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  • The Problem of Domestic Violence

    The Problem of Domestic Violence

    The Problem of Domestic Violence February 6, 2005 The Problem of Domestic Violence “He would hit us with almost anything. His favorite beating tool was electrical cords. He’d use cords from lamps, the toaster, and the iron. He’d hold the lamp in his hand and whip us with the cord. I would have marks on my arm from the prongs of the plug that looked like snake bite wounds.” (Anonymous Female, personal communication, January

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: David
  • The Problem of Teen Pregnancy

    The Problem of Teen Pregnancy

    Teen pregnancy is increasing yearly. According to the March of Dimes, teenage birth rates have decreased steadily in the country since 1991. Teenage birth rates in the United States remain relatively high compared to the more developed countries. According to the March of Dimes, "nearly thirteen percent of all births in the United States were teens ages fifteen to nineteen. Almost one million teenagers become pregnant each year and about 485,000 give birth (Teenage 1).

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Problem with Breed Specific Legislation

    The Problem with Breed Specific Legislation

    The Problem With Breed Specific Legislation The time has arrived, many say, for restricting the presence of- and even eliminating- certain breeds of dogs. There have been many documented instances of vicious dog attacks in cities across America . As a result, around the country many communities are enacting laws based on the misguided belief that a dog’s breed is responsible for its behavior. These laws are commonly referred to as breed bans, or breed-specific

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Problem with Hoodia

    The Problem with Hoodia

    Frank Damian LIT 3671 Professor Dan Bentley Baker Article Data Title: The Problem with Hoodia Florida International University, 2009 Office of Global Learning Initiatives Synopsis The Problem with Hoodia is an interesting case study mean to be used to examine the amount of global awareness that an individual possesses. The article itself is written as a short story. While it appears to be a recollection of past events, since both the company and the protagonist

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    Submitted: June 25, 2014 By: fd0728
  • The Problem with Teachers

    The Problem with Teachers

    I by-and-large don't have a very high opinion of teachers. This is based on my experience in school and experience with people who were elementary education majors in college. So if you don't want to be even madder at me, you probably shouldn't read any further (but you should since I spent a lot of time and stayed up very late to type this up). I am curious as to what points you would

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Problem with Wildlife Photography

    The Problem with Wildlife Photography

    “The Problem with Wildlife Photography” In the essay, “The Problem with Wildlife Photography” Bill McKibben inform readers regarding the controversy of wildlife photography. McKibben discuss the disturbance of the animals, the misleading representation, and substantial impression of wildlife photos. McKibben believed that there was an immense of excessive supply of material in demand and that continuing the production of wildlife photography can be enormously disruptive to the lives of the animals. He said “we

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Problematic Pakis

    The Problematic Pakis

    The Problematic Pakis Due to its complex blend of people, cultures, and ideas the Middle East and North Africa are the most hotly contested regions in the world. From the beaches of Morocco to the snow capped mountains of the Himalayans, deadly problems surrounding religion, politics, and many other issues seem to ignite daily. For a variety of reasons, one of the more interesting countries is Pakistan. The most important of them I believe,

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Problems of the Daily Dope

    The Problems of the Daily Dope

    The Problems of the Daily Dope by Anthony Pace There are many advocates for the legalization of marijuana; however, perhaps, he or she has had too much to smoke. While short term use has been proven therapeutic for pain relief in cancer and glaucoma patients, daily use has been proven to only have a harmful impact. It is due to the negative affects of long term use that marijuana should remain a controlled substance in

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: July
  • The Process of Putting on a Show

    The Process of Putting on a Show

    Tommy Coleman Intro to Theater Process Kimmika Williams-Whitherspoon Greek Comedy and The Process of Putting on a Show In The Poetics, comedy is defined as “a representation of an action that is laughable, lacking in magnitude, complete, [in embellished speech,] with each of its parts used separately in the various elements of the play; represented by people acting and not by narration.” (Aristotle, pg. 43) Therefore a play that does not adhere to this definition

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Processes and Institutions That Appear to Be Challenging the Idea of the Nation as a Sovereign Territory in the Asia Pacific Region, and the Institutions That Keep the Nation Relevant.

    The Processes and Institutions That Appear to Be Challenging the Idea of the Nation as a Sovereign Territory in the Asia Pacific Region, and the Institutions That Keep the Nation Relevant.

