Library censorship is not a new issue in the United States. For nearly two decades‚ parents‚ school boards‚ teachers‚ students‚ and different religious groups have worked to ban various books seen as inappropriate or offensive. According to the American Library Association‚ over 11‚300 books have been challenged since just 1989. Specific books and authors have been repeatedly targeted over the years such as Mark Twain‚ J.K. Rowling‚ John Green‚ and Judy Blume. The First Amendment grants protections
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Foundation‚ http://www.fff.org/commentaries. Jones‚ J. (2007‚ September 7). Vast Majority of Americans Opposed to Reinstituting Military Draft. Gallup News Service. Retrieved April 11‚ 2007 from EBSCOhost‚ Apollo Library. Koch‚ N. (2004‚ July 1). Why We Need the Draft Back. Retrieved April 11‚ 2008 from www.washingtonpost.com.
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McDonald’s 1 McDonald’s Empire Kay Kolalowski‚ Tyler Laudette and Annette Compo University of Phoenix Management 330 Professor Dr. John Seinrukos February 24‚ 2008 McDonald’s 2 Abstract Ray Kroc once said he did not know what his company would be selling in 2000 but he knew it would be selling more of it than anyone else. (Kroc‚ 1978). McDonald’s is the predominant leader in the fast food industry and the corporation continues to grow each day globally. This expansion
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Why do companies need a strategy? Strategy is very important for a business. Without a strategy an existing business can drift away from its customers and become uncompetitive with its environment and eventually the business will stop making profit. This is known as strategic drift. In other words‚ having a strategy is a way to remain competitive or it is a way of forcing a strategic change when an organisation has drifted away from its environment and is staring to fail. Lately‚ these strategic
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Why Italy entered WWII? After WWI‚ Italy was awarded small lands of Austrian territories from the Treaty of Versailles‚ but not Dalmatia which it had coveted. Italy was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy
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were gathered and executed‚ which was the beginning of the massacre. Although some countries and people do not view this as a genocide‚ it should not have happened because the Armenians were only scapegoats to the problems occurring in the Ottoman Empire‚ in result 1.5 million lives were taken‚ and it was a crime against mankind. The Genocide derived from long-term anger towards the Armenians by the Turkish. The Turkish people accused the Armenians of
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happened before. Now that so many people are aware of what happened we will be prepared for any different type of event. Overall‚ in my opinion this was the worst thing to ever happen to this world and everyone should know how tragic it really was. We need to continue the learning about the Holocaust to learn from our mistakes and never make them again. The Holocaust still impacts our life today for a series of reasons. The first reason it impacts our life is because this was the biggest Genocide our
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In the beginning‚ Earth appeared as a single entity from the nothingness that had existed before. Gaia‚ the earth‚ lay the foundation for all life to occur but “Love‚ coeval with Gaia‚ govern the subsequent stages of creation” (Waterfield 18). Gaia then created Uranus‚ the sky‚ as her husband and together‚ they conceived the ocean. Uranus‚ afraid to be overthrown by his children‚ would force each of his offspring’s back into Gaia’s womb. Finally‚ Cronus‚ the youngest son‚ devised a plan to stop him
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Good morning‚ class! Today‚ I am here to tutor you because your professor can not attend the class. Continuing the last dialogue‚ today’s topic is the supporting reasons about why we really need to go to school. In this meeting‚ I will cover some points‚ which are the things that schools offer us and the pro and contra about home schooling and internet-schooling. Well class‚ what do you think about life when we relate it with school? Yes‚ right. Life is bored‚ especially schools. Can you imagine
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The Roman empire and the Han empire collapsed for similar reasons as well as some different reasons. Firstly‚ both Rome and China’s governments became an ineffective way to control an empire. Secondly‚ nomadic tribes invaded both Rome and China. These tribes broke into their respective empires and laid waste to the land. Yet differences exist between the collapse of the two empires. A large part of the collapse of Rome was due to inflation. The Han empire was not as affected by inflation as the Roman
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