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    also main source of entertainment. Statistics say that there’s t least one TV in every American house. It has many benefits and also negative effects on children such as makes the children’s health bad‚ brain damaged‚ and learns children aggressive behavior. The first negative effect of watching TV is that it can make the children’s health bad. The body needs physical activities to burn calories‚ but most children watch TV for long time and tend to eat snacks while watching television‚ and forced

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    Voting System

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    Problems with Voting Systems and the Applicable Standards Introduction Elections are a defining feature of democratic government‚ but all too frequently‚ we take the actual mechanics of the election for granted. We speak at length of such issues as who is allowed to vote‚ how campaigns are conducted‚ and how they are financed‚ but prior to the events in Florida last November‚ most people’s understanding of the actual voting process was something like the following: "You go to the polls‚ cast your

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    Democracy

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    What is Democracy? 1.government by the people; a form of government in which thesupreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly bythem or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2.a state having such a form of government. 3.a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights andprivileges. 4.political or social equality; democratic spirit. 5.the common people of a community as distinguished from anyprivileged class; the common people with respect to theirpolitical power

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    Indian Ethos

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    Indian Ethos & Values in Modern Management “Certainly we should take care not to make intellect our God. Intellect has‚ of course‚ powerful muscles but no personality. It cannot lead. It can only serve. It is not fastidious about its choice of leaders (Mind or Soul). The intellect has a sharp eye for tools and methods but is blind to Ends and Values”. – Albert Einstein “It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a western beginning in business management will have to have an Indian

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    Debra Quintero Eng 101 QG 14Sep2010 “Tired of Reality TV‚ but Still Tuning In” Carter‚ Bill. "Tired of Reality TV‚ but Still Tuning In." New York Times 13 Sept. 2010:B4(L). Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. In Bill Carter’s article “Tired of Reality TV‚ but Still Tuning In” he discusses how television viewers claim to be tired of reality shows but this summer’s TV ratings seem to show the opposite. His thesis statement “…What viewers say they want and what they

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    Brainwash: Why reality TV is bad for women”. Project Brainwash focuses on how reality TV shows are maintaining stereotypes that society has created for women. Although many of us believe reality TV is just mindless fun‚ Pozner points out that many of the shows are portraying women badly and making them conform to society’s beliefs of what a woman should be like. Pozner began the topic by explaining the rise in reality TV shows over the past years. The rise is caused by the fact that reality shows are

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    Warrior Ethos

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    Ref: (a) Title of Book:THE WARRIOR ETHOS (b) Author: Steven Pressfield Circle one: NonFicHistory Novel War Is this book on the professional reading list? Yes‚ this book is on the professional commadant reading list. Who is the main character in this book (if any)? There is not a main character in the book‚ the author reflects on the reader and uses many different warrior cultures from past historical societies to emphasize the true meaning of the story. What type of weapons were

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    John Mieir Mr. Jones Language Arts October 4‚ 2012 Expository Prose Assignment 1.Ed Pilkington purpose for this article is to inform the audience that he wants to abolish the rule of execution because in this article‚ the U.S legal system made a fatal mistake by sentencing an innocent man to his death. This article is in expository style because it has a thesis that explains what he is going to talk about and it has the proper structure of beginning‚ body and conclusion. Another

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    Democracy

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    constitutional monarchies are democracies; they are not direct democracies‚ however‚ which do away with elected representatives in favour of rule by popular referendum (no country today uses such a system). So‚ all democracies have elected representatives.  At its most basic‚ a democracy is a system of government where leaders are chosen by election‚ but there are other criteria. After all‚ Russia‚ Uzbekistan‚ and Egypt all have elections‚ but they are emphatically not democracies. Even the USSR had elections

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    The Importance of Voting

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    Importance of VotingJared Candelaria May 30‚ 2012 S.M.S.S. Grade 8 The Importance of Voting Voting is a special right that all of us have for living in this free country. Voting is a right that‚ throughout the history in many countries‚ people from across the world have fought and sacrificed everything to achieve. It’s a right that people to this day continue to fight for in places where corrupt governments suppress their freedoms and rights and it is

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