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    The Vaccine Controversy

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    The Vaccine Controversy Janira Sanchez Intro to Biology Professor Martin July 22‚ 2010 The Vaccine Controversy The vaccine controversy is the dispute over the morality‚ ethics‚ effectiveness‚ and /or safety of vaccinations. The medical and scientific evidence is that the benefits of preventing suffering and death from infectious diseases outweigh rare adverse effects of immunization. Since vaccination began in the late 18th century‚ opponents have claimed that vaccines do not

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    Land Controversy

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    land is sometimes complicated and controversial. There are usually at least two sides to the land controversy and these usually include someone trying to preserve the land and the other group trying to build or use the land for something that is not sustainable. A land controversy involving the Broadmoor Hotel and the city of Colorado Springs has been brewing for the past two years. The controversy centers around 189 acres known as Strawberry Fields. The parcel consists of beautiful‚ rugged‚ forested

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    Controversy On Catalans

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    are still apart of Spain causing much controversy in both Spain and Catalonia. Also‚ Catalans have been fighting for independence for years and try to set up a referendum or a direct vote for independence within Catalonia. Yet‚ the Spanish government had to consider if it was against laws. On October 1‚ the Spanish government ruled it as unlawful yet‚ over 2 million people voted in the referendum (90% voted for independence and Catalonia has a population over 7 million) and the police try to stop

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    Slavery

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    known cases of slavery occurred during the settling of the United States of America. From 1619 until July 1st 1928 slavery was allowed within our country. Slavery abolitionists attempted to end slavery‚ which at some point; they were successful at doing so. This paper will take the reader a lot of different directions‚ it will look at slavery in a legal aspect along the lines of the constitution and the thirteenth amendment‚ and it will also discuss how abolitionists tried to end slavery. This paper

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    Creationism Controversy

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    Argument Essay 1 Jessica Roberts September 2‚ 2013 Period 3 The Creationism Controversy Public schools have banned the theory of creationism from being taught. The Scopes Trial caused creationism to be ignored‚ as evolution was taught freely. Like evolution‚ The Big Bang Theory is promptly taught‚ and promoted among young students. By only teaching one theory of the creation of the universe‚ children are not given the opportunity to choose what they believe. If public schools taught creationism along with other theories

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    Slavery

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    The Semantics of Slavery and the 13th Amendment In today’s society‚ the idea of slavery is something that happened long ago‚ and it is an idea that today‚ we would consider taboo and most certainly illegal. This is because the very root of slavery is twisted and muddled. Slavery was caused by economic factors of the English settlers in the late 17th century. Colonists continually tried to allure laborers to the colony. The head right system was to give the indentured servant‚ a method of becoming

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    Manifest Destiny in combination with the slavery issue greatly contributed to secession and Civil War. Manifest Destiny was the idea that the US was chosen by God to populate the Americas. The 1800s were a time of expansion but every time the US gained land they had to deal with the issue of slavery. Some believed the US should deal with the new lands by making them slave states‚ free states‚ or by the idea of popular sovereignty. The main factor that contributed to sectionalism and the split of

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    Western Civilization

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    contribution of the Muslims and the Vikings to Early European civilizations. Muslims: The first great wave of Muslim expansion had ended at the beginning of the eighth century. Gradually‚ the Muslims built up a series of sea bases in their occupied territories in North Africa‚ Spain‚ and Southern Gaul and began a new series of attacks in the Mediterranean in the ninth century. They raided the southern coasts of Europe‚ especially Italy‚ and even threatened Rome in 843. Vikings: by far the most devastating

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    Nike Controversy

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    around the globe. The primary reason I selected this was the company was despite proving itself to be one of the most sustainable businesses in the world. There is quite a significant amount of controversy on just how sustainable some of its business practices truly were in the past. The main controversy being its use of sweatshops to produce its merchandise. Nike is quite possibly the most sustainable company in terms of their current goal and methods of achieving them. Nike is clearly extremely

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    Slavery

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    really no positive outcome in running away. He returns back to his wives masters house where he is seen by David McCoy who commands him to come with him to return him to his slave trader. Jerry has to leave a place that he grew accustom to‚ to start all over again and be parted with the woman he loves. 3. What does this quote

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