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    Effect of Cohabitation on the Rising Divorce Rate The rise of the divorce rate seems to be due to the lack of commitment or understanding of love and longevity in a marriage. Cohabitation can be defined as an arrangement whereby two people decide to live together on a long term or permanent basis in an emotionally and /or sexually intimate relationship (Brannon 2008). Cohabitation is seen as the best way to understand a prospective mate in terms of living and financial stability

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    INTRODUCTION Here a definition a recession as well a global recession is mentioned. Some causes and effects has been listed. Due to recession occurring‚ I have identified the effects of recession based on Tesco. The causes and effects of global recession. Global financial crisis‚ increasing for a while‚ began to show its results in the mid of 2007 into 2008. Worldwide stock markets have subsided‚ financial institutions have dropped and governments in even the richest nations have had to

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    The Cause and Effect of Teenage Pregnancy Each year‚ over seven hundred and fifty thousand teenage girls become pregnant. The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the world followed by Slovakia‚ Hungary and New Zealand. Teenage pregnancy costs the American taxpayers 9.1 billion a year due to health‚ foster care‚ and social services (Porta). The teen pregnancy epidemic affects not only the parents‚ the children and their families; it also affects society as a whole. How can we

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    The Causes and Effects of Alcohol Abuse  For about 10% to 12% of the 140 million adults in the United States who drink‚ the use of alcohol develops into addiction. Alcoholism in men is approximately two to three times greater than in women (14% of male drinkers vs. 6% of female drinkers). In addition onset of alcoholism usually occurs at a younger age in men than in women (Fay‚ 1998). In terms of consumption 20% of drinkers consume 80% of all alcohol (Babor‚ 2010).   There has been an abundance

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    Andrew McCracken ENGL 101 College Writing Skills Professor Luciana Bohne 11 March 2013 Unhealthy Eating in America According to Lavinia Rodriquez‚ a clinical psychologist in Tampa‚ FL‚ almost 90% of those who attempt a diet will ultimately fail. This raises queries of why diets are inadequate and why most people are easily falling into unhealthy eating habits. Today nearly one-third of Americans are obese and are struggling to maintain a healthy weight. Many would blame the individual‚

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    Crucible can be defined as a severe test or a searching trial. The witch trials were a grueling and unnecessary process. The trials were finally kicked off when Reverend Parris found Abby‚ Betty‚ Ruth‚ Mary Warren‚ Mercy Lewis‚ and Tituba dancing in the woods and trying to conjure spirits. Betty fell ill the next day‚ almost all of Salem thought that the devil was in their small‚ conservative‚ intolerant town. To avoid being prosecuted as witches‚ the girls‚ with Abigail as their leader‚ would

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    The Holocaust‚ a gruesome slaughter of what is estimated to be eleven million people‚ mainly Jews‚ is arguably the most influential event to occur in human history. This tragic event occurred in the modern day countries of Germany‚ Austria and Poland‚ which were all Nazi occupied countries at the time. Before Jews and other victims were murdered‚ they were often forced into physical labor. Victims were also killed in horrendous ways‚ such as being left without food and water for days‚ before being

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    LITERACY IN PAKISTAN Pakistan’s Senate on Wednesday was informed that national literacy rate is 54 percent out of which 66.25 percent male and 41.75 percent female are literate. This was stated by Minister for Education‚ Mrs. Zubaida Jalal in her written reply to a query raised by Senator Sardar Latif Khosa in the Senate here. Giving the province-wise and gender-wise detail‚ the Minister informed that an estimated 60.8% population is literate in Punjab province. The literacy rate for male and

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    “Discuss the Causes and Effects of Economic Growth” Economic Growth is where goods and services maximise in value over a period of time. This is measured by Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is defined as “The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country….equal to the total consumer‚ investment‚ and government spending‚ plus the value of exports minus the value of imports.”(www.Investorwords.com) In turn this is measured by the level of aggregate demand in the

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    affect the decreasing purchasing power of the currency. An economic inflation is not occurs suddenly‚ it is causes by three types of inflation. The first cause is demand-pull inflation results from increases in aggregate demand on goods. The excess demand will cause the level price of goods rises. This is commonly described as "too much money chasing too few goods". The second cause is cost-push inflation is due to the decreases in aggregate supply. The natural disasters or increases prices of

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