Dakota Pipeline was first announced to the people on January 25‚ 2014. During the making‚ the pipeline was denied final permits to finish the project by former president‚ Barack Obama. Recently it has been brought to surface by president-elect‚ Donald Trump. This pipeline will allow about 800 million gallons of crude oil to pass underground across four states in America every day. It will disrupt Native lands in the process‚ will run across river streams and worsen climate change. This pipeline explores
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and Goliath at the WTO story on page 427 of course text‚ "was Jay Cohen’s conviction justified?" After reading the David and Goliath at the WTO story‚ I felt Jay Cohen’s conviction was not justified. Jay Cohen was a citizen of the United States and was being charged with U.S. laws. However‚ he was operating the business in Antigua and Barbuda and followed all the rules and regulations to do so. He paid $100‚000 for a business license‚ which was all a gambling entrepreneur needed. The Wire Wage Act of
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 by the Americans is a very controversial issue with no definite answer. Both sides of the issue have very justifiable arguments. Reasons for dropping the bomb include the fact that Truman’s options were limited at this point in the war‚ that the bomb did have the desired outcome of Japans surrender and that the majority of reasons
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Hamlet ’s Hesitation is Justified In William Shakespeare ’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet is commanded by his father ’s ghost to avenge his murder at the hands of his uncle Claudius. Hamlet does not act immediately to get his revenge‚ even when he is presented the perfect opportunity to do so. Throughout the play‚ it is demonstrated that the young prince ’s hesitation is reasonable. He doubts the story that the ghost has told him and he wants to discover the truth before he acts. He is not a man of action and
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For America‚ the War of 1812 was justified. Clearly there were sufficient reasons for America to declare war with Great Britain. Time after time the British violated American rights and freedoms. Acts such as impressments‚ the attack on the USS Chesapeake‚ the violation of American neutral rights and waters‚ blockades on U.S. ports‚ and the ignoring of stipulations of Jay’s Treaty and their Treaty of Paris all imposed threats on America. To prevent further altercation‚ America tried to solve the
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The Cradle to Prison Pipeline The cradle to prison pipeline is a campaign that calls all states to stop spending unnecessary money on the effects of the problems resulting from children being arrested‚ convicted‚ incarcerated and death; instead placing taxpayer money on the causes of these issues in order to deter the consequences all together. In Texas‚ the average cost of sending a student to school for one academic year is approximately $7‚246 while sending a child to jail for that same
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to launch an intensive construction plan to create this direct access pipeline. As stated previously‚ the United States is trying to invest in their domestic crude oil production to cut the cost of importing crude oil from the middle east and other areas. Theoretically‚ the managerial approach to public administration contends that public administration
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Mexican-American war? In 1821 was the Mexican Independence‚ in 1845 was the Texas annexation by the US‚ 1846-1848 was the Mexican war‚ and in 1848 was the Mexican Cessation. Now we are going to find out if the US was justified or unjustified in going to war. The US was unjustified in going to war because of 3 reasons: Polk provoked it‚ Robbery of Texas‚ and the growth of Slavery of Texas. One reason the US was unjustified is that Polk provoked Mexico. He was a strong believer of Manifest
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1955‚ and ended on the 31st of April‚ 1975. It was a war fought predominantly in Vietnam‚ but small battles did occur in areas of Laos and Cambodia. During these twenty years of unfortunate enmity‚ hostility and combat‚ the South fraction of Vietnam‚ fought against the North. The South of Vietnam was predominantly Capitalist‚ their allies strictly anti-communist‚ a political ideology which exorbitantly contradicted that of the North sector‚ which was completely and utterly Communist. This essay will
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Was the “way of the warrior” justifiable to precede abusive treatment of prisoners? Although the Japanese created barbaric tactics‚ they did it to follow their moral codes and fulfill their honor. During World War II‚ the Japanese had seven camp groups‚ and within those groups‚ there were branch camps as well. Additionally‚ the purpose of these prison camps was to demonstrate the shame of surrendering. In doing so‚ the Japanese soldiers used the prisoners’ manpower to support the frontline troops
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