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    a man if you can’t help pick him up” –Ms. Bailey. Poverty in the United States tends to conjure up images of homeless people living under bridges‚ people with signs begging street corners‚ and soup kitchens and homeless shelters. Throughout history‚ poverty has been a pervasive issue in the United States; it is an issue that has managed to survive despite government’s the countless efforts to eradicate it. As a result‚ it has spread and affects a wide array of people in the United States. Regardless

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    The United States of America honors freedom of religion meaning every citizen has the ability to choose their religious affiliation and practice it without persecution. Freedom of religion is seen as a human right‚ not something that the government chastise or have control over. This is an excellent attractor for the countless numbers of people not living within the US. In countries like Burma‚ there are repercussions for practicing certain religions or not converting to the faith of the majority

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    effect on white men who lived in the United States during the 1940s. Many volunteered for overseas military service‚ and many more joined the army in the nation’s first peacetime draft‚ which occurred in 1941 as a precursor to the United States’s future involvement in the war. World War II also‚ however‚ had a profound impact on the lives of women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Because white men were the primary candidates of the draft‚ women and minorities were able to fill job openings that

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    Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own ethnic culture. The concept of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences‚ both with respect to the issue of whether the ethnocentric bias of researchers colors the data they obtain‚ and the findings from research in anthropology and sociology. Such research has revealed ethnocentrism in every culture around the world‚ based on a number reasons‚ including religion‚ language‚ customs‚ culture‚

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    Here in the United States‚ the government makes decisions to try and help our country so that we can obtain stable advancements. Our nation’s economy is determined by the four basic economic questions. These four questions are able to answer what‚ how‚ for whom‚ and who are controlled by the government. The government can answer these questions because we are a mixed economy. Our economy is combined with both socialism and capitalism‚ meaning our government helps out but is not the leading influence

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    electron microscope by myself which works much better then Light Microscope. 2 In 1928 Max Knoll and I worked together to make a microscope which we successfully discovered a Electron microscope which magnified object only up to 17 times bigger than actual size. In 1937 Canadian American scientist James Hillier worked with me and Max Knoll which we came up with an improvement magnification of 7‚000. 3 It has been a lot of improvement between 1982-1989 developed

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    No matter how much the United States tries to stop children from crossing the border there will always be some that make it across. However‚ that doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be policies put in place to help alleviate issues in regards to migration. Children are thought of in the world as innocent and harmless and they should be treated as such. One policy that would help children is to provide them with adequate legal counsel (attorney) before their date in immigration court. Children do not

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    the West! And there was quite little common in the history of Lithuania in one side and Estonia+Latvia in another side! * Only since the end of the 18th century we can speak about the Baltic region as a region what has a common destiny. Destiny which is not pleasure to Baltic states. Since 18th century all Baltic States were as a part of Russian Empire: * Estonia and Livonia (modern Estonia and Latvia) as a part of Swedish Empire was incorporated into the Russian Empire after the Sweden’s

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    Welfare in the United States In the US today we have many resources‚ and organizations that Americans can reach for when they are in a time of need Some Americans will never reach out towards these "helping hands"‚ but others will if they fall on to hard times. The United States funds many of these welfare programs for just that‚ the idea of when someone experiences paucity‚ their country‚ the people‚ can help them. There are many programs with welfare institutions such as the Supplemental Security

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    traditional hijab and a group of teenagers start harassing the woman‚ and saying things or making terrorist jokes because of the way she is dressed‚ because of the bad publicity Islamic people get in the U.S. . In an effort to defend his mother the 11 year old boy responds with violence or now feels threatened and a new problem is brought up‚ once again because of racism. Racism is an issue that is known for bringing conflict into a situation its something has been around since the beginning

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