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  • America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power?

    America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power?

    America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power? Jim Garrison Jim Garrison’s book addresses a poignant theme faced by American culture today. Garrison explains that America must tread carefully in the present as to avoid crossing the fine line of acting as a “global leader” and acting as a “rogue power.” To begin with, I found it necessary to look up the word ‘rogue,’ which dictionary.com defines as “vicious and solitary,” clearly a negative term.

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Hemegony in Latin America

    Hemegony in Latin America

    Since the very beginning of time, strong nations have taken over weaker ones while entirely disregarding and having zero consideration for the indigenous people of those lands. A common claim, or excuse for that matter, is that many of these people were intellectually and physically inferior to the conquerors. This led to the belief that due to this inferiority, these people were slaves by nature and were “better off” under rule of the conquerors. According

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Langston Hughes Let America Be America Again

    Langston Hughes Let America Be America Again

    Politics in Verse Langston Hughes knew the meaning of adversity firsthand. As a black man living in the early twentieth century, he encountered many different struggles on a daily basis. Though he could have easily become jaded by this, he instead strived to overcome and led others to do the same through his contributions to the literary world (Michaels). A prime example of one of his motivational works is Let America Be America Again. His

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Artur
  • Japanese Nationalism and Its Impacts in East Asia

    Japanese Nationalism and Its Impacts in East Asia

    Japanese Nationalism and its Impacts in East Asia Introduction Led by a new group of conservative leadership, Japan is undergoing a rise in nationalism fueled by complex mixture of causes spanning from internal politics, economy, perception of new threat from China, and external influence know in Japan as Gaiatsu. Meanwhile, East Asia is experiencing a dramatic shift in regional dominance from Japan to China. Due to the rapid growth in China's economy, East Asian nations,

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Fast Food Chains in America

    Fast Food Chains in America

    TITLE: FAST FOOD CHAINS IN AMERICA OUTLINE: Introduction Suffering caused by fast food in America Fast food chains in America Solutions for ending suffering by Buddha Conclusion None of us can avoid being interested in food. Our very existence depends on the supply of safe nutritious food. It is then hardly surprising that food has become the focus of a wide range of ethical concerns. As rising obesity rates in America become a growing health

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Divorce in America

    Divorce in America

    Each year many American children suffer the divorce of their parents. Children that will be born this year to couples that are married will eventually see their parents’ divorce before they are even grown. Further in the content of my text we will discuss some of the damaging effects of divorce, we will also look at the divorce rates in other countries as well as America, and we will discuss some the issues that are

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • New Social Movements: Changing America one Step at a Time

    New Social Movements: Changing America one Step at a Time

    New Social Movements: Changing America One Step at a Time Politicians and government officials in the United States are supposed to represent the voices in society that strive to better economic, social, and environmental conditions. We have elected representatives that are chosen to present the desires of individuals, groups, and organizations that fight for a just cause. These officials are not using their political power to the full extent to make a difference within society.

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Stenly
  • McCarthy and the Red Scares, How They Affected America

    McCarthy and the Red Scares, How They Affected America

    McCarthy and the red scares, how they affected America. All the hysteria about the Red Scares all started in 1919 when a bomb exploded in front of the door of Michael Palmer. Bombs exploded throughout the United States in other high ranking official’s homes. Due to this congress set up the Anti-Radical Division to investigate and prosecute people who were seen or could be a threat to the government. Throughout the year and the years

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Labor Unions in America

    Labor Unions in America

    Labor Unions In America The American Labor Movement of the nineteenth century developed as a result of the city-wide organizations that unhappy workers were establishing. These men and women were determined to receive the rights and privileges they deserved as citizens of a free country. They refused to be treated like slaves, and work under unbearable conditions any longer. Workers joined together and realized that a group is much more powerful than an individual when

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Obesity in North America

    Obesity in North America

    In western countries like Canada and the United States, fast food is an increasingly popular replacement for healthy home-cooked meals. Canada and the United states have been called the “fast food” nations because it makes up an unhealthy and substantial amount of North American diets due to busy schedules. It is normal for people in North America to work ten hours a day, five days a week and on top of that have many extra

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: David
  • Book Review “whatever Happened to the Real America?”

    Book Review “whatever Happened to the Real America?”

    Chapter 1 (What Happened to the Real America? An Introduction), In this chapter Dr. Gosine uses the interaction theory. He tells you why he is writing his book and what it is going to be about. He states “My primary concern in it is to compare traditional America with modern America and ascertain what went wrong, if anything, especially in the recent past.” A lot of social thinkers along with Dr. Gosine agree that

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • Bobbed Hair of 1920s in America

    Bobbed Hair of 1920s in America

    Hairstyles of the 1920s created more controversy in hair fashion than in any other period of American culture and one hairstyle, known simply as "the bob," would be at the center of this great debate. Bob haircut was first introduced during the Great War. The bob haircut would eventually cause a revolution in the way women would wear their hair. "The New Woman of the 1920s" described Irene Castle, Mary Garden, and Mary Pickford's decisions

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Jon
  • Bigfoot America

    Bigfoot America

    Matt Belcher Bigfoot America 1. Attention catcher: Patterson footage video. 2. Listner relevance link: Bigfoot is always making the news; from coast to coast thousands of reports have been made claiming to have witnessed a Bigfoot. Do you know that their have been reported sightings of Bigfoot in 22 different Kentucky counties? There is even a golf club named after Bigfoot. Jack Links beef jerky boasts commercials about him. Bigfoot has clearly become a household

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Was Expansion Good for America?

