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    The students are suing the United States federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The government is being blamed for allowing the oil companies to continue using and making the supposed dangerous fossil fuels. The judge in this case ruled against the oil companies’ and government’s motion to dismiss the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon in deciding the case will…

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    1994). “The Hill-Burton Act authorized Federal grants, loans and loan guarantees to assist states and communities in constructing hospitals and public health centers” (Almond, Currie, & Simeonova, 2011, p. 189). The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to overcome the economic and geographic barriers to healthcare that were prominent throughout the U.S. Carla Smith, Indiana University School of Law,…

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    Women In The Middle East

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    still must change in order to enact and continue future progress for women. There are still heavy limitations on what women can and cannot do, which hinders progress, but sources say there is progress on the way. Women’s rights, and whether the United States can interfere, is the cornerstone of progress abroad. Governments are still following age-old rules and using religion as means to push back and deny rights to women in the Middle East. Sources say there is progression underway in certain…

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    On the other hand, The Economist’s article also shows the downsides of surveillance system, but it focuses more on explaining various kind of surveillance system. Although both authors states about surveillance system, the differences of purpose for writing, tone, and strategies to appeal to readers make The Economist’s article more convincing to the general audience. To begin with, Kaminer and The Economist have different purpose for…

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    World Free of Poverty Possible? A world free of poverty is like a perfect dream come true, but is this dream actually possible for us, I would have to say no to that. I believe that as human beings regardless what country we live in, we have given our individual governments enough power that they now have brainwashed us to think all of the important issues we need to fix require lots of time, money and effort which makes it inconvenient for us all. I also, believe that the issue of poverty is…

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    Government founded the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance or BSAA for short. Officially backed by the United Nations, our main purpose is to combat, prevent, and exterminate bio-terrorism. The BSAA was founded in 2003 by Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Clive R. O'Brian, Barry Burton, Carlos Olivera, Rebecca Chambers- Coen, Billy Coen, myself and a further…

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    In the story Persepolis, it is about the life of the author, Marjane Satrapi. She was born in Iran during the revolution period where everything changing. Death are happening everyday around her, freedom was taken away, and the huge difference was the gender separation, where girls and boys are separate from school and told not to have any sexual relationship before marriage. Girls were forced to put on veil and were told not to have any sexual relationship with men. In the book Majrane drew a…

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    American government, or its representative, the State government, directly, and face to face, once a year- no more” (206). The key term: “face to face”. The government lacks that human factor- the most primitive and direct means of influence through eyes and ears and mouths. Without it, one cannot effectively assert authority, regardless of the magnitude of strength. Thus, Thoreau disobeys. Additionally, in the absence of this human factor, the state “never…

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    Canada is more Liberal towards International Students than America. Since we all know that Canada and America are one of the best countries to get education from. They are best because this two countries not only make you good student academically but also on the same time you will also have to go through a lot of hurdles over here which will make you stronger when you will be out in the real world trying hard to get better lives for your self. We all live in a world where there is lot of…

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    when an authority figure with enough perceived power tells people to change their behavior about something and the people then obey. An example of obedience is: the federal government requiring U.S. automakers to increase the average fuel economy of all their cars from 27.5 miles per gallon-37.8 miles per gallon by 2016. The federal government said “change” so the automakers then obeyed. Normative social influence is when an individual changes his or her behavior just to match another person’s…

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