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The Homeless Population
470 Words - 2 Pages.... areas. They gather all of their belongings and head for new more peaceful locations.
The worst part of the year for the homeless is during the winter. They have to sleep in the freezing cold and many times they even have to sleep in the snow. There are a lot of homeless deaths during the winter beacuse they can't find a warm place to go and they freeze to death.
Every year increases. There are two major trends responsible for the rapid growth of homelessness over the past 15-20 years.
These two trends include the growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty. How many people are homeless throughout the world? The number of homeles ....
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Bill Brady On Violence In America
1088 Words - 4 Pages.... the TV to watch our country as is starts to appear to form one big dysfunctional family. We now see teenagers taking risks that in another time and place would be unthinkable. And nobody really seems to do anything about it. The muggings, the rapes, all these murders pass us in a blur of recognition.
Television, CD’s, and video games subject kids to violence. By the time a child reaches 18, they have witnesses as many as 26,000 murders on TV. Some of these murders with the shootings and bashings have been said to create a numbness that in return requires even crueler and gorier murders just to induce a flutter a shock. Murder pays- for the sponsors. Rap anthems that glo ....
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The Role Of Entertainers As Educators
1915 Words - 7 Pages.... through entertainment. In the third century B.C., Buddhist monks tried to win converts outside India through the use of theater and song (Burdick 97). They taught the precepts of Siddhartha and Buddha in such theatrical epics as Ramayana and Mahabharata, setting exacting rules for theater performance in the process (Burdick 99). Similarly, Irish monks established singing schools, which taught uniform use of music throughout the church (Young "'). Through chants which were all the same, they spread identical teachings. Christian psalms and hymns in Apostolic times were sung to spread the knowledge and faith of Christianity. In fact, Christianity was promoted from the star ....
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Racism
1343 Words - 5 Pages.... fear or dislike of a
people because of their ethnic heritage. When colour is not a reason,
other reasons such as language, religion, nationality, education, sex, or
age become the reason of prejudice.
Sociologists, historians, anthropologists and archeologists believe
racial discrimination happens more often and most harshly when two groups
with different skin colours and unique physical features come into contact
with each other and the two compete for the same thing. History shows that
all attempts at a racial dominance result in conflict and avoidance.
But, some communities without disturbed racial conflict can take
advantage of all its citizens potential and move ....
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What Is Love? Why Are You Asking Me?
1449 Words - 6 Pages.... the same time frame as when I am at a point of heightened curiosity on
this subject of Love. Why at this very moment I find myself questioning my
current status with a newfound relationship. I can't help but to assume that I
have found "Genuine Love" because of an overwhelming feeling of vivacious
content upon finding a seemingly perfect union. Peck's views on love in this
respect differ from what my thoughts have conjured up as such. And I can only
infer that the words of a reputable author and doctor are more legitimate than
mine. It is here that I must stop to apologize to you, Louis, for making this
part of the paper far too personal than necessary.
"Falling in Lo ....
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Native American Virtues
302 Words - 2 Pages.... who had journeyed into the Native's homeland. Among other survival skills, Squanto taught them to plant and harvest crops in soil foreign to the settlers, how to hunt animals with the most protein (to get maximum energy from the food), and how to build shelter and clothing necessary to endure the harsh climate of what's presently Massachusetts. The very act of the Natives caretaking for the settlers created the possibility of the Indian Nations' downfall. If the the settlers weren't given food and friendship, they surely would've died off and Indians would have been free to continue their successful way of life.
Many Indians lived by a strict code of conduct ....
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Curfew: Worth It Or Not
464 Words - 2 Pages.... or not. Police Officer will not even bother to stop and ask anyone for
an ID. Since it is not possible to enforce the curfew at all times, during the
night, city is spending tax money for something that is impossible to enforce.
Curfew makes you feel imprisoned since you can not leave house for
parties or be at one of your friend's house for long time. Lets say that I have
to get some programs for computer from one of my friends and it might take a
long time to do that. So after I finish and it will be past midnight, so I have
to violate the curfew because it is too late and everyone is sleeping. By
reason of an emergency or some kind of deed that might be lengthy ....
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Sexual Harassment
765 Words - 3 Pages.... persistently.
The definition of sexual harassment then is to persistently annoy someone
through the use of sexual tactics.
The movie Disclosure portrays an act of sexual harassment in the
workplace. It involves a male and a female. In this case the male is the
person who is sexually harassed. In the movie the male character Michael
Douglas is sexually harassed by the Female character Demi Moore. The two
characters used to share a very sexual relationship at one time. The two split
up and did not here from each other in a long time. Demi than shows up at the
job where Michael works. She is Michael's boss.
Demi calls Michael into her office one night to go over ....
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