Affirmative action is a very complex subject. Many people have their pros and cons about each side. Affirmative action has been here in America since 1960. It was an outcome for a Civil Rights Movement at the time. The president that had started it all was John F. Kennedy because he really did believe the equality of people. Lyndon B.Johnson helped the outlawing of school segregation and the Civil Right Act of 1964. The increase of minorities in the higher institutions and education facilities did
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1888 The First National Manual Cash Register In 1883 on January the 30th James Ritty receives a Patent for inventing the cash register. Ritty owned a cafe in Dayton in the 1870s it was a popular cafe but somehow always lost money Ritty then blamed the bartenders and other workers for stealing. What Ritty dealt with was very common in the late 1800s. Ritty later went on a vacation on a ship whist on the ship he observed the workings of an automatic device that recorded the revolutions of the ship’s
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We are taught that being selected as a juror is our civil duty and constitutional right as citizens. I see it as a position of honor because it is where ordinary people participate in making decisions on serious high court matters and those decisions exercise real power. On the other hand there are a lot of citizens that don’t feel the same and would rather not take part in this civil activity at all. Most of them view it as a great inconvenience and a waste of their time. I believe that if they
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THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE Nuclear energy is a powerful source of energy compared to other conventional fuels. All crude oil based fuels derive their energy from oxidation‚ which is a change in the energy levels of electrons outside the nucleus. However‚ nuclear energy derives power from changes in the nuclear energy levels of the atomic nucleus! Tremendous energy lies locked up inside a radioactive nucleus and nuclear fission is a way of tapping this energy. Nuclear power plants derive
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With the easiness of swiping a credit card for a purchase there is going to be some pros and cons. Some may say with credit card power come great responsibility. It may either help when handled properly or become your worst nightmare if abused. If you are able to pay your bills on time every month and not carry over a balance. Then credit cards are a great convenience. The cards can also land you deep in debt. This often occurs if you’re unaware of the terms of the credit card agreement‚ and if you
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SNAP‚ the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program‚ is a government assistance program to help low-income households pay for food. SNAP used to be called the Food Stamp program. The federal government changed the name of the program on October 1‚ 2008. SNAP is a modern program that uses EBT cards instead of old style paper food stamp coupons. The amount of SNAP food stamps a household gets depends on the household’s size‚ income‚ and expenses. The first food stamp program was established by virtue
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corresponded it’s morally justified to push the fat man under the bridge (Hauser et al. 7). The consequences of both cases are identical – save the five or save the one. Then what changes the principle that saving more is better than saving less in the latter case? Here’s where the deontology – the idea that one should follow one’s own duty or obligation – comes. Based on this thought‚ you should not utilize other people respecting the human dignity. Consequently‚ back to the case of the torture‚ based on
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opportunity to advance the needs of their own foreign policy. Stalin attempted to regain support through Spain‚ which some historians believe was to unite international socialism against fascism although some believe it was to maintain the USSR’s leadership over global socialism. Stalin needed the western democracies on his side to protect the USSR as he was afraid of the Nazis’ Lebensraum. His idea to incorporate the Spanish Republic
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According to the article posted in Newsmax by Breana Noble some of the pros of birthright citizens are low rate of illegal immigrants‚ it could save on healthcare and social services‚ helps in protecting the countries culture and some of the cons are hurting diversity because people from different countries stop coming which brings diversity. Amendment to the constitution may be needed because 14 Amendment
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this case the pros of gunboat diplomacy would be a quick response from the nation of Brazil as well as a swift decision from the country about the cutting of trees in the rainforests. In addition to Gunboat Diplomacy‚ we have another choice
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