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- 1901: The Role of the Prosecutor
- ... that the duty of the prosecutor is to seek justice, not merely to convict. It is crucial that his obligation is to protect the innocent as well as to convict the guilty, to guard the rights of the accused as well as to enforce the rights of the public. The prosecutor should have the most knowledge of the work of the police in the investigation of crimes and in the enforcement of law. The prosecutor has tremendous amount of desecration as ...
- 1902: Shoeless Joe
- ... him in the fix (Schwalbe 4). The scandal began to rise to great proportions as the rumors began to spread. One of the biggest professional gamblers became involved, Arnold Rothstein, as well as gamblers Sleepy Bill Burns and Billy Maharg. Other gamblers started laying down unusual bets, as the greed for money heightened. Comiskey and Gleason heard the rumors of the fix, but refused to believe them (Schwalbe 6). Slowly, signs ... actions were justifiable. The most questionable player often mentioned is Shoeless Joe. There is no solid evidence to back up the charge that he was involved in the fix (Nola 1). While under oath, Sleepy Bill Burns, the fixer who put the players and gamblers in touch with each other, testified that he never talked to Joe about the fix. Instead, he took the word of Lefty Williams. While also under ...
- 1903: Culture Awareness
- ... It suggests that things I say or feel may be taken as derogatory. It smacks of a political correctness and Big Brotherhood, which, if we honestly appraise it, does more to hinder our First Amendment rights than any oppressive behavior of the past. I am multiculturally aware enough already without having my union trying to convince me that I am not. I am particularly upset by the implication that remarks I ... you who are culturally unaware) ought to be able to handle a portion or two of Rover ala Carte. I am wondering, though, how this eating of dogs fits into the agenda of the animal rights activists. Are they planning to travel to Eastern countries and tell them to stop eating dogs and start chewing down a few brats and beer instead just to keep the pigs represented equally on the ...
- 1904: Satyagraha, A Weapon Of Non-vi
- ... 1998). Defiance of this law would test each Indians commitment to Satyagraha and in the process the Satyagrahi could lose his job, his land, and his right to live in South Africa. Gandhi addressed the bill and felt that it was Designed to strike at the very root of our existence in South Africa
It is not the last step but the first step with a view to hounding us out ... Black Act and take steps to legalize the voluntary registration. Gandhi and his associates agreed after some clarification of the draft and hence the community celebrated joyously. The celebration, however, would end abruptly when another bill was afterwards introduced into legislation, validating the voluntary certificates but not repealing the Black Act itself. Gandhi and his associates had been deceived. What resulted was The first of a series of public symbolic acts ...
- 1905: Iran Before And After The Revo
- ... attend the army later as a service worker. The shah was anti-religious, which was not ideal for many of the civilians in Iran. Savak (Secret organization of Iran) was accused of many anti human rights actions, such as killing students who protested and immediately jailing press members for inappropriate conduct. A major problem was that the shah was a puppet of the United States many say, because the Shah would constantly confer with the U.S. of all of his decisions as ruler. The after affects of the revolution resulted in similar conditions, however. Human rights are horrible, the government limits all freedoms, the economy has suffered greatly, average salaries are hard to live with, most of the educated people in Iran fled to foreign countries, the quality of public schools ...
- 1906: The Federalist Papers and Federalism
- ... regarded political party's as the greatest danger to popular government. Madison wrote: I understand a number of citizens... are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. These passions or interests that endanger the rights of others may be religious or political or, most often, economic. Factions may divide along lines of haves and have-nots, creditors and debtors, or according to the kinds of property possessed. (37) The idea ...
- 1907: Samuel Adams - American Patrio
- ... When his business failed in 1764 Adams entered politics full-time, and was elected to the Massachusetts State legislature. Adams led the effort to establish a committee of correspondence that published a Declaration of Colonial Rights that he had written. He was a vocal opponent of several laws passed by the British Parliament to raise revenue in the American Colonies, including the Tea Act which gave a British trading company a ... William Fowler in his book Samuel Adams - Radical Puritan. Adams died a peaceful death on October 3, 1803. His contributons to the success of our nation can never be forgotten, and his dedication to the rights of Americans should never go without recognition. ______________________________________________ Bibliography Fowler, W. (1997). Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan. Addison Wesley Longman.
- 1908: The Population Problem
- ... under authoritarian government. Under authoritarian control, couples would no longer be able to receive private benefits from reproduction, while they pass the costs of their fertility on to society (Chen 88). He claims that individual rights-- particularly reproductive rights--are too broad. He argues that population control cannot be achieved with birth control alone. Birth control simply gives the person the choice of when to have children and how many to have (Chen 90 ...
- 1909: Iraq And United States
- ... the United States, you have the right to a trial by a jury of your peers, the right to a lawyer, and you cannot be forced to testify against yourself. The Iraqi constitution includes the rights of innocent until proven guilty at a legal trial, and the right to defense. I have learned that our government is different from other nations because the power comes from the people, instead of the government having all the power and granting the people certain rights.
- 1910: Web Radio
- ... to make money. (Internet Radio 1) Other problems surround Web radio. Webcasting stations now may face copyright difficulties. Music licensing is a complicated issue because composers, artists, record companies, and music publishers all have different rights. (Thomas 41) Many questions surrounding Web user rights are not clear either. Because of this uncertainty, it is difficult to tell if Web users can legally save audio files and play them back later, or if news from wire services such as Reuters ...
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