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The Average American Book Review
725 wordsThe Average American Book Review Every citizen of our country knows the term the average. Although the researchers and scholars often refer to the term the average American, nobody knows exactly who that is. More than 250 pages of the book by Kevin O'Keefe explore the meaning of average. Kevin O'Keefe notes that the person, who inspired him to write a book, was not an average person. His name was Lambert Adolph Jacques Quetelet, the man who created the first international statistics conference (...
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Death Penalty For The Innocent
1,662 wordsDeath Penalty for the Innocent Death penalty the higher measure of execution. From the ancient days until nowadays society exercises its right to execute people. I want to admit that our legislative branch of power walked through many changes. Good changes, as it is, because there are no auto-da-fe and Lincolns courts. So, some people find these changes as very distressing ones. We have very democratic legislative system. On other hand each of existing systems is far from perfection. In the case...
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Gun Control Advocates Pros And Cons
1,925 wordsGun 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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Wall Street Journal Stock Prices
2,209 wordsIntroduction The U. S. economy was at the height of economic expansion, stocks were near all time highs, corporate profits were strong, and the unemployment rate was at its lowest in two decades. At the same time, the major corporations in the United States were firing workers by the hundreds of thousands, and job insecurity had risen to an extremely high level. What was also ironic was the fact that the corporations who were initiating the downsizing's were considered to be some of the stronges...
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Face Value Black Community
647 wordsThe statistic I Marijuana Marijuana The statistic I chose to analyze was something I pulled from the Washington Post about a month ago. The article stated that 68 % of high school seniors admitted to trying marijuana at least once during their high school career. The article was about the resurfacing drug problem among the teenage age group. It was aimed at an audience of parents and others who could be affected by such an alarming rate. A number of thoughts crossed my mind when I read this stat...
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