If a song tells a story and it concerns ordinary people in everyday life does that make it a country song? The key to that question is the word ordinary. What is ordinary in the life of Americans? It is ordinary for people to work for a living. ... It will remain popular Americans can turn to country music to renew their spirits, and the lyrics continue to tell stories about ordinary peoples lives like you and me....

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Fascinated with ordinary American people, Whitman demonstrates in his poem "I Hear America Singing" an example of his beliefs of human life and his love for America. ... All these people are laborers or hard working people. ... All of these people work hard for their money. ... It was rooted in a belief in the best of the human souls of ordinary citizens." Whitman wanted to see the best in people and it seems to me that he had a soft spot for ordinary people. ...

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Demand In economics, we need to use terms a little more carefully than they are sometimes used in ordinary discussions. ... That distinction is important for microeconomics, although people often do not make it in ordinary discussion. ... Clearly, the buyers are the people who want or need the product or service -- but there is more to it than that. ... People sometimes use the term "demand" ambiguously -- as if "demand" were the same thing as need. ... That's a common-sense point: the higher the price, the less people will want to buy. ...

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However, the facts in post-war Iraq tell us that either is there liberation for Iraqi people, nor have the weapons of mass destruction ever been found. ... Iraqi people have never been liverated by the US. Bush claimed that Saddam Hussein commited extremely "grave violations of human rights" in that thousands of political opponents and ordinary citizens were subjected to all kinds of spiritual and physical misery. Therefore, America should volunteerly "meet the challenge to help liberate the Irapi people from the "totalitarian state".(Bush) In fact, what Iraqi people faced was horror and aggre...

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For the American people the 1920s was a time of unlimited opportunities and wealth. America was the richest nation at this time and the wages of many ordinary people rose while the prices of goods did not. ... However some people such as farmers and black people missed out on this good life because they could not afford it. ... People lost hope in Hoover and did not feel encouraged by him , feeling that he did not appear to see the situation for ordinary Americans He proved this by saying: 'Nobody is actually starving', when the people of America were indeed starving. ... ...

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They believed that state governments were more likely to protect the people's liberties than the central government. In the opinion of many Republicans, the government should work to support the interest of ordinary citizens who were the majority. ... The apparent differences in the views of the people became more apparent with the debates of establishing the Bank of the United States and how best to deal with the Nation's debt. ... The Republicans believed the "ordinary" people should have a say in the government and that the aristocrats should not have all of the control....

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It is understood that "guns do not kill people, people kill people"" (Johnson). ... As times changed, Americans were able to modernize weapons, but no one realized the problem that these weapons of war would become if it got into the hands of ordinary citizens. The government did not realize the dangers of assault weapons until it got into the hands of ordinary citizens. ... Thirty-three people were killed on the campus of  Virginia Tech. ... The law of gun control is not on the weapons, it is on the people. ...

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Overall this book really gives insight to the different male emotions and gives the reader an idea of the price that ordinary men pay to make us enjoy the freedom that we have today. The men who bring us the riveting tales of war are no different from any ordinary citizen today. ... This book gives people a firsthand look at how war directly affects the men on the front lines. ...

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Thirteen is an unlucky number. Friday the 13th is considered by many as an unlucky day. Most hotels do not include the number 13 because no one may want to occupy that floor. The name of thirteenth president of the Philippines has thirteen letters and he is considered as the most unlucky leader of...

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Bilingual ballots are not needed by numerous people. ... While applying for an American citizenship you must show an understanding of the English language, including the ability to read, write and speak simple words and phrases and in ordinary usage in the English language. ...

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The phrase "Columbian Exchange" refers to the interchange and sharing of flora, fauna, people, goods, ideas and disease between the "Old World" Europeans and the "New World" Native Americans. ... The Transatlantic exchange of people would also come into play. ... Often times the Europeans would exchange their "ordinary" goods for more valuable Native American items like gold, silver or gems. ... In some cases these beliefs were welcomed while in other instances they were forced upon the people. ... The exchange of various plants, animals, goods, ideas and people fostered trade and offered e...

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Many people do not realize that if there was less capital punishment, a lot of money could be saved that could be used in many other ways. Many people are not aware how much it actually costs to put somebody to death. ... The death penalty costs California 90 million annually beyond the ordinary costs of the justice system - 78 million on the death penalty from 1973 to 1988 to achieve eighteen executions that is an average of 2.3 million per execution (Information center 1). ...

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Ordinary voters are powerless and they sometimes are manipulated when choosing candidates during elections. However, the ordinary voters do not realize that a select group who make decisions, which do not take their interests seriously, leads them. ... According to Dye, public policy does not represent the peoples' demands (20). ... The people as individuals do not have the powers to change government decisions. ... The people as individuals are powerless and are manipulated during elections. ...

