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    HER Just like that I let him leave. I listened to the steadily fading sound of his car as he drove away. The motor grew fainter and fainter until it was finally drowned out by the children’s voices. At moments like that I felt that he accepted the freedom I had given him with too obvious relief. For a while now he could live without demands from his fussy children and his immature wife. I knew his routine so well. As he came to the bend in the road past our house he would look back at the ten

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    Opposing Arguments: Abortion Introduction: Why abortion is immoral by Don Marquis is the start of two discussions pertaining to whether abortion should be acceptable in our modern society. The argument‚ Marquis makes‚ is that abortion actually deprives the fetus’s “future-like-ours.” Many philosophers support Marquis’ belief by arguing that fetuses have their own possibilities; thus‚ killing fetuses is absolutely wrong (Marquis‚ 105). Nevertheless‚ there are also other philosophers who criticize

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    Mazzini‚ Cavour‚ and Garibaldi: Opposing Views and Instrumental Personalities Europe in the mid-nineteenth century was a tumultuous continent surging with popular movements. In particular‚ there was a notable increase in nationalism‚ not only amongst countries that were united but as well as in regions of divided states that were bound by a shared language or culture. Perhaps the greatest examples of nationalism during this time were the movements for unification among the Germanic states as well

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    The pain and suffering of children in polygamy

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    Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection 2010 • School bullying has likely existed as long as schools themselves. • School bullying has taken a more serious turnmore • Bullied students are turning to violence as a solution—either through suicide or through deadly acts carried out against their persecutors and other students • These tragedies have led to heightened awareness among parents‚ children‚ educators‚ and law enforcement experts about the harmful short- and long-term effects of bullying

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    Morality and Polygamy There are many people opposed to the concept of polygamous marriages. Polygamy is legal in some countries‚ such as Iran and Saudi Arabia‚ but illegal in others‚ such as the United States of America. Many have personal‚ religious‚ and/or cultural reasons to disagree with such practices‚ but is the practice of polygamy morally wrong‚ or is it acceptable? Some argue that it is wrong because of the negative consequences caused by such marriages; yet ignore successful polygamous

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    Polygamy Polygamy is defined as the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time. Though it has existed in many cultures throughout the world‚ polygamy is still very prevalent in most Islamic societies today. There are however several guidelines laid out in Islamic law governing the practice. Here we will examine the practice of polygamy in Islam and those laws which govern its legality. Muhammad did not introduce this practice‚ as has so often been wrongly alleged. The

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    Persuasive Essay Comm/215 Instructor: Linda Boyer Created By: Kimara Appling Implementing School Uniforms Individualism is a fundamental value in the U.S.A... We as Americans‚ believe in the rights of having freedom of speech and to express our own opinions without having the fear of being judged or punished by other individuals. Wearing school uniforms help show what school the students belongs‚ helps the teachers‚ faculty‚ and employees have guard against intruders and lessen the economic

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    Opposing The Death Penalty Taking this course has made me ponder on many issues which I never deemed worthy of my thoughts. I always considered the death penalty one of those things which I never had to concern myself with. First of all I ’m not planning to commit any vial crimes‚ and I don ’t think anyone I care about has those plans either. Secondly‚ I ’ve never been conscious or concerned with the likes of criminals. When we began speaking on the subject‚ I thought we were only going

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    Polygamy Polygamy means a system of marriage where one person has more than one spouse. There are two basic forms of polygamy: polyandry‚ where one woman has more than one husband‚ and polygyny‚ where one man has more than one wife (Merriam Webster dictionary). Over the course of history and at present‚ polygyny is by far the most common form of polygamy‚ though there have been some documented reports of the practice of polyandry in isolated societies (Al-Krenaw‚ 1995). Polygyny appears to be the

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