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Socialism
Number of words: 565 - Number of pages: 3.... hand, leads to unemployment, poverty, business cycles, and conflict
between owners. Through socialism a nations wealth can be distributed more
equally. Socialism is therefore based on cooperation rather than competition.
Socialist believe that by creating an economic plan, farmers, manufacturers,
workers, and government officials can properly adjust the production of goods to
meet the needs of the people. Some socialist believe that government should go
so far as to pay for education and Medicare. It is disagreement among
socialists that has made for a wide spectrum of ideas, possibly .....
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The Population Solution
Number of words: 1305 - Number of pages: 5.... growth-rate stays
at 2.0 per cent, then in a little over 2,200 years - say, by 4220 AD - the human
populat i on would weigh as much as the entire Solar system, including the Sun...
and by about 6700 AD - the human population would weigh as much as the entire
Universe." The preceding paragraph, by Isaac Asimov describes quite alarmingly
just how bad the population problem really is, that in considerably less time
that has passed since the days of Julius Caesar the population will equal in
mass of that of the earth. Most people assume that human numbers will stabilize
at some point in the futu .....
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India's Hunger Problem
Number of words: 911 - Number of pages: 4.... and therefore resulting in fighting between countrymen. Others deliberately destroyed crops, there are many ethnic groups in India, and these acts may have been committed out of revenge or hatred. But they contributed to India's problem today. Majorly the widespread cause of poverty in India led to its famine problem. Roughly 200 million people, half the population lived below the poverty line at independence. After twenty-five years of independence the number below poverty increased to 300 million and over. The nation is simply just poverty-stricken and there is high unemployment in .....
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First Impressions May Be Deceiving
Number of words: 724 - Number of pages: 3.... exterior of the library resembles that
of a modern bank. The concrete support pillars not only add strength but also
give the library this impressive look of a bank. These light white-grayish,
square pillars are 2 by 2 ft. and almost half the way up them there are two
engraved lines that run all the way around them about 6 in. from the other.
Concrete, a sign of strength, is also used in the patio around the tower
entrance. This grayish colored concrete was poured in slabs of 3 by 3 ft.
sections. Concrete was also used as dividers between floors. Between each
floor, the redish .....
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The American And Japanese Social System
Number of words: 1641 - Number of pages: 6.... relationship is covered. A key problem today is the false thinking that the Japanese market is a closed one. Many Americans seem to feel that if the Japanese market is not like the US market, then it must be unfair. The Japanese have clearly perceived their national interest in trade terms and have organized themselves and disciplined themselves to do something about it.(State, 7) There are strengths and weaknesses in both the American and the Japanese social system
The Emperor of Japan descends from an Imperial House that has been more or less in direct succession for 1500 years. Whe .....
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Liberalism
Number of words: 877 - Number of pages: 4.... procedures, that corresponds to everyone, including the people in the high offices or positions. This also pertains to a person’s right to think, talk, and worship in any way that they feel they need to without depriving other people of their rights. Also within the moral core exists a persons civil liberties. These are a persons right to think for themselves and learn from their own experiences without anybody obstructing their ability to do so. Civil liberties also include a person’s right to express oneself, to speak ones mind, and to write and publish freely. There is also a pe .....
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Appearances - A Universal Concern
Number of words: 982 - Number of pages: 4.... all over his body, clothed in attire
that is much too large, with rings in all the most unexpected places, and
sporting an outrageous hairdo, considers himself very attractive indeed.
Yet, so do the tall, smartly dressed businesspersons with their suit, tie,
and white handkerchief. Men and women of the Victorian era, when women's
ankles were not even permitted to be exposed, would surely be shocked at
the revealing outfits that have been donned by members of today's society.
In other words, one's perception of beauty is greatly influenced by the
surrounding environment and the social gr .....
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The Population Problem
Number of words: 2854 - Number of pages: 11.... that another 3.6 billion will be added, an average of
90,000 a year (Brown 31). Moreover, in the 18th century, the world population
growth was 0.34%; it increased to 0.54% in the 19th century and in the first
half of the 20th century to 0.84% (Weiskel 40). Neo-Malthusians base their
arguments on the teachings of Thomas Malthus. Of the Neo-Malthusians, Garrett
Hardin is one of the most prominent and controversial. Hardin's essays discuss
the problem of overpopulation and the effects it will have on the future. In
Lifeboat Ethics, he concludes that continuous increases in population wil .....
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Violence In Television Programs
Number of words: 2524 - Number of pages: 10.... they often respond with the words " Power Rangers" .
Many television programs contain violence portrayed in ironic contexts. For example heroic "good-guy" characters commit aggression, consequences of violence are unseen, and aggression goes unpunished or seems justified. For example, one cartoon featured four heroes who used their superior strength to beat up villains who were trying to freeze the world. The villains escape unscathed. The heroes congratulated each other. Young children are unable to distinguish the difference between what is reality and what is fantasy. Thus .....
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Prohibiting Speech That Offends
Number of words: 603 - Number of pages: 3.... And the ACLU believes that all campuses should adhere to
First Amendment principles because academic freedom is a bedrock of
education in a free society. No social institution is better suited to
fight bigotry than the university. It can do so in its courses and perhaps
most importantly through the way it conducts itself as a community. We're
not talking about choosing between the First Amendment and the Fourteenth
Amendment. We're talking about choosing between regulating speech and
regulating action. Murder is illegal. Talking about it isn't. Freedom of
thought and expressio .....
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