It is her choice to deny his parenthood with an abortion or economically enslave him with custody battles that often lead to years of child support payments. ... According to Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary, "... a defendant is innocent until proven guilty" (Cornell Law). ... I will complain, like Quindlen, Obama does not justify her claim with any supporting evidence. ... For example, women make up only nineteen percent of congress and four percent of Fortune 500 CEOs (Center for American Progress). ... The one-sided approach to domestic violence is one of the most prevalen...

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Thus the students can get their reading skills improved during the course and they are able to cope with the language in complicated situations. ... It has something to do with the students' rudimentary knowledge and their study habits. ... With this theory, the traditional reading teaching mainly adopts the method that items explanation, grammar analysis and transitional practice of equal importance. ... For example, we can conjecture the meaning of the new words by means of context clues or word formation. ... Even some are familiar with them. ...

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The definition of a nation, as found in the dictionary, states "a people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality" (www.dictionary.com). ... For example, not everyone celebrates Christmas. ... Another example of holiday traditions would be Halloween. ... The variety of languages throughout the country sometimes makes it hard for us to communicate with each other. ... In this country with so much diversity, discrimination and racism will always play a part in someone's motives. ...

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The Legal and Political Importance of Due Process The dictionary defines due process of law as The regular, customary, and fair administration of justice; a right guaranteed to people in the United States by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution and by state constitutions. ... The Constitution contains numerous limitations on the power of government to interfere with individual rights (i.e., Bill of Rights). ... Examples of this would be marriage, procreation, abortion, interstate travel etc. ... For example the were allowed to have council or someone...

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The Steel Beneath the Gold "Gild"ed: To Make seem more attractive or valuable than it is" -Webster's New World Dictionary Between the Civil War and the early 20th century, an era of growth, wealth, and power was born. ... However, many were struck with the harsh reality that, with the millions upon millions of other immigrants throughout the mid-late 1800's, there simply were not enough jobs for everyone. ... With the abundance of labor, the amount of industrialization flourished (particularly with the railroads), as well as the greed for money of already-wealthy busine...

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The Boy Scouts have the right to assemble with whomever they choose. ... This would be another example in which the principle applies to this controversy. ... Rehnquist, "The Boy Scouts asserts that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the values it seeks to instill. ... Discrimination, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the action of discriminating; distinguishing, making or constituting a distinction, or affording a ground for distinction. ... Association is the reflective expression of those you associate with, upon yourself....

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I"m disgusted with this novel! ... For example, consider the "sex-talk" that parents usually have with their children. ... Instead of trying to use the whole concept of building a wall between students and these more adult issues, I honestly think our education system should equip us with armor so that we can face them. ... That way, nobody will ever come into contact with any possibly objectionable material ever again! ... Banning-wise, it falls in the same category as Where's Waldo, Webster's" Dictionary, and the Holy Bible. ...

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For example, pornography exists on television, in the movies, and even in adult stories. According to the Merrian Webster Dictionary, pornography is defined as the act or practice of engaging in promiscuous sexual relations for money. ... They are either male or female, and will indulge in sex with anyone regardless of sexual preference whether they are heterosexuals or homosexuals. ... So my big question is what is the difference between two porno stars engaging in sex on screen and a prostitute having sex with a customer? ... Jennifer James from the General Learning Press has written an ...

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By the Merriam Webster's Intermediate Dictionary tattoos are defined as marks or figures fixed upon the body using a needle to put ink under the skin, but to many cultures and civilizations of the world, they mean much more. ... For example, sharp materials would include charcoaled branches from leftover fires or wooden spears/arrowheads hardened in fire, which cut the skin and trapped the pigment in the dermis (Flamepoint). ... Samuel O"Riely opened up a shop there with his apprentice Charlie Wagner (Midre). ... For example, girls coming of age were marked to announce their place in so...

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According to the Oxford dictionary, prison is defined as "A building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial." This definition displays in clear view the problem society has with the reason for prisons. ... It all begins with the community. ... For example, in 1998 with a flood of prisoners, instead of expanding the entire prison facility of Solono state prison, all that was done to include these new found prisoners was changing double bunks to triple bunks, causing cramped and extremely unsanitary living conditions. ... Take Zimbabwe...

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You're going to want to fit in with your pseudo friends now, aren't you? ... No one wants to feel left out of the circle with anything. ... That's right, almost all JLo and other major name brands put there names or color schemes (for example, Tommy Hilfiger's color scheme is red, white, and blue) on their clothing. ... Individuality is defined by the Webster dictionary as a "total character peculiar to and distinguishing an individual from others-. With this statement being said, most people can not call themselves a true individual. ...

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The American Heritage Dictionary defines poverty as "the state of being poor; lacking the means of providing material needs or comforts.?... For example, if the SSA decided that the amount of money needed to sustain a survivable diet during a year was $4,000, then it would set the poverty line at $12,000. ... A child that is born to a middle class white family with two parents will most likely live a fairly privileged childhood. ... The hardships of living in a centralized urban area with a low-income support system do nothing but handicap the child. ... In my opinion, ...

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The death penalty is the murder of a person annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime (Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary). ... In order for one to fully understand the problems with the death penalty they must take a brief look at its history. ... It usually takes several years for a person to be executed and in Maryland, a comparison of capital trial costs with and without the death penalty for the years 1979-1984 concluded that death penalty cases cost "approximately 42 percent more than a case resulting in a non-death sentence."... Florida, with one of th...

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When looked up in the dictionary, the word identity refers to the distinguishing character or personality of an individual that is marked by psychological, social, and cultural factors. ... Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. ... In other passages, the woman further enhances her infatuation with her cat's life with phrases like...

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Starting with the medieval Islamic kingdoms of Africa some of these oral chronicles were recorded in Arabic, and sub-Saharan Africa developed its own written histories. ... Tacitus followed more or less the pattern of Thucydides but with a brooding moral interest in the decay of Roman society. 6 Medieval Historiography The concern with separating fact from fiction and legend often disappeared in medieval historiography. ... Since learning was restricted to the church, the chroniclers were generally biased in favor of the church, and often they were little concerned with politics and...

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