Since the first Indians of this land‚ and throughout the founding of our country‚ agriculture has been an essential part of our nation. But today‚ less than 1% of Americans claimed farming as their occupation. With over 318.9 million people living in America‚ each farmer feeds 155 people per day. People don’t realize that agriculture is a huge part of their everyday life. Many people buy their food from the store without recognizing the time and effort spent to make the product more suitable for
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The use of coal is much bigger than that. Coal is used to create almost half of all electricity generated in the United States. It is inexpensive compared to other energy sources‚ which means lower bills for its consumers. Coal is easily stored‚ transported‚ and controlled in large volumes A variety of industries use coal’s heat and by-products. Separated ingredients of coal (such as methanol and ethylene) are used in making plastics‚ tar‚ synthetic fibers‚ fertilizers‚ and medicines. Coal power
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Abortion: What do you think? I chose abortion as the topic of my research paper because it is a very important and controversial subject‚ and although I have always leaned heavily toward pro-choice‚ I really hadn’t done much reading about it and wanted to support my position. The definition of abortion is "expulsion of the fetus from the uterus‚ due to any cause‚ before the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy." Abortions are broken down into the following six categories: (1) Habitual abortion‚
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“Cons of Wal-Mart” Wal-Mart is a company that is well known for destroying small towns and small businesses. There are some skeptics that would say that they provide jobs for the area‚ but they really do not look at the picture as to how many jobs they take away. Bringing in minimum wage jobs and taking out businesses that have been around for decades is a big downer‚ especially for someone like me that supports small business owners to the fullest. Wal-Mart has to be one of the worst places
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The Pros and cons of Human Cloning As humans‚ we form social perceptions as a result of several factors. According to the social learning theory‚ people learn through imitation of peers and companions; thus‚ they form opinions based on the beliefs of those around them. Without a doubt‚ the social learning theory applies to the discussion of suicide. Current acceptance of suicide in the United States originates from the many different cultures and societies which make up the United States today
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life of the parents be damned! Give up your life‚ liberty‚ property and the pursuit of your own happiness." 25. Sentencing a woman to sacrifice her life to an embryo is not upholding the "right-to-life." 26. The anti-abortionists’ claim to being "pro-life" is a classic Big Lie. You cannot be in favor of life and yet demand the sacrifice of an actual‚ living individual to a clump of
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the right to confront one’s accusers‚ evidentiary rules‚ and cross-examination.” The result of these biased cases was that members of the Hollywood Ten “invoked the Fifth Amendment‚ a move that quickly led to the label “Fifth Amendment communist.” What makes the Hollywood Ten so important and influential “un-friendly” witness is that they refused to answer any of the courts question pertaining to if they were communist or not. They believed that being convicted for assumed members of the Communist
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Pros and Cons of Designer Babies Designer babies are babies‚ whose genetic makeup has been artificially screened and chosen by scientists‚ via genetic engineering. This concept has raised numerous ethical issues. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of designer babies. Did You Know? The term ’designer baby’ was actually coined by journalists and not scientists. The term ’designer baby’ made its entry into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004‚ where it is defined as "a baby whose genetic makeup
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If we took a moment of silence for each baby lost to abortion‚ we would be silent for over 100 years” (Frank Pavone). Many people who are pro-abortion continuously argue that abortion is not murder. However‚ if abortion is not murder‚ then why is it considered double homicide when a pregnant woman is killed? Unfortunately‚ over one million abortions are performed each year‚ which is a fifth of all pregnancies in the United States. Abortion should be illegal because not only does it hurt and kill
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Pros for Sports Many sports can cause concussions‚ which can be changed by getting better equipment and adding other sports that won’t be as dangerous. Even though the sports are dangerous getting better equipment can help make the sports less dangerous. If the better equipment would too expensive than adding other sports could be a different alternative. There are lots of sports that people play that aren’t available at Monticello trails ‚ including soccer‚ baseball‚ tennis‚ etc. Many of the sports
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