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- 641: The Death Penalty
- ... about capital punishment. Doesn't the Death Penalty deter crime, especially murder? No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws. And states that have abolished capital punishment, or instituted it, show no significant changes in either crime or murder rates. Claims that each execution deters a certain number of murders have been discredited by social science research. The death penalty has no deterrent effect on most murders because people commit murders largely in the ...
- 642: Sister Carrie
- The Struggle for the Perfect Man When we find a love interest and have an opportunity to commit to him or her, we usually do, not noting the consequences we may face by doing so. The first few times around, however, the outcome is usually not the ... to Chicago. A very handsome and rich man, Drouet, takes note of Carrie and begins talking to her. She becomes overwhelmed at his quick advancement upon her and becomes weak and vulnerable. She quickly takes interest in him and does not know how to act or what to think as shown in this passage: There was something satisfactory in the attention of this individual with good clothes….She realized that she was of interest to him from the one standpoint which a woman both delights in and fears. Her manner was simple, though for the very reason that she had not yet learned the many little affections with ...
- 643: Was the French Revolution Preventable?
- ... Necker . Although these men did try to make change, most of the reforms were soon undone as the result of pressure from a variety of financial groups, and the government continued to borrow at high rates of interest through the 1780s. By 1789 many French people had become critical of the monarchy, even though it had been largely successful in militarily defending France and in suppressing religious and political violence. The peasants resented ...
- 644: How are Automatic Stabilizers Used to Combat Inflation?
- ... domestic product is welfare. As income rises, there are less people who need welfare, therefore reducing the amount of government spending, and lowering the gross domestic product. Due to such automatic stabilizers as progressive tax rates and the decrease of government spending due to welfare, therefore a decrease in government borrowing, therefore a decrease in the demand for the dollar, therefore a decrease in the interest rate, which would cause a decrease in the foreign demand for dollar, which would cause the dollar to depreciate, therefore lowering inflation due to a less valuable dollar. Using automatic stabilizers causes the government to ...
- 645: McDonaldization Of Society
- ... just it…an act. Servers really are not interested in the lives of every stranger who steps foot in the building. Scripting brings employees and customers down to a primitive dehumanizing level of interaction. Turnover rates at ESM are not as high as those in the fast food industry however it is unlikely that the same person will ever serve you. There is little, impersonal contact between people. ESM offers benefits ... service has been presented before. ESM doesn’t have the original calamari al’ diavolo sitting in a glass case to display. We now live in an n impersonal world. Even though employees approach customers with interest and a smile, they do not have a personal relationship with them. There no longer exists much emotion or expression in the postmodern society. We have to work hard at impressing people these days, having ...
- 646: Smoking On The Body
- ... 9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine consistently score lower in the two subcategories of expressive language and conceptual comprehension. Evidence from studies of human neonates suggests that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased rates of neurobehavioral difficulties. Several studies have linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with childhood inattention, impulsivity, and motor hyperactivity in offspring. Similarly, maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with parent-teacher ratings of conduct problems ... Conduct Disorder during the preadolescent or adolescent years than women who did not smoke or smoked only occasionally during pregnancy. These findings support previous work showing that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased rates of preschool and school-age behavior problems and delinquency in the offspring. The relationship between smoking and low birth weight, prematurity, and miscarriage has been well established. The effects of nicotine are seen in every trimester of pregnancy, from increased spontaneous abortions in the first trimester to increased premature delivery rates and decreased birth weights in the final trimester. In 1957, Simpson first noted in an observational study of 7,499 patients that the incidence of premature delivery, as defined by a birth weight less ...
- 647: A Midsummer Nights Dream: Demetrius' Pursuit of Hermia
- ... how lovers find themselves; such as how Demetrius, one of the young men in the play, is at first in love with Hermia, yet he is persued by Helena, a woman whom he holds no interest. Only when his eyes have become anointed with a love potion crushed from an herb does he fall in love with Helena, and Hermia is no longer in the center. In the beginning of the ... love him. She instead loves a man named Lysander. While pursuing Hermia, Helena falls in love with Demetrius, and does what she can to make him fall him love with her. But he holds no interest. Oberon, King of the Fairies, sees Helena’s pain and orders Robin Goodfellow, a hobgoblin, to anoint Demetrius’ eyes with a love potion so that he will fall in love with Helena. The plan goes ... Demetrius, where she finally discovers him, and expresses her undying devotion by admitting that it would be an honor “to die upon the hand I love so well.” Nevertheless, Demetrius clarifies that he has no interest in her and never will. With much anger, he exclaims, “hence, get thee gone, and follow me no more.” And yet, she still chases after him, continuously sharing her love for him. She will ...
- 648: Monopolization And Its Implication On A World Scale
- ... process, the powerful banks "take after" the smaller ones and the market is left with a handful of superbanks having at their disposal the wealth of the whole nation. They enter into agreements to self interest rates and government policies basked on the way these banks function. This is incredibly detrimental because the general well being of the nation is confined and restricted to the demands of the money-making process. As ...
- 649: Reasonable Doubts?
- ... doing jury duty are in essence giving our civic responsibility up to someone else. It is then that we can not discredit a system of jury selection or the courts because of our lack of interest to participate in the process of determination of guilt or innocence of a defendant. The peers who try a case in a jury trial should make up a diverse mix of people who share similar ... jury as a protector of women's' rights. Dershowitz explains this strategy when he wrote: "…there was much speculation that [Marcia] Clark had been selected as lead counsel in part because of her experience and interest in cases involving violence against women…Before Johnnie Cochran was brought on board as head trial counsel, we thought long and hard about the advantages of retaining a woman to play a prominent role on ... trial courts. They argue their case, or the prosecution does, and cross- examines witnesses to weaken someone's case or strengthen their own. Their job is to protect their clients and their client's best interest. No wonder we applaud prosecutors for putting away the bad guy and boo the defense for putting them back on the street. It is odd that we deplore people who can afford to "buy ...
- 650: Autism 3
- ... the adult. Also, a normal baby will explore the mother’s face by touch or poking fingers in parts of her face, but an autistic child will rarely look at the mother and shows no interest in exploring her features. The next stage of development would be sounds from the baby. Paluszny says that “ the second important milestone in the development of the baby is vocational” (5). Around the third month ... without tears. Communication is still a real problem because of the child’s situation. The inability of autistic individuals to function socially or interact with others is an area of the syndrome that strikes great interest. “The autistic social dysfunction is a specific type of social impairment that is not observed even in young, normal children, and not accounted for by mental retardation, as such,” (Cohen 28). Normal children demonstrate social skills through vocational and expression. The normal child enjoys the presence of people and expressing themselves to other people. However, the autistic one has more interest in objects than people do. For example, a young autistic girl would be more interested in the arm and leg movements of a doll, whereas, a normal child would be fascinated with combing the ...
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