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What would be the effect of depriving ordinary, law-abiding citizens from taking up firearms in self-defense? ... In fact it is people that kill people, not guns. ... People will always find a way if the desire is strong enough. ... If policymakers truly are concerned with reducing harm, they should be looking at how many crimes each year are impeded by ordinary people with firearms. ... About 300 people are killed each year by animal attacks. ...

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What some people may not understand is that history is a powerful subject because it is knowledge. ... If few people really knew history they could lie to the public and say their own things to benefit them and ultimately make them very powerful. ... Thankfully there is history and historian ambitious to find out about the past and to inform the people of it. ... The help organize the information for the historians and ordinary people that are interested on learning about the contents of the journal. ... This organization helps ordinary people to read these articles just in case they need it ...

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NAFTA - Canada's & Mexico's Viewpoints When the Canada/U.S. free trade agreement came into effect, the Mexican's were very impressed by the provision and opportunities that opened for both sides. Mexico then approached the U.S., seeking to form a similar agreement with them. This brought fo...

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White-collar crime may force many people to make unfair judgments. ... Most people judge from their information and their knowledge on the subject, perceive white collar criminals either as individual who care about their families or as a group of criminals who take advantage of the public (Henslin142). It is possible to determine whether white collar criminals receive more favorable treatment than ordinary offenders. ... Most white-collar offenders are ordinary people who got into financial difficulty and who saw their way out of it through illegal and fraudulent measures. ...

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This was something a little bigger then an ordinary bomb yet it could do so much more destruction. ... In Hiroshima this atomic bomb killed 100,000 people mostly civilians and in Nagasaki three days later it killed 40,000 people. ... The book takes on a tone of sympathy and survival that these people were lucky enough to survive the blast. Hersey focuses on the courage of these people. These people wonder why they were the people chosen to survive. ...

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In his address to the nation, President Bush asked for $87 billion dollars, which will be coming out of the pockets of ordinary American citizens. ... Spending so much money on a war is basically wasting the hard earned money of the American people. ... However, spending the money for the U.S. can benefit the people of the United States. The homeless people on the streets right here in the United States, can get shelters to live in, instead of the streets; while the people without jobs can get money to provide for their families for the time being. ... The longer we spend in Iraq will only mea...

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According to the Anti-Federalists position document which was published by Melancton Smith on June 21, 1758, "representatives should be a true picture of the people ". Melancton pointed that the government should understand the real problems between the people, therefore, the members of representatives should include people from every social status level. ... He claimed that a person who can understand fifty people can understand twenty people as well, which meant that the interests of the people was unnecessary to be understood by a large representation. The Anti-Federalists Position documen...

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Not all people had a voice in society, let alone national government. ... The Election of 1824 proved that the area of politics was concerned with a battle over power rather than the will of the people. ... As a result people showed their disapproval. ... Not all people were looked upon as citizens, and therefore not allowed the same rights as others. ... This period in no distinct way demonstrated that the leaders of the nation were concerned with welfare of ordinary people. ...

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The soap opera The Young and the Restless is an example of escape fiction that deals with the everyday life of so called ordinary people. ... A considerable amount of people in North America are getting botox and plastic surgery in the hopes of feeling good about themselves. When viewers see skinny people on television they think that that is the ideal weight one has to be in order to beautiful and desired by others. ... In third world countries people are unable to watch television. ... People in third world countries also have a significantly lower amount of people with eating disorders an...

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Americans had never particularly been law-abiding people, but in the twenties statistics on crime soared. More and more people, including minors and women, disobeyed the law. ... Loopholes were exploited, people used alcohol allowed for medicinal, sacramental, and industrial purposes. ... People listened to new music, dances, and an emphasis on enjoying yourself was all accompanied by alcohol. ... And by the late 20's it was ignored by most ordinary people. ...

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They opposed the opening of the Constitution, "We the People of the United States", stating that without each states individual names listed, they would not retain their rights or powers. Their claim was that it was insufficiently democratic and at best the House of Representatives was a group of small, ordinary citizens that would find it difficult to influence Congressional decisions. ... They saw the Federalists as people who would oppress lower class people. They were concerned that with a lack of bill of rights, it wouldn't guarantee the people's rights. ...

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Guns are also used in acts of rage by ordinary citizens caught up in the heat of arguments, fights and other kinds of domestic violence. ... Tightening gun laws will keep guns in the hands of proper individuals by making it harder for unqualified people to obtain them. ... After all, we don't want people who are impaired by a mental illness, impaired by alcohol or drugs, or blinded by rage to be able to buy guns. ...

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