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Minority Contracts In Chicago
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1,217 words... f this program was an increase in infanticide. Female babies were most at risk because of the desire for a male heir to carry on the ancestor line placed a great value on male children. In 1984, China's birth rate was down to the replacement level of 2. 1 births per woman. By 1986, China's growth rate had fallen to 1 % which is far below the 2. 4 % growth rate that many less developed countries were reporting. China's birth rate stood at 18 per 1000, its population was projected to be 1. 2 b...
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1,602 wordsThe reputation of California as being a place to "jettison assumptions and try different things" appears to have originated from its earliest days. By reflecting on the individual who discovered San Diego, we see stamina, determination, and the desire to "continue on, "find success, " and to maximize opportunities to their fullest. Back in the 1540 s there was a Portuguese explorer and soldier by the name of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (? - 1543). He was known as "a skilled mariner and navigator. " ...
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Christian Temperance Union Alcoholic Beverages
1,157 wordsIn Illinois during the year 1900, temperance and prohibition were prominent issues on the social and political stage. The temperance movement found most of its adherents in middle-class women. Urban women saw the linkages between poverty and alcoholism, while many rural women were aware of how the isolation of farm life amplified the horrors of alcohol abuse. The temperance movement was directly related to the women's suffrage movement going on across the country. The temperance movement enabled...
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1,653 words... in loose alliances without central control, took place at a time of serious drought. That combination proved disastrous for the population at large. By 1992, almost 4. 5 million people, more than half the total number in the country, were threatened with starvation, severe malnutrition and related diseases (UNDPI 1997). According to Mingst and Karns, Widespread famine and chaos accompanied the fighting, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians to the brink of starvation. Control of food wa...
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Violence In Entertainment Today
948 wordsFrom 1979 to 1989, the firearm homicide rate for persons 15 - 19 increased sixty-one percent. Male youth in the U. S. are more than five times as likely to be victims of homicide as to youths in many other developed countries. The violence in many entertainment programs has increased to over seventeen percent. The violence in entertainment today is affecting society as evidenced by the content of the material, the increase rate of violence, and the reluctance to deny access. Many people acknowle...
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Roman Citizenship Long Term
1,590 wordsWhen Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus sought to establish the liberty of the common people and expose the crimes of the oligarchs, the guilty nobles took fright and opposed their proceedings by every means at their disposal Cicero. The Gracchi brothers were clearly well intentioned men who had the interests of Rome at heart, instead of their own, which was a common attitude amongst the other senators. The reforms of the Gracchi were long over-due and their programs were genuine attempts to deal with ...
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Dead Man Walking Put To Death
1,470 wordsCapital Punishment in Dead Man Walking "This is not a nice man... innocent is not a word that suits him in any way, " says Brian Webster when speaking of Matthew Poncelet, the man on death row in the movie Dead Man Walking. Many people feel that the death penalty is immoral and it should not be used; however I feel completely opposite. I believe that capital punishment is a fair sentence for a murderer to receive. In the movie Dead Man Walking, the main character Matthew Poncelet, is on death ro...
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Death Penalty Chicago Tribune
664 wordsIn the article from Chicago Tribune of February 14, 2002, the situation with the death penalty and juvenile crime is discussed. It is written that according to research juvenile brains are still very much a work in progress, and that they tend to be weakest in the portions that govern self-control, judgment, and other matters where teens often conspicuously fail to excel. The evidence argues for a measure of leniency based on the obvious fact, which is recognized in every other aspect of the law...
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Juveniles And The Death Penalty
2,529 wordsJuveniles and the Death Penalty The most severe of all sentences is the death penalty. Death penalty has been banned in many countries throughout the world, however, in the United States, an earlier move to get rid of capital punishment has now been overturned, and more and more states are resorting to capital punishment for serious offenses such as murder. The abolishment of the death penalty is still one of the major political and social issues. Many people support this form of punishment, whi...
