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    These immigrants of the early twentieth century made the United States the country it is today through their hard work. Conveniently‚ this era of immigration coincides with the economic boom of the twentieth century. “The economic supremacy of the United States was attained during the very period when large numbers of immigrants were coming into the country.”14 Not only did these immigrants transform America’s industry‚ therefore contributing greatly to the country’s successful economy‚ but they

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    EN4405 Don Paterson Tony Harrison and the Language of Authority ‘And so it seemed to me then that the greatest gift I could acquire for myself was the gift of articulation‚ the treasure of eloquence‚ the power over words‚ the power of words.’ So wrote Tony Harrison in his essay ‘Facing up to the muses’ in the Bloodaxe Critical Anthology of his work‚ explaining the origins of his strong belief in the power of language‚ and particularly poetry. Tony Harrison‚ though he has written for both television

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    Timothy Collins 2/10/2013 National Security: An Intuitive Understanding The debate over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is one with strong opinions on both sides of the issues. There are pros and cons to the extensive network of security that the federal government has created to combat domestic and international terrorism. National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power‚ diplomacy‚ power projection and political power. The

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    “A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society‚ and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. “ –A. Bartlett Giamatti My liberal education experience has been limited thus far in my college career as I have had the Liberal Studies major for merely a semester. Although I have had one liberal studies class my opinion on what a liberal education is and can be for a student has greatly changed in a single semester. I transferred to Grand Valley after completing my general

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    INTRODUCTION Police officers in Australia‚ as well as worldwide‚ have been consistently accused of abusing their authority over the years. Police officers are known to protect and serve and to be the law enforcers of the land‚ but due to the reality that some human beings are concerned about self-satisfaction and lawlessness‚ police authority can often times be misconceived as abusive and aggressive. The powers of the police are consistently being scrutinized by the media‚ the community and even

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    Death of Liberal Arts”‚ by Nancy Cook‚ does make a valid point that students should not only know skills that will get them a job‚ but the skills to analyze and dig deeper into given information. Nancy Cook talks about how Centenary College in Shreveport‚ La. took out liberal arts classes and added new professional programs that teach about skills that students will need to obtain a job. After understand the article‚ one can disagree with Centenary College’s decision in cutting the liberal arts classes

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    difficult. Women were not allowed to vote‚ have property rights‚ educate or worse yet; enter professions in the medical or law field‚ and found themselves with many prohibitions in their lives. Women of 19th and 20th centuries were forced to be totally dependent on men. This made them lack self-respect‚ self-worth‚ and self-confidence. Then‚ on July 19th‚ 1848‚ the first women’s rights convention was held. It called for women’s rights to vote. Such convention was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York

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    I believe the main merit of a liberal arts education is that it provides the flexibility needed in building a personally ideal education plan. Since we are all different individuals‚ it is natural for each of us to have completely different combinations of strong and weak points. Even if there were two students who would both like to major in Biology‚ one student may not be able to get their head around chemistry while the other student suffers in math. To educate a large group of students with the

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    Introduced in the UK by the government (1988)‚ the National Curriculum is several themes and ideals used by schools to children whilst teaching them the same things. It ensures that the teacher knows what is to be taught‚ to what standard. The curriculum is divided in to four groups‚ to teach children at a certain level based on their age group. The key stages consist of the following groups; Key Stage 1-4. Early years consists of the younger children from ages 3 to 5‚ during these years’ children

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    How successful were the liberals in dealing with the problem of poverty? Poverty was a huge problem in Britain in the 1900s. Keeping the youth of Britain healthy by giving them school meals was one of the problems‚ also giving workers sick pay when they were entitled to it‚ giving the elderly a pension when they reached a certain age‚ as well as trying to find the unemployed a job‚ then trying to give those who did have a job a better days work. These were all key factors in tackling the problem

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