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    Presidential Elections of November 4, 1980 The presidential election of 1980 characterized a race between the following candidates: Ronald Reagan (for the Republican Party), Jimmy Carter (for the Democrat Party), and John B. Anderson (Independent), were running – at that time – for the presidency of the United States. During the period of time – and after – the president election of 1980, some democrats came to be recognized as “Reagan Democrats.” Democrats gave millions of pivotal suffrages to…

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    marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug and by directing his government agencies to target black social activists. President Gerald Ford stoked the flames by pushing for and achieving mandatory minimum sentences for drug related crimes in many states. President Ronald Reagan’s administration sullied Nancy Reagan’s…

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    According to an article Reagan on the News written by Andrew Van Alstyne, the article discussed the “Ronald Reagan: Prepared for Peace” commercial. This commercial was made for President Reagan reelection, which received got a lot of attention. The political add opened with the line “there is a bear in the woods”, the commercial showed a grizzly bear wandering…

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    author to write in the first place. My technique to cover some of the questions the prompt asked for was to give a direct quote of what the writer said, and explain what is the situation. In my first body paragraph I begin to claim that President Ronald Reagan had great claims by merging a sort of logical response by crafting a solution and ethological response to not offend Mexican-American affairs. “the problem of population growth is one, here, with regard to our immigration. And we have been…

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    Project that was made just in 1984 with Ronald Reagan. The incident of the Challenger called for President Reagan to address the issue, and former President Ronald Reagan answered the call with his famous speech, "Shuttle `Challenger ' Disaster Address." Within his speech, Reagan not only addressed the issue, but he comforted those who tuned in to watch, paid tribute to the astronauts for their service, and also encouraged future space quest. Ronald Reagan’s tone was very empathetic, but…

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    I had never watched a film where I was too scared to be alone in my room, too terrified to sleep without the lights on, and too frightened to even go to bed, until, I made the mistake of putting on Amityville of Horror and began to watch the horror film by myself late at night with no one home. Amityville of Horror still gives me nightmares when I think about it lying in bed. I’m not one to get scared easily, especially scared of a film. When I was around 10 years old or so, my parents did not…

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    Human mating is observed in almost every culture, leading us to the diverse world we live in today. This signifies our existence and should be important to us. To better understand this behavior, we can take a look at different explanations which shape human mating behavior. Researching this topic we can find evolutionary perspectives, which delve into topics, such as parental investment, survival, and sexual selection. There is also an opposition to these evolutionary ideas which suggest that…

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    Research Indeed, there must be a connection between crime rates and incarceration rates. Whether the problem of mass incarceration tends to lower the rate of crime is up for discussion. It is only logical to think that when people are behind bars they are no longer able to contribute to crime and raise the crime rate. The more people that are incarcerated must mean that crime rates are expected to fall as a result; studies have shown that this statement is false. An explanation for this could…

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    In Professor Critchlow’s book “The Conservative Ascendancy”, we are provided history of the rise of the conservative right in modern America in the latter half of the twentieth century. We are delivered the earliest dilemmas after the crushing Goldwater defeat in 1964, through the rise and fall of the “Rockefeller” brand of Republicanism to Reagan through the Bush era. His history of the rise of conservative ascendancy from the earliest days of Goldwater forward brought back many memories and…

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    keeping taxes low. Reagan also rebuild the armed forces by reviving war machines and the production missiles. Because of this he increased the spending, increased troops and was able to ensure that America would remain military powerful. All in all, Ronald Reagans achievements influenced America today by giving people in society the opportunity to say their opinions and demonstrate their values on certain issues like pro-life, having low tax cuts at one point which helps motivate Americans today…

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