Newly Independent Nation Seeks Advice From Other Nations
.... a good system of education is not worth teens killing themselves.
The second area in which the nation is seeking advice is in the area of
womens rights. They are seeking advice from Israel. In Israel women are given
as equal rights as men are. Women are allowed to have the samejobs, education,
and also serve in the military under the same conditions of men. The nation
should choose this policy because women are as equal as men and should have all
the same oppurtunities. Plus during a war or cri .....
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The First Amendment
.... teen commits suicide and investigators blame the music that the child heard on WSOU."(Michael Collazo, Billboard Magazine, 18 Jun 1988,10).
The response to censor music has taken a hard line straight to the artists themselves. Most hard hit, has been the rap artists. It seems that this groups is the most commonly affected in censorship. A lot of the record companies are asking the performers to have two different versions of their songs. One that can be played on the radio, and one for the album. .....
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The Behavior Of Presidents
.... in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ people. In the first "Hundred Days" of Roosevelt's first term he initiated a number of programs which increased the size of the Federal Government and the power of the President. He did all that he could to see that his proposals were put into place. .....
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Statement For Propsed Activity Research On Impact Of Trade On Pak-Us Military Ties
.... region, that US spy planes used to operate their missions. This close relationship between the two countries flourished during the 1950's, but started to diminish during the 1970's.
After the Russian invasion in Afghanistan in December 1979, Pak-US military ties once again gained importance as Pakistan was considered to be the only buffer state left to fight against Communism. During this era the United States of America in the form of cash, military hardware and experts, pumped unlimited military aid .....
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Should Government Spend Or Reduce Money To Stop Drug Abuse?
.... States, from 5 to 10 million young people who are between the ages of 12 to 17 years old who are using alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs (Focus). Also, among of youths is also related to drug trafficking and criminal activity.
Every year, government is spending a lot money and time on the crimes, drug users, and addicted. But government policy regarding illegal drugs has proved a failure after 25 years because of the forfeiture laws which allow law enforcement agencies to keep the assets they seize i .....
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The Future Of Participatory Democracy In America
.... is by “leveling the playing field.” Campaign finance reformation is an answer to this issue. A limit of money spent would have many benefits, and some disadvantages.
The major benefit would be that more people be financially able to participate in the electoral process. By limiting the amount of money that could be spent on a campaign, the issues that affect people would be more important than raising more money than your competitor. Therefore, people would turn out in greater numbers to .....
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Nuclear Weapon Disarmament
.... if we have reason to believe that we are under a nuclear attack (Krieger, pdd60.html). Nuclear weapons remain at the core of our defense strategy. The United States is not the only culprit. Today, roughly 52,000 nuclear warheads exist (Kressley). The large number of nuclear weapons is a huge risk to the entire planet.
Many argue that there cannot be a nuclear-free world. They claim that you cannot un-invent something that has become the cornerstone of our defense for over 50 years. “The eliminat .....
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The Search For A Better Tax System
.... (Tyson 8). (This must have been before the term "anti-tax-and-spend" was commonly associated with Republicans.) Today, personal income taxes account for about 85 percent of federal government revenue (Tyson 8).
In contrast, the states generate only about thirty percent of revenue from personal income taxes, relying instead on taxes generated mostly on sales transactions (Murray 2). In 1932 Mississippi introduced the first sales tax (Murray 1). Since then, all but Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New .....
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Analysis Of The Immigration Problem
.... a twenty-year increase of 600 to 700 million people who will be seeking jobs. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population growth takes place in the Third World. More than a billion people today are paid about 150 dollars a year, which is less than the average American earns in a week. And growing numbers of these poorly paid Third World citizens want to come to the United States.
In the 1970s, all other countries that accept immigrants started controlling the number of people the .....
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China's One Birth Murder Policy
.... deplorable results is the active murder and abortions of female babies and fetuses. There are now nearly 30 million missing females in China.
The family planning program has changed the status of women. Males are most often wanted more than females, for males can do the work in the fields. If there is a chance a baby might be a female, it will either be killed or the parents may hide the child from the authorities. Even so, the females that are kept are usually not treated well. In times of famine .....
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History Of The Bureau Of Land Management (BLM)
.... former Federal agencies -- the General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service. Most of the lands managed by the BLM are located in 12 Western States, including Alaska, although small parcels are scattered throughout the East. Besides protecting and managing the public lands for a variety of uses, the BLM also maintains custody of nearly nine million pages of historic land documents. These documents include copies of homestead and sales patents, survey plats and survey field notes.
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Military Pay
.... The soldier is given months of specialized training, prompted to pursue a higher education and given more responsibility than their civilian counterparts. Being a soldier means uprooting your family, moving them to a new duty station several times and spending lots of time away from your family.
The military has shrunk since 1986 due to the draw down yet, it has experienced a fourfold increase in the number of deployments. This has increased responsibility and stress on the soldier. I believe that .....
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Jefferson And Socrates' Idea Of Democracy
.... found many enemies in his era (A&E Biography, 1995). Just as Socrates' criticism’s on politicians, poets, and artisans led to him being outcast from a large part of society and ultimately executed.(Kaplan, 1951, 13) Jefferson similarly was ostracized for his criticism's of Federalist policies, but he was embraced by those who shared his views, namely the republicans of his day. Socrates too had those who supported him, those included his pupils such as Crito, Phaedo, and most namely Plato. (Kaplan, 19 .....
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Capital Punishment
.... a sermon at the Martha Vineyards Tabernacle in New Hampshire. He told his congregation, which included the vacationing President Clinton and his wife, that capital punishment is wrong. "I invite you to look at a picture of Timothy McVeigh and to forgive him," said Miller. "If we profess to be Christians, then we are called to love and forgive." Once the sermon ended, Rev. Miller, Clinton, and their wives got together for brunch at the Sweet Life Café.
What the Rev. did not know was that 24- .....
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Introduction To Public Choice Theory
.... of politics. I would think you would be immediately puzzled by this, since most universities already have a Political Science department. The problem is that until Public Choice Theory came along, universities did not teach the way politics actually functions but, instead, taught the way it should work ideally or the way they wished it would work. This practice of teaching what should be rather than what is is fairly common at universities and continues to this day at most universities in politics as wel .....
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