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  • Is Tv Harming America?

    Is Tv Harming America?

    Those who proclaim that television is harming society may be too quick to judge television, in fact in some ways TV can help society. One only has to look at programs such as America’s Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries, they may often be on the corny side, however America’s Most Wanted has helped authorities capture many wanted fugitives. News programs have gotten more and more graphic in recent years, but the amount of information given

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: David
  • Tangents in America

    Tangents in America

    Competition in the Auto Industry Theme II GBA 300 Professor Laura Wolff Autos Team #3 Rachel Richardson October 20, 2005 Introduction As a staff member in a major consulting firm, I have noticed several issues affecting competition in the automobile industry. The major competitors of the industry, as well as their market shares, have greatly affected the increased amount of competition in this industry. These competitors include General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai,

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    Essay Length: 1,572 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Jon
  • Pri-America

    Pri-America

    Hello, My name is …. I’m with Primerica, a division of Citigroup. We are in your neighborhood to find out what people’s beliefs are on the “ Rules of the Money Game”. Would you mind participating in a brief survey? This will only take about 2 minutes. Please answer Yes, No, or Maybe. 1. Did you know that at the current rate of weath creation only 5% of the population reaching age 65 by next

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    Essay Length: 785 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Top
  • America in World War 1

    America in World War 1

    In 1914 when war was declared in Europe, America adopted a policy of neutrality and isolation. When news of trench warfare and the horrors associated with it reached the shores of America, it confirmed to the government that they had made the right choice. Their approach had the full support of a majority of Americans, many of which could not believe that Europe, a civilized entity, could descend into the depths of carnage as depicted

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Fatih
  • North Americas Different History

    North Americas Different History

    North America’s Different History The human history in North America I believe was very different than that of Asia, Eurasia, and Europe. One example of why I believe that North America’s history was different is that the importance of a military force was far more important to the Europeans than the Americans. The Europeans were so intertwined in their problems of over population, poverty, and political order that the need for a military was needed.

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Monika
  • What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What might have happened in North America if the confederacy had won the "War between the states"? Before I start revealing my thoughts on this point I would like to recollect some facts about the Civil War in the United States of America known also as the “War between the states”. The Civil War took place on the territory of the USA from 1861 to 1865 as a result of sharp differences between the Southern

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    Essay Length: 670 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • What We Can Do About America's Obesity Epidemic?:

    What We Can Do About America's Obesity Epidemic?:

    WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT AMERICA’S OBESITY EPIDEMIC?: ANALYSIS OF FOOD FIGHT: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY A horrifyingly remarkable 65% of Americans are overweight. Obesity now surpasses smoking in health-care costs and impact on chronic illness and is on the rise in almost every country in the world. America, as well as the rest of the world, is eating itself to death. In her book Food Fight, Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D. reveals

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Janna
  • Welcome to America: Land of the Tired, Home of the Stressed

    Welcome to America: Land of the Tired, Home of the Stressed

    Throughout American history, we have always worked hard to make our country a better place. We work and work to provide for our families, get that new car, or for self-gratification. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Jack is my father, he works hard, everyday providing for my mom, my brother and me. He can never relax, he is constantly stressed, he is my personal account of seeing America as

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    Essay Length: 911 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • Slavery

    Slavery

    In the biography of Frederick Douglass written by Nathan Irvin Huggins, covers the life of a magnificent man who lived his life as a slave, only to flee for his freedom to be a foremost advocate against slavery. Douglass was a black leader in the time of hostilities towards his race and became the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement. He fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the

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    Essay Length: 507 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Slavery and It’s Effects on the U.S.Today

    Slavery and It’s Effects on the U.S.Today

    There has always been hostility between different groups of people, in the 17th-19th centuries this was no different. This was the time of slavery in the New World. During this time people from Africa were enslaved and brought to the colonies of North America. They were then forced to work under harsh conditions. Although this is a painful memory in our country's past, without it we wouldn't be the country we are today. America

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Bred
  • To What Extent Did the Political and Economic Effects of the Seven Years War in North America Help Cause the American War of Independence?

    To What Extent Did the Political and Economic Effects of the Seven Years War in North America Help Cause the American War of Independence?

