.... argues that the battle to guarantee equal rights for all citizens has been fought and won – and that favoring members of one group over another simply goes against the ideals this very country was founded on. However defenders of affirmative action say that the playing fields are not leveled yet. Meaning that granting modest advantages to minorities and women is more than fair, given hundreds of years of discrimination that benefited whites and men. No issue is more controversial or affects more citizens and no program has more potential to divide this nation or the very opposite. My goal for this term paper is to assemble s .....

.... and avoid driving on highways, but also drive at lower speeds (about 4 MPH slower) and carry fewer passengers (about 5% fewer). “Despite their increased effort of self-protection in their driving habits, the elderly still show a higher risk of crash and injury than the mid-aged drivers�(Thrive Online. News Poll. 1999 ). When the elderly adjust their driving habits, they consider the risks they face, but not the external risks they impose on others when they drive. If the elderly are forced to adjust their driving habits further to offset the external risks of their driving, their risk of crash and injury would be reduced and soci .....

.... The answer is - not quite 1,600 years. This means that by 3550 AD, the human population would weight as much as the entire planet.... Even if that were possible, it wouldn't give us much time. If the growth-rate stays at 2.0 per cent, then in a little over 2,200 years - say, by 4220 AD - the human populat i on would weigh as much as the entire Solar system, including the Sun... and by about 6700 AD - the human population would weigh as much as the entire Universe." The preceding paragraph, by Isaac Asimov describes quite alarmingly just how bad the population problem really is, that in considerably less time that has passed since the days o .....

.... away anymore, now it must be managed. Managing our trash is the "in thing", yet it is hardly convenient. Lets face the facts, sealed toxins "won't affect us for a good twenty years". Although this may be true, there are still many advantages to waste management. Today, more people are in favour of companies who invest in "green products". As a result, companies have removed phosphates, bleaches, and have made their paper products out of recycled papers. At home, families, are saving things, like leftovers, and making sandwiches for the next day. Industries are also manufacturing most of their christmas cards out of recycled paper, sinc .....

.... understand is that being adopted was the best thing that could have happened to that child. It, for some can provide, the child the opportunity to grow up with parents and family that loves them just like one of their own. People should stop trying to hide the fact that they are adopted, or someone they know is, and instead be proud of it. There are several situations that constitute a need for adoption. There are many couples that are unable to have children of their own. Adoption allows those couples to experience and enjoy parenthood. Most of the time it is not their choice that they can not have children. They can try everything t .....

.... by young people (Gallup Poll Monthly, Sept. 1994). The ACLU further suggests that the public also holds greatly inflated perceptions about the violence of today's juveniles, claiming only about 0.5% of young people commit violent crimes. (³ Crime Time Bomb,² U.S. News & World Report, March 25, 1996) Current social trends do little to contradict the dire predictions made about youth crime rates. Nearly all the factors that contribute to youth crime -- single-parent households, child abuse, deteriorating inner-city schools -- are getting worse. At the same time, government is doing less (spending less) to help break the cycle of po .....

.... were able to dominate and later oppress the Native American culture such as; the Native American relgious beleifs and practices, the lack of interaction between Native Americans ans Europeans and the lack of orginization of the Indian tribes. All of these aspects had a strong influence the Europeans to become dominate figures on the Native American land. These factors can still be attributed for the way that Native Americans are viewed in society today. After the Revolutionary War the new United States government sought to gain land through treaties. The payment offered for the land was far from fair, however, and when Native American .....

.... inclusion means that all students, no matter what their handicap, will be in a "regular"classroom full time.( Education Resources...) The general difference between main streaming and inclusion is that people in favor of main streaming believe that a child with disabilities first belongs in the special education environment and that the child must earn his or her way into the "regular" education environment. Those who support inclusion believe that the child always should begin in the "regular" environment and be removed only when appropriate services cannot be provided in the "regular" classroom.( Education Resources....)Then there are so .....

.... which is unhealthy for the couple. is something that often goes overlooked when we think of the things that should be stopped but it is necessicary to note that putting a stop to could help with the amount of teen mothers, people that are sick and are given a death sentence from AIDS and people that get hurt because there is a lack of commitment in their relationship. The first and most serious problem that comes from sex before marriage are sexually transmitted diseases. AIDS is the most common and most deadly of the sexually transmitted diseases. First it is important to note that AIDS is caused by heterosexual contact 90% of the ti .....

.... other. I feel that this solo time is important so that each person can still be independent and learn to better value the time they have together. Togetherness, with all of its perks, can also be unhealthy. My pet peeve of unhealthy togetherness is when couples spend every moment of their time together. Spending too much time together can cause resentment from each other as well as from friends and family who don't get the time they deserve. I have been the forgotten friend of a girl who spent all of her time with "the love of her life." The relationship lasted only a few months, and our friendship died right along with their break .....