have a chance to pass the toughest‚ smartest crime bill in the history of the United States‚” and this was the belief that most California residents felt at the time the “Three Strikes and you’re out Law‚” took effect in 1994. The purpose of the Three Strikes Law is to punish repeat violent crime offenders upon receiving their third conviction of any felony. Initially‚ if a person receives a serious or violent felony conviction‚ this is considered a first strike‚ subsequently‚ then the second serious
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND 1. The forerunner of the United Nations (UN) was the League of Nations‚ an organization conceived in similar circumstances during World War 1‚ and established in 1919 under the treaty of Versailles “ to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security”. The League of Nations seized its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War. The advance of science and economic activity also brought in their wake‚ increased military capability
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Reader Response the third and final continent For this task‚ I have chosen The Third and Final Continent by Jhumpa Lahiri. This story is about the Narrator who tried to adjust himself with new surroundings and his arranged marriage bride. The owner of his new home was Mrs. Croft who had shown the good qualities of his bride which he had not noticed. After time‚ the narrator became in love with his wife and did not forget the elderly woman whom which he had once lived with. There are two main
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The third of May 1808 is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The painting portrays an execution of masses of Spanish men by French soldiers. The six Napoleon’s troops are firing at a close range at a group of Spanish civilians. Between the narrow space of the soldiers and the Spanish men‚ there is a square lantern creating a dramatic light effect on the Spanish men. The painting is centered around an adult Spanish man kneeling with his arms outstretched at a gunpoint. He is wearing
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The Three Strangers Analysis Essay In the story of The Three Strangers‚ Thomas Hardy wanted to shed light on a conflict prevalent in society—appearance versus reality. It is very rare for people to reveal everything about themselves‚ and if they do‚ they are often considered foolish and gullible. In Hardy’s story he gives examples of how most things are not what they appear. Hardy hopes that after reading The Three Strangers‚ the readers will be more aware of the complexities of human interaction
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Beowulf ’s Rule of Three In illiterate societies three was a number that represented importance. This is primarily because one occurrence of an event isn ’t relevant for it cannot be compared to another event. A second occurrence has much of the same meaning: the incident is solely a coincidence that it is parallel to the first incident. The third incidence of an episode distinguished to the people that it was relevant. The repetition of three analogous scenarios allowed the people of this time
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Introduction The term‚ ‘Third Cinema’ was coined in an interview with the Argentine Cine Liberacion group‚ published in the journal Cine Cubano (March 1969)‚ and was then more fully developed in the manifesto “Towards a Third Cinema: Notes and Experiences for the Development of a cinema in the Third World‚” written by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino‚ members of that group. Femi Shaka describes it as “a tool for creating a revolutionary consciousness for the mass mobilization for society for
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1) The Third Estate had many complaints and demands from the King. The third estate was considered to be the minority of France which included peasants‚ bourgeoisie‚ and urban laborers. The complaints of wanting fairer taxes‚ not owning their own land‚ landlords having too much power‚ and other things were brought up in assemblies of Estates General. These list of grievances‚ or cahiers de doleances‚ were drawn up in a list but there was no follow up by the king and also led to conflict between the
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speak about how foreign bank loans are killing people in third world countries‚ by loaning copious amounts of money to the community that they can’t pay back. All third world countries are paying so much interest on their loans that they can’t supply essential services for the population‚ this debt is serving people in first world countries to help keep them stay rich at the expense of people in third world countries. We need to cancel third world debt so we can save these people from world hunger
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The Third Reich’s Effects on Modern Germany To understand what Germany is today‚ one must understand the generational effect that the Third Reich not only had but continues to have. As Kempe says‚ “A historian would be hard-pressed to find a country where a mere dozen years of history‚ between 1933 and 1945‚ has cast such a long shadow.” Even though the Third Reich lost its power more than half a century ago‚ its effects on German culture and politics still stand firm. The effects can be seen
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