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What To Do About Immigration
... Quota Act of 1921 and Immigration Act of 1924 which restricted immigration from southern and eastern Europe. Finally, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 restricted the number of immigrants from every nation. Today, as the United States experience "the fourth wave" of immigration, the debate about what to do about it heats up. According to Linda Chavez, "In 1993 […],over 800,000 legal immigrants were admitted to the United States and an estimated 300,000 illegal aliens settled here, more or less permanently. Over the last decade, as many as ten million legal and illegal immigrants established permanent residence…" (327). However, as Kenney David remarks the ...
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Marijuana Abuse
... The cultivation of the marijuana plant in the United States began as far back as the Jamestown settlers around the year 1611. At that time the main focus was on survival rather than for psychoactive purposes. Medicinal uses of marijuana eventually changed to enjoyment manipulation. Beginning in the 1960s marijuana use saw a reemergence with the rebellious youth, and the "hippie movement." This evolved into increased use among the older population as well. This trend continues to this day. Marijuana use can be termed abuse. Today the debate over marijuana is a major controversy that affects our society as a whole. During the 60's it was easy to depict marij ...
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Communism
... the roots of Marxism. It unites the
people into one class and call for industrial power. All the people work, the
people are all at the same social level. It creates a false sense of unity. Most
of these communist governments are dictatorships; the government oppresses all
opposing views. Communist polices deny people their basic rights and freedom.
The people cannot even own their own private property. The methods of Communism
have been varied slightly by each different government. Stalin and Lenin were
the driving forces behind Russia's Socialist Workers party. Fidel Castro ran
the party in Cuba. Mao Tung ran the Chinese Workers party.
Democratic governm ...
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The Wonderful War On Drugs
... face ruthless dealers, who would rather shoot at a cop than spend 25 years in prison. On top of all that, there has been no real proof of a decline in drug use among people in America. Is this “war” really the best answer to America’s widespread drug problem? Should the government be allowed to spend billions annually fighting this hopeless war? Looking at this information you begin to realize that, not only does this “war” affect every person in the U.S., but it is also a war with no winners. War is never pretty, and the war on drugs is no exception. For this “war” to work it must stop drugs in at least one of three areas. Either by stopping drugs at the border, ...
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The Need For Gun Control
... He dies a minute or two later. These kinds of events are
all too familiar to us and perturb us as we see an increasing number of handguns
fall into the hands of the young. I am shocked at the sight of these events
where innocent children are being gunned down on the street because of petty
little arguments over something so minuscule as a pair of shoes, a particular
type of jacket, or simply just a misinterpreted look. I believe that more
strict handgun regulations are a must in today's society. I'm not saying that
we have to ban handguns, but we have to take legislative measures in order to
limit the possibility of handguns falling into the hands or yout ...
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Mr
... of "primitive" reflexes indicates damage to the frontal lobes and the memory defecit is comparable with bilateral damage to temporal lobe structures. Difficulties in comprehension are secondary to the memory deficit. While much of the damage is attributable to areas of the brain served by the basilar artery (shown to be calcified, in the CT scans) the frontal lobe impairment indicates more generalised arterial disease. Fitness for trial Physically: Senator Pinochet would at present be able to attend a trial but as features of cerebrovascular damage have progressed despite optimal treatment (with good control of diabetes and blood pressure and antiplaseler agen ...
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Protecting The Innocent
... be gained without the death penalty. There is no proof that the death penalty is a deterrent to criminals, and incapacitation can be achieved by sentencing offenders to life in prison. A common misconception is that executing an offender costs less than life long imprisonment. The cost of apparatus and maintenance of the procedures attending the death penalty, including death row and the endless appeals and legal machinery, far outweighs the expense of maintaining in prison the tiny fraction of criminals who would otherwise be slain (Draper 46). A report issued in1998 by the Judicial Conference of the United States found the cost of sentencing a defendant to the dea ...
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John F. Kennedy: Foreign Affairs
... that John. F. Kennedy faced with communism and it came to just three months after his inauguration. Fidel Castro, Leader of Cuba, had been working to export its revolutionary ideas to other Latin American countries. In the US Castro was seen as a major threat. Under former president Eisenhower the CIA had prepared a plan for an invasion. The Bay of Pigs ended up to be a fiasco.
The Cuban Missile Crisis took the US to some surprise. The Soviet Leader , Khrushchev, approved the instillation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. An American reconnaissance plans discovered the missile sites in October 1962. On October 22, Kennedy revealed the crisis to the public. Within a w ...
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Our Town
... theories of the syndrome
and recommended treatments are outlined below.
I. The Classical Theory of Battered Women's Syndrome and its Origins
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-IV), known in the mental health field as the clinician's bible,
does not recognize battered women's syndrome as a distinct mental
disorder. In fact, Dr. Lenore Walker, the architect of the classical
battered women's syndrome theory, notes the syndrome is not an
illness, but a theory that draws upon the principles of learned
helplessness to explain why some women are unable to leave their
abusers. Therefore, the classical ...
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Humans Are Curious By Nature
... towards research and understanding of these events in an attempt to draw from them a hypothesis on the events which took place prior to their results. Perhaps Gould stated it best in his essay when he stated that "we can never be completely sure that a hypothesis is right, though we may be able to show with confidence that it is wrong"(448). Scientist have come up with many theories as to why the rein of dinosaur rule of the earth stopped "once upon a time" and in truth none of them can be proven factually at the moment.
Though the "Disaster" theory does offer some scientific logic behind it since it offers some raw material which can be thrown into the equation. ...
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