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Communicable diseases such as perceive polio, measles, and rubella, with the rare exception of small isolated cases, are perceived as deadly diseases of the past in the united states. While other parts of the globe are reporting cases of these diseases, vaccines have eliminated diseases like polio in the united states. However, the number of children not being vaccinated in the United Sates is climbing. With the decline of vaccinations due to the rising cost of immunizations and state exemptions…

The First Amendment protects citizen’s rights to free speech. The First Amendment is “applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, restricts governmental interference with citizens’ free expression rights” (McCarthy, Cambron-McCabe, & Eckes, 2014, p. 93). However, students’ right to free speech in the educational setting can be limited if “the expression is likely to disrupt the educational process or collide with the rights of others” (McCarthy et al., 2014, p. 98). The Supreme…

This was for his resistance against the Apartheid govenment, and the award led to more economic sanctions against the country. He raised awareness for the struggles blacks were going through, while demonstrating how to resist in a peaceful manner. By 1986, South African president P.W Botha declared a state of emergency, as the resistance movements were growing rapidly. Later that year, the U.S passed the Anti-Apartheid act, putting multiple economic sanctions on South Africa. It wasn’t until F.W…

far more likely to work than other groups" (Hoar). The 1986 reform cracked down on many Americans who had hired or planned to hire illegals (Eichenwald). The reform stated giving those companies who did not comply with the rules of the reform would be subject to many financial penalties (Eichenwald). This was supposed to help the drop in job loss and try to reduce the number of Americans who were unable to find jobs due to illegals. Since 1986-2007 numbers of illegal immigrants had…

point of division among many in America. Platoon is a film that that attempts to give an accurate depiction of the Vietnam conflict to a largely unknowing and divided audience, both at the time of the war and during the period of the film’s release in 1986. Platoon uses the narration of…

subculture of modern day society. “Although very few actual differences in the communication of males and females are empirically documented, stereotypical assumptions, perceptions, and expectations concerning the linguistic behavior of the sexes persist” (1986, p.42). Women are more likely to go ask others what they think about an idea whereas men like the idea and run with it (2003, pg. 221). According to Nina M. Reich and Julia T. Wood, “Several studies have shown that women and men may be…

IV. Results and Discussion Tobacco monopolies were believed to have started during the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos wherein he first imposed import and tax incentives to a Philippine tobacco company, Fortune Tobacco which led to the creation of a policy monopoly (Harvard School of Public Health, 2013). Incentives were given due to President Marcos’ close ties with Mr. Lucio Tan, the founder of Fortune Tobacco. Due to the rise of anti-tobacco advocates all over the world, foreign tobacco…

Lila Abu-Lughod was born in 1952 to sociologist, Janet Abu-Lughod and the late Palestinian academic and intellectual, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod. Abu-Lughod studied at Carleton College (1974) and Harvard University (1984) and is currently a Professor of Anthropology and Women’s and Studies at Columbia University (Institute for Middle East Understanding 2015). She is married to Timothy Mitchell, a political theorist and historian who also works at Columbia University. According to her biography on the…

Company Fraud In the 1970’s “fair trade” laws allowed manufacturers to require retailers to sell merchandise at the same price to avoid price competition for their products (Antar, 2011). This type of regulations force Eddie Antar to look for a different alternative in order to remain in business. It appears as if his only options were to purchase overseas and overstock from other retailers. Crazy Eddie stores had one goal in mind; sell a product to every customer that walked into their stores.…

which death is evil correlates to the amount of life which we have lived. This argument of death depriving one of life is expanded on by Brueckner and Fischer. Their argument implies that we care more about future pleasures than past ones (Bruekner, 1986). Since death deprives us of future pleasure, whereas the nonexistence before our birth deprives us of past pleasures, death deprives us of things we are about, while the nonexistence before birth deprives us of things we don’t care about.…