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- 19111: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... own. In this way, each side can say with certainty that the other side is wrong. Many people believe abortion is a moral issue, but it is also a constitutional issue. It is a woman's right to choose what she does with her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. The ... Rooms, by Ellen Messer, a woman named Liz, explains her reasons for receiving an abortion. "People have said to me, ‘How can you be in favor of abortion? If you'd had one, you wouldn't have these beautiful children.' But I would have had them. It just would have been later when I was better prepared to care for them. And maybe they would have a nicer man for their ... included abortions. In 1976, Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (Missouri) ruled that requiring consent by the husband and the consent from a parent if a person was under 18 was unconstitutional. This case supported a woman's control over her own body and reproductive system. Justice William Brennan stated: "If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwanted ...
- 19112: The American Colonies
- ... less individualistic than the southern colonies. The New England colonies were based on religious freedom, thus their society was reflected the religion. "These underwritten names are to be transported to Virginia, embarked in the Merchant's Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, per examination by the minister of Gravesend touching upon their conformity to the Church discipline of England, and have taken oaths of allegiance and supremacy:" (Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for Virginia). The use of the word "Master", shows, that the southern colonies were more of a individualistic state rather than a communal state(New England). This individualism was the effect of the motivation of the southern colonies for economic opportunity. "We whose names are underwritten, being by God's providnce engaged together to make a plantation...." (Articles of Agreement). The New England settlers, again were of a communal nature, in how they are binding together for the good of the community. "We intend ...
- 19113: The Jury System
- ... of investigation, resistance against polictics' and judical plot, and making of democratic consciousness. For example, if a public prosecutor submit unlawful proof without trial permission, counsel makes an objection to it. A chief judge can't admit counsel's objection. Defendant is at a disadvantage. However, there is a possibility that jury system will check rotting of trial. Jurors need not explain reason of verdict to court. If juries feel way of investigation is ... an unemployed person. As a result jurors who have not even seen stock averages are to make the decision for an important and difficult case involved in the Antimonoply Law. It is said that citizen's ability to execute for jury's duty is the problem. But I do not think so. There are not scientific grounds for their abilities.It is a prejudice.Law degree and no proper ability ...
- 19114: Roosevelt
- ... around and as powerful as now in five centuries - and hopefully it will - F.D Roosevelt will most likely be one of the mist breakers from the second world war because of the American people's great interest in the presidents involved in wars and the governments talent for hiding less than flattering information from the world. Roosevelt's involvement in the great World War II allows him to fit , comfortably, the U.S standard of fighting presidents. Entering the war on the side of the Allies after a sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt became a kind of vengeful hero, fighting the good fight in ...
- 19115: Alcatraz Island (The Prison)
- ... The Birdman of Alcatraz” (American Automobile Association 81). The warden, James Johnston, turned it into such a brutal place that even the most hardened criminals started calling it “Hellcatraz”. That raises the question was Alcatraz’s brutality essential, or just plain cruel? Located on a twenty-two acre island in San Francisco Bay, about a half mile off shore (National Geographic), Alcatraz was built out of an old military fort. It ... make your bed. You lounge around and wait for your fifteen-man group to get called to breakfast. You spend twenty minutes in the mess hall, hoping the tear gas canisters above your head don’t “malfunction” and go off (Corrections 54). Then you return to your cell while everyone else eats. You then go down to the workshops for several hours of hard labor. Then you go back to your ... At 5:30 PM you’re locked in your cell for the next thirteen hours. Promptly at 9:30 the lights all shut off, leaving you in utter darkness. On foggy days when guards didn’t have a clear line of fire, inmates were only let out for meals (Stuller 87). For several hours a day, convicts could go to the workshops and work. They could craft shoes, make pallets, ...
- 19116: The X-Files, X Marks the Spot: Book Report
- ... X Marks the Spot: Book Report I liked The X-files, X Marks the Spot. There was a lot of suspense. It was easy to understand. The events were spread out well. Overall it wasn't another long boring science fiction book. There was a lot of suspense. There was suspense as soon as I got into the second chapter. I didn't want to put the book down. I sometimes have trouble trying to find a book that's actually interesting, but I didn't have any trouble with this book. I got through the whole book fast, I was always reading it in study hall, and trying to get as far as ...
- 19117: Robert Frost Ideas
- It has been said many times that all men have a common bond, or a thread that joins them together. Robert Frost¹s poem ³The Tuft of Flowers² explores the existence of such a bond, as experienced by the speaker. In the everyday circumstance of performing a common chore, the speaker discovers a sense of brotherhood with another ... Flowers,² the speaker has gone out to turn the grass. Whoever did the mowing is already gone, for there are no signs of his presence. The speaker is alone. Then, a butterfly catches the speaker¹s attention, and leads his gaze to a tuft of flowers, which the mower chose to leave intact. The patch of beauty left by his fellow worker causes the speaker to feel that he is no ... poem more charming and gives it simplicity, which adds to the overall feeling of peace and tranquility. Robert Frost provides many interesting ideas in ³The Tuft of Flowers.² Perhaps the most striking feature of Frost¹s poem is his use of a paradox to illustrate the purpose or central theme of the poem. ³Men work together,² the speaker says, ³whether they work together or apart.² The meaning is that we ...
- 19118: Misfortunes Make You Finally L
- Misfortunes make you finally learn. Teenagers tend to want more liberty and want to move out of their parent’s house, when they eventually do that they end up hating it because it did not met their expectations. When people are young and immature they make decisions, due to a certain lust or desire, which ... the awful decisions. Alan Austen the main character has desires and craves for affection, which he must attain. He plans to purchase a love potion from an old man to satisfy his wants of Diana’s attention. The old man warns him before handing him the potion saying, “She will be afraid of the pretty girls you may meet. She will want to know all you do. All that has happened ... for his senseless action and return. The old man said “In the end.” In the end will be after all the grieves which the old man knows he will go through, because of the wife’s obsession. He will come back because of the miseries he experienced in the end. Then he will purchase the glove cleaner, which would be described as, “Imperceptible to any known autopsy.” He will separate ...
- 19119: Scarlet Letter 2
- ... a fiend" which appears to peep out of Pearl; "Whether it peeped or no, her mother so imagined it." She is a beautiful charismatic little child and thus a blessing, but the stress of Hester's environment twists and turns the actions of the girl into evil things. In that respect she is more of a punishment to Hester then a piece of cloth she must over her clothing. On her visit to Governor Bellingham's house to plead for Pearl's custody, Hester passes by a suit of armor in which the breast plate so magnifies the letter "A" she wore almost consuming her. In later chapters, after a meteorite appears above Boston, a sexton ...
- 19120: John Maynard Keynes
- ... in a decades time. Within that decade he made his two million fortune by speculating in international currencies, stocks and commodities. In addition to his newly made fortune Keynes served as a trustee of King's College and built it's endowment from 30,000 to 380,000 pounds. Keynes went on to write other books like “Treaties on Probability” in 1921 and “The Treaties on Money” in 1930. (Lekachman/Miller). Being that the depression was ... aggregate demand will achieve full employment, while prices and wages remain inflexible. Moreover, his bold policy prescription was that the government raises its spending and/or reduces its taxes in order to increase the economy's aggregate demand curve and put the unemployed back to work. As Great Britain entered World War II, Keynes went and published another book called, “How to Pay for the War”. In this book he ...
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