The American political culture centers on a set of core ideals--liberty, equality, diversity, self-government, and individualism--that serve as the people's common bond. ... Politics in the United States is characterized by a number of major patterns, including an enduring set of cultural ideals, a highly fragmented governing system, a high degree of pluralism, an extraordinary emphasis on individual rights, and a pronounced seperation of the political and economic spheres. The United States is a nation that was formed on a set of ideals that include liberty, equaliy, self-govern...

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One of the American dining practices that stands out in contrast to eastern cultures is how food is served and eaten, in a traditional restaurant setting. ... Over the course of the meal each dish is served sequentially, usually at a rectangular table, and everybody concentrates on his own dish with sharing kept to a minimum unless among closer friends or relatives. ... On the other hand, a traditional Chinese meal would involve a collection of different dishes of meats and vegetables, soup, all served together with bowls of personal servings of rice to consumed with the dishes. ... At a f...

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However, the biggest difference being that the governors don't answer to a foreign power, but rule for their own homeland, and for the vbest interest of the people who they serve. ... Every town would set uop court meetings where laws were discussed and decided on. ...

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But it was only this year that America's two biggest cable-TV owners, TCI and Time Warner , said they would spend $2 billion and $5 billion respectively to deploy both technologies in their systems, which together serve a third of America's 60m cable homes. ... Mergers such as Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting, and Paramount have set the stage. These companies continue the race to be the first to lay solid infrastructure, and set new industry standards. ... In a complex world of constant change, where knowledge becomes obsolete every few years, education can no longer be something tha...

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Instead they were ingesting spoiled meats, rats, their droppings, and poisons set out to kill them; all of these were results of improper storage. ... For example, the party wished to impose a minimum wage, a day of rest for all workers, National regulation of interstate corporations etc This platform set the stage for America's political future. ... The men and woman of the Progressive movement served as pioneers of the welfare state. ...

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One of the team members on the Kues recalled an incident from their traveling days about how they would not be served beer because the bartender thought they were Native Americans, but "When we told them we were Chinese, we had beer" (Yep 56) This incident depicts just how racist and brutal white Americans were to certain ethnicity groups. ... "They also set out and connected with Chinese Americans living in the communities they visited.... "The Kues served as icons of racial pride to various Chinese communities across the United States and Canada" (Yep 59). ...

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Nevertheless, each of these amendments proved to be a revolution in itself and set new foundations for future change. ... Social changes made during these years served as a turning point in the treatment of blacks. ...

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The Revolution set in the minds of people, a love for democracy and the expectation of equal rights. ... Blacks served in the military on both sides, and for their service, their freedom was granted to them. ...

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(www.epa.gov) OSHA: Solutions, Risks and Consequences The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has set forth guidelines to direct the workers in the United States in using equipment to protect themselves from asbestos exposure. ... This does not seem to be a widely known policy within the association, according to a worker who has been employed with this company for thirty-two years and served as president of a local CWA for twenty-three years. ...

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The Dream Act, short for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, is to allow the young illegal immigrant children that grew up going to the United States' high schools the ability to serve in the US military and to continue their education. ... The democrat views the story of America as set up by the generations of immigrants that have came to this country and have only strengthened our economy. ...

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When the state of Massachusetts created the Massachusetts Board of Education, Horace Mann served as its secretary. ... Mann used public service to achieve reform, he served in the House of Representatives and Senate, leaving both to work locally as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. ...

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Rather than pay American workers a small amount a day or even a week, farm owners could pay nothing to these workers and pocket whatever money was set aside for payment of employees; this notion could be achieved through slavery. ... However, whatever changes inspired by this report were short-lived; the problems for migrant workers persisted, and it was obvious more outspoken individuals like Edward Murrow were going to have to be brave enough to serve as a voice for this huge group of individuals who continued ...

