Overall the book is eloquently written and the wording is perfect as so that the reader is not cause up in terminology and language and can instead focus on the premises and ideas. ... The book is well written and offers many alternate sources of information. ... Census Bureau published a report called Changes in Areas with Concentrated Poverty. The report tracks income changes due to poverty throughout the country. ... Hellmann does not offer a countered view to the findings in the report she is just offering up the information that the report states. ...

• Word Count: 1102
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• Grade Level: High School

Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. This book, "Maus" (mouse in German), took 13 years to create and finish. When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's life through the Holocaust in the form of a comic. ... Later that year, the New York Times reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed. ... Huts were reported to be covered with dead bodies, human excreta, rags and filth. ...

• Word Count: 2087
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• Grade Level: High School

In those more simple times, the mere act of reporting those events accurately was the main task at hand. ... It was as if the journalism community had an unspoken pact that certain personal traits were off base in terms of their reporting. ... For instance, how many ways can someone report game five of the World Series or if someone rushes for a 100 yards in a game? So instead of reporting just the events, the media now digs into the personal lives of these "heroes" and makes it public. One of the earlier occurrences, happened in July of 1970, when Jim Bouton, a pitcher for the Y...

• Word Count: 1777
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• Grade Level: High School

I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... In the book John faces hate from the whites on a first hand basis as he states, "I"m going to get you, Mr. ... World Book Encyclopedia. New York World Book, 2002. 17 Mar. 2003. ... Summer 2002. 29 Mar. 2003 . ...

• Word Count: 1860
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Author Juliet Schor, who wrote the book " The Overworked American" in 1992, concluded that in 1990 Americans worked an average of nearly one month more per year than in 1970. Moreover, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last year, more than 25 million Americans – 205 percent of the total workforce – reported they worked at least 49 hours per week in 1999 and now in 2014 it's up to 65 hours per week. ... As reported by International Business Time, American workers also aren't guaranteed a paid day off if they or their family members get sick,...

• Word Count: 731
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According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. ... Eyewitness always report that there is a smell of burned flesh"(57). ... The online magazine Action Alert, reported the following, "In recent years, numerous studies have found that one in seven persons on death row are later proven innocent. ... In the book Death And Discrimination by Gross and Mauro, research done by Harold Garfinkel concluded that, "defendants who kill whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who k...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This book has many recipes ranging from breakfast treats to different forms of dessert. ... On the front of the book he illustrates the tasty illusions of Oreo cookies and crumbs. ... This is because all of the recipes that many didn't know could come from Oreos is in this book. ... Food Journal Report I have never really thought about why or what I consume until recently, but I have come to realize that I generally love food. ... Cooking Report: Chocolate Oreo & Whipped Cream Cake I chose the Chocolate Oreo and Whipped Cream Cake out of the Oreo cookbook for two reasons; because I absolu...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Nearly eight percent of elementary schools have reported discipline problems. ... Although reports do indicate that the use of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and crack is down among students, the consumption of alcohol is not. ... In 1992, nearly 1.9 million cases of child abuse were reported. ... In response to this, many schools are starting random checks of book bags and lockers. ...

• Word Count: 1180
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In his book, The Law, Federic Bastiat writes, "humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... (Jacobs, Landes, and Siegel) The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that in 1998, thirty-seven states and the federal prison system held 3,452 prisoners under sentence of death, all of which had committed murder. ...

• Word Count: 699
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The politics could never play out without the reporters but on that same side the politics could never play out without a reporter willing to report what the political official wants to be heard. ... Lance talks about how fragile this relationship is by stating, "When those sources are powerful officials surrounded by an entourage of eager reporters clamoring for news, it is always possible that those who report what officials want them to will be rewarded while those who fail to convert key political messages into news will be punished." ... Since September 11th American's see a lot of r...

• Word Count: 3052
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Helen Cothran's book Gun Control she uses overwhelming of evidence proving that private gun ownership leads to higher rates of gun violence, that gun control will reduce lethal crimes, and that gun control will reduce school violence. ... For murders in 1992, for example, in which the relationship and circumstances were reported (61 percent of all murders): Almost half of the victims were either related to (12 percent) or acquainted with (35 percent) their killers. ... In David Kopel's book Guns, Who Should Have Them?... In the following vie...

• Word Count: 2182
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• Grade Level: High School

This book does not try to make a political statement by addressing the issues surrounding America's involvement in Vietnam. ... The book opens with a brief description of the training the soldiers of the 1st battalion 7th Calvary received before leaving the United States. ... Once the foundation had been laid, the book jumped quickly into the story of the battle. Here are a few examples of the most memorable short stories told in the book. ... It has been suggested using declassified documents that General Taylor and General Harkin deliberately misled the President with falsified reports ...

• Word Count: 2373
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Purpose of the research: I have chosen this book The jungle by Upton Sinclair because I think that working class people of the 1990's..still live in a capitalistic jungle. Although this book was written at the turn of the century, it still reflects the times in which we live. ... I have learnt from the book The Jungle that business is a dog eat dog world. ... The book became famous and made Sinclair a good deal of money, but the socialist ideals that the author intended as the cure for the ills of capitalism were not recognized by most readers, who were more worried about unhealthy me...

• Word Count: 4457
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• Grade Level: High School

The classical western religious book, Bible, considered women to be the roots of all evils and proved the inequality between men and women to be quite normal. ... A report announced by the international association of labor in December the 12th 1997 showed that there were more women holding the post of management in enterprises and governments than ever before. ...

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Not to mention that, according to Patrick Basham, who's book From Extreme to Mainstream was covered in the report by Joanne Byfield, home-schooled children score significantly higher than other students in every subject and at every grade level. ... "Home-school organizations nationwide report that inquiries have increased almost fourfold since Columbine" (Lloyd 3). ...

• Word Count: 2006
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A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. For whatever reasons that the media was there, the participants in this pro and con ...

• Word Count: 5937
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Abstract An exploration of the aging boomer and how they will age differently from their parents, creates a powerful new epicenter of marketing in America. This Internet article analysis will address a significant sales management trend in the domestic marketplace and its interrelationship with various external influences. Emphasis will be placed on ethical virtues, cultural differences, economic changes, and technological advances. Additionally, the importance of the sales force to its marketing management within an organization, will be discussed. A conclusion will be...

• Word Count: 2852
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• Grade Level: High School

Pirzada Came to Dine of her book Interpreter of Maladies a young girl named Lilia is conflicted and unaccepting of the idea of racism when it first comes a reality in her own life. ... This shows that most of the information we receive on social events comes from articles and reports of the media. ...

• Word Count: 3113
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Over 60 million Americans make some sort of wager every day.1 When compared to other recreations (in billions of dollars) in 1990, gambling institutions made 2.2 more than magazine sales, 8.3 more than book sales, 20.9 more than theaters, and a whopping 21.8 more than movies.2 This number has increased to this high level because of the growth in the amount of legalized gambling establishments and the accessibility to these establishments, both of which increases the number of gamblers. ... For the next 25 years, gambling became unpopular again because of reports of cheating and changing Americ...

• Word Count: 2787
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• Grade Level: High School

Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

• Word Count: 3965
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• Grade Level: High School