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    Prison Reform

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    to hold them down. To suppress their inspiration to change. For many inmates‚ those bars do not only imprison their bodies‚ but their motivation and determination as well. US prisons are breeding grounds for violence. These places are supposed to reform inmates into law abiding people. Instead‚ they turn even the harmless criminals into the most violent ones. One man is sentenced to one year due to drug trafficking. Another man is sentenced to life without parole for several brutal murders. Despite

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    Populist Reforms

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    reformers proposed to reduce the size of election districts. They wanted to make state legislatures more responsive to the voters by giving them less constituents.The advocates and opponents of heavy tax and debt collection were so far apart they tried to reform many elements of the state governments in opposite directions. In the states where the governor or council of revision could veto the legislature‚ many citizens wanted to abolish the veto.The fiscal and monetary debates centered on the upper sections

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    Immigration Reform

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    The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) conducted by President Ronald Reagan is viewed as one of the most important policy implementations in U.S. immigration history. As drafted‚ IRCA was incorporated to be a policy to control and prevent all illegal immigration that took place in the U.S.‚ but the policy was for basically directed at stopping the flow of Mexican immigrants that continues to this day‚ to be the largest immigration flow in the world. Daniel Tichenor writes in Dividing

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    Us Healthcare Reform

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    US Healthcare Reform and the Impact on Primary Care Physicians Laura Garcia ENG 122 English Composition II Dr. Paula Porter June 28‚ 2010 The new healthcare reform act recently passed will be fully implemented by 2014. Every person living legally in the United States will be guaranteed‚ under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ (PPACA)‚ healthcare insurance. Across the United States‚ primary care doctors are already preparing for the full impact this will have on their practices

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    Seatbelt Reform

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    Bobby Wilson English 102 October 4‚ 2011 Death by Seatbelt The question of how imperative is it to enforce seatbelt laws in order to mitigate or reduce the number of deaths in the United States resulting from automotive accidents. The answer may somewhat obscure; the reason being because this issue has been an ongoing debate since 1849. “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States among persons aged 5–34 years” (vital signs: Nonfatal‚ motor vehicle‚ 1681)

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    Tort Reform

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    tort‚ the following conditions must be met: 1) Intent 2) Voluntary act by the defendant 3) Causation 4) Injury or Harm. The following tort cases‚ Pearson v. Chung and Liebeck v. McDonalds‚ have been a pinnacle “poster child” for tort reform in the United States. In 2002‚ frivolous lawsuits cost taxpayers over $233 billion (Insideprison.com‚ 2006). What is considered a frivolous lawsuit? It is when an attorney files a suit that they are aware is without merit‚ lacking legal arguments

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    Education Reform

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    Josiah Porter EDUC 101 11/19/12 Summary Report of Junior High Observations                 Throughout the week of November 5‚ 2012‚ my required observational hours were conducted at Kingsley Junior High School of Unit 5 in Normal‚ Illinois. I was assigned to observe Music instructor Kathy Vermillion‚ and I completed a total of five hours over the course of a three day period.  Two and a half hours were completed on Monday the 5th‚ One and a half hours were completed on Tuesday the 6th‚ and two

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    1920 Reforms

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    The Great Gatsby is an intellectual stimulating novel showing factious character’s responding to social conflict in ways that were similar to that age. Throughout this essay you will be exposed to the accounts in questions and the opinions of those behind the research. The purpose is to expose 1920’s society during the prohibition and compare the events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” Through this essay the thoughts and morals of Fitzgerald’s characters will be evaluated and associated

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    1970s Reform

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    The 1970s birthed a series of social and political movements. The opposition to the War in Vietnam that began in the 1960s grew a lot during the early 1970s. One of the best-known anti-war demonstrations was the Kent State shootings. In which national guard soldiers fired upon rioting students at the university. This event caused mistrust and shock throughout the country and became an example of anti-Vietnam demonstrations. Environmentalism also grew big in the seventies on April 22 1970 the United

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    Education reform

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    MSU essay choice #2: Describe a significant experience from the past two years which required you to interact with someone outside of your own social or cultural group (ethnic‚ religious‚ geographic‚ socioeconomic‚ etc.). How did this impact you? What did you learn and what surprised you? During my junior year of high school‚ I went on a mission trip/volleyball expedition with my club team. We traveled down to Nicaragua because this was a new experience for everyone involved. When we first

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