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The Presidential Primary Of 2000

... better than Bush in attracting the independent, centrist voters who will hold the balance of the power on November. Gore received 34 percent to Bush 28 percent and McCain 23 percent and Bradley 8 percent according to the primary results. The vice president is only Democratic rival former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey is expected to withdraw from the race today. McCain also under pressure to pull out retreated to his Arizona cabin to weigh his rapidly diminishing options and considered likely to withdraw. The other Republican contender, for ...

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USSR: The Doomed Empire

... system” and both were the only real superpowers left standing after World War II.1 This split generated a bipolar effect bringing the entire world into a game of tug of war between the two superpowers. Throughout the four decades actual combative war never broke out but in turn a similar game of chess was played. One country would move and the other would countermove. It was finally America that came out on top and the Soviet Union a collapsed failure, but not necessarily because the US was stronger and out muscled the Soviets militaril ...

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Canada Immigration Laws

... citizens that would strongly disagree. The media itself plays a huge role in how people form their views regarding immigration. Many are confident that immigration promotes economic growth and keeps Canada internationally competitive. However, there are others who express concern about the impact in which immigration and citizenship policies are having upon the values and traditions that form the foundation of Canadian society. Immigration laws have become a very significant issue in Canadian society today. There is much controver ...

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FEMINISM

... own sense of gender and equality. Feminists view the world as being unequal. They wish to see the gender gap and the idea that men are superior to women decreased or even abolished. Carol Gilligan is one woman who has contributed much time and effort to the feminist theory. Her beliefs and ideas are based upon difference . In this essay I will tie the ideas and beliefs of Carol Gilligan with information from our text, the packet read in class and the book, Faces of . Carol Gilligan is a lecturer and assistant professor at Harvard University as ...

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Affirmative Action - History

... action was born. However, when Kennedy and Johnson established affirmative action, they did not intend for it to have the perverted and distorted effect that it currently has today. Such perversions and distortions include the hiring of unqualified workers, the causing of problems for groups it originally set out to help, and reverse discrimination that results in unfair standards into higher education and the work force. The practice of affirmative action must be stopped. The main argument for affirmative action is that it creates equal op ...

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Gun Control

... the legal ownership of firearms does not address the real problem at hand, and simply disarms the innocent law abiding citizens who are most in need of a form of self-defense. To fully understand the reasons behind the efforts, we must look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunti ...

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ClockWork Orange

... themes of the novel". Anthony Burgess expresses his view that no matter how "good" one's actions are, unless one has free moral choice, he is spiritually damned. The novel revolves around one criminally minded teen, Alex, whose world consists of rape, murder, and ruthless violence. Alex is eventually setup by his "droogs" (friends) and is arrested and jailed. After some time in jail, Alex is placed in a new rehabilitating program that uses electro-shock therapy, new medicines, and exposure to violent film. The program breaks all that Alex ...

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Should We Legalize

... international means. Unfortunately, the Drug Prohibition led to heavy costs, both financially and otherwise, while being ineffective, if not, at times, counterproductive. Today, people can see the unforeseen costs of the "Drug Prohibition," and we should consider these costs before expanding the "War on Drugs." First, among the costs of the "War on Drugs," the most obvious is monetary cost. The direct cost of purchasing drugs for private use is $100 billion a year. The federal government spends at least $10 billion a year on drug enforcement p ...

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Culture Shock

... a severe psychological reaction that results from adjusting to the realities of a society radically different from one¡¦s own. The actual degree of may vary depending on the differences and similarities between the society studied and the persons¡¦ own society. The symptoms may range from mild irritation to surprise or disgust. (Scupin, 124). Usually after the person experiencing learns the norms, beliefs, and practices of the community, the psychological disorientation of begins to diminish. This paper will be based upon and internati ...

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An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice

... struggle to use truth, as a means of setting her people free. The majority of the population are Indians, and much of the struggles arise out of the ashes of the past. Spain conquered Guatemala in 1524, which was the start of the oppression of the native people of Guatemala. Since this time the native people have been ruled by the Spanish speaking minority, the Ladinos, many of which are descended from the Spanish colonists. Beginning in 1954, when Guatemala's elected government was overthrown by the army, the military began a brutal war ...

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The Politial Parties Of America's History

... gunshot wound by Burr. The Federalist party slowly began to lose power and after the Hartford Convention, then they completely died out. A new party came into power which was known as the Whigs. The Whigs were totally against Andrew Jackson. By this time, there were two major political parties. A new party raised up was called the American Party. This new party was totally against imigrants. They disliked them because they would take up jobs. Anytime they were asked their plans or were talked to, they replied simply with “I know nothing.” ...

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The Edutained American

... and sponsors want us to see. Everything we do is not media influenced, it is media-dictated. In some ways, our modern information systems are helpful. They are, after all, informative. From these systems we learn, we process the information they bring on current events, popular culture, and every other subject known to man. But the information is tainted. It is filtered through the corporate sponsors and the agendas of those who bring it to us. Therefore we bow to the opinions of those who give us our knowledge on every subject they ex ...

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