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Imperialism
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nations adopting protectorates, the long term effects often cause the
weaker nation to grow stronger. Even when a country feels they must rebel
against their suppressor, they gain a sense of nationalism and independence,
resulting in a more distinct culture than before. Why then, should a
country have to withdraw from such interference?
Another argument could be that only when needed, should a country
be involved with anothers affairs. Yet with this point of view most would
agree that there would be too much diversity in opinion when deciding
exactly when help is needed. Also, countries such as Japan would never
have developed, whose primary succes .....
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Gun Control
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One of the problems that many people have concerning their opinion on
gun control is that they are not fully informed. Therefore, the people who are
not fully informed are making decisions on only the information they know. Many
people do not understand what exactly is being changed in Charter 85. The
existing lat states that in order to purchase a firearm, the buyer must possess
a FAC (Firearm Acquisition Certificate). The buyer also must go through a home
schooling course and pass a test. If anybody owns a firearm, it has to be
stored properly, by means of a cabinet or trigger lock. Under the proposed law,
police o .....
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Treatment And The Sex Offender
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Martinson says that education and vocational training in the studies he reviewed had no influence on reducing recidivism. But he admits that a correctional facility running a truly rehabilitative program that gets inmates ready for life on the outside by way of education and vocational training will have more successful persons than prisons that have no such
programs (Martinson, p.292).
Martinson says that individual counseling also fails to reduce recidivism. In terms of group counseling he admits that a study of adult offenders did show improvement in attitudes of offenders, but since it did not include information on recidivism it was disco .....
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Human Awareness Essay On Cloni
<view this essay>.... A communitarian viewpoint is more concerned with the good for the greatest number.
The discovery of cloning can be both beneficial and harmful to society. There are many reasonable methods of cloning, and offcourse many different opinions on what we should use this technology for and who should have the authority to use cloning towards society’s benefit. Cloning is done by taking the genetic information from a person so that a clone may be made and placing the genetic information into an egg which has had the nucleus removed. This now becomes a zygote, which is then placed in a uterus of a woman, and the zygote will became a clone of the person.
What I am try .....
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Articles Of Confederation
<view this essay>.... jealousies and widespread distrust of the central authority. This jealousy then led to the emasculation of the document.
As adopted, the articles provided only for a "firm league of friendship" in which each of the 13 states expressly held "its sovereignty, freedom, and independence." The People of each state were given equal privileges and rights, freedom of movement was guaranteed, and procedures for the trials of accused criminals were outlined. The articles established a national legislature called the Congress, consisting of two to seven delegates from each state; each state had one vote, according to its size or population. No executiv .....
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Absolutism
<view this essay>.... government into the councils of state, dispatch, and finance. Every morning was devoted to each council. Louis XIV feared the nobles, due to the Fronde early in his childhood. He secured the noble's cooperation when he built Versailles ten miles outside Paris. Versailles was used as an elegant distraction to keep the nobility out of political life. The House of Commons was composed of middle class workers who brought the peoples ideas to the government. The Stuart kings of England believed in their divine right to rule. Criticism, however, and distrust from the House of Commons, kept the Stuart monarchs from absolute power. Throughout the seventeenth .....
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European Studies
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common market for agricultural products must be accompanied by the
establishment of a common agricultural policy among the Member Statesö
(1)
From the beginning of the European Union, EU policy has given emphasis to
the agricultural sector. To this end, a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
was established in 1963. (2) Provisions for this policy were made in the
Treaty of Rome. The aims of this policy were to increase agricultural
productivity, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
community, to stabilise markets and to ensure reasonable prices for the
consumer. (3) This is unusual in the context of the Treaty of Rome which
provided for fr .....
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Medicare In The '96 Elections
<view this essay>.... for a particular medical service was paid for
either directly by the recipient of the care or by the recipient's insurance
company. Usually to get full coverage or even coverage with a low premium the
rates are outrageous. For this reason many poor, elderly and severely disabled
Americans were unable to receive proper medical treatment. Then, in 1965,
Lyndon B. Johnson proposed one of his Great Society programs, Medicare.
Medicare would allow those who were severely disabled, elderly or poor to
receive quality medical treatment without worrying about the cost . This
government funded program would subsidize the service of physicians, inpatient
hospit .....
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