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… Identity is a vast idea that is composed of many facets. To some, identity is something caused by biological processes in growing older. To others, it is produced by the social environment of the individual. This second idea is what we are going…

… States emerged as part of a much broader moral reform movement" (Woodiwiss, 1998: 253). Concerted efforts to legalize drugs and alcohol have little power against these moral reform movements. Anti-drug movements were set in motion as far back as…

… think of public education. Through the years it is slowly changing. Many parents' today are deciding to home school their children. Although most people think that a public education is better, most statistics and facts tend to show that…

… am trying to talk about why people choose the choices they make. My main point is that sometimes at the age of 17 you do not have the wisdom to make certain choices or even the right choice. My experience in writing this paper was difficult to…

… modernity and its causes have named him one of the most influential sociologists of our era. Weber believed that in the West rationality had come to become the predominant impetus for action. Weber said that Rationality was one of four motivations toward…

… AIDS & the Bubonic Plague The destruction and devastation caused by the "Black Death" of the Middle Ages was a phenomenon left to wonder at in textbooks of historical Europe. An unstoppable plague swept the continent taking as much as eighty…

… Nursing Shortage One major problem that health care faces today, is the shortage of nurses. In a poll conducted by the American Health Association, labor and staffing issues were the second biggest concern of top healthcare officials. Nurses…

… Sexism in Language The overall theme of sexism in language is the way we speak, whether it is a conscious realization or not, places women in a position that is subordinate to men. There main points are brought up in this film. These are:…

… Alan Turing was one of the great pioneers of the computer world. It is with his works that we now of the "The Turing Machine" and "Turing's Test." His research into the relationships between machines and nature created the field of artificial intelligenc…

… has cost the U.S. billions of dollars in the last decade, and millions are also spent on media campaigns to educate and try to scare young people from using drugs. None of these campaigns against drugs have proven successful. Also tougher laws and…