Marine Corps customs and courtesies are very important to the way the Marine Corps works. They are intended to reinforce discipline and the chain of command‚ showing how Marines will treat their superiors. They also enhance esprit de corps and unity. This is what makes the Marine Corps the brotherhood that it has become. Military courtesies include correct forms of address like; Sir‚ and Ma’am‚ and when each should be used; the salute‚ and standing at attention‚ proper wear of military covers‚ and
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Democracy is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy‚ the laws and the actions of their state‚ requiring that all citizens (meeting certain qualifications) have an equal opportunity to express their opinion. And that opinion is expressed by the simple act of voting which is one of the most important human rights . In lebanon ‚ we get introduced to that concept at a young age in school when kids get to vote for their class president
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Should voting be lowered to age 16? It’s 2016 and we are well into the presidential election. The main candidates are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Many are finding this election to be a particularly hard one due to the fact that both people aren’t very liked. Not only are they finding difficulty in who to vote for‚ but it’s not common to hear people say the United States is screwed. It’s less than a month away from election date and we are still confused. How can we be so lost? Is there anyway
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One significant change from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment were the rise of philosophers and their ideas. During the Middle Ages‚ studies‚ science‚ and philosophy had dissipated in Western Europe ― due to reasons such as the fall of the Roman Empire‚ the Dark Ages‚ etc.―‚ leaving only the Byzantines to continue their studies in philosophy. Having more philosophers in the West during the Enlightenment demonstrates an important change from the Middle Ages‚ because‚ these philosophers were able
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Did a Fall From a Tree Kill Lucy‚ Our Famous Ancestor? Adam Hoffman opens his discussion by describing our first human ancestor‚ Lucy‚ who is believed to be alive 3.18 million years ago. According to research‚ some fractional injuries could point to her falling to her death. Hoffman includes a statement from John Kappelman which states that this is the first autopsy of her cause of death to date. Donald Johanson discovered Lucy in 1974‚ and claims that Lucy’s bone breakage matches that of other
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Thirteen Colonies 16th century England was not interested in exploration and colonization‚ but for the most part‚ English colonies in North America were more for bussiness and in search of gold . It did provide extra land for Englands growing population and for those who seeked more religious freedom. Englands colonization in the new world led to the Thirteen Colonies made up of the New England Colonies‚ The Middle Colonies‚ and the Southern Colonies each having seperate religious beliefs‚ laws‚ and
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rights is the right to vote. Voting is a process by which a person or a group of people expresses an opinion formally or officially.It gives citizen the chance to have a say in the way they are governed.Through voting‚citizens are able to choose candidates for public office or decide on public issues or law. Everyone would agree that there has to be a minimum voting age. In Malaysia‚the legal voting age is 21 but there is a general consensus mainly circled around the voting age should be lowered to 18
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How did equality become a stronger component of America freedom after the Revolution? The revolution released public debates and political and social structures that expanded the scope for freedom. It also challenged inherited structures of power within America. In result of rejecting the principle of hereditary aristocracy‚ Americans also rejected the society of patronage‚ privilege‚ and fixed status. Men who led the revolution from start to finish were considered the most prestigious men of the
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Individuals who sought after a more proficiently established government thought that protection from politics was a momentous tactic for attaining that goal. Woodrow Wilson who was a chief advocate of political-administration contrast that has been hated by public administration intellectuals‚ but is often misinterpreted. According to Woodrow Wilson the administration should for the most part be separated from politics because the administrator can accomplish his own work. The politics controls the
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Voting in America There are many things that people in America can vote on. They range from taxes to presidents to laws. For the sake of simplicity‚ the following will be focusing on the voting of presidents since it is the most well-known and relevant at the time. Most if not all of the things noted in the voting of presidents can be transferred to the voting of anything else. However‚ in order to understand what is wrong with the voting of our president‚ it is essential that the process of how
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