... article entitled, "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" illuminates a very powerful social movement in history that has succeeded in many institutions. This was the Feminist Movement that spawned reform in politics, the workplace, but has failed in the most important institution in American society, the family. Since the family is where children are initially socialized into the people that they will become, if the family fails ... , because of it. Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a ...

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... economy of the United States, to the average consumer, and even to national security. While on first glance, it appears that the White House plan to bail out automakers is dimwitted and a ploy to make rich men richer, the facts run contrary to that opinion. Automakers ... employ or cause employments for workers of every description. In addition to manufacturing new cars, the auto manufacturers, directly or indirectly create jobs for dealers, salesmen, secretaries, parts manufacturing, service personnel, tire ... sales people and more. It's more than a business. It's a system of interrel...

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... to wait for her ride and instead decided to walk home but never made it (CBS News). On August 3, 2000, her body was found in a wooded area about eight miles from her hometown of Coquille. The autopsy revealed that she had died from "homicidal violence." The only piece of ... cold. Because Freeman was supposed to meet up with McGuffin that night, police questioned him and received a search warrant to search his car and house. They found that McGuffin had removed the trunk liner from his car, although his father protested that he had removed the liner because of a ... fuel leak. Neighbors ...

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... neglectful of increasing poverty. Protestors were enraged at their president's move, which they see as an attempt to set up a successor (Hadid). Since the announcement, Cairo has been engulfed in chaos. Looting and lawlessness ran rampant through the streets. Many residents are boarding up their homes to protect against thugs roaming the streets with sticks, knives, and guns. The headquarters ... buildings as well as major tourist and archaeological sites, including the Egyptian Museum which houses many of the country's most treasured antiquities. The military also closed the pyramids (H...

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... that passed through the House on August 1st, calling for an almost trillion dollar increase in the ceiling countered by similar reductions in spending, could significantly reduce military spending, much to the disappointment of Congressional Republicans. Seemingly backed into a corner to approve the bill in order to avoid defaulting on American loans, Republicans were forced to vote in favor of a bill ... , compared with $689 billion in 2011. The entire $5 billion cut could come directly from the Pentagon or it could be spread out over several government agencies, which could include the...

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... over power to Afghan security forces, a premier hotel in the Afghan capital was attacked. Several armed men entered the building, firing sporadically (Rubin). Rocket-propelled grenades thrown from the roof were aimed at the first vice president's house (CNN). Afghan security forces searched for and fended ... off the attackers for hours (Rubin). NATO helicopters came to the aid of the Afghan security forces killing three suicide bombers on the roof. A fourth bomber was killed in the beginning of the ... this recent attack reinforces many people's fear that although the insurgents have b...

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... surrounding President Barack Obama's policy towards Libya. One side of the Republican Party, led by House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other congressional leaders, argue that the U.S. involvement in NATO's bombing campaign now violates the War Powers Act after hitting the 90-day mark on June 19th. In order to force President Obama to revoke any U.S. aid, the Republicans suggest cutting off ... money for the war when the House reviews the annual Pentagon spending bill later this week. Many of ... the Republican Party presidential candidates demand that the U.S. quit fighting in L...

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... officer, a former New York City Sanitation Department police officer, and two other unidentified men. The majority of the men all worked at the Brooklyn station house sometime in the past. These eight men accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to drive a caravan of M-16 rifles and handguns, as well as stolen merchandise, across state lines. For these crimes, they face charges of conspiracy ... to transport and receive stolen property across state lines (Rashbaum). Ironically, the men's plot was uncovered after an FBI confidential informant received a traffic ticket and tried to have it...

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... referred to the surge as "one of the most difficult decisions that I've made as president" but said the military campaign was "meeting our goals" in Afghanistan and the troops will be withdrawn "from a position of strength" (CNN). "Al Qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since ... "Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war, at a time of rising debt and hard economic times. We take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding" (Stockman). Obama is coming through on the promise he made 18 months ago when he announced the ... the troops by next month. Th...

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... race, senator-turned-president Obama beat out not only the Republicans but also Hillary Clinton, whom many people believed would win the Democratic nomination. In doing so, he got the upper hand on two of the country's two biggest political powerhouses, and he did it by building from scratch ... damage control over the publicity regarding his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and for comments Obama made about "bitter" Pennsylvania votes in reference to having lost the primary in that state to Clinton. When summer hit, Obama secured the Democratic nomination and support for his cause ...

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... ! News). The sludge burst from its reservoir last week, killing eight people. The European Union and environmental groups are worried that the sludge could spread down the Danube River, resulting in long-term consequences for many nations. Emergency workers are currently trying to build temporary barriers to slow down the sludge before it reaches the Danube River. They will then scoop ... ...

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... United States economy break free from the grips of recession. In many ways, Obama's transition into the White House will be unlike any other presidential changeover. First, this is the first time the country has been in a war situation during a presidential election since the 60s ... , during the Johnson-Nixon changeover. That will unquestionably affect the decisions Obama makes during his adjustment period. President-elect Obama will have to make important - and difficult - decisions about the wars in ... be done within 16 months of his taking office. Obama will also have to address the ...