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Cease To Exist Chicago Tribune
1,491 wordsBooks and Technology: Is the Future of Printed Books in Jeopardy? Technology has impacted our lives in innumerable ways. It is so implemented into our daily lives, that not a thought crosses our minds about how easily we are living. Technology has changed our world significantly. But has the computer made lifes activities too easy for us? Are we becoming a lazy nation, by sitting at home letting the computer think for us? I feel that this is the case in some situations. Although one can see the ...
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Ufo Sightings Unidentified Flying
1,167 wordsAlmost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers. The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced the wrong way. No solid proof has shown that U...
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Family Farm Agricultural Production
2,541 wordsThe complexion of farming is changing radically. The land cannot support as many farm families as it did in an earlier time. Small farms are being consolidated into larger ones. General farms, with several kinds of crops and a barnyard of farm animals, are yielding to specialty farms that concentrate on a single major crop. Family farms are declining; corporate farms are increasing. Efficiency is growing. Crops are changing. Techniques are improving. Just as the train, tractor, truck, and airpla...
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Heavens Gate Stanley Milgram
797 wordsHeavens Heavens Gate Heavens Gate Heavens Gate and the Branch David ians are a good example of Stanley Milgram? s theories. It shows how people respond and follow what authority says. Heavens Gate was a cult founded by Marshall Applewhite referred to as? Do? by his members. He convinced 39 people that he was dying of cancer and he persuaded them that if they followed him to death, a spaceship in the tail of the comet? Hale-Bop? would come and take them to the New World. To enter the ship they ne...
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Leaves Of Grass American Public
1,712 wordsWhat was Walt doing at this time? Late in 1854, Whitman was working in carpentry. He is assumed to have started his writings for what would later be known, and published as Leaves of Grass in late 1854 or early 1855. One of his brothers once commented that Walt would get an idea while working, write it down, then take the rest of the day off. How did Walt get his book published? Allen contends that Walt probably sought out a commercial publisher to take his book at first, though there is no ment...
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Style Of Leadership Julius Caesar
1,306 wordsDuring the period of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, different leaders exhibited different styles of leadership and employed different political strategies. In addition, these leaders came to power and maintained their control in their own unique ways. Each leader seemed to have his own agenda, which set the tone for that era. Five prominent leaders of this time period were Agricola, Augustus, Julius Caesar, and the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. The point to be made with respect...
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3,111 wordsSexuality and Sexual Identity In Social Deviance Alfred C. Kinsey argued in 1948 that It would encourage clearer thinking on these matters [of labeling homosexuals] if persons were not characterized as heterosexual or homosexual, but as individuals who have had certain amounts of heterosexual experience and homosexual experience. Instead of using these terms as substantives (real and apparent entities) which stand for persons, they may be better used to describe the nature of overt sexual relati...
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Plays A Major Role Form Of Media
3,519 wordsMatthew Courtney May 2000 Media Ethics and Their Relation to Business In this world, there is an obvious connection between the media and its involvement in business ethics. No matter what the form of media looked at, they all have the ability of being either an aid to businesss success or a detriment. The press and the media are responsible for reporting news, issues and events as clearly as possible. Any distortions can cause the message being sent to be misinterpreted or completely wrong. New...
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West Bank And Gaza Causes Of The War
2,449 wordsOur views of world conflicts such as war are influenced by the part of the world in which we live. When exploring media coverage of discord, it is important to think about where the author is from and how it has influenced the way he / she has portrayed disharmony. Reports on a world conflict can express extremely different views depending on the social values and understandings of the writers. One must read articles that address the issue of war with cultural relativism by taking into account t...
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Knight Ridder Tribune Disk Drives
1,534 wordsOverview In the past two decades, Quantum Corp. of Milpitas, California, has become one of the leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of digital storage products including hard disk drives and digital tapes. By following its own path and making decisions criticized by the rest of the industry, Quantum has managed, not only to survive in an industry that has destroyed lesser companies, but to thrive and be recognized as one of the industry's quality leaders. Quantum Corporation was f...
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