Throughout American history congress has had to resolve problems that arose nation wide. Pell Grants‚ created in 1972‚ and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 are just two of the legislations created to solve some of the United States economic problems. Although these two solutions were both initiated to boost America’s economy and to support low income families‚ the reason for the intervention of the government and their results differ. Affording a post high school education has always been a struggle
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terms of changing the way a person looks like‚ but is highly debated and should be abstained from in the majority of cases: plastic surgery. The foremost reason for not getting plastic surgery is that this procedure can become highly addictive (Huffington Post). Although a person might think that they would just do a single improvement‚ the temptation to keep “adjusting” one’s appearance can become overwhelming and lead to unpredictable and often sad results. The best examples for this are women
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negatively affect a developing individual – school bullying. This problem is so widespread and may cause such severe damage – both psychological and physical – that there already are several preconditions for declaring it a public health issue (Huffington Post). According to data collected by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development‚ about 30% of all children studying in middle and high school were at least once in a semester bullied‚ or acted as bullies themselves (National
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the organization “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.” These public service announcements‚ placed on billboards around the country‚ are intended to “reflect the absurdity of our country’s current lax laws and weak regulation of guns‚” (Huffington Post‚ 2013). Contrasting a piece of candy to an assault rifle‚ one image uses emotion and logic to persuade the viewer. By taking a stance in the current gun-control debates‚ this image rephrases a significant social and political issue still faced
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short-term‚ queer youth who go through conversion therapy are being cheated of the opportunity to gain self-confidence and self-esteem‚ to get support from family members and other adults‚ and to have normal adolescent developmental experiences” (Huffington Post). These opportunities are some examples of what qualify as basic rights that all children should be granted because they are vital to the proper development of a person. Further reading introduces an even more vital aspect of growing up/and
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All Pros N Cons‚ n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. Cove‚ Michelle. "Is Social Media Turning You into a Mommy Zombie?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com‚ 23 July 2013. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. Dash‚ Raj. "Morning Social Media Newsfeed." 5 Ways To Fight Social Media Addiction. Social Times‚ 26 Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. Fiorella‚ Sam. "The Addiction and Cost of Social Media." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com‚ 24 Feb. 2013. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. Gaskins‚ Tony. "Sumit Gupta." Sumitgupta.me. Sumit
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keeping them high (Huffington‚ 2012)” Apple suffer both pecuniary and non- pecuniary cost‚ yet the non-pecuniary seems to be more
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Healthcare Reform: It’s a right‚ not a privilege. New words are coined all of the time. There is one that spread like wildfire when President Barack Obama was first elected‚ “Obamacare‚” also known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This has been one of the prime issues during the last two elections because it is basically performing a radical and invasive surgery on our current health care system. Basically this entails extending affordable and same health insurance options to
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Cited: Pierce‚ Stacia. “Why Taking Risks Comes with Great Rewards.” The Huffington Post 11 Nov 2013: P1. Print. Ellis Davidson‚ H. R. "Thor ’s Hammer." Folklore 76.1 (1965): 1. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Pp. 45. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Krasner‚ David. "The Rez Sisters." Theatre Journal 46.(1994): 399
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all immigrants to have proof of citizenship on their person at all times. This would also allow law enforcement officers to arrest anyone appearing to be from another country (racial profiling) who do not carry citizenship papers with them. (The Huffington Post‚ 2010) Judging from local comments on the NBC Dallas-Fort Worth political news page‚ the overall view from citizens and politicians alike seems to be against immigration. (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth‚ 2010) Now consider the immigration laws in Connecticut
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