about. What is the American dream? Many people discover success in a range of things. There are many different definitions of the American Dream. However‚ the American Dream embrace a sight of respective prosperity‚ personal safety‚ and personal liberty. The American dream is a continually fluctuating set of ideals‚ reflecting the ideas of an era. With America actually being seen as the land of assurance‚ the American dream is usually associated with the freedom and opportunity of gaining
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1.What impact did the events of 9/11 have on your sense of security/vulnerability? The events of September 11th brought a harsh reality to light. I remember sitting home thinking this wasn’t real and when I finally did catch on and see this was really happening I was overcome with fear. I wasn’t sure if we as a nation were safe or what would happen next. I kept saying to myself “How they can say they are here to protect us and this happens?” 2. Doyou agree or disagree with the U.S. response to
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Cited: American Civil Liberties Union. "The Rights of Immigrants." Human Rights Watch/Americas. www.aclu.org. April 1995. Crawford‚ James. Census 2000: A Guide for the Perplexed. www.ourworld.compuserve.com. U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Last updated in 2002. Equal Employment Opportunity
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The Idea of Liberty – Summer 2011 Dr Martin O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance
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Consider the sentence The French government commissioned sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to design the Statue of Liberty. The sentence is considered an active voice sentence because the subject‚ the French government‚ actively commissioned the object‚ Bartholdi‚ to design the statue. Consider the sentence Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design the Statue of Liberty by the French government. The sentence is a passive voice sentence because the subject‚ Bartholdi‚ is acted upon by
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Following this‚ Lazarus describes in great detail this new colossus. “A mighty woman with a torch‚ whose flame‚ Is the imprisoned lightning‚ and her name‚ Mother of Exiles.” (Lazarus 4-6). The imagery presented in this line depicts the Statue of Liberty as being a mother who conjures hospitality and warmth to incoming refugees. Although
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was going to do at school and trying to pay attention the road. I noticed a figure in the distance jumping around. As I drove closer‚ the figure came into vision I noticed it was a man. On the corner of the street was a Liberty Tax worker. He was dressed as the statue of liberty. He was jumping around like his pants were on fire. My first instinct was to laugh‚ because he looked a fool bouncing around like he was. Then I grew sad. I wondered how long he had been out in the artic like temperatures
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Belhaven University Jackson‚ Mississippi April 1‚ 2013 “Does the massive use of Big Brother surveillance technologies make you feel safer because it can protect you from crime‚ or less safe because of possible violations of your civil liberties? Will you be more careful now using communication technologies‚ knowing that anything you type or send electronically could be reconstructed and used to judge your lawfulness or your character?” Big Brother surveillance was developed to ensure safety
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government power and keep the people safe. It is broken down into 5 main points to why we average civilians do not need to fear it‚ but rather appreciate it. 1. It protects civil liberties and provides for the common defense. The Constitution requires government leaders to respect and defend individual civil liberties but also provide for the common defense. The act works for our freedom‚ as long as it causes no harm to the safety of American Citizens. 2. Expectation of privacy is not unlimited
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the quest to improve American education. Officials say that if students can’t wear gang related colors it will make school safer‚ but has little effect otherwise on student behavior and achievement (“What not to Wear School…”). The American Civil Liberties Union says many parents can’t afford the costs of uniforms (Portner). Allowing students to choose their own clothing will prepare them for their careers since they will have to make decisions on how to dress professionally (“What not to Wear School…”)
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