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Gun Control
Number of words: 541 - Number of pages: 2.... States of America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere.
However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handg .....
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Government Regulation
Number of words: 731 - Number of pages: 3.... evidence that the world is any better
off than it was without the agencies and costly reforms. When reading further
ask yourself the question, does the costs or regulation out weigh the benefits,
I believe they do not.
Regulatory programs normally are started by a group of people with a
single interest and pressure the government and people to believe that there is
a major crisis, creating panic to an alleged problem. When this happens it
pressures Congress to pass a reform law in fear of not being reelected. Media
groups also aid in creating panic by focusing on the bad and not the .....
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United States V. Nixon, President Of The United States
Number of words: 462 - Number of pages: 2.... President. Both petitions were granted and handed to the Supreme Court.
When the case reached the Supreme Court, the basic arguements were as
follows. President Nixon's attorneys argued that the District Court was out of
its jurisdiction when it issued the subpoena to Nixon, making the case void.
They stated that the dispute between the President and the Special Prosecutor
was strictly executive, and by mediating them, the court broke the doctrine of
seperation of powers. They also argued with executive privilege, the right of
the President to withold information from Congress. To this .....
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Accounting Ethics
Number of words: 1838 - Number of pages: 7.... the two
models are chosen is in order. Monopolistic competition has been chosen
for the pre-advertising era because it most closely resembles the market
structure in an extreme sense. The elements of monopolistic competition
are as follows: product differentiation, the presence of large numbers of
sellers, and nonprice competition. Although accounting services between
firms offer very little service differentiation, the absence of
advertising serves as a replacement because clients are not necessarily
aware that other options are easily attainable. The post-advertising era
is explained t .....
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Analysis Of The Immigration Problem
Number of words: 1996 - Number of pages: 8.... jobs. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population growth takes place in the Third World. More than a billion people today are paid about 150 dollars a year, which is less than the average American earns in a week. And growing numbers of these poorly paid Third World citizens want to come to the United States.
In the 1970s, all other countries that accept immigrants started controlling the number of people they would allow into their countries. The United States did not. This means that the huge numbers of immigrants who are turned down elsewhere will turn to the United States. The n .....
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The Factors That Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism
Number of words: 585 - Number of pages: 3.... mobilize support
for the Meiji government were easily diverted to form broad support for foreign
militarism. Japanese society also still held many of the remnants of feudal
culture such as strong confusion beliefs that stressed support for social order
and lack of emphasis on individualist values. These values taught obedience not
to a democratic but to the emperor; so the fact that the militaristic government
of the 1930's ruled under the emperor meant that the Japanese were loyal to this
government just as they had been to the government of the 1920's. So when
Japan's militaristic governm .....
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Cocaine
Number of words: 290 - Number of pages: 2.... shrub commonly found
wild in Peru and Bolivia and cultivated in many other countries. For centuries
South American Indians have chewed the coca leaves for pleasure and to help them
withstand strenuous working conditions, hunger, and thirst. The cocaine in the
leaves produces local anesthesia of the mouth and stomach.
Cocaine is a dangerous, habit-forming drug. It is classified as an
alkaloid compound. (Other well-known alkaloids are morphine, strychnine, and
nicotine.) Cocaine stimulates the cortex of the brain, producing intense
euphoria and the desire to repeat the experience; how .....
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Is Perception Reality?
Number of words: 764 - Number of pages: 3.... This is where my perceptions began to give way to reality. I found that almost every inmate (as called by officers and staff) had a Television and that free cable was provided with many movie channels available. Most had stereos with many CD’s. They were required however, to wear headphones while listening to their music. I was surprised to find that the law mandated many privileges to the incarcerated individuals. Three hot meals a day were served the inmates. Also, family members could send them care packages at Christmas up to about 100 lbs., containing homemade food and clothing item .....
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The Death Penalty Should Continue To Be Used In The U.S.
Number of words: 1290 - Number of pages: 5.... end up helping out society in many ways.
Many people who oppose the death penalty say it is inhumane and unfair.
These people who oppose it say that all human life has the right to be respected.
All human life does have the right to be respected but there is a point when
that right can be lost, if someone takes the life of another human being then
they have given up that right. Another claim the opposers to the death penalty
make is that the death penalty encourages more murders because if people see the
authority taking someone's life, then they will think they can do it too. This
is no .....
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Due Process V. Crime Control Model
Number of words: 560 - Number of pages: 3.... be followed from when you arrest someone to when they are sentenced. From Miranda rights to the right of free council the steps must be followed in order to insure a fair trial for the accused. This process is well defined for everyone involved in the case. Although this process has steps that some may see as trivial, it must be followed in order to prosecute effectively.
Crime control method is at the other end of the spectrum of the law. Crime control model is based on the idea that some of the accused are obviously guilty and however the evidence is obtained is irrelevant as long as .....
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