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The Case For Capital Punishmen
<view this essay>.... of a child will not be tolerated. Regardless of an individual’s background or socio-economic status, individual choices lead to results that carry personal responsibility. It is inappropriate to make excuses for these criminals simply because they were not reared in well-to-do circumstances. neglected, or perhaps suffered abuse as a child. None of these forced them to make the choice to commit the crime. As stated by Ernest van den Haag, "by committing the crime, the criminal volunteered to assume the risk." (1)If an individual commits the crime of murder, or rapes a child, that person has forfeited any moral right to continue to live, even if imprisoned for li .....
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The Infamous Watergate Scandal
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Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate)
At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were
arrested at the Watergate Complex. The police seized a walkie-talkie, 40
rolls of unexposed film, two 35-millimeter cameras, lock picks, pensized
teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75)
These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972
on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire-tapping. Four months later
they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge
John J. Sercia was convinced that relevant details had not been unveiled
during the trial and offered leniency in exchanged for further infor .....
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Steps To A Better Life
<view this essay>.... and others who breathe in the cigarette smoke, which is called secondhand smoke. Beginning with infants and going up to 18 months of age, secondhand smoke is associated with as many as 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia each year. Second hand smoke from a parent's cigarette expands a child's chances for middle ear problems, causes coughing and wheezing, and worsens asthma conditions. If both parents smoke, a teenager is more than twice as likely to smoke than a young person whose parents are nonsmokers. In households where only one parent smokes, young people are also more likely to start smoking. Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious health .....
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Scottish Nationalism And Devolution
<view this essay>.... to the evaporation or corroding of Scottish ideals. This involvement appears to be ending in the near future. With an election held earlier in the year, the Scots won back the right to form their own parliament. According to an essay entitled “ Why Scotland needs Independence”, the Scottish National Party and New Labor are neck and neck as to whom will have the majority of seats in the new Scottish Parliament.
The parliament marks the first time in 290 years that Scotland has had their own rule. Right now the parliament will only be responsible for home affairs. However, there is a thought as to if devolution will be Scotland’s future. If devolution do .....
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Brief History Of The NRA
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Action (is the lobbying arm), the political Victory Fund (which is a political
action committee), the Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund (deals with scholarly
research and legal developments), and the Grass Roots Division (which
specializes in raising support through grass roots methods). As a membership
organization, the NRA's directions is set by voting members. The direction of
the policies are carried out by a 75 member board that is geographically
distributed. The Board of Directors are elected by secret ballot.2
Brady Act
The Brady Act was approved by Congress in November of 1993 and was then
signed into law by President Clinton late .....
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Banning Books
<view this essay>.... Opponents say that it is detrimental to the educational system. The students have mixed emotions. Literary censorship at the secondary school level is indeed very widespread. One of the most controversial books is Huckleberry Finn, which is currently under fire by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the NAACP because it contains the word “nigger” 39 times in the first 35 pages. They feel that the liberal use of such a derogatory word is detrimental to the self-esteem of young African-American children. The NAACP says that they want the book removed from required-reading lists, but they are not out to censor it (Campbell, par. 4). Large groups such as the NAACP are .....
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Drugs In The Work Place
<view this essay>.... the effect of making the user alert or drowsy when taken. Valium and Ritalin are just a couple examples of the prescription drugs orally taken for specific effects. In the early-mid twentieth century, men and women worked overtime, or even three or four jobs, just to get through life. They got back home late at night and had to wake early the next morning to do it all again. Because of the lack of sleep, they took "uppers" in the morning to be alert and "downers" at night to get rest. Please take note that they also drank coffee throughout the day along with the use of these drugs. The adults who had children during this time greatly influenced them with the .....
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Cloning
<view this essay>.... many older and new techniques as . This is not a good practice because these techniques are different and impose unique concerns and issues. In the world of scientific technology, is the artificial production of organisms with the same genetic material. Scientists actually call the transferring of a nucleus from the cell of one organism to an enucleated egg cell, nuclear transfer (Wilmut 811). This will produce an organism that has the exact genetic material as that of the donor cell. Scientists are using current techniques exceedingly more, and with a variety of species. Astonishingly, more clones are present in the world than one would think. In natu .....
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