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Hollywood's Attack On Religion

... for doing so. All of Medved's arguments are well supported and documented, making them seemingly futile to argue against. Yet, Hollywood, which includes films, music and television, continues to disregard the obvious facts that Medved has revealed. In the first chapter of this section, "A Declaration of War," Medved discusses the facts surrounding the protest which took place on August 11, 1988, in opposition to the release of the motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ. MCA/Universal, which funded the Martin Scorsese film ...

Number of words: 1561 | Number of pages: 6

How To Get Married And Stay Married To The Perfect Mate!!

... This theory talks about the fact that you will like someone who positively reinforces you. I will talk about how this theory can be used in marriages to keep couple closer together, keeping them liking each other. In my book, I will also talk about the balance theory. The balance theory is the notion that people have the same negative and positive ways of thinking.. When this is not so, you have an imbalance which can disrupt a relationship. I will talk about how a couple can use the balance theory to make sure that they will be happy. ...

Number of words: 580 | Number of pages: 3

Anti-Affirmative Action

... more than a quota of reverse discrimination. Affirmative Action emphasizes prospective opportunity more towards statistical measures. It promotes the hiring and acceptance of less experienced jobs of the workforce and less able students. Sometimes the affirmative action policies forces employers and schools to choose the best workers and less privileged students of the minority, in all, regardless of their potential lack basic skills. As remarked by Maarten de Wit, an author who's article I found on the World Wide Web, affirmative actio ...

Number of words: 594 | Number of pages: 3

Linking Media With Fitness Perceptions: A Study On The Affect Of Media On Fitness And Body Image

... hypothesis that a correlation between media and the fitness concept will be found but the idea of a personal body image will remain fixed as body image is a determined part of one's psyche. A significant correlation was discovered between those who viewed the thin package and their attitudes on social fitness. However a low score in the self- acceptance scale in all three groups suggests a low self-concept within all participants. This supports my statement that there would be a connection between the fitness concept and the media packages ...

Number of words: 1179 | Number of pages: 5

Values

... and so I'm always working as hard as I can. It sounds like a bad thing, but the hard work almost always pays off. Family is a value that my father taught me. He told me that family is the most important thing in life. Your family will always be there when you need them, and will love you no matter what you do. This is a great thing, because it gives me security and comfort. I know that the decisions that I make in life will be guided by people that care about the outcome, and if things don't work out they'll be there to d ...

Number of words: 376 | Number of pages: 2

Pidgin: Dialect Of English Spoken On The Hawaiian Islands

... poor standard of living. I come from a diverse family background, my mother is Scottish, English, Italian, French, and much more. My father is part Hawaiian and part Scottish. Being such I have to choose which lifestyle is right for me. There is a tug-a-war between the Hawaiian part of me and the Haole part of me. The two cultures that I consider myself, Scottish and Hawaiian, are both proud, interesting, and contain their own prescriptions toward behavior. The pidgin dialect is a major part of life in the lower class Hawaiian neighborhood ...

Number of words: 457 | Number of pages: 2

Marriage: Try It Before You Chance It

... ends up working out because you at least know you tried, but yet saved yourself some sorrow. It’s like a dry run on seeing the differences and equalities, or faults and defaults of living together. One readily understandable danger of getting married and not having the experience of living with your partner is the question of what life would be like after that knot is tied. For example, your beautiful bride who you love and adore, has a small fetish of spending money. Since you and your bride are united as one in marriage, this means that he ...

Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2

Canada Lacks A Real National Identity

... true national identity. Because of these factors Canada lacks a national identity, one which everyone can recognize. When someone asks a Canadian what his nationality is, he does not reply, ³Canadian², instead, ³German², ³Scottish² or ³Ukrainian². This is because we as Canadians do not see ourselves as distinct Canadians. We need to have a common idea of what it is to be Canadian rather than always identifying with the place we came from. We identify with community or region over nation. To gain a Canadian identity we must learn ...

Number of words: 1127 | Number of pages: 5

Gender Differences In Management

... a more difficult time making decisions because they take in more information then men do. Women don’t have the ability to filter out excess information which leads to a delay in important decisions being made. This doesn’t mean that the women’s brain is inferior to that of a mans. In fact men don’t have the ability to take in a large portion of information. They are detached from many of the human and personal aspects, finding it easier to form a thought from less information. Either way, men and women arrive at a decision reg ...

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Personal Freedoms

... electricity, cars or fancy clothes. Women are not allowed to let their hair down in front of anyone but their husband. In India, some people still have arranged marriages, certain Methodist men have three or more wives living in one household and in some parts of the world you are only allowed to bear one child. Most other cultures would find these practices outrageous and a violation of their freedom. However, there are still certain universal freedoms, like the right to voice your own opnion, to wear clothes of your choice and freedom ...

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The Treatment Of A Women In Sports

... Billie Jean King ABSTRACT: Women’s Professional sports? In early 20th century the idea of women engaging in an aggressive or even a “perspiring” sport was unthinkable. Throughout history women have been creating stepping stones to achieve parity in exposure in compensation that is provided in today’s male sports world. With the 1996 induction of the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) a substantial leap was overcome, and the precedence of women in sports was changed not only for the 90’s but forever. Only wit ...

Number of words: 2479 | Number of pages: 10

Greed

... like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller were depicted as pure evil. Vanderbilt stole from the poor. Rockefeller was a snake. But the name-calling did not come from the consumers; it was the competing businesses that complained. The newspapers expanded on these comments, calling them "robber barons." These are inaccurate terms for these businessmen. They were not barons because they all started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else. Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping fast ...

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