had
been a repeat offender stated he was finally happy
now that the uncontrollable urges that drove him
crazy were finally gone. Yes, there are situations
were this method wil...
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Women And Children Welfare Reform
1,092 words
Poverty in the United States is getting worse each
day and not enough is getting done about it. The
readings from Babies and Benefits by Sheila
Holbrook-White, the article on poverty by Michael
J. Paquette, and Keeping Women And Children Last
by Ruth Sidel made me view the issues of poverty
in a different way. I never realised what kind of
people were living in poverty, and the true
reasons why they are there. What amazes me the
most is how much these people need help, and how
little the governm...
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Natural Rate Of Unemployment
1,137 words
Natural rate of unemployment was the most famous
theory of Milton Friedman. It should be noted that
it was developed with the goal of achieving zero
unemployment, yet failed to do so. In the
following essay I am going to speak about concept
called natural rate as well as mention the
Phillips curve as well as natural hypothesis
together with my personal findings and opinion.
Zero unemployment does not mean 100 percent
employment. For various reasons, the unemployment
rate cannot be reduced to zer...
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Social And Cultural Murder Case
790 words
In the last decade, a new branch of scholarship
has emerged in the expanding field of the history
of American crime and criminality. This spate of
new studies centers not upon crime trends,
statistics, or policing, but upon a topic
tangential to these mainstays of the social
history of crime: particular acts of violence that
so harrow their communities that they become
sensations, attracting crowds to the courtroom and
prompting publishers to expand newspaper coverage
and to offer pamphlets and ...
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Crop Among Farmers Degrees Celsius Chad
652 words
My report is about Chad, it is a large country in
the north-central part of Africa. These are some
of the interesting statistics I learned about
Chad. The republic of Chad is the largest country
of the former French Equatorial Africa. It
occupies 1, 284, 000 km and had a population of 4,
752, 000. It is bounded on the north by Libya, on
the east of Sudan, on the south of by the Central
African Republic, on the southwest by Cameroon,
and on the west by Nigeria. The capital is N?
Diamond, formerly...
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Skilled Workers Secondary Education
491 words
For many skilled workers who are in the work
force, the question of continuing education is
always on their minds. Should they pursue
secondary education? Is it too late? Will they
have time and resources? Do the rewards worth the
efforts? In todays competitive working
environment, it is an essential for job seeker to
have a solid education background. With the
advancement of technology, the skilled workers now
cannot depend only on their skills and hard work
to gain better wages and promotion a...
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Civil Engineering Natural Sciences
1,433 words
Why Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Why do I
want to be a civil engineer? Until recently, I did
not know the answer to this question myself. I was
lost when choosing a career. Then, I read about
civil engineering, an occupation involving the
construction of buildings, roads, and bridges. As
I looked farther into civil engineering, I liked
many of the other aspects involved with the
career. Although the education will be difficult,
I have determined that civil engineering is the
career that I...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Medicinal Purposes
870 words
Drug Education and Prevention Question # 2 March 8
th 2000 Will the legalization of certain drugs
reduce the crime rate in the United States? This
question has baffled United States lawmakers,
reformists, and citizens alike for so long that
many people probably consider it a rhetorical
question. With this in mind, I think that the only
solution would be to go to the research and see
what studies would say about the dilemma. For this
particular paper, I found some research that
looked at the lega...
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Bureau Of Labor Statistics Bureau Of Labor Eye
249 words
Eye Safety at Work Recently the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has
undertaken new initiatives to diminish eye
injuries at work... OSHA has plans to set in
motion a nationwide information campaign to
decrease the over 1, 000 eye injuries that occur
in American workplace each year. These eye
injuries were caused often by flying or falling
objects or sparks striking the eye. Contact with
chemicals and objects such as tree limbs, ropes,
chains, or tools were also major causes. ...
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Coca Cola And Pepsi Didn T
695 words
Compared below are the Pepsi and Coca Cola
distributing companies website. WRITING Content
Clarity After reviewing both Coca Cola and Pepsi
websites I have arrived at many conclusions. I
viewed both sites as equally understanding. They
were very similar, and the information given on
each was greatly beneficial to each other s
product. Focus Pepsi Company seemed to focus a lot
on their advertisements. Ranging from March
madness, to Pepsi One sweepstakes. They also
offered music, games, and inform...
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Wearing Uniforms School Uniforms
882 words
Time and Aggravation: Resolved that schools should
be required to wear uniforms. Choosing school
uniforms would save time and aggravation in many
ways. Have you ever rolled over in bed and opened
your eyes to find that you are late for school?
Looking for a clean pair of socks is hard enough,
forget trying to find jeans and a shirt. With
uniforms this havoc in the morning could be
lessened. If you already know what you have to
wear, you can slip it on quickly. Statistics show
that tardiness impr...
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Pros And Cons Foreign Countries
957 words
The Selling of Armaments to Foreign Countries:
Pros and Cons The wealthy nations sell or give
armaments to the poorer nations. If you are not
aware of what an armament is, it is a utensil or
military set / sets of equipment. Since the end of
the civil war, the United States has sold over $
100 billion worth of weapons abroad. While other
nations reduced their arms sales, the United
States has increased its share of the market to 63
percent that is far more than previous years, says
Dr. Williams ...
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Sex Education Classes Teenage Pregnancies
701 words
Any questions? Good, well be having a test
tomorrow covering Chapters 1 - 3. These are the
words being spoken far too infrequently in public
schools than they should. Collier states that 80 %
of Americans, including religious and health
institutions arent in favor of sex education in
the schools (60). This means that the desire and
need for action are present. Many people opposed
to sex education in the classroom claim that it
is, in fact, the culprit, not the cure (Richert
55) and that schools ...
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