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    expectancy has more than doubled. However‚ there were 135 million children who were born five years ago‚ approximately 10 million of them died before the age of five (Bill Gates‚ 2009). The essay will focus on the reason and solution‚ and then give some recommendations. The mosquito is the main reason to cause malaria. More specifically‚ mosquitoes transmit the disease through their bites. People did not know what caused this disease until 1900s‚ a British military man found that it was caused

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    The inequalities among men and women and their roles in society comes down to sexism as a major reason among the inequality among women and men. In the past and sometimes even know in the present it has made some women avoid looking for careers described as a man’s job. Sexism has also triggered women to feel lower than men‚ and to rate themselves in a unipositive way. In an equal position in the workplace‚ there has been shown facts that women usually obtain lower wages than men. Sexism has given

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    Throughout most of history‚ women had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men did. Women mostly had jobs as a seamstress or kept boarding houses‚ some of the women had the same jobs as men. For an example‚ according to “Women’s History in America” in 1890 a slim amount of the women were doctors‚ but 95% of doctors were men in the United States. Another example of what women were not allowed to do is vote‚ married women were not allowed to obtain property rights‚ if a couple happen to get a divorce

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    American History December 8‚ 2007 Debate On Federalism The United States constitution created a new type of government called federalism‚ which divided power between the states and the national government. But the proper balance of federalism has been debated throughout the history of the United States‚ Federalism‚ which signifies members of a group that are bond together with a governing representative head. Two time periods that there has been a debate on federalism was the Supreme Court

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    The value of education within the United States has been highly emphasized as an open opportunity towards chasing the “American Dream”. During the colonial era‚ New England colonists such as the Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ provided a system for public education to create a common ground for those that immigrated from the Northern and Western regions of Europe. While public education at the time was established to create an equal plane field within a new society‚ the development of

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    terroristic violence is increasing at an extremely fast rate. For the United States‚ the threat of domestic and international terrorism weighs on the minds of the federal government and private citizens. The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review even went as far as to note that terrorism is one of the six strategic challenges that are likely to affect the United States throughout the next five years (DHS‚ 2014). However‚ the United States has been on high alert since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon

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    nDr. Anyanwu‚ Eco 201: HW Solutions for Chapter 2 (Discussed in class on September 25): Question 1 Describe the four major types of economic flows that link the United States with other nations. Provide a specific example of each type of flow. ANSWER: The four major economic flows are: the flows of goods and services (trade flows); the flows of capital equipment and labor (resource flows); the flows of information and technology; and the financial flows (money). The financial flows provide

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    UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Abstract The United States Secret Service was created in 1865 as a federal law enforcement agency within the Treasury Department. It derives its legal authority from Title 18‚ United States Code‚ and Section 3056. It was established for the express function of stopping counterfeiting operations which had spread out in our country following the introduction of paper currency during the Civil War. The Secret Service maintains its role as guardian of the integrity

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    Nevada‚ being the only state to allow prostitution of any form‚ may provide a feasible system for other states to integrate. The history of prostitution starts with European settlers‚ history of legalized prostitution in the United States is short. “According to the Reader’s Companion to American History‚ there was no Native American counterpart to the purchase of sexual favors (Gilfoyle). As with so many other ‘gifts’ of the white man‚ sex for hire has taken root in american culture and seems to have

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    The United States‚ as a leading developed country‚ is very attractive to many foreigners. Everyone dreams of coming to the United Sates to study or work. However‚ they are concerned about their health care while stay in the United States. The health care system in the United States is problematic. It is so extensive and complicated that it is almost impossible for the government to make everyone satisfied. Reformation of health care occurred many times in the history. President Bill Clinton tried

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