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    Today I came across a discussion on the death penalty on a progressive Facebook page. The post was in favor of execution‚ which was interesting to me because this is not the progressive position. In fact progressive position is staunchly opposed to the death penalty. Needless to say this got me thinking‚ and gave me the idea new series that will cover one topic a week. We are going to look at a certain issue every week‚ explain the progressive position‚ and the reasoning behind it. Clearly this week

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    The Nehru Era (1947-64) British rule in India: India was a subcontinent of many different states with multiple regions‚ rulers‚ political systems and languages = v diverse Until 1947‚ the area that now forms India‚ Pakistan and Bangladesh was under British colonial rule. 1857: ‘First War of Independence’ 1900-47: India ruled by a Viceroy and London civil servant officials who acted as government (Indians had little representation) Princely states ‘independent’ but run by British crown Political

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    Abstract Racism breeds poverty‚ and poverty breeds criminals‚ and this paper will show the different avenues of social problems. Poverty in the African American community ran deep‚ and rapid to the destruction of these neighborhood. “The association between crime‚ punishment‚ and poverty has long been the subject of sociological and criminological investigation. A classic literature has linked poverty to crime (Blau and Blau 1982; Braithwraite

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    Hart 1 Teenagers and young adults in today’s time usually have minds of their own. I honestly believe family‚ friends‚ and the media all play major parts in their lives and have great influence on them. Most people think that television‚ cellphones‚ and social networking are the causes of their corrupt minds‚ but in all reality every little aspect has influence on them in some way. Television‚ cellphones‚ and social networks‚ better known as “the media” plays a great influence on teenagers that’s

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    Seuss uses rhymes and clever characters to tell stories about issues current to the time. Some of his most well known stories such as Yertle the Turtle‚ The Lorax and The Sneetches‚ are all full of the progressive politics that Dr. Seuss truly Believed in. In his article‚ Dr. Suess’s Progressive Politics‚ Peter Dreier gives us a background to Suess’s life. Theodor Geisel is the man behind the Dr. Seuss pen name. He was born in 1904 and grew up in a German-American community in Springfield‚ Massachusetts

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    Quaid’s Vision of a Progressive Pakistan Jehan Zeb Khan Abdul Rashid Khan Abstract Today when Pakistan is in the grip of ethnicity‚ regionalism‚ theocratic forces‚ fundamentalism and corruption‚ etc.‚ it is more important to recall the vision of the founder of the nation. Did he dream of a progressive and modern Pakistan‚ or he desired a regressive and theocratic and fundamental state? We think that Quaid dreamed of a Progressive Islamic Welfare State. In this article we will try to have a proper

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    market establish the value of work based upon a person’s abilities and skill set. • Make the state an employer of last resort to ensure that anyone who wants a job receives one. These jobs will serve community needs and be paid from a national‚ progressive income tax. The wage rate will be one half of the established poverty level. Jobs of last resort will require a minimum of forty hours per week of attendance on the job. • Adjust the number of hours in a work week inversely to the number of

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    Woodrow Wilson‚ is the most progressive presidents this country has ever had. The many progressive reforms that he made affected the country positively because the United States started to become known as a Progressive country. Some examples of the many progressive reforms he made are The Workingmen’s Compensation Act of 1916‚ The Federal Reserve Act of 1913‚ and The Child Labor Act of 1916. One of the many reasons as to why Woodrow Wilson is the most progressive president is because of The

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    Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy is a fatal form of autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the presence of insoluble polyglucosan inclusion bodies‚ known as Lafora bodies. They are generally found in many of the body’s tissues such as within the cytoplasm of the cells of the heart‚ liver‚ muscle‚ and skin but the signs and symptoms of the disease are limited to the nervous system. The disease presents with epileptic seizures followed by progressive central nervous

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    The Progressive Era‚ which lasted from 1900 to 1918‚ was a time in which the American government and its people aimed to improve their economic status and to correct injustices of their country. Here are the ten leading reform movements: 1. Civil Rights After the Civil War‚ some would have expected that racism would have stopped but unfortunately‚ that didn’t happened. Racism still existed in the American society in the stated era therefore civil rights organizations‚ most made for African-Americans

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