    The processes and institutions that appear to be challenging the idea of the nation as a sovereign territory in the Asia Pacific region are predominately driven by loosening of economic policies, trade barriers and movement of capital throughout the globe. The term for the development of this integrated global economy is Globalisation. This trend towards Globalisation, as evidenced by the evolvement of organizations that link diverse countries together to allow for exchange of labour, goods

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Progression of Women's Rights in the Middle East

    The Progression of Women's Rights in the Middle East

    The conflict with Arab Women’s rights is a difficult one to resolve due to tradition and worldwide indifference towards the topic. The world’s misconception about Arab women not actively pursuing equality is harming their image and hindering progression towards suffrage. The subject of Arab women’s rights has become infamous in this country because of the American media, and Americans are criticizing the speed of advancement in most Middle Eastern countries. However, it is difficult for

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Psychedelics and Religion

    The Psychedelics and Religion

    Walter Houston Clark Introduction by Peter Webster In 1968 Ralph Metzner wrote of Walter Houston Clark, (in The Ecstatic Adventure) THERE ARE NOT too many men in their sixties, professional academics at that, who have preserved sufficient openness to experience and receptivity to new ideas to accept the idea of personal experimentation with psychedelic drugs. Old age is too often synonymous with rigidity rather than wisdom. Not so with Walter Houston Clark, Professor of Psychology

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Purpose of Custom Writing

    The Purpose of Custom Writing

    The Purpose of Custom Writing Have you ever thought why university professors require only custom papers? If your teachers just wanted you to get more knowledge about the subject and learn about various viewpoints they would not ask you to write a custom essay. Copying of someone’s theories would give you enough information about your topic. Custom essays are required because your professors assume that you’ll not simply restate someone’s ideas but, also, analyze them,

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Pursuit of Happyness

    The Pursuit of Happyness

    Resenha do filme Em Busca da Felicidade: Pursuit of Happiness shows one of the hardest life situation, the story was amazing. The Pursuit of Happyness is a true story based on the life of a struggling man named Chris Gardener (Will Smith). Chris is a single father that was evicted from his apartment in San Francisco. With his son Christopher (Jaden Smith) which is five years old, both discover the life of being homeless and

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Pursuit of Learning

    The Pursuit of Learning

    Petrak 1 Daniel Petrak Research Paper Jana Aaron English Composition 112-059 April 23, 2008 The Pursuit of Learning On May 18, 1963, President John F. Kennedy climbed atop a platform in the midst of a packed Vanderbilt football stadium, and reaching the climax of his oration, stated: "the educated citizen knows that the ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all!" (American Rhetoric) More than forty four years later, on November

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Daniel
  • The Quest for Self Realization

    The Quest for Self Realization

    The Quest for Self Realization Every person has once in life felt repressed. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story about one woman’s quest to free herself, and to explore her identity. This is the story of Janie Crawford and her journey for self fulfillment. In this story Janie allows us to better understand the restraints that women in her time had to go through in a male dominated society. Janie has to

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Question of Legalizing Abortion

    The Question of Legalizing Abortion

    Menefield 1 HUMN 1201 Critical Thinking & Communication Lecturer: Ed Fletcher TOPIC ESSAY – Abortion Nirvana Menefield TR-8am,Sec.20 October,2014 There are many issues that we face as a society today. One of these dilemmas that has arose is the question of legalizing abortion. Are you pro – life or pro – choice? It is a question that has stirred up a lot of controversy especially in the most recent years. A difficult decision women and

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    Submitted: November 2, 2014 By: Nirvana Menefield
  • The Question of Who one Can Marry, Not Just Who Can Marry

    The Question of Who one Can Marry, Not Just Who Can Marry

    "In short, by not complying with their assigned gender roles, gays and lesbians threaten the system of male dominance (Calhoun 157)" A debate is raging in America about who people have a right to marry. In response to lesbians and gays asking for the right to marry, many legislators are writing laws to ban same-sex marriage in their respective states. Even President Bush supports a Constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage (prez.bush.marriage/). Opponents of

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Max
  • The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man The Quiet Man represents one example of how a director changes the work of an author when creating a movie for the general public. The Quiet Man, developed into a full-length movie directed by John Ford in 1952, followed the story written by Maurice Walsh in the 40’s. Changing the story line, Ford created a movie that the public would want to see. Decades ago, film studios employed actors and directors to

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    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Race and Gender Differences in Country Music Videos to Rap Music Videos

    The Race and Gender Differences in Country Music Videos to Rap Music Videos

    The Race and Gender Differences in Country Music Videos to Rap Music Videos Country Videos: Tim McGraw – Live Like You Were Dying Blake Shelton – Austin Shaniah Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much Rap Videos: 50 Cent – I Get Money Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back Snoop Dogg – Ain’t Nuthin’ but a G Thing The differences in the portrayal of both artist and race in the rap videos vs. the country

