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- 3611: The Importance Of Learning Spa
- ... front, the world is witnessing the formation of new international alliances amd mega trade-zones that are progressively taking shape. After the European Common Market and the Pacific Rim Nations Alliance, the recently signed North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) between The US, Canada and Mιxico, opens the door to incredible opportunities - cultural and otherwise - with our immediate neighbors to the South, and beyond to the whole South American continent. Once more, but on a broader scale, the possibilities for enrichment and cross-pollination at the level of things ( trade, industry, art ), people ( associations, business, travel, cultural activities), ideas ( new concepts in international relations ...
- 3612: Teenage Pregnancy
- ... needs to be addressed. These rates are still higher in the 1990's than they were only a decade ago. The United State's teenage birthrate exceeds that of most other industrialized nations, even though American teenagers are no more sexually active than teenagers are in Canada or Europe. (Gormly 348) Recent statistics concerning the teen birthrates are alarming. About 560,000 teenage girls give birth each year. Almost one-sixth ... teens are at higher risk for unplanned pregnancy than others. Teenagers who become sexually active at an earlier age are at a greater risk primarily because young teenagers are less likely to use birthcontrol. African-American and Hispanic teenagers are twice as likely to give birth as are white teenagers. Whites are more likely to have abortions. Teenagers who come from poor neighborhoods and attend segregated schools are at a high ...
- 3613: Prison Alternative
- ... keep nonviolent criminals sitting in prison cells where they become bitter and more likely to repeat their offenses when released? The government must devise new ways to punish the guilty, and still manage to keep American citizens satisfied that our justice system is effective. Instead, why not put non violent criminals to work in restitution programs outside prison where they could pay back the victims of their crimes? In 1995, only ... burglar should return stolen goods, pay for damage to the house he broke into and pay his victims for the time lost from work to appear at a trial meets with universal support from the American people." The concept of restitution appeals to America's sense of justice. Restitution would deter crime with at least as much effectiveness as prison. Restitution programs would greatly reduce the incidence of further crime, since ...
- 3614: Abortion A Moral Choice Or Leg
- ... termination of pregnancy, before the fetus is capable of independent life, was widespread in ancient times (Judges 84). Therefore the issue of abortion is nothing new to our society and has been debated many ways. American policy towards abortion has gone through several stages. In the early 1800's abortion was considered no crime by common law as clarified in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts' case; Commonwealth vs. Parker (Judges 98 ... laws (106). These forces produced legislative responses in a few states but in most states outlawed abortions, and only permitted them if it was necessary top preserve material health. In 1973 however, the path of American abortion policy was drastically changed by the supreme courts decision of Roe vs. Wade (109). This case established that it was a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Many countries around the world were ...
- 3615: A Look At Animal Testing
- ... Anne Green, and Jack Norris. "Veganism as the Path to Animal Liberation." The Animal's Agenda Sep/Oct 1998: 44-45. Botting, Jack H. and Adrian R. Morrison. "Animal Research is Vital to Medicine." Scientific American. 187 February 1997: 83-85. D. E. "Skin Stand-Ins." Scientific American. September 1990: 168. James-Enger, Kelly. "Beyond Animal Testing." Vegetarian Times. October 1998: 254. "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals." (20 March 1999). "21 Things You May Not Know About the Animal Rights Movement ...
- 3616: Argument Against Euthanasia
- ... think people have absolute right over their bodies and lives. But that is obviously just not true. No individual has absolute freedom. Even the patient's Bill of Rights, which was drawn up by the American Hospital Association, recognizes this. Although it acknowledges that patients have the right to refuse treatment, the document also realizes that they have this right and freedom only to the extent permitted by law. Maybe people ... undignified against being hollowed out by a catastrophic disease, about writhing in pain, about wishing it would end. The indignity lies in capitulation".(Buchanan 208) --- Bibliography Friedman, Emily. Ethics Issues For Health Care Professionals. Baskerville: American Hospital Publishing, 1986. Maguire, Daniel. Death By Choice. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Reich, Warren. Quality Of Life. New York: Paulist Press, 1990. Brody, Baruch. Life And Death Decision Making. New York: Oxford University Press ...
- 3617: A Time To Step Down
- ... obstruction of justice, abuse of presidential power, and the refusal to obey house subpoenas. Did Richard Nixon resign because he knew that he lost the faith of the Republican Party and most important of all, American people? The American people felt that they were lied to, because of the President denying all charges brought against him. Nixon did the right thing by stepping down and letting the country move on. Richard Nixon saved himself ...
- 3618: Feminism And Gender Equality I
- ... two decades later, the president of the United States is pushing to take that right away. It seems blatant that society is bent on putting women in their places. From the above examples, it appears American culture prefers women as non- professional, non-intellectual, homemakers and mothers. This mentality is not easily resolved, because it is introduced at a young age. Alice Brooks experienced inequality on the basis of her race ... Page 767. 6. The Ethnic Moment, By P. L. Fetzer. Page 234. 7. Constitutional Law Cases & Essays, By S. Goldman. Page 784. Bibliography: Fetzer, Philip L. The Ethnic Moment, The Search For Equality In The American Experience. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1997. Goldman, Sheldon. Constitutional Law Cases & Essays, Second Edition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Marable, Manning. Beyond Black & White. New York: Verso, 1995. Zinn, Howard. A People's ...
- 3619: Jackie Robinson
- ... everything from racial slurs to not being able to stay or eat somewhere because of his color, and he became the first black man to play in the major's. Jackie Robinson is a great American hero. Robinson opened doors for many black athletes. Jackie showed blacks that they could succeed in life during that time and he made it less difficult for other black athletes to succeed. He also showed ... to brave to give up his dream to be a pro baseball player. Bibliography Working Bibliography Rowan, Charles. Wait till Next Year. New York: Random House, 1960. Dorinson, Joseph. Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports, and the American Dream. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. Falkner, David. Great Time Coming. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Weidhorn, Manfred. Jackie Robinson. New York: Macmillan, 1993. Shapiro, Milton J. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers ...
- 3620: Is Advertising Ethical?
- ... young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. The cigarette manufacturers may deny it, but advertising and promotion play a vital part in making these facts a reality (Roberts). Dr. Lonnie Bristow, AMA (American Medical Association) spokesman, remarks that "to kids, cute cartoon characters mean that the product is harmless, but cigarettes are not harmless. They have to know that their ads are influencing the youth under 18 to ... it contributes to misinterpretation, to providing false images, to exaggerated expectations and to often getting something that does not live up to its promises. P.S. The purpose of the First Amendment is to allow American‘¦s the freedom to express how they feel; therefore, advertising is simply a practice of this right. Brock's panel faced the challenge of resolving the ethical conflict between Wal-Mart's grammatical argument and ...
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