    To what extent did the political and economic effects of the Seven Years War in North America help cause the American War of Independence? The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain, and its American colonies from 17 to 1783. In 17 British soldiers invaded America with the intention to rule the country. The American War of Independence lasted for eight years and

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Jon
  • Gun Control in America Today

    Gun Control in America Today

    Gun Control in America Today In the time when our forefathers were busy developing and writing the Constitution, the right to bear arms was a very important aspect of the common man’s life. Today, gun control is a very controversial issue in our present American society, and most Americans develop their own opinions early in their lives. To some, guns are the protection that no family or household should be without. To others, guns

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • Changing the Face of America

    Changing the Face of America

    The changing face of America Taking a look back in time you are able to see how artists and other writers used words and pictures to get people to think the way they wanted them to think. In the 1950’s artists were able to use pictures of families, televisions and just about any other house hold item to convey a meaning that we would understand subconsciously. In the book “Homeward Bound” by Elaine Tyler May,

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: David
  • Slavery

    Slavery

    Slavery "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" (Thomas Jefferson). Slavery Slavery in America stems well back to when the new world was first discovered and was led by the country to start the African Slave Trade- Portugal. The African Slave Trade was first exploited for plantations

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Max
  • Street Gangs in America

    Street Gangs in America

    Ayana Lemon Professor Brown English 113 June 4, 2007 1-2 pg Paper Street Gangs in America The desire to provide safe schools for the nation's youth is high on the list of priorities for every educator in the country. Yet in the last few years, law-enforcement and public schools everywhere have experienced a virtual epidemic of youth violence, that is rapidly spreading from the inner cities to the suburbs. Gang tumult has become a nationwide

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Victor
  • Social Issued of America

    Social Issued of America

    This past week I attended the play, “Revolution: A Song of Black Freedom” and I was very impressed on how it played out. The words of this play were written by Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou. This play displayed a lot of the different poems that were written by Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. I thought it was a very good tribute to the lives of Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou. It showed how theiy

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Bred
  • Columbus’s Legacy: Genocide in the America’s,” by David E. Stannard

    Columbus’s Legacy: Genocide in the America’s,” by David E. Stannard

    In the article, “Columbus’s Legacy: Genocide in the America’s,” by David E. Stannard, the theme can be identified as contrary to popular belief that the millions of native peoples of the Americas that perished in the sixteenth century died not only from disease brought over by the Europeans, but also as a result of mass murder, as well as death due to working them to death. Stannard starts out the article by citing contemporary

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The War on Drugs America

    The War on Drugs America

    The War on Drugs America It should be no secret that America has a serious and rapidly growing drug problem. According to a study conducted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), about 12.7 million Americans have used some kind of illegal drug in the past month, and approximately 30 to 40 million people have altered their state of mind at least once in the past year (druglibrary.org). These startling facts should make your average straight-edged

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Fatih
  • A Study of the Swimwear Industry in North America

    A Study of the Swimwear Industry in North America

    Introduction Every organization will benefit from even the most elementary market research. The information will provide new information, and will confirm what is known. Find out what the customers want and then give it to them For most women, finding the perfect swimsuit is anything but glamorous. Selecting one for your figure-type and individual style requires personal attention. At Jenal Swimwear, this is our mission.. The population of Sydney as of June 2004 was 146,297.

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Slavery Was Hard for All, but Women

    Slavery Was Hard for All, but Women

    "Only by experience can any one realize how deep, and dark, and foul is that pit of abominations." (Jacobs, 120). These words are spoken by Harriet Jacobs (also known as Linda Brent) and after reading about her life experience as a slave, I have come to believe that slavery was far worse for women than it ever was for men. Jacobs never states that black slave men had it easy during the slave years, in

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Wage Gap in America

    The Wage Gap in America

    The Wage Gap in America The wage gap is a serious problem that has consequences for women in America, our two parent families and our single mom households. The government tries to reduce the wage gap between men and women’s earnings and tries to make sure that women’s talents are properly used and rewarded. A lot has been done to relive the wage gap in the past fifty years, but it still is not enough.

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Top
  • Racial Riots in America

    Racial Riots in America

    Racial Riots in America Over the past century, beginning before World War I, many incidents have occurred involving white mob assaults against entire black communities. In most of the cases these white mobs attacked the black neighborhoods, beating and killing the residents in many numbers. They also set fire and destroyed the blacks property. This was the result of the white society trying to maintain their superiority over the black communities, keeping them as the

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Fatih
  • What Is in Americas Future?

    What Is in Americas Future?

    **** note: i dont give a fuck if this is offensive to ANYONE, HM in 1776 our founding fathers signed a document that gave americans their rights. our country was formed around the christian religion, now look at us 230 years later trying to take out "... under god,..." from our pledge of allegiance. and all of the immigrants coming from all over the world, slowly diluting the christian religion, slowly destroying the american way

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Influence of Reality Television on America

    The Influence of Reality Television on America

    Reality television is the most popular genre of television in America. People love to sit and enjoy the unscripted dramatics or humorous situations, the ordinary people instead of famous paid actors, and the real situations. Reality television has existed in different forms since television began, but the term is most commonly used to describe the programs produced since the year 2000. Reality television contains a wide range of topics that range from game shows to

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Immigration to America

    Immigration to America

    To many people around the world, the United States is very appealing as a place to immigrate to start good lives. But not everyone can come to the US if they wanted to; there are lots of laws and restrictions, and you need a lot of money to do it. People who are fortunate enough to have family in the US can get a green card, but those who donЎ¦t resort to smuggling themselves

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Venidikt