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Child Labor In History
Number of words: 1428 - Number of pages: 6.... the 1830's the English Parliament decided to create an
investigation into the mistreatment of child laborors. One child in a
textile mill testified that he began working when he was eight years of
age and since that time had been working from six o'clock in the morning
to eight o'clock in the evening, with one hour to break at twelve o'clock
in the afternoon. Sometimes, when business was brisk he would work a
sixteen hour span from five in the morning to nine in the evening. When
questioned on how he awoke and was on time for work, the boy said "I
seldom did awake spontaineously; I .....
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False Advertising
Number of words: 1110 - Number of pages: 5.... I see it differently I feel that advertisements both in magazines and on television there is no such underlying messages. Perhaps in Demott's generation it was normal to crucify and analyze interracial relationships. My generation is different because interracial relationships are of the norm and there is more of a chance to find someone who believes there is nothing wrong with them then to find someone who does. Only those of Demotts' generation look at advertisements of today and see something wrong. Many things have changed in the past ten years and my peers and I have changed with them. .....
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Emotional And Rational Appeals
Number of words: 376 - Number of pages: 2.... Subjects in the experiment were assigned to the cells of a
2(positive or neutral mood) x 2(emotional or rational message type) x 2(strong
or weak argument quality). Subjects were in groups of two to six.
After this step was established, eight messages in approximately equal
length were developed. Each message contained six arguments that were either in
favor or against using animals for research purposes. Rational and emotional
were used in nature and strong and weak were used in quality. In the procedure
of the experiment, subjects participated in an experimental session that .....
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Prejudice
Number of words: 1374 - Number of pages: 5.... of attempts to curve and abolish it; but as long as people are still here, it's impossible.
One way that America tried to stop was an act called Affirmative Action. Not only did it not work, but also it is a form of all by itself. Affirmative Action is a quota for job employment and also for school acceptance, especially the acceptance in to colleges. It states that a certain amount of people from each race can be allowed into a school. It also states that employers have to hire a certain number of people from different races. Affirmative Action is so ; I don't know how it even was t .....
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Terrorism
Number of words: 540 - Number of pages: 2.... or indirectly, so that the
political order that they prefer can take the place of the current one.
Terrorists can be either rebels seeking to overthrow a state or states seeking
to overthrow the international order or states seeking to maintain privilege for
rulers and stifle dissent among the people. In every case the motivation for
terrorism is explicitly without an exception, political.
Terrorism has a long, if tainted,. pedigree. Aristotle recognized it, even if it
had no name at the time, when he wrote that "the first aim and end of tyrants is
to break the spirit of their subject .....
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Urban Legends
Number of words: 1440 - Number of pages: 6.... and always amazing stories that so many swear to be true but so few are able to prove. are usually told at sleepaway camps,schools, family reunions,cocktail parties,and even corporate coolers.They are also spread by word of mouth,news reports,read in the paper,on the phone, fax, email and online internet. There are the most effective ways in getting the story out (Elliot 11).
The we tell have much to tell about us,like what prompts our fears, sparks our desires, vindicates our fustrations and trumpets our need for justice. are generated in two different ways. The first way is t .....
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Teenage Suicide
Number of words: 1350 - Number of pages: 5.... given clear indications of their plans in advance, both in words and actions (Homer 19).
Indications that a person feels depressed, sad, and hopeless-complaints about feeling worthless and useless (Homer 19).
Giving away loved possessions such as a favorite jacket or sweaters. Also, making final arrangements or making a will might be a warning sign (Homer 19).
Changes in sleeping habits-the person who can stop sleep, or falls asleep easily, only of awaken after a short time and then like awake all night. Similarly the person who seems to be sleeping all the time may be at risk (Homer 19 .....
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The Advantages Of Stupidity
Number of words: 937 - Number of pages: 4.... with the utterance of
statements like, "Think with your head straight!" or, "You have a brain,
use it." Yet these are all true, there are still many advantages to
stupidity.
The first advantage is very easy to understand. Stupid people are
never asked to do a lot. Many have noticed that people tend to steer away
from someone they feel may be stupid. This is for a very good reason.
The stupidity which they posses makes a name for themselves, a name which
can be very difficult to shake. Possibly, it is a word which describes
the working habits of the person, such as "crappy". Yet, this .....
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Drug Use Among Teenagers
Number of words: 611 - Number of pages: 3.... in micrograms (ug) --
however, the lethal dose is literally thousands of times that, making the
drug essentially non-toxic. LSD can be administered a number of ways,
the most common: orally through paper, sugar cubes, on a piece of gelatin,
or by pill; intravenously; or intramuscularly. A standard dose with
noticeable hallucinogenic effects is about 100-200 ug. The intensity of the
trip is proportional to the size of the dose -- it is interesting to note,
though, that the duration of the trip seems to stay the same at higher doses
(Freedman, 1984). The initi .....
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Television Violence
Number of words: 403 - Number of pages: 2.... it should be banned. Most people like the violence and
find it to be very entertaining. Parents find it very hard to restrict their
kids from watching violent television programs. The child would want to watch
that program twice as much just because their parents said not to watch it. The
child would be curious to find out what is so wrong about the program. Some
people get the wrong messages or get bad ideas from watching some shows. If
parents were to educate their children before watching shows like "Mighty
Morphan Power Rangers", " X-Men" and "Cops" , then they wouldn't have to worry
abou .....
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