Rafael Dos Santos 3/26/12 5th period English Persuasive Essay Why should smoking be made illegal‚ because smoking hurts everyone. Around the world smoking claims the lives of 5.4 million people a year. If smoking were to be banned in the United States there would be 443‚000 fewer deaths related to smoking. While that isn’t all 5.4 million it would be a giant leap in the right direction. Smoking affects everyone not just the person with the cigarette in their hand but
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The use of animals to test human drugs and cosmetic products and to conduct pointless laboratory experiments is unconventional. Humans and animals are similar‚ but they are not identical‚ so using animals to test products intended for humans does not make sense. Each year millions of animals are killed or badly maimed in laboratory experiments. Animal testings must be banned. The tests are usually proven to be ineffective‚ they waste tremendous amounts of money‚ the tests are cruel‚ and there are
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Charlie was one of the greatest racing greyhounds‚ he conquered every race he competed in. He was forcefully dragged to the race track every day to the race‚ in front hunrders of screaming people‚ wanting Charlie to win‚ because theu put their bets on him. One day‚ he did not reach the finish lane. As he ran‚ he stumbled and crushed his leg. Since that injury he never raced again‚ instead Charlie was sent away‚ to the finish line of his life to be slaughtered. Shocking insight has been achieved
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Spec. issue of CPCU eJournal 63.11 (2010): 1-10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. . Lenhart‚ Amanda. "Teens‚ Cell Phones‚ and Texting." Pew Research Center Publications. Pew Research Center‚ 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 25 Feb. 2012. . Map of Texting Bans. Map. iLookBothWays. Linda Criddle‚ 14 Dec. 2011. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. . Powell‚ D.‚ and M. Dixon. “Does SMS text messaging help or harm adults’ knowledge of standard spelling?” Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (Feb. 2011): n. pag. Academic Search
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Good morning/ good afternoon everyone my name is John and today I would like to talk to you about Chris. Chris was a 23 year old man‚ who up until about 5 years ago lived a totally normal life. He lived an average childhood in an average house. At the age of 18 he moved out of his home to live in an apartment with his friends. On his 19th birthday his friends took him out for some fun‚ and that’s when everything changed. They went to a casino‚ and for the first time since in his life‚ Chris made
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Qing Yuan ESL114 Section G Ryan Salvador May 3‚ 2012 Should the Chinese government ban the internet censorship? Since the birth of internet‚ people have been bombarded with different kind of information every day. Internet is a network that connects the data of different private computer networks and organizational computer groups from people or organizations around the world (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). As a result‚ people are looking forward to having access to any kind of websites of their
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side taken on the matter on what we should do about nuclear weapons in the world. We must measure these benefits and drawbacks to determine which decision is the best for future security of our country. One side of the argument is to permanently ban all nuclear weapons in this country. This option sounds like the best option and the right thing to do. However‚ because countries of the rest of the world still have nuclear weapons‚ we are at a security risk. If we didn’t have any nuclear weapons
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Nonprescription Drugs‚” David Alpert is firm in his belief that all universities should follow in the footsteps of Duke University and add a pledge against the abuse of prescription drugs to schools’ honor codes. On the other hand‚ in an essay titled “A Ban On Brain-Boosting Drugs Is Not The Answer‚” Matt Lamkin argues it is not the study drugs that are the problem; it is the emphasis schools put on competition and credentials‚ which drives the students to
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Why do some employers ban tattoos while other doesn’t mind them? If a person is trying to get a position that interacts with the public or with people from other companies‚ those other people could be judgmental about tattoos that are visible outside the clothes. There’s probably a variety of reasons but I think a common one is that some companies feel that their employees project their company image and they’d like some say in the image that they have. This is obviously truer when the employees
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A bill to ban emergency contraceptives in the United States of America. Section 1. The prescribing‚ use and sale of any emergency contraceptive by anyone in the United States shall be deemed illegal. Section 2. Definitions: The term "emergency contraceptive" shall be defined as: (1) Any pill‚ drug or device that is intended to prevent or terminate a pregnancy. (2) Any such pill‚ drug or device in (1) that is used post-coitally. ------------------------------------------------
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