month‚ President Bush is scheduled to decide whether to continue federal funding for stem cell research. The question of using stem cells for research is intrinsically scientific‚ and yet has become the political cause du jour in Washington. The debate surrounding the cells threatens to rend traditional alliances‚ challenging our comprehension of life and leaving some abortion opponents in a very uncomfortable spot: Is it possible to protect the strict boundaries inherent in the "sanctity of life"
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Electronic Sports: Really a “Sport”? When “sports” is heard the first thing thought of‚ big athletes‚ open fields‚ and probably a lot of sweat. However‚ that is not the case these days. Within the last ten to twenty years a radical thing that probably would not have been thought to exist is coming into fruition‚ and boy is it blooming. Electronic Sports‚ eSports for short‚ is the act of playing video games competitively for not just proving who’s better‚ but also for a very large chunk of money
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Should the government provide health care? In most developed economies health care is one of the two largest government expenditures. However‚ there has been a huge debate over the decision to provide health care to who cannot afford to provide it for themselves. Even though many believe that the government should not be responsible for providing health care‚ there are many sick uninsured people who would disagree. People without health care should not be discriminated against for getting sick it
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The utilization of school uniforms is a subject of sizzling debate among parents and school authorities since long. Some dispute the advantages of school uniforms‚ while others consider that the shortcomings are far more abundant. In our contemporary world‚ children have become much more conscious of their clothes and appearance. This basically echoes our contemporary ideals and the concentration of adults in garments. Kids can‚ nonetheless‚ without some of the reasonable influences that come with
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religions by coming together and clashing. How has sports and racism interacted with each other to make such a social uproar? Personally‚ I believe in playing the game how it’s supposed to be played without politics being involved‚ regardless of the opponent’s skin color or religious beliefs. The media has portrayed the sporting world in such a negative light to gain more attention to the average viewer‚ while forgetting what the main aspect of sports is all about‚ winning.
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preformatted takes place on a hard surface‚ thus increasing the opportunity for serious injury. Cheerleading has more than three million participants today‚ and many feel that the activity should be designated as a sport in all states. This would allow the rules and regulations governing other sports to cover this one as well‚ specially with regard to safety. 12/7/16 Cheerleading uniforms have had quite an evolution. In the early days uniforms consisted of a letter sweater ove a buttoned shirt or turtleneck
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The Effect of Organized Sport on Children It is obvious that the American society is obsessed with sports. All one needs to do to see this obsession is turn on the television and watch one of the dozens of twenty -four hour sports stations and commercials dedicated to sports. Still not convinced‚ then hop into your car and take a drive across any suburban American town and look at the parks and playing fields. They are full of adult and children athletes playing for leisure and competition
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and Douglas Debates The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln‚ the republican candidate‚ and the incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas‚ a Democratic Party candidate‚ for a seat in the United States Senate. During the time period of the debates‚ Senators were elected by state legislators; therefore Lincoln and Douglas were competing for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois Legislature. The main issue for the debates was overwhelmingly
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resolution and talks mainly about impacts. Do not change this. Also‚ con is up. Pro: We affirm the resolution: Resolved: In the United States‚ students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college. To put this debate into context‚ we offer several observations. First‚ the resolution is clearly selected in context of Obama’s recent announcements and proposals‚ therefore‚ we should debate Obama’s community college plan: free community college for 2 credit years‚ full-time
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of Christianity are by far the majority‚ about seventy percent of the U.S. population as of 2001‚ other groups still retain considerable numbers of followers (Farrell). Doctrines of many religions‚ Christian doctrines being the most often used in debates‚ clearly classify abortion as immoral‚ a form of murder‚ and not allowed. This fact‚ however‚ does not mean Christian women never undergo abortions. In fact‚ studies show that twenty percent of 2002 U.S. abortions were obtained by Catholic women‚
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