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- 3911: Capital Punishment
- ... inmates. Only 89% think that once convicted of murder, an inmate should be sentenced to death immediately. I would like to take this time to tell you a story. On August 15, 1997, the Reverend John Miller preached 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 ...
- 3912: Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy
- ... believed could perform a service well enough to make a living.(A&E Biography) In many respects Socrates and Jefferson are alike. Socrates was accused of atheism, so was Jefferson. The 1800 presidential race between John Adams and Jefferson was, even by current standards, an extremely negative campaign. One of the accusations brought against Jefferson was that of atheism.(A&E Biography) The truth being that Jefferson was indeed skeptical of ...
- 3913: The Search for a Better Tax System
- ... encourages evasion (Adams 118) As taxes rise so does the temptation for evasion and avoidance. We usually think of tax evaders as criminals. However, early in our countries history, a rich and powerful merchant named John Hancock was the colonies most notorious tax evader (Adams 29). He was wanted by the British tax ministry for evading what would be millions of dollars in taxes today. He "enraged the British tax bureau ...
- 3914: Freedom of Speech
- ... the incident. I feel that in this case the principles of free speech have been abused because young children can purchase and listen to this obscene music. A more famous incident was the trial of John Peter Zenger which established the principle of a free press. In his newspaper he published satirical ballads regarding William Cosby, the unpopular governor, and his council. His media was described "as having in them many ...
- 3915: Emerson
- ... things that had to do with literature which was not really interesting to them. His early life was not a happy one. He lived in poverty, sickness, and frustration. On April 26, 1807, his brother John Clarke died. His father then died on May 12, 1811 and left his mother to take care of the children alone. One of his brothers died of a mental illness in 1834. Another one died ...
- 3916: Canada Immigration Laws
- ... entry, while encouraging others to settle. The Federal government decided in the early 1900's to take action against Asian immigration and devised different methods for discouraging immigration from China, Japan and India. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald commented in the late 1800's that a Chinese person “was a sojourner in a strange land..and he has no common interest with us, he gives us his labour and is paid ...
- 3917: From The Floutings Of The Cooperative Principle To Communica
- ... intrude the hearer's independence and personal business. In fact, "Take care of yourself. I hope you will get better soon." is enough to express B's concern. Still one more Example: EXAMPLR 19 A: John, have you finished your homework? B: Yes, I have finished my homework. B's answering the question in a complete sentence might appear in second language textbooks. However, if it appears in native speakers' daily ...
- 3918: Anti-Affirmative Action
- ... with so many times, the one with such a lack of motivational ability, confidence, and ideas, was now occupying my chances towards a preferred school. "Affirmative action", I soon found out, was used by President John F. Kennedy over 30 years ago to imply equality and equal access to all, disregarding race, creed, color, or national origin. As a policy setting out to resolve the problems of discrimination, Affirmative Action is ...
- 3919: Agencies of the United States
- ... trips were to be cancelled. With these failures, the US felt that it had no choice but to continue with the organization of partisans and help them usurp the dictatorship of Cuba. By the time John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960, the development of the invasion was already in full force. Eisenhower had earmarked $13 million and a force of 1300 men had been assembled. Cuban pilots were being ...
- 3920: The Bill of Rights
- ... of the items life, liberty, and property. Incidents including such violations are described elsewhere in this article. Here are two more: On March 26, 1987, in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, Jeffrey Miles was killed by police officer John Rucker, who was looking for a suspected drug dealer. Rucker had been sent to the wrong house; Miles was not wanted by police. He received no due process. In Detroit, $4,834 was seized from ...
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