    Was Expansion Good for America?

    Was Expansion Good For America? In this essay I will explain how expansion was in fact good for America. This is a matter of opinion, with very strong opposing arguments. I will provide the information to show both sides of the arguments. In this essay 3 topics will be discussed. These are Manifest Destiny, Foreign expansion, and the Industrial Revolution. In the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, John O’ Sullivan published an article

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Obesity Epidemic in America

    Obesity Epidemic in America

    Obesity Epidemic in America Introduction: In America today on average one out of every three American adults are obese, which is about 59 million people! And close to two out of three American adults are considered overweight or obese. This is a problem that affects everyone, and we need to make everyone aware of this super sized problem! Preview: Even though we see an ongoing surge of diet pills and exercise programs in America we

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • Is America Going into a Recession?

    Is America Going into a Recession?

    Is America going into a recession? Well first what exactly is a recession? In its simplest form, it means at least two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks or fails to grow. Now that you know what a recession means, yes, America is on the brink of a recession if not already in one. What does this mean for Americans? It will mean more unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and lower wages and profits. I think this

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Yan
  • Oasis: Criticized in America, but Loved

    Oasis: Criticized in America, but Loved

    Oasis: Criticized In America, But Loved Anyone familiar with music magazines will notice a common method used by most music critics: comparing artists to one or more of their peers. In most cases this method is critical to the review, especially if the readers have never heard the artist being reviewed. It gives them a point of reference, and if they like the artists being compared, they might buy the album. Such comparisons can work

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • America

    America

    In a nation established by peoples of differing languages, ethnicities, and religions, Americans find unity in the democratic principles of the founding fathers; principles that united the thirteen colonies after the American Revolution and continue to unite Americans during such crises as the attacks of September 11th. Fundamental doctrines associated with the Constitution are familiar to average Americans even today, two hundred years after its ratification. For example, Americans widely believe that governmental "checks and

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Citizenship in America

    Citizenship in America

    Citizenship is the state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. To be a citizen in America you have to be born in the United States. People out of the United States are considered immigrants. U.S. Citizens have a lot of rights, but some of those rights can be taken away. As a United States citizen I think we have a lot of rights. We have the right to vote at the age

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • America’s Tragic Flaw

    America’s Tragic Flaw

    America's tragic flaw “I can understand why he did not see me as American. He had a narrow but widely shared sense of the past- a history that has viewed American as European in ancestry (Takaki 2)” Americans today who do not have a racial background from European are seen as foreign. The English view is still around today and plays a major role in history about the white man's country. With the evidence in

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Honour Among Woman in Colonial Latin America

    Honour Among Woman in Colonial Latin America

    In colonial Latin America, one aspect of life that was constantly under attack and had to be guarded at all costs was the ideal of one's Honour. Women in colonial Latin America had to especially be on their guard to protect their honour, as an unanswered attack to their honour could ruin a family's honour. But if a woman's honour was attacked there were ways for her to protect it. The honour women possessed at

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • Latin America and the Neoliberal Model

    Latin America and the Neoliberal Model

    Latin America and the NeoLiberal Model In this paper I will argue that the best indicator of the economic policies of the countries in Latin America is the Neoliberal Model, and more importantly the Washington Consensus. I will do this by first giving a description of the Neoliberal model. Second I will show how the presence of effects of the Washington Consensus in the Latin American countries prove that other ways of indicating economic policies

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Mike
  • Truly the Americas’ First Feminist?

    Truly the Americas’ First Feminist?

    Truly the Americas’ First Feminist? Failing to Set a Precedent In Estela Portillo Trambley’s play Sor Juana the main character Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was considered to be one of the earliest feminists. Sor Juana’s eternal struggles to study and unshakable craving for knowledge and wisdom, from whatever source it may be, support this attribute. In my opinion however, there are also significant elements of the play that suggest that Sor Juana would

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Monika
  • Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America

    Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America

    Mrs.Nelson Kevin Larios period 3 Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality they affect all of us - users and non-users. I believe

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Vika
  • Describe and Analyze the Social, Political, and Economic Effects of European Contact with the Americas Between 1450 and 1550

    Describe and Analyze the Social, Political, and Economic Effects of European Contact with the Americas Between 1450 and 1550

    Between the 1450, and 1550, as the Europeans infiltrated and dominated the Americas, this revolutionizing contact altered “the way of life” for the Native Americans. The Spanish empire imbibed the Native American culture and took them under their rule due to the Spaniards advanced weapons and technologies which overpowered the simple defense systems of the Americans. Although the Spaniards opened the American’s eyes to the potential of their lands, the Americans were put under slave

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Edward