Although that was a very long quote, the information from it is still very true and also valid. ... To further explain that quote is that the obesity problem is the individual problem not America and that for a very long time but then again there hasn't been any evidence that there has been a drop in personal responsibility in many years. ... To further explain this quote is that obesity is caused by the fast-food corporations not adding nutritional information on their products; by not doing that people are becoming obese. ... It hasn't changed because I strongly believe that govern...

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The colonials claimed that Parliament had the sovereign power to legislate in the interest of the entire British Empire, but that it could only tax those actually represented in Parliament. ... The quote "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" means a lot to the colonists in America and the French in their revolution. ... The Venetian ambassador to Paris noticed that in 1783 "if only the union of the [American] provinces is preserved, it is reasonable to expect that, with the favorable effects of time, and of European arts and sciences, it will become the most formidable power in the w...

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Power Elite (made popular by C. .W. ... It is broader based than Mills power elite and it influences, but it does not control Congress. ... The question is whether there are politicians courageous enough to try and curb their elitist power. ... The power of these privately owned collectives is greater than the numbers imply. ... The reports concluded that the power of these giant companies and the power they wield are still in the hands of an elite group whose global dominance is unmistakable. ...

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In Crawford's work he quotes former Secretary of Education William Bennett in saying "[s]ince a common language is essential to American democracy, he says, "we should not be bashful about proclaiming fluency in this language as our educational goal" (5)." ... Most countries in the world are teaching there students many languages but most important is the language of the world power. ...

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This intriguing quote by Aaron Powell really sparks a fire in me and gets my thoughts turning. ... In an effort to end racism, people of power have implemented many policies including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments. ... " As we all well know, this famous quote comes from the constitution. ...

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However, the Korean conflict was particularly central to American policy and indeed world security as it outlined the American policy of containment from NSC 68, and demonstrated that America, to quote President Truman that America was committed to, "the cause for a just and peaceful world order through the United Nations.... Therefore, the question of Korea being a threat to world security changes because America as 'the principle centre of power in the non-Soviet world and the bulwark of opposition to Soviet expansion' became representative of world security, and therefore wh...

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Though technology is already keeping people alive who otherwise would have died with little debate, the rising trend of cryonics is perhaps the next big step for mankind "giving anyone the power to play God. ... Not only are results not guaranteed, the cost of this procedure can be quite a deterrent; freezing the entire body starts at a lofty $80,000 according to the Milwaukee Journal "so many settle by just freezing the head at a more affordable $30,000 (price quotes are from 1985 and have grown considerably since then). ... Though humans may not yet have the power to control life...

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In many ways Twain was correct in summarizing the sentiments of the anti-Imperialists in his quote, expressing the idea that imperialist (such as America) countries should basically keep their hands to themselves. ... The countries involvement in Panama, Cuba, and China resulted in a cash flow that helped shape America into a rising power in the global community. ... After Cuba gain independence it would be led by people like Fulgencio Batista until Fidel Castro led a successful revolution and gained power. ...

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Hip-Hop is the love child of the Civil Rights Movement, an innovative, provocative and candid voice reminiscent of " power to the people. ... The Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA contends that Hip-Hop is not just a genre of music but also a complex system of ideas values and concepts that reflect newly emerging and ever-changing creative correlative expressive mechanisms including but not limited to song, poetry, film and fashion (quote). ... She goes on to say that the history of Black power movement talk and its impact on the development of hip hop, located it as a musical f...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

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But, we're under serious attack, and Congress is well within its power to pull back on individual rights when national security is at stake" (Bravin, WSJ). ... Senator Leahy has been quoted, "Since we provided you [Ashcroft] with new statutory authorities in the USA Patriot Act, I have felt a growing concern that the trust and cooperation Congress provided is proving to be a one way street" (Brune, A22). ...

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