sometimes every other line. She is concerned with the literacy of children and writes poetry that is easily understood by young readers. This is essentially true of her 1990 poem‚ "These Yet to be United States‚" and the subject is just as its title imply. It is a poem about the militarily powerful United States‚ which has been historically unable to successfully unite its racial and economic factions. In this original interpretation of the poem‚ it will be broken down into couplets and italicized for
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mentioned above the United Sates still faces poverty problems. To address this problem the first solution would be creating more jobs. The best pathway out of poverty is a well paying job. To start this of‚ the federal government should begin investments that create jobs. A great strategy would be rebuilding our infrastructure. By this I mean renovating abandoned houses and making use of all that space for other
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Did you know that there have been more than 165‚000 abortions in the United States this year? The average abortion takes place from 1 to 20 weeks. Abortion is a dangerous offence that affects the mother‚ father‚ and fetus. That is why it should be illegal in the United States. Abortion is murder. Murder is the “unlawful killing of a human being.” Each abortion takes an innocent life. If a baby was killed after birth it would be considered murder‚ but if a baby was killed inside of the fetus it would
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Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial warfare resulted in other countries
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The most clear way this can be seen is through financial well-being. In a perfect world‚ everyone in the United States would have equal income and equal wealth; however‚ this is not the case. The top 1% of people in the United States own approximately 40% of the nation’s wealth‚ and the bottom 80% own approximately 7% of the nation’s wealth (TED Talk‚ 9/22). This drastic inequality in wealth between Americans contributes
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Factors that Influence Rainfall in the United States A type of precipitation is rainfall and it develops when water vapor condenses into droplets in the atmosphere thus becoming too heavy to stay suspended in the air so gravity causes them to fall. The pattern or occurrence of rainfall in the United States or basically anywhere in the world depends on several factors such as ground elevation‚ wind directions‚ location within a continental mass‚ areas of low pressure‚ cool fronts‚ jet streams and
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Athenian Democracy VS Unites States Democracy Athens is is known as the city where democracy originated from. It was a way to involve people in the government. Democracy shaped virtually everything in Greece. Democracy is a system of government ruled by the whole population. The people who have a say are typically elected representatives. The United States Democracy is a representative democracy. We select representatives to speak for the people. In Athens they had a direct democracy where people
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Comparing Ancient Rome to the United States When we analyze the United States’s similarities and differences with Rome‚ there’s always an obvious juxtaposition that’s unmistakable. The similarities between these two great societies are considered and analyzed from many aspects like politic‚ military and culture. The political aspect of the United States and the ancient Rome has its root in the concept of republic. Militarily‚ both the U.S and ancient Rome are considered superpowers of their
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This article by Julia Limitone describes the state of our current economy and what some economic advisors are expecting for the future. While a few have a negative outlook‚ some believe the United States economy is doing incredibly well under the circumstances. Senator Bernie Sanders describes America’s economy as “rigged” and full of income inequality. He even states that America has more inequality than any other country in the world. Martin Feldstein‚ an economic advisor at FOX Business‚ explains
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` - Reducing 1 Running head: Reducing Drug Trafficking Reducing Drug Trafficking Into the United States Marcus Smith English Composition 2 Anayah Bernadette September 6‚ 2010 Reducing drug trafficking in United States is an issue that our country’s struggled with since the early 1900’s. The illegal drug market in the U.S. is one of the most profitable in the world. This is a difficult task for law enforcement to undertake because drugs are being smuggled constantly
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