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INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS
Words: 580 - Pages: 3.... users"
and iii) the "Internet junkies."
The "I'm-not-addicted users" are the users who try to convince
themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. This group
includes college students who don't go online during the day to prove to
fellow students that they can do without getting online; only, to stay up
all night in a chat room online. Or businesspeople who stay after office
hours to supposedly get a late report done; only, to stay online until
the security guy's ready to lock up the building. Or husbands who stay
offline all day, only to get online for hours after their family members
are asleep. These us .....
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Television That Kills
Words: 804 - Pages: 3.... who saw the violence were more likely to mimic it on a similar doll" (Leland 47). Not only are television programs harmful to Allred 2 children, many violent crimes have been stimulated by TV.
Movies have given people malicious ideas that led to actual crimes. John Leland tells of a man that was a victim of a crime inspired by the movie "Magnum Force" (47). The man was forced to eat Drano and had his mouth duct taped, just like in the movie (47). The perpetrators had watched "Magnum Force" three times the day before (Leland 47). A similar incident occurred concerning the 1995 film "Money Train". A man named Harry Kaufman was killed in a .....
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Communism East Europe
Words: 6030 - Pages: 22.... is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by
Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which
everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the
people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all
enterprises and property. The state is run by one leading elite. The
Soviet model of communism was based on these ideals. All opposition
parties were banned although parties who were sympathetic to communism
and who shared the communist ideals were allowed. All power was
concentrated into the hands of the Communist party. Free press and civil
liberties wer .....
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The Positive Aspects Of Fraternities
Words: 367 - Pages: 2.... out, in such things as rituals of pledging
and initiation. A ritual is only one way of expressing a fraternities ideals and
aspirations. A fraternities name, tradition, and history carries much symbolic
importance to all who are apart of it. This is all important to the personoining
because it eiil only help the to better themselves by growin into he fraternity.
With all these commitments and traditions, or rituals, one could see
that fraternity life has a lot behind it and the members take it very seriously.
Though at times the fraternity becomes very social and yes alcohol may be
consumed, is not , however, the focus of the fraternity. .....
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The Advantages Of Stupidity
Words: 932 - Pages: 4.... will seem more immature than funny. If
one is forced to act stupid while dealing with lower life forms, for example,
high school teachers, one may encounter barriers such as cruelty and
insensitivity, with the utterance of statements like, "Think with your head
straight!" or, "You have a brain, use it." Yet these are all true, there are
still many advantages to stupidity. The first advantage is very easy to
understand. Stupid people are never asked to do a lot. Many have noticed that
people tend to steer away from someone they feel may be stupid. This is for a
very good reason. The stupidity which they posses makes a name for themsel .....
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The Censorship In The American Society
Words: 270 - Pages: 1.... ideas or themes of materials in which a person does not agree,
portrays a false atmosphere of society. When the Congress feels that people do
not have the ability to form decisions for themselves, this is where the
censorship begins. The issue of censorship is currently being debated
concerning the violence on television programming.
Censorship is defined as "the supervision and control of the information
and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society.(Konvitz 1)"
Censorship is a form of controlling the members of society. Government leaders
and public officials, who believe that literary, artistic, or ed .....
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An Analysis Based On The Responsibility Of The Rich To The Poor
Words: 1052 - Pages: 4.... that during the years between 1948 and 1970, United States taxpayers "paid an additional $50 billion for other economic-aid programs" (484). He went on to say that most of it "went for food and food-producing machinery and technology" (484). He proceeds even further when he voices his rhetorical thought about the World Food Bank - "We must ask if such a program would actually do more good than harm" (485). In much simpler terms, a lot of the United States tax dollars are going forth to produce more food for the rapidly growing population around the world when indeed it is not factual that this policy is even working. If this is so, t .....
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Human Rights
Words: 765 - Pages: 3.... and far too many others to count. It has killed, murdered, and ignored the of billions in the name of Progress. Through the blood, sweat and tears of those who were here before us, this “Great Nation” has formed.
What difference does it make whether a person is male or female, gay or straight, black or white? Some believe that simply being a certain gender or creed makes them superior to everyone else. Some white supremacist groups think they are so privileged to be able to decide the fate of several thousand people. It is important to realize these groups have the potential to cause serious bodily harm to people against t .....
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The Hutu Tribe
Words: 1476 - Pages: 6.... about the people that make up the
tribes of the Hutu and Tutsi. The total population of the country of Rwanda,
where most of their events have taken place is 7,800,000. The population of the
Hutus is 3,000,000 and the Tutsis number only 1,000,000. The physical traits of
the Hutus and Tutsis are very different from each other. The Hutu have larger
noses and larger all around facial features than the Tutsis. Most Tutsis are
seldom less than six feet tall, while the Hutu are very short people. The
Tutsis are related to the Masai and the people along the Nile, while the Hutus
have a Buntu history. As you can see the people that make up th .....
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Research Paper: Models
Words: 1306 - Pages: 5.... the pictures
are mostly of models that are half dressed, thin and in provactedly positioned
posies. The makeup on these women are all perfect and their hair is obviously
not out of place. The selection of pictures not surprisingly were of women who
not only were half dressed but also in their undergarments. The second half of
the experiment was basically done in the same way; but this time I asked for
them to tear out pictures that they would want their wives to look like. With
four different magazines they tore out pictures of more conservetly dressed
women. Their selection still consisted of beautiful women, only this time
they were wea .....
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