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The Mafia
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1785.... to crime was metastasizing, sending out its aberrant
cells to colonize social tissues elsewhere, especially in the United
States” (True Crime).
Immigration to the United States, from Italy, began around 1870. “
Of the approximately 5.3 million that have followed, approximately 25
percent came from Sicily” (Italian 4). The mass immigration took place
for many reasons. Many wanted to move because of poverty and rampant
inflation. Others wanted to move because of social and economic
immobility. Another reason for immigration to the United States was
because Mussolini t .....
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Raising The Minimum Age For A Driving License: Necessary Or Useless?
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 250.... will simply do no good is the heart of this argument.
Some would say that raising the minimum age for a driving license will
clearly reduce the amount of car accidents in Israel. There will be fewer
drivers on the road, and this means fewer accidents, mathematically
speaking. Young drivers aren't mature enough to drive. They can not
comprehend the responsibility that is given to them by letting them sit
behind the wheel of a potentially lethal machine. It is risky to hand them
the access to this sort of transportation which can be misused in the form
of car races and speedin .....
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Law Of Nations: An Overview
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 979.... this state of nature, in which man resides absently of law. His
use of the term represents the struggle morality wages against nature and
reason. He equates morality in any form, with "tyranny and unreason."
Nietzsche proposes that man's natural existence be, in essence, nihilistic.
Logically, the political entity known as the state, created by man will inherit
these traits. Thus, the conclusion is that the creation and institution of
international law are in direct violation to nature.
However, international law exists and states "generally" submit
themselves to it. . .....
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Drink Up - Drunk Driving Should Be Legalized
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 359.... also improve the quality of life
for those who choose not to drink. Currently people who have been drinking are
legally required to use some form of transportation other than them operating a
motor vehicle. This requires them to hang around where they are and get a ride
with someone else or wait or some public transportation. With the legalization
of driving while drunk the non-drinking population would not need to be bothered
by drunk people that do not have rides. Finally, this would help stimulate the
economy which may be in dire trouble. For example, with the remov .....
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Should Drugs Be Legalized?
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 683.... numbers
are up. One contraversial solution is the proposal of legalizing
drugs. Although people feel that legalizing drugs would lessen crime,
drugs should remain illegal in the U.S because there would be an
increase of drug abuse and a rapid increase of diseases such as AIDS.
Many believe that legalizing drugs would lessen crime. They
point out that the legalization of drugs would deter future criminal
acts. They also emphasize and contrast Prohibition. When the public
realized that Prohibition could no .....
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Fraud
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1478.... Need is the
most common reason. A desperate financial need is usually the cause of most
frauds. Still some people commit fraud to pay for an elevated life style which
other wise they could not afford. Needs arise from a number of locations these
include: Drug or alcohol addiction, Marriage break-ups and/of extravagant love
affairs, Gambling Debts, Business losses, Unexpected family crises, Mounting
debts, and the desire to live a lifestyle far beyond ones means.
Fraud is costing society several hundred billion a year. Organizations
loose close to 6 percent of annual reve .....
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Capital Punishment: Costs Of The Death Penalty
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 605.... save money and when we spend money we do so with a
valued return in mind. Accordingly, a popular argument contends that we spend
too much money incarcerating prisoners for life. We probably do but the price
tag on issuing a death sentence according to a Florida study is $3.1 million
compared to $1 million for a life sentence; a 3100% difference (Walker 1994,
108). Imagine your death being valued at $3.1 million - how flattering. Based
on these figures, the difference in the price of an execution and the price of
life behind bars is enough to feed 7,200 starving children .....
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