JUST TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS THE PRESIDENT WANTS STILL tougher gun control legislation and thinks it will work. The public supports more gun control laws but suspects they won’t work. The public is right. Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns. There are some 200 million guns in private ownership‚ about one-third of them handguns. Only about 2 percent of the latter are employed to commit crimes. It would take a Draconian‚ and politically
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"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." -Cynthia Ozick In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes take things for granted. We’re so busy getting ready for work‚ getting the kids ready for school‚ making dinner‚ making plans‚ paying the bills‚ looking for money to pay the bills‚ working all day and doing this and that and everything else that’s on our "To Do" list just to get through the days‚ weeks and months. Unless you excel in time management
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In the book Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree‚ Tracy is the protagonist. We are different in many ways. We both share different views of the world‚ are viewed by the world in distinctive ways and I would respond in a different way to the central conflict of the novel. As she grows she sees what is acceptable in life and what’s not. Tracy had her fair share in boys throughout her life. She was brought up in a respectable home. Tracy came along from her not liking boys to getting every boys she wants and giving
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In “The Girl Next Door” there are several relationships explored. The contrasting themes of intimacy and distance as well as closeness and separation are depicted through the characters portrayed in the story. One relationship is between the protaganist and his mother‚ which appears to be close and intimate but also seems dysfunctional. Another relationship is between Brandi and her mother‚ which is distant and separate. The last relationship is between the protagonist and Brandi‚ a nine year old
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today‚ especially girls. Television has had and still has a major impact on girls in the society. This impact is capable of being positive and negative. It has a lot to do with whose watching television and what shows they choose to watch. There are not too many positive effects from watching television‚ but one positive effect from watching television is that people can learn a lot from it. Some television shows can be uplifting‚ educational and motivational. When girls see strong‚ educated
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An Analysis of Katha Pollitt’s "Girls Against Boys?" The article titled "Girls Against Boys‚" published in the 30 January issue of The Nation magazine by author Katha Pollitt‚ brings to light pressing issues of gender discrimination and how this nation’s education system has changed over the past forty years but still isn’t up to par with where it needs to be with issues of gender equality. Pollitt exposes the views of conservatives toward feminism in the school systems of today. This article describes
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THE GIRL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FACE Pedro Pablo Sacristán Once upon a time there was a girl who‚ though of humble origin‚ was so incredibly beautiful that she was famed throughout the region. Knowing how much the young men of the Kingdom liked her‚ she rejected all her suitors‚ waiting for the arrival of some handsome Prince. Well‚ it didn’t take long for a handsome Prince to come by‚ and as soon as he saw the young girl he fell for her and showered her with compliments and gifts. The wedding was
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The Girl In the Green Sweater Day to day people walk the streets in their new shoes and fancy clothes and never think about how good they have it. They walk on these streets looking up and never down. But down is the direction in which a group of people lived‚ down in the sewer that is. When times are hard you must do as needed and for this family the only way to stay together during the Holocaust was to live within the muck and filth of the sewage system. 0n September 1‚ 1939‚ Germany invades
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the Christian girl. Addison never messes up and she never fails. Everyone is always looking at her to see what Addison is going to do. Addison is like every other girl in her school. But one thing is different‚ Addison is pregnant. Every girl that hears this story would say. “That would never happen to me. I know how to control myself. I know how to say stop. I know what the Bible says. My boyfriend would never push me that far.” This is one of the biggest lies that teenage girls tell themselves
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claim that they were also victimized via internet. (Bullying Statistics‚ 2009). In todays times‚ face-to-face bullying has decreased and cyberbullying has been increased! Even though the younger generations‚ males and females equally use technology; girls are more likely to be victims of cyberbullying than boys. Cyberbullying is more than abuse via social sites‚ chat rooms‚ instant messages‚ and emails‚ but it is a way to destroy a person extremely just because it can go viral in seconds. Living in
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