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    Advanced Interrogation Techniques There have been many different ideas and techniques to try to get answers from criminals and although they do work most of the time‚ more serious cases of crimes call for more serious techniques. Timely information can be obtained in a timelier manner by administering advanced interrogation techniques. Terrorists under duress may give information that interrogators wouldn’t know to ask. It would save the country money. It is effective to use advanced interrogation

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    “History repeats itself‚ first as tragedy‚ second as farce.” – Karl Marx This sums up my reaction because it’s true. First‚ during the Salem Witch Trials‚ people were accused of witchcraft and were being hung for it. During McCarthyism people were being accused for being communist and it was more of a game of accusing people than anything. Tragedy is described as an event causing great suffering‚ destruction‚ and distress‚ such as a serious accident‚ crime‚ or natural catastrophe

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    In a way‚ McCarthyism is similar to the play‚ The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. Although the actions taken against suspected communists were not as strict as those during the Salem witch trials‚ they were still vicious and shattered many reputations of well-liked men and women. This also occurred during 1692 and 1693‚ the years of the witch trials. There were many differences and similarities between these two topics. The death penalty was the number one difference‚ along with the after effects

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    reality. Evidently‚ this film about nuclear weaponry sends a political message about what can happen between the USSR and America. The black-and-white also enhances the seriousness of the mood and provides the relation of connecting this film to McCarthyism. Though people were filled with fear and paranoia‚ this film is the perfect satire to hoax people about political and military psychosis. 6) General “Buck” Turgidson‚ is a pompous type person . He is a man who is anti-soviet and has the mind

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    Many nations around the world have created a national school curriculum. This means that every high school student will read the same texts‚ and learn the same material. Yet‚ high school students in the United States do not follow this trend. American high school classes can read texts that vary significantly to that of others. Some urge the U.S. to adopt the national English curriculum to create a more universal knowledge base. It is this student’s opinion that the United States is founded on the

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    In an essay by Duane Smith‚ he notes that the protection of natural rights and promotion of welfare is the goal‚ and classical republicanism is the mechanism by which they are protected. Deterred by the tyrannical monarchical parliamentary system‚ Natural Rights philosophers viewed a social contract as a protection from the government‚ rather than pledge to uphold societal responsibilities. John Locke’s belief in the unalienable rights of “life‚ liberty‚ and property” are fundamental to the individually

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    evidence. When people realized what he was doing‚ they called it McCarthyism. There was a price to pay in the effort to expose communism. Thousands of people lost their jobs‚ never got hired‚ or were blacklisted. As a result‚ people decided to keep their opinions private so they wouldn’t be accused of being a Communist. I believe that the short-term and long-term effects of McCarthyism were not necessary. The short-term effects of McCarthyism consist of labeling and naming‚ immediate accusation‚ proven

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    The two leaders of Lake Town are Bard and the Master. The Master was officially appointed to office‚ but isn’t a true leader. He cares more about his own comfort rather than his people’s survival and welfare. Bard was called into leadership by the people when a true danger occurred. When Smaug flew forth from his cave and attacked Lake Town the responses from both characters is astoundingly different. The Master‚ the appointed ruler of Lake Town‚ fled‚ leaving his people behind to be killed by

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    To what extent did McCarthyism rather than Nationalism be considered for the negative effects on United States society and culture? Though the McCarthyism Era began during the early to late 1950’s the phenomenon excited way before being labeled McCarthyism‚ campaigning while pushing false accusations to get ahead of the race was nothing new but was popularized by Joseph McCarthy during the middle of the Cold War when he began accusing groups people of being communists. Anti-Communists views mixed

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    financially. There were many difficulties with communism that affected the Red-Scare‚ and the anti-communist dealing with McCarthyism. “During the McCarthy era‚ thousands of Americans were accused of being communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels‚ committees and agencies”(McCarthyism).

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