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These men not only fought for our country but set up an example of what American stands for and how Americans should live. ... This was one of the first challenges overcame by the 54th regiment, Colonel Shaw began to set an example of what real regiment with any color individuals should be. ... These words given by Trip demonstrated how the 54th regiment finally became a whole and served themselves as equals, being a family who loved and protected one another. ...

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The claim is supported by the way advertising of the 1920s served as an engine for shaping the opinions of consumers and influencing the buying patterns of the public. ... The emergence of radio sets allowed advertisers to target people in their homes, an unprecedented feat at the time. ...

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"Man power for these syndicates came from a number of sources: some "graduated" from Black Hand and Italian-colony "Mafia" groups; others had served as whorehouse proprietors, gambling-house operators, labor goons, counterfeiters, narcotics dealers, and a wide range of petty crooks and thieves." ... Prostitution houses were set up in the cities and suburbs and were run like a business. ...

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Brown's actions perpetuated the South's stereotypes of northerners as fanatical abolitionists who were either madmen or served as financers of the madmen. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ...

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Brown's actions perpetuated the South's stereotypes of northerners as fanatical abolitionists who were either madmen or served as financers of the madmen. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ...

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Brown's actions perpetuated the South's stereotypes of northerners as fanatical abolitionists who were either madmen or served as financers of the madmen. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ...

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John Dewey states that "government exists to serve its community, and that this purpose cannot be achieved unless the community shares in selecting it governors and determining their policies" (445). ... The response was to implement a Hamilton and Jacksonian view of centralized government but will guard a new set of individual rights. ...

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This act served to stimulate job growth and provide some temporary relief to those most impacted by the recession through spending billions of dollars in tax relief, public works projects, education and job training, etc. ... Jobs have been added at a rate of 200,000 per month but our current unemployment rate still sits around 7.6% and the rates of those underemployed, those who are working below their skill set, and long-term unemployed, those who have been actively looking for a job for 26 weeks, are far to dismal for a recovery (Bernanke 1). The unemployment rate has been hit so hard in th...

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The historical roots of Christianity and the Anglican religion in colonial America set the tone for religious debate. ... Called by critics the "enemy of all religion," Jefferson attempted to reconcile Christianity with the Enlightenment.17 Frank Lambert rightly concluded that though the "free market of religion represented freedom from religion, others wanted a more positive arrangement, guaranteeing freedom of religion."18 The freedom from religion merely represented a lack of religion in government affairs, but the freedom of religion would set more people at ease. ...

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Synopsis For my essay I have chosen to write about the American Revolution where I will 'assess the causes that lead to the development of the American Revolution'. I have decided to use this question, as I believe it is an interesting topic due to its importance in American history. It is important to know about, as it is the creation of the United States as an ostensibly unified and independent country. It also substantially changed the world, embodying ideologies and influencing movements such as other nations to become independent. The revolutionary principles that led to the fo...

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This poem, which the reader gathers is about a father's quest to set new path for his son, is great example of how social expectations can complicate a person's search for identity in adulthood. ... This first line sets a tone that the narrator is very proud to be American, whether people look at him as American or not, and he is willing to be patient and wait it out until people see him that way as well. ... Having to serve the people he works for, eating in the kitchen, and being treated as inferior only silences him for so long. ...

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Having acknowledged that and feeling capable of anything and having a strong military organization for sea warfare and defense, America started catching up and set into motion in racing against the other countries around the world to control the uncontrolled regions. ... In the west, efforts as diverse as the building of a transcontinental train line, federal support for capital enterprises and a federal subsidization of land settlement all served to bring western territorial areas within the influence of eastern economic and political institutions. ...

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The Milwaukee pilot voucher system has endeavored to set precedence for future school reform, and researchers have concluded, as reported in "The Effectiveness of School Choice in Milwaukee: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the Program's Evaluation", that improvement in students" achievements does not occur until the third or fourth year into the choice program, however, drastic significance in student performance has not been reported (Greene). ... One researcher, Caroline Hoxby, found that "greater private school competitiveness significantly raises the quality of public schools [an...

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