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Term Papers on Social Issues
Advertising - Good Or Bad
Number of words: 210 - Number of pages: 1.... is designed for one purpose - to sell. To acheive this goal,
advertises are willing to stretch and distort the truth, just to convincing
people to buy their product. For example, an advertiser may convince buyers to
purchase their product by stating that has been tested and found superior. In
reality, the product is not likely to be beter than any other - the tests
themselves doubtlessly conducted by the promoting company - conducted to ensure
at least something is superior about the product, even if it is only the colour.
These advertisments are worded carefully so that they are telling the "literal .....
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Violence In Televeision
Number of words: 494 - Number of pages: 2.... they sent the children out to play. The control group did not to seem to act out as much as the children who had watched the Power Rangers and G.I. Joe. The control group seemed to get along well with each other and played more with the toys. Where as the group of fourth graders who had watched the Power Rangers and G.I. Joe continued to act out the programs they had just watched with all the fighting,(kicking,punching,ect.).
B. There was also another study done on a group of older children. These children were in the sixth grade.
i. The first group was al .....
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Gambling: Losing The Gamble
Number of words: 2579 - Number of pages: 10.... I could make it up. I was depressed for weeks and this was just one of the episodes that led to my divorce after we moved to Reno.
Gambling is rapidly becoming America's favorite past time. It is now more popular than all sporting events combined. "In 1995, Americans spent more on gambling than the U.S. government budgeted for defense: around $500 billion in all, or $2,000 for every man, woman, and child" (Vogel 1). Gambling, or "gaming" as the industry calls it, is fast becoming a part of many people's everyday lives. For years, Nevada was the only place .....
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Transcendentalism
Number of words: 544 - Number of pages: 2.... Walden Pond. He spent two years watching, writing, and feeling the power of nature. The only way Thoreau could encounter a relationship with nature was to become one with the way of the woods, streams, ponds, and animals. Thoreau was also indicative of Emerson's success as a transcendental writer, because they lived together in the same house and shared similar ideas and beliefs. Along with the influence of Thoreau, Emerson was further affected by the writings of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge in their book Lyrical Ballads. Emerson's poems reflect .....
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A Review Of "The Outsiders Club" Screened On BBC 2 In October 96
Number of words: 1834 - Number of pages: 7.... youth and community work, but rarely with regard to disabled people
(which is not surprising since disabled people are often absent from mainstream
groups). Indeed, it is only in the last few years that disabled people
themselves have been in the forefront of this debate, and the leading
protagonist have usually been activists within the wider disability movement,
who are well aware of other social and sexual issues such as gender, sexism,
homophobia, and so on. The Outsiders was set up (and is still fronted by) an
able bodied woman who for many years has been w .....
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Pride
Number of words: 596 - Number of pages: 3.... college football team, known as LSU, is engulfed with . Not only because of the players own high-standards to achieve, but also because all involved with the team, provide the drive of excitement throughout the atmosphere. The feeling of is unexplainable, especially when felt through competition. But the feeling that is felt is absolutely unmistakable; one will never forget its’ ability to empower an individual.
The photo shows an uplifting football program, which is used to both entertain and inform the visual reader. Possibly, this picture can be .....
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Image And Masculinity
Number of words: 589 - Number of pages: 3.... on this behavior and think it is acceptable for a man to treat a women that way. The reverse is also true. If a boy sees his father treat his mother with love and respect, he is likely to appreciate women.
A prominent image given to guys is that they have no feelings and would never cry. Crying is for girls or for homosexuals, it is thought. Over time this causes many bottled up feelings and results in a violent temper. Men are just as prone to be hurt as women are, but often have a harder time expressing it. The man is supposed to be the strong and .....
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Rapid Population Growth
Number of words: 2896 - Number of pages: 11.... 140 000 million babies will be born, and 53 million will die which gives the overpopulated world an additional 84 million people per year. With the planet growing at alarming rate 230 000 per day people, With the increasing population, pollution is on the rise, making safe water scarce In Asia the population increases by 50 million, the population of Africa by 17 million and Latin America and the Caribbean by only eight million. Africa has the hightest growth rate at 2.36 %(Internet Source). These are places where people need children for .....
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