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In Favor of a Coral Springs, Florida Skateboarding Park

In seven pages this paper argues in support for the park citing the difficulty to find places where skating is legal, the communit...

Costs and Responsibility for Senior Citizen Programs

In seven pages this paper discusses why the responsibility for funding and supporting senior citizen programs should be shared by ...

Health Care Alternatives

In five pages different alternative health care methods are discussed in terms of why people are exploring them and the benefits t...

Persuasive Essay on Not Smoking

of heart and lung disease. For many, the reasons above are not "good" enough reasons for them to decide not to smoke....

Reasons for a Living Will

In five pages this paper discusses living wills in a consideration of why people compose them. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Importance of Supporting Characters in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

In six pages this paper examines why the supporting characters in these novels are important. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

Examination of Charismatic Leadership

and the power of the government to act; it is the implementation of formal rules by the society. The second type of authority that...

Abolishing the Transatlantic Slave Trade

(Beary, 1997). The basic elements of the African slave system during the 18th and 19th centuries was based on three elemental s...

Capital Punishment or Life in Prison

executed in the United States in 1995, the most since 1957. With more than 3000 inmates on death row nationwide -- more than any t...

Communications Theory and TV Viewers' Habits

In twelve pages this research paper examines television viewing habits and why people watch what they do with various communicatio...

Linda J. White and Maggie Gallagher's The Case for Marriage Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially

the contrary, Waite and Gallaghers text actually highlights most areas in regards to the "myth" that marriage is bad for women and...

Corporate Change and Survival

the cutter is outside. Therefore, the contact is by the bills and letters and through the customer service centres. The problems m...

Tutorial on People and Prayer

acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...

Smoking Contributors' Study Proposal

to begin smoking at all. The study of addiction typically has been categorized according to the type of addiction being stu...

U.S. and Making the Use of Handguns Completely Illegal

to alter its passive stance and act to preserve the lives of the citizens it is sworn to protect. Handguns cannot be controlled; ...

Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

Nurture, Nature, and Dislike of Certain Foods

II. TEENAGERS AND CONDITIONED RESPONSE Teenagers are notorious for disliking most foods that have any nutritive value to them, in...

Salt on Food and the Nature v. Nurture Argument

their salt intake so as not to further complicate the situation, which is clearly indicative of a nurturing response to the natura...

2002 Resignation of Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bernard Parks

senior lead program that had been established (Gold and Daunt, 2002). This was a program wherein police officers were assigned to ...

Roberto Clemente

of his own family. Clementes natural athletic gifts were apparent at an early age, and by 17, "Momen," as he was called by family...

Arguing in Favor of Lifting the Cuba Embargo

that Cuba shares with the United States, many wonder why Cubans are flocking to Florida. The answer to that question may prove enl...

Two Crime Theories

In eight pages the 1910 Strain Theory and 1939 Differential Association Theory are examined regarding theoretical answers to quest...

Why People Believe Weird Things; Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions Of Our Time by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould

which has given fuel to his ability to see skepticism for its healthy aspects. In chapter one, the authors take great care in exp...

Americanism's Essence Through Advancement, Adaptability, and Adventure

the phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered" is, in short, the essence of the spirit of adventure, adaptability, and advancement that d...

Modern Society and Desensitization

In 5 pages the cultural and social reasons why the increase in violent behavior has desensitized contemporary society particularly...

Individuality and How People Evolve

in which they interact with one another; as well as what governs their overall behavior. All of this is rolled up into one well-d...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens and a Thomas Gradgrind Sr. Character Analysis

- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...

Body Modification as a Way to Express Individuality

against parents or to be a part of a group. Some may just follow friends, but others get gang tattoos that acknowledge them as a p...

Eliminating Bad Habits

there are so many health problems associated with it, smoking in public, or smoking at all, is a bad habit. Although its difficult...

Why Americans Hate Welfare

the perception that these people are mostly black, lazy and "shiftless" (Gilens, 1999). Lieberman, reviewing Gilens book, notes t...