.... the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money is also an crucial factor. A kid (a 6-10 year old, who is not yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The av ....

.... per year. These expenses are caused mainly by traffic accidents, traffic jams, and the environmental hazards created by the large number of vehicles on the road. Traffic accidents account for one of the major reasons that the current techniques of traffic control need revision. Traffic jams, along with broken cars and the lack of alternate routes, account for one half of the traffic congestion in the United States (Clark 387-404). Although the number of traffic accidents in the United States has slowly decreased over the past several years, it is still alarmingly high. In 1990, approximately 7 deaths occurred for every 10,000 people in the United States due to traffic ....

.... on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver where they seek shelter anywhere from a park bench to dark alleys. The fact remains that homelessness will always be a problem yet over the years, the number of homeless people has been on the rise and something must be done. Homelessness, specially in families, is a devastating experience. It disturbs nearly all aspects of family life, damaging the physical and emotional health of family members. In addition, it interferes with children's education and development and often results in the separation of family members. It is hard to say exactly who the homeless are because it is usually a temporary circumstance and not a permanent ....

.... orders, such as a famous quote "Beauty but no brains." The goals' main objective was marriage before a person reached her twenties and right after education stopped. This playing an important role in constructivism--to borrow a generally recognizable label for convenience sake. (Richard A. Rogers, "Constructivism, Feminism and Nature: Does Language Have to In-Form?") It was convenient for a woman to have no education, but be attractive and get married at a young age. A man to take care of their needs, but did they really? With that question, I bring about the topic of feminism. Were women totally unparalell then with today's working woman? A question often as ....

.... Blowouts occurring at oil well heads release huge amounts of oil and gas into the ocean. The drilling vessel IXTOTI released more than 400,000 tons of oil into the Gulf of mexico over a period of 9 months after its well exploded in 1978. úúúúTanker accidents: The most publicized of the oil spills are those caused by tanker accidents. There have been hundreds of accidents involving the spilling of million of tons of oil. Big oil spills, no matter what way they occur, reflect on the oil industry badly. The clean©up cost alone is enormous, and the amount of damages can be into the mi ....

.... a woman who files a lawsuit is doing the exact opposite; she is hurting the progress of women in the workplace by using the courts as her protector, and commanding hostile attitudes from both her male and female coworkers. The first way that a woman who files a lawsuit is diminishing the progress of women in the workplace is by using the court system as an out, rather than handling a bad situation for herself. In 1991 The New York Times magazine and CBS news conducted a poll in which forty percent of 55 million of the nation’s working women had dealt with some form of (Wekesser 13). That would be a lot of lawsuits if each of those women had decided to sue. Whe ....

.... off!?", the first boy retaliated. "Just shove off and let me be," Jimmy answered. It is like this everyday, everywhere, and everytime, people suffer discrimination. All because they have differences amongst each other. Different beliefs, different cultures, different skin colour, all of these act like building blocks to help construct what we know as Racism. has become one of the many burdens amongst multi-cultural worlds like Canada and the States. is a part of each and every one of us. No doubt, we are all racist, but this the term has been used too loosely. has been mutated to such an extent that it could be a reason for war, a symbol of terrorism, and even an excuse f ....

.... Consequently, legal homosexual marriages do not have to be recognized outside of the state of origin. Hawaii will most likely be the forerunner in , expecting to have them legalized by the year 2000. The Supreme Court is readily awaiting civil rights cases that will undoubtedly arise from the legalization of . Like several other controversial ethical issues, most of the arguments eventually boil down to religion and morality. Many opponents believe that gay marriages promote physically harmful activity, and the chance for children to be raised in an unstable household. A common fear is the potential disillusion of the marriage contract between a man and a woman. They b ....