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Fireworks An Explosive Morality Issue
1,860 words
Firecrackers: An Explosive Morality Issue "Pop!
Bam! Boom!" These are the sounds one hears passing
by a Chinatown around February of every year.
Indeed, these are the sounds of firecrackers,
which are distinctive features Chinese people use
to welcome a new beginning on Chinese New Year.
According to older generations, firecrackers are
considered not only a sign of getting rid of the
old and welcoming the new, but are also believed
to be able to dispel the evils. As a result,
Chinese families de...
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Sleep Deprivation Regular Basis
1,059 words
... ing asleep at midnight, the young person
dreads the next day when they must go through it
all again. Many public figures have suggested a
later school starting time at 9 or so. As this
would definitely make a difference, the situation
can never be completely mended because teenagers
today are simply busy. And unfortunately, sleep
does not fit into their schedule as they try to
participate in everything possible and prepare for
college or their career of choice. As they sleep
five or six hour...
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Readers Digest Sound Waves
2,571 words
There are many differences between Dolphins and
Porpoises. People might think that the two are the
same mammal, but they are not. Dolphins have
cone-shaped teeth and porpoises have spade-shape
teeth. The easiest way to tell them apart is that
the porpoise is smaller in size and is broader
across the back. Dolphins are classified in the
Delphinidae species and there are thirty to fifty
different kinds of species in this family (Min
asian 204). The Porpoises are classified under the
Phoceonidae fa...
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Readers Digest W O
2,577 words
... iru's that killed tens of thousands of seals
in the north sea in the late 1980 's, and later
caused the deaths of hundreds of stripped dolphins
in the Mediterranean. They did not find any. Nor
was there any suggestion that the dolphins had
suffered from a parasitic disease or pollution.
(Bonner 6) This is how they came to the conclusion
it had to be nets because the dolphins didnt die
from any disease, but had marks on them. The
scientists then put two and two together and they
figured out i...
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Ralph Nader Presidential Debates
1,405 words
... ory nominating process has also contributed to
the Republican and Democratic domination of
electoral politics for over 140 years 1. By
winning party nominations through primary
elections, voters can gain access to the general
election ballot and thereby enhance their chances
of election victories without having to organize
third parties 1. Thus, the primary-nomination
process tends to channel dissent into the two
major parties and makes it unnecessary for
dissidents to engage in the difficul...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Anabolic Steroids
1,747 words
Many athletes of all ages are turning towards
performance enhancing drugs as a way of improving
their performance by giving them that extra edge.
This is not only wrong but its cheating and
harmful to the athlete. Performance enhancing
drugs have been around for hundreds of years. The
Incas of the South America country Peru used the
burned leaves of coca trees to give them great
amounts of energy when faced with battles, hunts,
ect. Even today they use coca leaves as a way of
giving them the ene...
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Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Proliferation
594 words
The dangers that can arise from mismanaged
proliferation are profound and numerous. There is
the danger that the proliferation process itself
could give one of the existing nuclear powers a
strong incentive to stop a non-nuclear neighbor
from joining the nuclear club. For example, Israel
(an undeclared Nuclear Power) used force to stop
Iraq from acquiring a nuclear capability. There is
also the danger that an unstable nuclear
competition could emerge among some of the new
nuclear states like Ind...
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Dangerous Sex Offenders Should Be Locked For Life
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Dangerous Sex Offenders Should be Locked for Life
(1) There can be no doubt as to the fact that
sexual offenders pose clear and immediate danger
to society's well-being. At the same time, the
criminal act, on the part of these offenders is
often being regarded as redeemable. As a result,
people that are known to have unhealthy sexual
obsessions are being released from jail as
corrected members of society, after having served
their time in jail. When this happens, the members
of local communities...
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Gun Control Advocates Pros And Cons
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Gun Control: the Pros and Cons Recently public
debates on gun control policy gained new emotional
and social colors. Current situation regarding to
the concern of the government about gun safety can
be illustrated with the following. In 48 states
people can legally buy and keep guns, and in 43
states there is no registration or license
required for that. In 46 states there are no
limitations on the amount of guns, which an
individual can buy at a time; only 4 states allow
buying one handgun per ...
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Nuclear Power Plants Amount Of Energy
2,517 words
Modern technologies and industries use huge
quantities of energy every moment, to run each
machines, and to create heat, light and
refrigeration, and people base their life-style on
the certainty of readily available sources of
energy. In almost all developing countries the
demand for energy is growing as populations
increase. Energy use is closely tied to health and
well-being. The fast-growing demand for energy all
around the world offers the opportunity for people
to avoid the high-energy and...
