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Violence On TV
<view this essay>.... of violent behavior in children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand. The truth about television violence and children has been shown. Some are trying to fight this problem. Others are ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Still others don't even seem to care. However, the facts are undeniable. The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, .....
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Truman Doctrine
<view this essay>.... a frank recognitions that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples . . . undermine the foundations of . . . peace and security of the United States. The would change the foreign policy of the United States and the world.
This policy would first go in aid to support the democratic regimes in Turkey and Greece. These nations were being threatened by Soviet-supported rebels seeking to topple the government and install a Communist regime. The Soviets were also making extreme territorial demands especially concerning the Dardanelles.
A direct influence of this Doctrine was, of course, the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan was designed to give aid to any Europe .....
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Homosexuality
<view this essay>.... was condemned, it was defended as essential to social order, harmony,
and the welfare of all. The authority of Aristotle was invoked to show that slavery was rooted in natural law. The
Bible was quoted to show that slavery was divinely ordained and approved.
When women sought the right to vote, the best interests of society were said to be in jeopardy. It was
confidently argued that political participation by women would mean "pretty girls button-holing strange men on
Election Day in behalf of the `handsome candidate'" and women locked in jury rooms with males, subjected to
tales of shocking behavior. To the threat of social disintegration was added .....
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Ruling Ideologies
<view this essay>.... It has been studied that welfare has almost no effect on bearing children. These studies show that younger women are more likely to be poor and their poverty makes their children poor. American adults by far are more unequal in wealth and income than any other industrial society as well as the declining incomes of young men since the mid-1970s. Many young men cannot afford to keep their children out of poverty or decide not to the handle the duties or responsibilities of marriage, leaving young mothers and children even poorer, leading them to depend on welfare. According to a New York Times article dated 2/29/92, there are fewer children receiving assistanc .....
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Raves And Drugs
<view this essay>.... It is no surprise why teens use these specific drugs at raves. "The effects of E, are like a journey to another world, a world of happiness, love and euphoria" (Ecstasy and Mental Health: Nerves or neurosis by Dr. Karl Jansen) These ravers, have many reasons to take E, for example " The music lends itself to the intake of drugs, drugs are common in youth culture, teens need energy to dance all night, the rave scene is bombarded with all kinds of E" (Drug Information Database, www.pharmlink.org/designer/index.html/). "The media has given E and the rave scene a bad reputation, since 30 years ago music has been greatly united with drugs. For example Weed and Rock .....
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Campaigning
<view this essay>.... prefer a man they can believe in and trust. Sometimes just recognizing a cadidate's name is sufficient for some people. This is a definate advantage to incumbents such as Crocker Jarman who is McKay's opponent. When a person goes to vote, he or she is most likely to vote for the name that sounds most familiar to them. This is one reason no one felt that McKay would win.
Politics is about influencing people and persuading people to vote for the best candidate. People then elect the candidate that presented himself the best during his campaign or previous seat of office. Many individuals today do not have the initiative to research a candidate's platform or .....
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An Analysis Of Political Eliti
<view this essay>.... dominate government and who these groups are will be examined in this essay. Also, there will be an analysis of those who were political élites in Canada over the past centuries. Also, some new discoveries may be turned up that help us have a better understanding of this elitism. Finally, we will discuss if interest groups and minorities have real political power, or perhaps they are just given token compensation. Hopefully, by the end of this essay, there will be a better understanding of who really has political power in Canada.
Though this paper is an analysis of elitism, we must also dissect the concept of democracy. Needless to say, without democracy in .....
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Synthesis On Race And Ethnicit
<view this essay>.... Rodney King beating or the Simpson trial or Eric McGinnis's death - it erupts with jarring urgency. At these moments of crisis, during these squalls, we flail about, trying to find moral ballast. By then it is usually too late. The lines are drawn. Accusations are hurled across the river like cannon fire. And the cease-fires, when they occur, are just that, cease-fires, temporary and fragile. Even the best of people have already chosen sides (Kotlowitz, 414) To have any race or sect serve another because they believe they are higher and mightier than the other is preposterous. By our own nature we, as a society, strive to dominate others and become the "King of .....
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