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... Laden. After the Taliban regrouped from the initial attack just weeks after the September 11 tragedy, they fought back against the government, U.S. troops, and other Western allies in Afghanistan. After the recent capture of bin Laden, Karzai began pushing peace talks, although his efforts had not yet allowed the government and insurgents to meet, but representatives ... yet based on a certain agenda or physical meetings, there are contacts established" (Graham-Harrison). At first, U.S. officials were hesitant to acknowledge the negotiations. Caitlin Hayden, the White House National Secu...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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Following a series of political assassinations of Afghanistan's political leaders, the United States' military officers have seen dramatic improvement in securing the country. Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, President Obama announced the hasty drawdown of the extra "surge" troops he ordered to finish off the al-Qaeda regime. However, there have been several recent acts of violence that have some officials worried. Following the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's half-brother, a suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing twelve policemen and a ch...

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... block the company from getting contracts in the US if it did not admit its role in the shipping of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps and make amends. SNCF was looking to lay tracks in Florida and California. Ron Klein, a Florida Democrat in the US House of Representatives, was one of ... the legislators to oppose SNCF from making business in the US. He introduced a bill seeking to require all companies competing for ... US high speed rail contracts to reveal any role they might have had in deporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps in the ... It discards the role of German auth...

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... function of the court to serve justice to everyone. However, there are some who question the decision of the judge whether there is influence in the court that can affect criminal proceedings. Further, after the court proceedings, those who are convicted or found guilty will be turned over ... is based on the gravity of the crime committed. Other forms of punishment include bail or fines, probation, house arrest, and community service among others and the most serious is the capital punishment which may employ lifetime imprisonment and death penalty. Styles of ... new staff to earn their...

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... solid signs of chloroform or decompositions inside the trunk of Casey's car were produced by the prosecutors, who claimed that Caylee's body was stashed in the trunk. Furthermore, Caylee's exact cause of death could not be determined because her body was too badly decomposed when it was found ( ... "right down to the cause of death" (Alvarez). Baez approached the jury with a different story. The defense argued that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool, and her panicked grandfather, George Anthony, helped Casey to conceal the death. Furthermore, they argued that Casey h...

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... , constructed by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is a revised draft of the plan proposed earlier this month, that also resulted in great controversy. Changes to the second draft include higher domestic cuts than the original version, as well as a decrease in the health care savings from overhauling the medical malpractice system. Unlike the original proposal, the revised version does not call for ... a cap on medical malpractice awards, but instead recommends a change in how awards are made (Andrew and Kuhnhenn). The proposals that did not change from the original draft include a gradua...

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... , p. 44). Discipline becomes ruthlessly done through shouting and flogging or beating. Children are usually punished when they lie, steal, disobey and not completing their chores. Playing in the house, crying too much and not eating the meal provided is also subject to beating (Barrow, 1996, p. 400). Children punished are expected to have done something violent with ... others or have done wrong with things. Mostly, people had experienced being physically punished when they have done misdeeds. This is why the saying "violence breeds violence" has emerged in ... of powerlessness (Straus ...

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... that the storage tank had a capacity of 27.7 million gallons and had just refilled. According to them, more oil has been collected in the cleanup process than was reported to have been leaked. The explosion occurred after workers continually injected an agent to strip sulfur from oil after ... an oil storage tank was replenished by a tanker. Afterwards, workers released oil from other tanks in the area to prevent another explosion (The Huffington Post). Cleanup efforts were much more immediate than those that followed the Gulf incident. 40 oil ... officials, oil company workers, and vo...

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... Jason Baldwin were released from prison, where they were currently serving out their sentences for the murder of three second-graders in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with their bodies mutilated and hog-tied by their own shoestrings. Police immediately suspected Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin ... CNN). Echols, who was given the death sentence because he was believed to be the ringleader while the other two allegedly involved were sentenced to life in prison, said he was "very much in shock, very overwhelmed....

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... Israel's right do defend itself and to knowingly violate Israeli law" (JTA). "The flotilla has nothing constructive. There is nothing humanitarian or anything that has to do with Palestinian welfare in the organizing of this flotilla," said Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor. He added that the flotilla participants are "extremists" (Chick). The U.S. Department of State spokeswoman ... the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures to get aid to Gaza (Chick). The Foreign Press Association ...

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... (Clark). "It's the same story with a few crucial additions, the most important of which is you," Rowling said in her announcement on YouTube that ran simultaneously with her news conference in London. "Just as the experiences of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create ... the story, so Pottermore will be built, in part, by you, the reader. The digital generation will be able to enjoy a safe, unique online reading experience built around the Harry Potter ... books. Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participa...

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... include .com, .org, .info, .edu. and .net (Stevenson). This new rule will allow major corporations and companies to register almost any word, in any language, as their domain ending (Gross). "Icann has opened the Internet's naming system to unlease the global human imagination. Today's decision respects the rights ... of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all mankind," said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive ... Officer of Icann (IBTimes). Icann is a nonprofit group, founded in 1998, that...

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