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    their differences create a delicate balance that keeps the country running and the people’s rights protected. On the most basic level‚ a right is a freedom that is protected by an established rule or law. The Declaration of Independence stated that people had certain unalienable rights‚ of life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights have been the base for everything the Constitution and Bill of Rights have expanded upon. These expanded rights include the freedom of speech‚ assembly‚ religion

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    Expository Essay English 2201 3/29/2012 Why do people smoke? Or choose to smoke? Adolescences have many choices to make as they develop into adulthood. Such choices include what career path they will take‚ and whether to attend university or collage. However‚ other than the huge decisions that will shape you as an adult‚ there are also many small decisions that can have the same effect on your life‚ such as weather you choose to smoke or not. Personally‚ I believe smoking is wrong. Smoking

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    DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING AIRED ON TELEVISION There is danger in believing everything that is aired on television. In fact‚ habitual and consistent watching of television broadcasts can and will negatively affect the individual’s psyche‚ belief‚ and moral standards. This is not to say‚ however‚ that one is not to believe anything he sees on television; or is it saying that there are no benefits or advantages of watching television. When a person allows himself to believe the whole

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    The Usefulness Of Television Television is one of the greatest achievements of the twentieth century. Mass can easily access it hence influencing society instantaneously. Television may provide unrealistic messages such as violent ideas. So does television only have its bad sides? Firstly‚ television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things. Television can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can. For example when the national servicemen

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    How do you fix people abusing the welfare system. Fixing the welfare system is simple we have to spend more money to save money. By spending more money it doesn’t mean that it’s going to recipients but for more workers to oversee these programs so we don’t have system abusers.( Allen Clifton) In our welfare systems today there are many loopholes that people who abuse it are well aware of them. When the departments who are suppose

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    Why do people laugh? Someone makes a strange sound or behaves in a peculiar manner so everyone around expels air out of their lungs at a rapid rate. Why? In an article for NBC News‚ Robert Provine‚ professor of neurobiology & psychology at the University of Maryland‚ states from an evolutionary perspective‚ “We believe laughter evolved from the panting behavior of our ancient primate ancestors (1999).” He further explains that people and apes laugh under the same circumstances‚ such as while playing

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    Women “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?" It’s a humorous question asked by Professor Henry Higgins in a show-stopping song from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. But Higgins would sing quite a different tune if the subject was longevity. When it comes to life span‚ why can’t a man be more like a woman?” (Harvey Simons‚ 2004) Women do indeed live longer than men. But why? And can men do anything to catch up? “Do women live longer than men because they are less affected by the social gradient

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    Reasoning Behind Settling in the American Colonies During the time period after the founding of the new world‚ many people is distant lands were looking for a way out. The American colonies seemed to be a fresh start for most people living in different regions. The biggest reason why most decided to settle in the American colonies was due to better economic opportunity that were available there. Many factors encouraged the English to establish colonies in North America. Three main reasons being

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    There is many documents that support government intervention and some that oppose of government intervention. There’s many reasons people support government intervention. There’s also reasons people oppose government intervention. Some of the reasons people are for government intervention is President Herbert Hoover applauds limited government and the supreme court on limits on women working hours. The reasons people oppose of it is because of Leading retailers propose a solution and Theodore Roosevelt

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    illnesses‚ but how many people actually know and understand mental illnesses like depression or schizophrenia. Many people misunderstand mental illnesses because you can’t see the effects of them and many think that it’s the victim’s fault they have the illness. The fact is that many mental illnesses are genetic like cancer and some are just as deadly‚ just no one knows about them. Since these illnesses and disorders aren’t well know‚ the public neglects them and the people suffering with them‚ and

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