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Death Penality
Number of words: 2113 - Number of pages: 8.... a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies. Although the death was widely accepted throughout the early United States, not everyone approved of it. In the late-eighteen century, opposition to the death penalty gathered enough strength to lead to important .....
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It Is Time To Reaffirm Our Act
Number of words: 1465 - Number of pages: 6.... and select the most suitable individuals, among ourselves, based solely on the merit of our abilities and actions, and Not on our God-given skin-pigment and/or gender. Affirmative Action Programs have ingrained and extended into a very wide array of social programs and minority groups in the United States. Therefore, It would be impossible to fit every Affirmative Action issue within the length and scope of this research assignment. As a result, I will confine the discussion in this paper to the general philosophical ideology that serves as the core of Affirmative Action. That is prefere .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of words: 1244 - Number of pages: 5.... Opposing sides argued that
reduced penalties would result in greater public acceptance of marijuana.
That would mean that there would be an increase in the amount of people
who would be caught and punished for possessing marijuana. ( Sommer, 67 ).
The annual survey of freshman, which has been sponsored by
American Counsel on Education since 1966, includes an item relating to the
legislation of marijuana. Austin, Green, and Korn ( 1987 ) indicated that
results over a twenty year period show distinctly conservative trends. (
Sommer, 67 ).
In 1968, for example, fewer than one in five stude .....
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Child Abuse
Number of words: 1658 - Number of pages: 7.... wrote up my observations, then had to wait patiently to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said the report was not submitted within 24 hours, so they couldn't do anything. We had another case that we reported just two weeks ago to Child Protective Services. Another five- year old was involved. The teacher noticed a bite mark on his cheek. She asked him what happened, and he responded "my dad bit me." The teacher asked him if his dad was mad when he bit him and he said he was very mad. We reported this to CPS, but were told they couldn't do anything because .....
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Prohibition...A Waste?
Number of words: 819 - Number of pages: 3.... they demanded—with transitory results—that saloonkeepers
give up their businesses. By 1900, millions of men and women were beginning
to share this hostility toward the saloon and to regard it as the most
dangerous social institution then threatening the family. The Anti-Saloon
League of America (ASL), organized in Ohio, effectively marshaled such
people into political action. State chapters of the ASL endorsed candidates
for public office and demanded of their state governments that the people
be allowed to vote yes or no on the question of continuing to license the
saloons.” (Encar .....
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George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Can’t We?
Number of words: 1258 - Number of pages: 5.... these products were produced domestically, Missouri’s farmers alone could earn $100-$500 per acre growing hemp. Many Americans seem to be uninformed of the actual facts about the cannabis sativa plant and why it is such a useful crop. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to present you, as the consumer and American citizen, with some strong arguments as to why the growing of hemp in America should be legal once again.
Hemp is grown in large fields much resembling green wheat fields. All parts of the plant are used: the seed, the stalk, and the leaves. It requires little fertilizer and .....
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Euthanasia
Number of words: 989 - Number of pages: 4.... that a person with an incurable disease or severe disability that turns life into pain or so burden that a meaningful and desirable existence has ceased, then this person should be allowed to die. Another argument is that the role of the physician is to do whatever is best for their patients. This could turn out to be a case in which a patient awaiting for death soon may be considered for . The job of a physician should always be to help their patient in any way possible. It¡¦s the duty as a professional to heal, prolong life, and to reduce suffering. In some extreme cases when every other .....
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Unions
Number of words: 2415 - Number of pages: 9.... UNION NOWADAYS " are like businesses: their success depends upon attracting and retaining buyers (new members). Recently, one of the major problems faced by the union movement is that few Canadians understand what services come into public."3 The public also don't know the union is also helping Canada in other parts of areas such as economy, etc. The public think that the only time come into the public's eye is as a result of strike or withdrawal of services. This is because of the impressed strikes held by the union workers. The memorable one would be the strike held by the Toronto Transit .....
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Computer Crime
Number of words: 1512 - Number of pages: 6.... it, well lets go to a book and see "Avid young
computer hackers in their preteens and teens are frequently
involved in computer crimes that take the form of trespassing,
invasion of privacy, or vandalism. Quite often they are mearly
out for a fun and games evening, and they get entangled in the
illegal use of their machines without realizing the full import of
what they are doing" , I have a hard time believing that so lets see
what a "hacker" has to say about what he does "Just as they were
enthraled with their pursuit of information, so are we. The thrill
of the hack is not in breaking the .....
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Why The Death Penalty Is Dead Wrong
Number of words: 539 - Number of pages: 2.... still very
conscious. He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms.
His head continued to snap back. His fists were clenched tightly. After
several more minutes, the most violent of the convulsions subsided. At this
time, the muscles along Don's left arm and back began twitching in a
wavelike motion under his skin. Spittle drooled from his mouth. Don Harling
took exactly ten minutes and 31 seconds to die. Approximately three months
later, he was found innocent."
And it wasn't the first time. Amnesty International sites that "from
1900 to 1985 over 350 people sen .....
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