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Fetishism- A Paraphilia
<view this essay>.... patterns are only considered deviant because they are usually required for sexual functioning.
The object of a fetishist's sexual desire might be used with a partner but more often than not the fetish becomes the entire focus of sexual pleasure.
Fetishism is a perversion that is found, primarily in male heterosexuals, in which orgasm is impossible without the presence of their fetish. A fetish can be any number of things. There are three basic types of fetishes: 1) an inanimate object (e.g. women's clothing, shoes, gloves, underwear), 2) a part of the human body (e.g. foot, hand, hair, legs, breasts, fingernails), 3) or something odd such as, leather, rubber, .....
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Muckraking Newspapers And Maga
<view this essay>.... of the magazines and newspapers increased to cover news and editorials, as well as provide entertainment as in previous years. Shortly after, another type of journalism started to show up in the magazines. In addition to the general news, literary works, and other “normal” features of magazines, there was the introduction of hard-hitting factual stories that screamed about the wrongs of society. This new type of journalism was called muckraking and those journalists that wrote in that style were known as muckrakers.
Muckraking was a new type of investigative journalism that had rarely been seen before. Instead of the soft-spoken commentaries that were so c .....
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Internal Combustin Engines
<view this essay>.... combustion engine has become the means of propulsion in the transportation field, with the exception of large ships requiring over 4,000 shaft horsepower ( hp).
In stationary applications, size of unit and local factor often determine the choice between the use of steam and diesel engine. Diesel power plants have a distinct economic advantage over steam engine when size of the plant is under about 1,000 hp. However there are many diesel engine plants much large than this. Internal combustion engines are particularly appropriate for seasonal industries, because of the small standby losses with these engines during the shutdown period.
History
The first expe .....
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Hackers
<view this essay>.... although the word "hacker" has been used as a term for computer programmers and technicians since the late 1970s. Modern-day refer to themselves as intelligent socio-political activists who want to raise social awareness of threatening problems. Governments worldwide are trying to persecute when vandals, not , are most often the ones breaking laws and causing damage. The conflict between and the American public is a deeply rooted standoff, caused by misinformation and sensationalism from the media and the government.
To evaluate and analyze this conflict objectively, both points of view must be put into proper perspective. This was a simple task fo .....
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Ufos And Aliens On Earth
<view this essay>.... the subject.
The Roswell case is one of the best documented, and
most controversial UFO cases ever. In July of 1949, at a
small airforce base in Roswell, New Mexico, a small,
brightly glowing object was observed to crash land at about
11:30 P.M. There were many people who had seen the crash,
and they had described that it was "brighter, and fell much
slower than any meteors" they had ever seen. At St. Mary's
Hospital in Roswell, two Catholic nuns, saw the crash,
directly north of them, and logged the crash to have
occurred on July 4, between 10:00 and 11:30 PM.
Southwest of the base, Corporal E. L. Pyl .....
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Homophobia Fear Or Hate
<view this essay>.... homophobes don't go out and try to find the truth behind the myths, they just believe them. Straight people, though, are denied access to accurate information about lesbians and gays, and their contributions to society. Many people who are homophobic have negative attitudes to the whole gay community. Homophobic people find gays repulsive, and pity them for the lifestyle they have chosen to live. The term homophobia is inadequate to cover the full range of people's negative beliefs about the gay community.
Many people think that homosexuality is a crime agaist nature; anyone who practices it is sick, crazy, immoral, sinful, or wicked. Research has found .....
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Car Racing
<view this essay>.... from .16 to 2.5 miles, some oval tracts longer than one mile and highly banked, are called Super Speedway's. The second type of track, the road course, courses that are created by temporarily closing off city streets and courses specially designed to duplicate the driving conditions of country roads, but only used for racing. Both types are generally 1.5 to 4 miles long in the United States, although in other countries some are longer. The third type of track, the straight-line course, is a simple strip of asphalt or concrete used for drag racing. Straight-line courses are generally ¼ mile long but they can be 1/8 mile long as well.
There are five compon .....
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Chinese Economic Reform
<view this essay>.... these movements had left China in a state where agriculture was stagnant, industrial production was low, and the people's living standards had not increased in twenty years (Nathan 200). While the gross output value of industry and agriculture increased by 810 percent and national income grew by 420 percent [between 1952 and 1980] ... average individual income increased by only 100 percent (Shirk 28). However, attempts at economic reform in China were not solely due to generosity on the part of the Chinese Communist Party to increase living standards. It had become clear to members of the CCP that economic reform would fulfill a political purpose as .....
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