The characters do not have serious problems such as money complications, or depression so viewers believe that if they have major problems in their own life they are less of a human being. All of the characters on this soap opera have everything; they have a lot of clothes, a nice car, beautiful home, attractive furnishings, major social life and they seem like they have all of these things without working. ... When viewers see this they start to believe that they have to look young in order to be beautiful and accepted by society. ... They are happier than North Americans even thought th...

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During the early years of colonization and exploration in North America and Africa, many New World "collided" and brought to each other many new things, both good and bad. ... Occasionally they burned sections of land in the wilderness for better hunting area, but other than that they provided no threat to its well being. ... Not all things exchanged were beneficial, however. ... Small pox, yellow fever, and malaria were some of the devastating diseases carried into the New World. ... They set up a huge traffic of slaves to work in their native sugar plantations. ...

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To them, big government is wasteful and an obstacle to getting things done. ... "We look to government " local, state, federal " for the things government must do, but we believe those duties can be carried out more efficiently and at less cost. ... They believe that wages should be based on skill, education, and the law of supply and demand. ... But the House and Senate did agree on one thing, they finalized legislation to keep paying troops in the event of another shutdown. ... It should be noted that politicians toe the party line to varying degrees, they may choose to vote in o...

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To them, big government is wasteful and an obstacle to getting things done. ... "We look to government " local, state, federal " for the things government must do, but we believe those duties can be carried out more efficiently and at less cost. ... They believe that wages should be based on skill, education, and the law of supply and demand. ... But the House and Senate did agree on one thing, they finalized legislation to keep paying troops in the event of another shutdown. ... It should be noted that politicians toe the party line to varying degrees, they may choose to vote in o...

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Many men and women alike love sports, and to discriminate against a certain sex by not providing them with the opportunity to participate in the sport(s) that they are interested in is wrong. ... (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act) This law has done wonderful things in the promotion of women's sports and is a great law in its original intent; however, the enforcement of this law has terribly perverted its spirit. ... Big time football usually carries the most in a schools athletic program, the most expenses, the most players, but also the most re...

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They offer safety, privacy, and personal security. ... They require minimal disruption of roadways and businesses along alignments during system construction or expansion. ... The streamlined vehicles are designed to carry three adult passengers side by side in seated comfort. A total of 650 lbs. can be carried, thus various combinations of passengers and carry-on items such as luggage can be accommodated. ... This is one of the most important things that automobiles lack, separate brakes which sometimes causes automobile brakes to not function sometimes. ...

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Armed with a firearm or not, a criminal is a criminal and they will do whatever it takes to successfully commit a crime. Although there is a completely different type of culture in Europe, many things that are done across the pond are mimicked by the US. ... Without the use of guns in the general population, great generals such as George Washington would not have been as successful in battles as they were. ... I believe the federal age for open carry of guns should be 21. ... Florida and Texas have crime rates that are lower than the national average because those states allow its residents to...

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There are no limitations on who can become a terrorist, nor of where they will come from to initiate their attacks. ... The utter brutality with which these terrorist organizations carry out their tasks borders on the insane. ... It seems that unless one of our own is involved as a victim, we do not get carried away, or even overly excited. ... Unfortunately this is the way of things in this day and age. ... They either have to be homegrown or purchased from a sovereign state. ...

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They were also a success because of the vital role played by the Judges (Hellanodikai). ... They made sure that the games were entertaining, only attended by high calibre athletes, well adjudicated and still in keeping with the spiritual ethos. ... In order to make sure this Truce was known around the Greek world, each Olympic year the Judges (Hellanodikai) sent out 3 Scared Heralds, Delphi, Isthmia or Nemea, all wearing olive wreaths and carrying staffs. ... Whilst in Elis, competitors ate a healthy diet and underwent a strict exercise plan which meant they were at the peak of physical health...

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They both bought and sold influence not by merit, but by who could do the most for them. ... By giving and spreading the wealth, we create an economic disincentive to working people by asking them to carry other people on their backs. ... They gave people hope and made them believe in what they could do. No matter how bad things got in Louisiana or how things unravel in our current economy, both politicians have a personal magnetism and larger-than-life personalities. ...

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First, different ethnic locations have ways in which they approach food and how they choose and select it. ... But as they continue to grow, they begin to learn new ways of doing things that stick into their empty brains for life. These factors as Dindyal would state, emanate from the countries which they originate, and they shape their attitude about food. ... Also, such songs carry the 'gangster' feeling in them, which defines the groups' identity. ... These songs carry a message of oneness and are more linked to religious definitions of such groups. ...

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They were built at the direction of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) of the 1930's. ... Much of what they created has survived through the efforts of museums, libraries, and archives. ... They wanted "a new car every few years-. ... Perhaps one of the things that most characterize the 1950's society was the strong element of conservatism and anticommunist feeling. ... People carrying small transistor radios listened to music, which could be heard in any location because it was now portable. ...

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- Or do we let states create their own law, just as long as they are constitutional; no matter how ludicrous they may be? ... Should the money be disbursed to educational programs, or should we focus on more things such as; the beautification of our streets and our cities? ... It does exercise power and can carry out functions that would be carried out by the central authority in other government set-ups. ... Overtaxed New Yorkers shop in New Jersey, they influenced New York to provide tax-free shopping days. ... If states would have the bear the full costs of their regulatory experiments,...

