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    Price of Progress

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    What’s the price of progress? This price of progress is very expensive. It’s not just measured in only dollar and cents it also can be measured in the amount of lives lost and the amount of resources depleted. There are social advantages of progress they are measured by increased incomes‚ higher standards of living‚ greater security and better health. However‚ these social advantages have a greater negative effect on tribal people. It’s been shown that the price of progress on the unwilling tribal

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    whole makes defining America as a free country and determining personal rights quite a challenge. With political parties changing where they stand on an issue from one moment to the next before‚ during‚ and after elections‚ as well as avoiding issues to remain politically correct‚ choosing a party to belong to has become almost an impossible task and has led to the rising of several other political parties such as‚ Libertarians‚ The Green Party‚ Constitution Party‚ Reform Party‚ and Natural Law Party

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    beginning of the suffrage campaign was in 1832 when a woman asked a campaigner‚ while campaigning for the wider male‚ vote to include women. It was not until 1903 when Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Woman’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). She founded this group having been a member of the Suffragists. She became frustrated with the Suffragists’ tactics‚ especially their middle class and gradualist ideas. The motto of the Suffragettes was "Deeds‚ not Words" and this was reflected in everything they

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    1960s Counterculture

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    mainstream 1960s media‚ justifications expressed by counterculture activists for further investigation‚ education and experimentation under government control of LSD were rational and valid arguments. Sex‚ drugs‚ protests‚ war‚ political upheaval‚ cultural chaos‚ and social rebellion; the many comforts TV dinner eating‚ republican voting‚ church going‚ suburbia conformists tried to escape through conservative ideals‚ town meetings‚ and The Andy Williams Family Hour. National consciousness in 1960s United

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    Political and Social aspects of Freedom Freedom has multiple definitions and it can be perceived differently by different people. In a social aspect‚ some people might interpret freedom as the exemption or release from slavery (Burchfield‚ 1075); others might interpret it in a political aspect as an exemption from arbitrary‚ despotic‚ or autocratic control (Burchfield‚ 1075). Jim and Huck have their own definitions of freedom. They look at freedom as their path towards happiness and they overcome

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    Was Stalin a "Great Man"?

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    According to Thoman Carlyle‚ a "great man" is one who shapes history and affects the course of the future. In the case of Joseph Stalin‚ dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953‚ one can perceive that through torment and brutal force‚ he was able to modernize a nation and oppress his own people. One can argue that Stalin was a great leader of the 20th century. After all‚ he took an undeveloped country and molded it into one of the world’s greatest industrial and military forces. But‚ this transformation

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    Despite being the “traditional custodians of the land”‚ Aboriginal people greatly suffered from lack of human rights‚ especially between 1901 and the 1960’s. In 1962‚ NSW was the only state in Australia that gave Aboriginals the right to have control over their children. This meant that government organisations were given the authority to take children away from Aboriginal families. The Aboriginal Protection Board is an example of a government organisation that used this authority to breed out Aboriginals

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    The Vietnam War 1954-1975

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    There were some very interesting causes of the Vietnam War in 1954-1975. The Vietnam War a very deadly war during this time that took place in South Vietnam‚ North Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ Laos. The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other‚ such was the nuclear military might of both. The people/ countries that

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    society have changed in the past sixty years. The 1960’s were a time of counterculture‚ and many people rebelled against what had been socially normal in years past. Today‚ Americans still fight and rebel for what they believe in‚ but perhaps not on such a large scale as in the 60’s‚ and now for somewhat different causes. In some ways‚ the social norms of the 1960’s are still similar today; during the 60’s‚ birth control became popular‚ drug use was very common‚ and people tended to think liberally

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    Samantha was my savior and protector till the struggle of social life took over our compact minds. I remember when Samantha and I first met in Kindergarten; I had just back to Fort Hood from Germany and hardly spoke English. I was the middle of the school year‚ kids had just come back from winter break and everybody knew each other by then but me. My new teacher had seated me next to Samantha and Sam welcomed me warmly. Sam would help me with assignments and talking to other kids and stood up for

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