Why is the American Crime Rate So High? When compared with other Western-industrialized nations‚ the United States has the highest crime rate. It is a daunting question as to why‚ especially in the age we live in now. One might just boil it down to being a consequence of an ongoing population boom‚ the idea being that when there are more people‚ there is going to be more criminal activity. While this is obviously true‚ it is not even coming close to touching on the big picture. There are many
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the north was decreasing‚ slavery in the south was increasing rapidly. Ever since the textile boom in the northern states and in Europe‚ cotton has been a high demanding textile material. Plantation owners couldn’t work the whole plantations by themselves. The southern states depended heavily on slaves to work their plantations. The south depended heavily on slavery‚ and slavery was vital to the south because they needed the slave’s labor to work their plantations. This why slavery was so important
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Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly? The Islamic religion spread incredibly fast from approximately 600 C.E. to 700 C.E. because the religion and its beliefs are appealing‚ the main worship center is also a huge trade center‚ and it has noble military campaigns. The founder of the religion‚ a man whose name was Muhammad‚ received word from a god named Allah. He began to preach Allah’s word to citizens in Mecca‚ and his preachings spread rapidly across the Middle East. One of the reasons Islam spread
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Gautama Buddha and Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama is famously known as Gautama Buddha and was a sage who found the idea of Buddhism. The Buddha was known to possess supernatural powers and abilities. He was born in the holy land of Nepal and his journey of an ideal human started in India. Gautama Buddha began his ascetic life and discovered Buddhism and since then Buddhism has been popular throughout many civilizations and is one of the most ancient religions in the world‚ where people follow Buddha
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September 21‚ 2013 Why the abortion controversy is often so bitter In the military we often hear the term abort the mission. In our work place we might hear that a project was aborted. In an emergency on a flight the pilot might instruct the passengers to abort the plane. Last week I aborted my original speech for communications because I thought it was not well written. The word abortion itself is used in many circumstances in life itself and is considered just a word. The word abortion comes
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Why respect is so important in today’s society and what exactly is respect? Respect is a combination of appreciation‚ admiration as well as recognition of a person being worth something‚ or having earned a position because of their achievements. It could feel at times vague to some people‚ but most people understand and act with respect. In our modern world respect is sometimes confused with fear. For instance‚ Gangs‚ they kill and they fight to earn respect from others but what they actually receive
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“Why are you so gay?” The first time I was asked this question was in the 7th grade at 13 years old - far before it pertained to any form of sexual orientation. In middle school‚ of course‚ I had no orientation‚ much less a sexual one. At this age‚ I had no idea what ‘gay’ was; I only knew it was offensive and meant something others didn’t particularly enjoy. Growing up in a small town in South Carolina‚ I’ve been asked this question more times than I could count. What began as a simple query rapidly
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know that I would make far more in profits than it cost to air the ad. For Super Bowl 52 it cost about $5 million to run a 30 seconds ad. According to Syracuse .com “On Super Bowl Sunday‚ there was over 100 million people watching the super bowl .” This demonstrates that a lot of companies will make ads so they can get their name and product out there. It is very common that big name companies such as‚ Tide‚ Doritos‚ Amazon‚ and Budweiser make commercials to air during the game every year. A Super
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the power of the written word‚ is it enlightening‚ is it honest‚ does it deal with unsolved problems of human life‚ is it inexhaustible‚ and last but not least‚ does it leave you the same as when it found you? To Kill a Mockingbird was officially
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Airborne Division‚ was at first activated in 1918 then a little while later deactivated. Then three years later re-activated in 1921 as a reserve unit. As a reserve unit was later disbanded in 1942 as a reserve unit and re-instated when the United States went to Europe to fight in WW II. The 101st was considered to be an elite unit‚ the men had a high self-esteem for each other. They went through two years of training to prepare for the invasion of Normandy also known as D-Day. The 101st was able to accomplish
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