emit the eight short‚ quick ticks of a stopwatch every Sunday night‚ signaling the start of "60 Minutes." First airing in 1968‚ the television magazine paved the way for other nightly broadcasts that do more in-depth news pieces. By creating the show‚ Don Hewitt further modernized how people receive their news‚ and thus‚ changed broadcast television history forever. However‚ it took Hewitt much learning‚ practice and skill to reach the success that "60 Minutes" brought him. But most importantly‚ he
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Why you shouldn’t go to Mars. The astronauts were about to be hit by a large storm. They had no choice. All if not most will be hurt or killed. They have a low chance of surviving. Nasa should not continue Mars Exploration. It costs too much‚ we don’t have the technology and we have many problems here at Earth. What is the point? Nasa astronauts shouldn’t go to Mars because it costs too much. According to Space News‚ it’d cost more than $100 billion before the first Mars mission. Instead of using
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Equal Rights: Why Slavery Wasn’t Abolished In Time Do you ever wonder why the constitution included the statement “all men are created equal” yet slavery continued for 78 years? Keeping the peace‚ the Founding Fathers decided to focus more on building a strong‚ new nation so they ignored the slavery problem. To keep that strong national government‚ they had to accept the disagreements some of the states had. Even if some disagreed with slavery‚ they had to accept the fact that they were profiting
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The American dream is why there is equality all through America. It is why one can get an amazing education‚ have a job‚ marry whoever they want‚ and have children. It’s the reason why the United Sates has freedom! Everyone around the world wishes for the American dream because they do not have it like Americans do. Americans have no idea that they are living the American dream right now because it all comes to them naturally‚ and we can thank our Founding Fathers for that. People complain about
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voting system in the United States is the Electoral College. In the past‚ systems of popular voting had been used by other countries. There are pros and cons to both systems. However‚ a popular vote system‚ although hard to implement‚ is a more purely democratic system than the Electoral College. A popular vote system would significantly impact voters and turnout. This type of system would give the individual voter a much more significant influence. “Turnouts [would] also increase if more people see
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The American Dream started in the early days when poor immigrants were first coming to America and looking for opportunities. The Declaration of Independence states that “all man are created equal and that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights‚ among which are life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness” (“The American Dream”‚ n.d.‚ para. 1). In the 1920’s‚ The American Dream used to be searching for equality. Now everyone is trying to just get as rich as they can. This is one of the many
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The Just and Unjust About Homelessness Don Mitchell (2007‚ 45) in Axiom 6 presents the idea that “landscape is the spatial form that social justice takes.” In another work‚ “Homelessness‚ American Style‚” Mitchell argues that “[T]o speak of ‘homelessness’ is to speak of how social relations are organized (2011‚ 933). Justice can be defined as an act that is free of discrimination. On the other hand‚ injustice can be defined as an act of discrimination. The use of spatial forms can create justice
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Why wasn’t the Philippines better prepared for the typhoon? Corruption‚ shoddy buildings to blame Dan Kitwood / Getty Images An aerial view of a demolished coastal town on Eastern Samar Island on Nov. 14 in Leyte‚ Philippines. By Jim Maceda‚ Correspondent‚ NBC News As the Philippines grapples with the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan‚ Filipinos are asking why the country wasn’t better prepared to deal with the super storm. Government officials claim they were ready‚ broadcasting warnings of a potential 20foot
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CBS and Don Imus What did CBS management do well? Crisis born of publicity problems can be especially challenging when society places conflicting demands on an organization. CBS was faced with conflicting expectations in responding to this crisis. CBS management handled the crisis quickly and decisively in exactly the manner good PR crisis management requires. They had a difficult issue; they responded and acknowledged the problem. There was limited commentary‚ when they could have joined the
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from. If the lizards is from the place they prolly dont have a disease depending on the type of lizard’s. Another reason why they shouldn’t touch the lizard because they are from the wild. Because if they are from the wild they don’t have to touch them. If animals are the from the wild they prolly got all types of diseases and bacteria from other animals. There are many reasons why the children should not touch the lizards because of all the greams and stuff out
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