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    On October 19th, 2017 a personal essay written by Lupita Nyongo’o for the New York Times went public. In the essay she accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. She recalled multiple events where he acted in an unprofessional and inappropriate manner. Lupita Nyongo’o is the first black woman to speak out with allegations against Harvey Weinstein. However, Harvey Weinstein faces more than fifty allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and/or rape. Some famous women who have accused Harvey…

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    vs. United States. This case was argued on June 26, 1971 and decided on June 30, 1971. The case later became known as the Pentagon Papers Case. This was because the Nixon administration attempted to prevent the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing classified information. The classified information belonged to the Defense Department. It was a study regarding the history of United States activities in Vietnam. President Nixon wanted to prevent it from…

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    a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. His works include countless newspaper and magazine articles, and more than twenty books on topics ranging from war and foreign policy to the auto industry and sports. Although he is best known for these nonfiction contributions, Halberstam started his book writing career with a novel. The times in which he wrote were wrought by controversy, and Halberstam’s writings fit the times. A true professional dedicated to…

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    Throughout the world, articles about terrorism are placed into people’s mailboxes and the local newsstands and grocery stores. These articles may go into great detail about a specific act of violence used by extremists like the attacks in New York City on September 11th, 2001, depicting the attack as a worldly problem. But, the simpler article may just explain about the idea of terrorism and the threats it may have towards the world or the resources the extremists want in order to possibly rule…

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    Clash Of The Paradigm

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    century, the three paradigms that were relevant in society were the New York Times, New York Journal and the New York Commercial Advertiser. Although all three paradigms were prominent during the late 1890's one of these three newspapers prevailed and it was the New York Times. There were many reasons why the Times prevailed and the others failed. According to the excerpt, "The Year That defined American Journalism" it quotes, "… the Times offered a detached, impartial, fact-based paradigm that…

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    slippery slope, the New York Times test, and the social contract rule as they apply to ethics. Universalism is the ethical principle that implies that an action must be right for all situations, and if it’s not, then is not the best course of action. The slippery slope principle is very similar to the universalism. If a person acts in a way to solve a problem and the next time, does the same but gets a different and negative result, then is not the best course of action. The New York Times test…

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    One important issue that I am interested in is alleviating homelessness within New York City. During my final years as an undergraduate I was introduced to urban studies issues within the classroom context. I was educated about the criminalization of the poor, amongst various topics exploring various degrees of political philosophy addressing reasons for poverty. Given my interest in housing issues in NYC, I was interested in understanding further sub issues within the topic of Housing. These…

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    The New England Region

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    These regions are similar, yet unique in their own way. The New England region, Middle region, and Southern region each have an economy, a climate, and a history that is each unique to that region. The New England Colonies The New England region was made up of the colonies of Massachusetts, Maine (which was part of Massachusetts), Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Being in the Northeast of the future U. S. the New England colonies never got very warm with harsh and cold winters…

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    stricter. Gun laws are put into place to increase the level of protection and safety in community life. As the gun laws become stricter in New York State, more and more people are becoming angered by them. What most people do not realize is that “More than 60 percent of people in this country who die from guns die by suicide” (Sanger). Growing up in Western New York, many households own at least one gun. I grew up learning how to hunt. A normal weekend for myself would consist of learning…

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    production to factory and machinery. During this time period many new inventions came along such as steamboats , which could travel without wind or current , this invention played a huge part in one of America’s greatest creation at this time period , the Erie canal. The creation of the Erie canal created a route from the Atlantic ocean of the Hudson river to the great lakes of lake Erie, helping stimulate the economy of America and the state of New york, which Erie canal ran through, because…

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