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Gun Control Legislation Carry Guns
1,874 words
Gun Control For many years the problem of gun
control remains one of the most controversial and
debatable points not only because of its legal or
political importance, but also due to its
exceptional social and emotional background.
Nowadays this issue attracted a new huge wave of
public attention as a response on recent
discussions in the Congress of the USA on the
sufficiency of the existing controlling laws and
the way we obey them. If to take a look at the
statistics, the question of gun con...
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Partial Birth Abortion President Bill Clinton
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Partial-Birth Abortion Partial Birth Abortion
(PBA) is a common term to refer to medical
procedure of Intact Dilation and Extraction (IDX)
as a method of interrupting pregnancy at its late
terms. PBA is a special procedure of abortion,
which includes extermination and intact removal of
the fetus from mothers body. It can be
successfully performed in the late second or third
trimester of pregnancy, or in 20 - 26 weeks of it.
As a rule, the surgical procedure consists of the
following stages: (1) ...
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Second World War Years In Prison
2,510 words
Interest Groups Despite the fact that the judicial
process in U. S. and West European countries is
based on the principle of complete independence
from the potential factors of influence, in recent
years, we witness the alarming tendency of court
decisions being affected by so-called interest
groups. Even as far back as fifties, the applying
political or cultural pressure on judicial
procedures was considered as being utterly
inappropriate. But now, the students of law learn
that the influence o...
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U S Constitution United States Constitution
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Constitution Paper (1) Both, U. S. Constitution
and the Articles of Confederation came as a result
of socio-political realities in America, at the
time when they were being introduced. After
gaining an independence from Britain, the
representatives from all 13 American states in
Continental Congress, decided that the higher
coordination level had to be attained between
these states. There were many factors that made
legislators to consider creating a common law,
which was to regulate relations b...
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Joint Ventures Foreign Country
844 words
International Marketing In this paper I would like
to summarize an article about International
Marketing current events. With this purpose, I
chose the article by Carmel Rosato Oil and gas
companies urged to go global to secure future
success published on March 29, 2005. Penetrating
and evolving international markets is a very
essential question in the modern marketing world.
Carmel Rosato writes about the importance to
accelerate the speed of growth through
globalization and use the large oppor...
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Iran Iraq War Development Of Nuclear
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Nuclear Nonproliferation In this paper, I will
discover the views of different world countries on
the inevitability of nuclear proliferation. I will
address what will become of the rising
proliferation of nuclear technology. I believe
that allowing nuclear weapons to spread will only
endanger the world in the long run and that unless
we act now, we will not be able to see another two
thousand years of the human race. The dangers that
can arise from mismanaged proliferation are
profound and numer...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Genetic Screening
2,601 words
The Positive And Negative Effects of DNA Profiling
Justin Broyles Apr. 12, 1995 Justice Theory Lance
Miller Genetic engineering has developed and
blossomed at a frightening rate in the last
decade. Originating as merely an area of interest
for scientists, genetic engineering has now become
an area of which all people should be somewhat
knowledgeable. DNA profiling has many uses, both
positive and negative, in our society. Aside from
its usefulness in many legal investigations, DNA
profiling can ...
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Carbon Dioxide Air Quality
484 words
Danger In The Air At North Intermmediate Danger In
The Air At North Intermmediate School In
Wilmington? Danger in the Air At North
Intermmediate School in Wilmington? Is there
danger in the air at the North Intermediate School
in Wilmington? Apparently carbon dioxide levels
have been found to be above acceptable levels in
some class rooms. According to a report dated Dec.
9, 1996, by ATC Associations, an independent
consulting firm hired by the Town of Wilmington to
conduct Indoor Air Quality an...
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Grand Prix Steady Increase
1,178 words
Death Returns to Formula One Racing My first hint
that something was wrong came Sunday afternoon
when I logged on to the BBS (bulletin board
service, a central computer acting as a host for
other users to exchange messages) for auto racing.
Someone posted a short but gripping note, I think
I just witnessed the death of Ayrton Senna, he
said. My eyes widened as I exclaimed what, in
shock and dismay. A few hours later, the facts
became more clear. Senna had crashed on the sixth
lap of the San Mari...
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Wright Racial Tension
2,628 words
People have an inherent fear of what they don? t
know or what is different. This is the underlying
concept behind the prejudices encountered by the
protagonists in all of the stories I have read.
Ignorance leads to hateful views and actions.
Discrimination occurs based on standards such as
origin, race, and appearance. Although it is clear
that racism and various forms of hatred are
rampant in society, the origins of such strong
emotions are varied and unknown in many cases.
Danger Zone offers a...
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