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Race on Racial Profiling: Driving While Black or Brown

    The Race on Racial Profiling: Driving While Black or Brown

    The Race on Racial Profiling: Driving While Black or Brown The ongoing rhythm of racial profiling in the United States has no end. The Driving while Black or Brown ordeal proves it. This cruel act has been going on since the beginning of my time and yours. From the time of the slaves, the Driving while Black or Brown ordeal, and up until now the ongoing vindictiveness doesn’t end. Racial profiling is a subject matter

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Radio Makes My Ears Bleed

    The Radio Makes My Ears Bleed

    12-6-2004 Problem/Solution The Radio Makes My Ears Bleed There is a major problem these days in entertainment, and that is there is such a lack of diversity in the music industry. Because of this problem, fewer bands will have the opportunity to go big, or get signed to a major record label. Small, local bands will never be able to get the popularity they deserve because every band is compared to one another. The same

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Rainbow Flag - the Lgbtq in India

    The Rainbow Flag - the Lgbtq in India

    The Rainbow Flag – The LGBTQ in India. What they face and what we do about it. I remember when I was in the 5th grade and my parents took me along in a train journey to Chennai. I remember the journey was so much fun, with the chai-walas and the biryani-walas and the cute older dude (much older dude, probably in his twenties, but hey, which little girl doesn’t like older dudes!) in the

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    Submitted: February 1, 2019 By: Pinangki Barman
  • The Ramifications of Stereotypes

    The Ramifications of Stereotypes

    The Ramifications of Stereotypes The movie Crash takes place in post 9-11 Los Angeles over a two day period and examines the lives of several different ethnic groups. With their stories interweaving amongst several different characters, including a black police detective, two car thieves, Hispanic locksmith, Persian storeowner, racist white cop, etc. this movie explores the good and bad in all of us, especially in a diverse society like America. By using an ensemble cast

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Rating Systems of Canada

    The Rating Systems of Canada

    There is one main organisation which deals with the rating systems in Canada. This is the Hotel Association of Canada. This organisation has many different schemes and awards for hotels in the country of Canada. The Hotel Association of Canada supports, protects and promotes the many different hotels, bed and breakfast establishments so they can excel in today's challenging business world. For over 90 years, they have helped them to compete by building and maintaining

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Real Id Act of 2005

    The Real Id Act of 2005

    The Real ID Act, which requires states to issue federally approved driver’s licenses or identification cards to those who live and work in the United States, was passed by Congress on May 11, 2005. Since the act has been passed, critics argue that the law fails to improve national security, and leaves citizens vulnerable to identity theft. The question, “Is America at risk?”, is raised by many. Kirkpatrick & Wald (2005) begins to explain

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Real King

    The Real King

    Riley B. "B.B." King (guitarist/singer, born September 16, 1925, Itta Bena, MS) The most touching bluesman of our time, and the most influential electric guitarist ever, the "King of the Blues" sums up his message with some simple advice. "I would say to all people, but maybe to young people especially--black and white or whatever color--follow your own feelings and trust them, find out what you want to do and do it, and then practice

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Reality of Fast Food Meat

    The Reality of Fast Food Meat

    According to Eric Schlosser author of Fast Food Nation, "Fast food has had an enormous impact not only on our eating habits but on our economy, our culture, and our values"(3). According to Lois Williams on any given day, about one quarter of U.S. adults visit a fast-food restaurant. The typical American now eats about three hamburgers each week (2). Schlosser also writes that “thirty years ago Americans spent about six billion dollars annually

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Reality of Rape

    The Reality of Rape

    Running head: THE REALITY OF RAPE The Reality of Rape Crystal Hebert Southern New Hampshire University Rape is a crime of violence and aggression that not only hurts a victim for the moment, but it shatters her entire life. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, rape is defined as “any kind of unlawful sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse, carried out forcibly or under threat of injury and against the will of the victim.” This definition has

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Reality of the Nacirema

    The Reality of the Nacirema

    “Body Rituals among the Nacirema” is a document written by Mr. Horace Miner. Miner was a graduate of the University of Chicago, with a degree in anthropology. Throughout his life, Miner was dedicated to his studies ranging in anthropology to sociology. He was very interested in the study of anthropology, but Miner disagreed with the way that other cultures were represented. He thought American anthropologists believed that the American culture was “normal” and, that the

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Tasha
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