.... from anything that might disturb it.” There is a very strong argument that this could be the method of choice for religious belief. Take apart the definition, for a moment and you might begin to see this. As it talks about constantly reiterating the belief to ourselves, it may very well be said that this could be construed as going to church each week.. What happens in church? Well, we pray, sing, give thanks and offerings, all that we may be reminded that our purpose in life is to serve our Lord with gladness and with all of our hearts at all times. The part that I do not see fit in the first method is the part about turning with contempt and hatre .....

.... After the 1998 Super Bowl in Denver, "hundreds of fans ignited bonfires, smashed store windows, and overturned cars at a victory celebration" (Snel, Denver Post). The police had to use tear gas to dispense the crowd. Another riot much like that of Denver occurred at the University of Northern Colorado where fans celebrating started fires and threw couches into them. The SWAT team had to be brought in and several fire companies to fight the blazes. At a baseball game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma fans from both sides were extremely rude and obnoxious towards each other. "Schools should support one another... and fan .....

.... many Russian people especially businessmen don't like the business system in their country. Their system is Communism, which means that the government controls all the production and distribution of goods. Therefore, when many Russian people go to a new environment or new culture, the United States for instance, they find it better than their country because it has a different system. The United States' system is Capitalism, which means that any person can be a private ownership. Therefore, it may be easier for those people to adapt a new culture or a new environment. For example, in "The Plane Reservation," Massud Farzan states that he has stayed in the .....

.... that, of the 23 million refugees in the world outside their own countries, between 1,150,000 and 8,050,000 people have experienced torture. Many of these people are found among the 600,000 refugees who have reached California. Disabled by the aftermath of their experience, they struggle to integrate into American society. Without assistance, many torture survivors may be unable to adapt and fully function as contributing members of the community. Torture is a slow process that is designed to render its victim helpless, dependent and devoid of all human qualities. Torture destroys the sense of self; it confuses right and wrong; any belief in the stabil .....

.... rapid heartbeat, depression, anger, anxiety, forgetfulness or the inability to make decisions. We often feel that we are under stress -- and many times we are. The most frequent cause of stress in college is the concern about academic performance and everything that goes with it, for example such as grades and exams. Some students strive for perfection in their academic performance.boy working very hard late at night and skipping meals to study. The yield of this consists of constant headaches and backaches, and getting really depressed because the student could never reach their goals of perfection. Dr. Hans Selye describes stress as a side effect produced b .....

.... recognition in comparison to their rich and famous piers. Contrary to popular belief, a hero can be anyone. It’s someone who is noble, caring, selfless and does not seek recognition for what they do. Following his fairly recent death, Joe Dimaggio, the great baseball player for the New York Yankees was portrayed by the media as well as others as a true American hero. What exactly was it that made him into this hero? Yes, he was a great baseball player but is that enough? Is it sufficient enough to say that because he could smack a 90 mile an hour fast ball into left field and run the bases in record time that he’s a hero? Is it suffic .....

.... They do not see where we as human beings see or feel that we are the dominant species. They often assert that research with animals causes severe pain and that many research animals are abused. The activists do not feel the need to put the animals through such pain. Many of the experiments are replicated also which causes an unneeded demand for animals to perform experiments. Experiments which have already been proven are still being experimented with. However, animal research is an integral part of today's society when thinking of how much progress we have gained in human health with the use of animal experimentation. To date some forty-one Nobel prizes h .....

.... more choices there are, the better chance of making a wrong choice. Waldman debated on the growing forms of religious denomination and news periodicals. He also distinguished the benefits of choices like company deregulation, increased social tolerance and improvement in products. In Waldman's essay, he illustrated five negative points of choices. In one point Waldman elaborated that "Choice Erode Commitment." This point describes how people tend to linger in making a commitment and wearing away their responsibility in their careers, social life and marriage. He supports his main idea by mentioning his own experience in marriage and examines important statist .....