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Apartheid In South Africa
<view this essay>.... pass, they were not allowed to
stay in a white area for more than 72 hours.
Despite the fact that the whites only make up just over 14% of the
population, they own 86.3% of the land. However, it must be said that the
Afrikaaners are entitled to the Orange Free State and Transvaal as they were
first to use it after the Great Trek of 1836.
The average South African White earns eight times as much as the average
black man. Coloureds earn three times as much as black while colords earn well
over half of what whites earn.
During Apartheid, media censorship was at an all time high. People were
even banned from showing Soweto on television. It .....
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Is China Correct In Her Occupation Of Tibet?
<view this essay>.... internal affairs. As the Chinese consolidated their control, they repeatedly violated the treaty and open resistance to their rule grew, leading to the National Uprising in 1959 and the flight into India of Tibet's head of state and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
The international community didn’t agree with China’s decision. The question of Tibet was discussed on numerous occasions by the U.N. General Assembly between 1959 and 1965. Three resolutions were passed by the General Assembly condemning China's violations of human rights in Tibet and calling upon China to respect those rights, including Tibet's right to self-determination.
The destruction of .....
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Haig V. Agee: Power To Revoke Passports
<view this essay>.... passports. However, the
Passport Act does state that the Secretary of State is the only person who can
grant and withhold passport applications. And based upon later provisions, the
Secretary can withhold applications if the party is involved with illegal
activities. If the Secretary of State can grant and withhold passports, was it
implied by the Congress that the Secretary has the powers to revoke passports?
"The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be
granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by diplomatic representatives
of the United States . . . under such rules as the President shall designated
and prescri .....
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Sexual Pressures
<view this essay>.... of the other boys with the girls(Elias 1). On the other hand , girls on sports teams are much less sexually active than other females who do not play sports(Elias 1). This shows that male athletes are far more pressuring each other on the issue of sexuality. So for males who are into sports they are subjected to a host of pressures and can as a result do things they would not normally do. On the contrary, I found that females who do sports are far less pressured and influenced about sex. In fact they are far less likely to be sexually active than teen females who do not participate in sports. I believe that all teens in general should know the results of bein .....
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Nato Hits Chinese Embassy
<view this essay>.... reported killed, and 21 injured, while one is missing. The Chinese government and people are terribly outraged at NATO's method of expressing its displeasures, calling it a "barbarian act" and that "'the U.S.-led NATO should bear all responsibilities.'"
NATO explained that they feel regretful of the mishap, saying the bombing was an unintentional accident. However, non-NATO countries analyze it differently, interpreting the bombing as an evil design of the NATO alliance, purposely assaulting the Chinese who objected to NATO's unhumanitarian bombing campaign all along and "has represented for Yugoslav interest in the United States since Belgrade broke diplo .....
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What Is America?
<view this essay>.... to the British parliament that created the laws that governed them. In addition, the British taxed Americans so heavily and unjustly that eventually American rebels took up arms against the British in a Revolutionary War.
Although America had escaped from British oppression, the struggle for justice was far from over. Social problems existed in our society that had never been predicted by Washington or Jefferson. Slavery, for instance, became more and more a controversial issue until finally, it led to a civil war within the less than united States. In 1861, the southern states seceded, and a war was fought between the rebels and the Union for four .....
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The Ineptitude Of The United S
<view this essay>.... civil rights must be expanded in the United States.
In December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The thirty articles of the UDHR were developed to provide a clear definition of human rights. It then became the responsibility of the states of the United Nations to protect those rights. This is where the United States is lacking. The U.S. is one of the founding nations of the United Nations and one of the most influential, yet it has failed to take adequate state responsibility for human rights.
Before tates can be discussed, the concept of state responsibility for human and civil rights must be .....
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Policy Profile Of Senator Dick
<view this essay>.... at the federal level. However, in the conclusion of this text a rational explanation will be offered to give insight concerning Senator Lugar's motivations and tendencies to act in the way he does. Biographical Background Richard Green Lugar was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 4, 1932. Attending Shortridge High School he excelled academically and was the class Valedictorian. After graduation, Dick Lugar (as he is commonly known) attended Denison University, in Ohio, and met his future wife Charlene Smeltzer. In 1954 Lugar received his degree from Denison and went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College on the campus of Oxford University, in Engla .....
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