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Atomic Bomb

On august 6, 1945 seventy thousand lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped a bomb on the city of Hiroshima. This catastrophe had become the worlds' first demonstration on the powers of an . Behind Hiroshima, lie many controversies, and questions that were left to ...

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Transcendentalism Leaves Of Gr

By the late 19th century, Walt Whitman had become positioned at the forefront of the American cultural lexicon. His poetry was at once brash, dissonant and resoundingly erotic. His raw, unabashed poetry flew in the face of the prevailing ideals of his time. Whitman’s greatest literary ...

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The Brady Bill

Introduction The legislative process in the United States Congress shows us an interesting drama in which a bill becomes a law through compromises made by diverse and sometimes conflicting interests in this country. There have been many controversial bills passed by Congress, but among all, I ...

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Abortion

has become one of the most controversial topics of the twentieth century. The act of ending a pregnancy before birth is . It is hard to find someone who does not have an opinion on today. About ninety percent of s occur during the women's first trimester, which accounts for approximately 1.8 ...

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Abortion: The Woman’s Right

Birth is a miracle or so it feels to the willing parents. A tiny infant emerging from the mother's womb, a piece of you, embodying all your hopes and dreams, but what about the unwilling parents? What about the female who has found herself with an unwanted pregnancy? Her options are few ...

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Bulimia

No matter what she does she can no longer control this disorder that has taken over her life. Slowly she walks down the hallway leading to the torture that lies ahead. Stumbling into the bathroom, she calmly talks herself into another episode as a desperate attempt to stay thin. Finally, she ...

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United States Of American: Personal Freedom

No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the freedom of expression. ...

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“Smoke” The Prohibition!

The Federal Government, while trying to protect us from our human nature, developed harsh anti-drug policies with the hope of eradicating illegal drugs. At the time, these policies seemed simple enough: we will impose penalties on those who use substances illegally, we will intercept drugs coming ...

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Prepubescent Strength Training

STRENGTH TRAINING AND PREPUBESCENT YOUTH The value placed on the importance of winning in professional sports has hit an all-time high. The astronomical amount of money being spent in the entertainment field of athletics has dictated a win-at-all-costs mentality that has trickled all the way down ...

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Ebonics

E-mail: Duncthebassist@aol.com , or Black English, was recently a controversial topic in the United States, when the Oakland School District school board attempted to classify as a completely different language from Standard American English (SAE). There was further controversy when the school ...

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Sex In Advertising

An important controversial issue that America faces today is the debate of . Edward A. McCabe and John Carroll are two authors that present opposing arguments about this issue. McCabe persuades the reader into thinking that is no big deal, while Carroll explains why this is a major problem in ...

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The Count Of Monte Cristo

is a very powerful book. So powerful in fact, that was controversial when it was first released. The Catholic church in France condemned it because of its powerful message it presented the reader. This theme was one of revenge and vengeance. Monte Cristo had two goals- to reward those who ...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

was born on June 11, 1811. This day marked the beginning of the life of a wonderful human being, someone whose love for life would inspire her to become one of the world’s greatest authors. "Her determination, drive, and desire helped her to accomplish all she aspired to do" (De Torres, ...

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Life Of William Shakespeare

Around 1568, a group of actors visited Stratford and put on a play before the entire town, with permission from John Shakespeare, the mayor of the town. The people loved the play, especially the small children. All of them looked up to the actors, as they returned each year to perform different ...

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Sex Education --

Perhaps one of the most controversial issues arising today is that of sex education in America's public school system. In today's world, where information travels at the speed of light and mass media is part of our everyday lives, teenagers are more exposed to this world than ever before. In ...

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Philosophy - Abortion Rectitude

There comes a time in the lives of most women when an ovum, fertilized with sperm, will implant itself into her uterine wall. This is nature's first step in its attempt to continue the human race. Currently, when this implantation occurs, the impregnated woman has the right to allow the embryo ...

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Charles W. Chesnutt

Though born in Cleveland in 1858, the grandson of a white man and the son of free blacks, grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina where his family, having left the South originally in 1856, returned after the Civil War. Chesnutt who had little formal education taught himself and also received ...

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Wuthering Heights And The Them

When Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, first appeared in 1847, it was thought to be obscene and crude (Chase 19). To the common person, it was shocking and offensive, and it did not gain popularity until long after it was first published. When the piece of literature became widely read and ...

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Tamed Shrews And Twelfth Night

It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. Many critics have lambasted the female characters in his plays as two-dimensional and unrealistic portrayals of subservient women. Others have asserted that the roles of women in his plays were prominent for the time and culture ...

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Auguments About Abortion

Abortion is one of the most controversial issues around, and is an issue that will never be agreed upon. By bringing morals into the question of whether it should be legal to have abortions, this issue has been elevated to a higher level. By some people, it is no longer looked at as a question ...

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