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Living life the Korean way was becoming a constant struggle to carry on. ... Yet, the Koreans did not leave solely for the political problems plaguing their country; they left for the work they were promised to find in the plantations, most specifically in the islands of Hawaii. ... If they liked what the saw, then they were to send a picture of themselves back and a match would be made. ... Yet, like many of the instances, these men did not turn out to be who they said they were. ... There are many things that we take for granted today that the Koreans contributed to our society. ...

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The problems that they have brought with them, intentionally or not, has turned our country and our Congress on its head. ... Since neither of those things are going to happen overnight though, let me instead explain the background behind the baggage that immigration carries with it, and why illegals should face the same obstacles that legal immigrants do when tasked with becoming an American citizen. The purpose of this is to not only provide more opportunities to newly legalized immigrants, but account for the crimes that they have committed as well. ... This shows that they aren't hea...

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From this point of view, punishment does tow things. It upholds the law, and it prevents others from thinking they can get away with doing something without being punished. ... Three consistent ways have been through pre-detention mediation (a chance to be held accountable for their actions by facing their victims), detention mediation (a chance to act out the setting and tone of their crime in all roles for help to understand what they did was wrong), and post-detention mediation (a.k.a. parent-child mediation that helps family communication after they are placed back into their parent'...

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Looking at such things as tracking, the cultural mismatch theory, the demographic divide, home life vs. school life and more, it becomes apparent how the cultural divide seen in the classrooms attributes to the achievement gap. ... Howard then explains how a demographic divide is inevitable stating that now "teachers face the reality that they are most likely to come into contact with students from cultural, ethnic, linguistic, racial, and social class backgrounds different from their own" (Howard, p.40). Although this is apparent on the surface of these teachers' minds, the wa...

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These same concerns are evident in his award-winning short-story cycle The Things They Carried (1990), powerful tales so much like memoirs that O'Brien feels compelled to emphasize in a prefatory note that what follows is "a work of fiction." Fiction is a complicated term in O'Brien's world, though; the stories are deemed true sometimes because they happened that way and sometimes because they convey some larger truth about the Vietnam experience. ...

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Washington, Jefferson, Mason, and Madison all were alive during a difficult time, when cultures were changing, and they were socialized to believe in certain things; all of which made them who they were and explains a little about America's past. ... During this process, people learn things like what is right or wrong, what is real or fake, who is powerful and who is weak. ... Thomas Jefferson's first memory of an African American was him being carried on top of a pillow by his family's slave. ... They believed that everything they did needed to be for the better of the com...

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"While Chavez's verbal incontinence, his predilection for undemocratic means and his obsession with power have been visible since he became a recognizable figure in Venezuelan politics, some things changed dramatically after he seized power," (Clark 2009). A major example of how things changed was his respect of political life. ... Soon after, the opposition learned about Chavez's plan to disassemble democratic institutions, they began to look for ways as to how they could stop him. ... The opposition took that as a way to terminate the president's term, so they began to collec...

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Defensive realists claim that the US only did what they had to do to remain stable and secure. ... Americans aimed for autonomy from the British and they achieved it – we know that. ... Other examples include: carrying out the manifest destiny, admitting Texas into the union in 1845, the war of 1812, and the US-Mexican war; all for the aim of continental expansion and a rapid expansion of industrial and regional power. The US now had secure borders and a great geographical advantage compared to other countries that help put them in the hegemonic position they are in today. ... The cont...

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Numerous veteran's vibe that they should be permitted to smoke on the grounds that being permitted to smoke in bars is one of the numerous things that they were battling for (opportunity) in both world wars. ... In the event that they would lean toward not to smoke inactively, then they don't have to visit places where smoking is allowed [ CITATION Col15 l 1033 ]. ... Smoking is not illegal, so people should have the flexibility to smoke where they wish. ... This disregards a non-smokers' entitlement to carry on with a sound way of life on the grounds that just by being in broad...

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More often than not, they find themselves in the office working long after the usual working hours. ... By doing this, he has just taken on the burden from the employee and has chosen to carry it on his behalf. ... The third step is termed as insuring the monkey and entails offering recommendations or advice to the subordinate staff assigned to carry the monkey. ... The manager must conduct consistent follow up on all monkeys to ensure they are healthy. ... Managing isn't about doing the work for others; it is about empowering those who work for you to do the things necessary to accomplis...

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Yet, whose labor were they living off of freely, exploiting and breeding them as if they were mere animals (and depicted as such in various art and literature)? The slaves they carried across the Atlantic ocean. ... Once slavery was abolished, they still didn't have really anywhere to go. ... We are given a peak into what they have gone through, and how white people have destroyed their lives and has made the mother into such a distraught and depressed woman, yet she still pushes and carries on for her daughter, just like any family would (although, quick side note, comparing this to stor...

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They have less of a chance of forming their own opinions about certain issues if they only know certain details of the issues at hand. ... And a large reason why many Americans even buy most of these products is because they believe that they will be protected by bad things that could happen to them if they didn't have these products, thanks to the media and the government for instilling this constant strain of fear into American citizens through their news coverage and other programming. Fear of the horrible things that happen in America causes American's to spend more money on mo...

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