... wanted a car (and could obtain credit) had one. Pricing was also aided by the mass invasion of the mid-priced level car by Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth who began to edge out more expensive models that had previously been considered mid-ranged in price, Buick, Mercury, and Dodge. While this hurt the individual label marquee-companies, this did not affect the ... around the edges of American cities, inhabited by people whose age, income, number of children, problems, habits, conversations, dress possessions, and perhaps even blood types are almost precisely like yours. "39 In spite of the...

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... national family with duties and loyalties to each other. "Naturally, this submerges the importance of the individual and gives rise to strong cooperative group orientation" (Franklin Jr. 1981, pp 36 - 39). Economic employment takes on a social role to fulfil life, in this value spectrum. Americans, on the other hand, are a relatively recent culture. "They emphasise individuality, personal freedom, and ... competitiveness as a means to get ahead" (Franklin Jr. 1981, pp 36 - 39). Unlike the Japanese, America is ethnically and racially a diverse population of values. Economic activity is a...

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... felons, we now welcome new arrivals to fill up our private prisons to maximize the potential profits. When the prison population grows eight-fold in ten years, bar soap, toothpaste, razor blades, pay telephones, soft drinks, and candy bars become big business. The real profiteers of the PIC are in Texas where they incarcerate other state's malcontents or overcrowding in maximum ... ...

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... combination of grace, wit and style sustained his popularity and influenced generations of politicians to come. Kennedy wanted to exert strong leadership to extend economic benefits to all citizens, but a razor-thin margin of victory limited his mandate. Even though the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress, conservative Southerners resisted plans to increase federal aid to education, provide health insurance ... ...

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... as the father scoops up "new life" for his son, he places it in a safe spot for his son to choose in his own time. "We took them to the edge/of the field and put them in the shade/of a sand moist clod," suggests the possibility that the boy can choose a different path for himself in the future, a path other ... 's easy to pick out the common theme of identity in each one of them, and it's easier yet to see how social, cultural, racial, and even family expectations affect the characters" identities. People are faced with stigmas everyday that hold them to certain standards, and breaking f...

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... television puts forth without questioning the accuracy behind it. As adults though, we question more and come to realize that many things are masked behind colourful imagery, sound and flamboyant characters. Our knowledge of the East comes to us from what we learn in academia, politics, social institutions and of course the media. When we look at movies such as Aladdin ... nothing further than the truth. It was noted that "a small tea house, representing a scaled-down version of the sixteenth century Katsura Imperial Summer Palace in Kyoto, sits at the back edge of the garden. Complete ...

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... , "A Beautiful Mind," Universal's prize picture of 2002, was awarded the coveted best picture Oscar at last year's ceremony. Along with last year's award, Universal has produced 18 Oscar winning and 39 Oscar nominated movies. On the contrary, the students of Avonworth were on the mark with their choice of Warner Brothers as the best movie production studio. "Chariots of Fire," "The ... Patient," and "Casablanca," were among the 12 best picture winners for Warner Brothers. Out of the five studios I polled, Twentieth Century Fox received the most nominations and awards, 68 and 39 respectiv...

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... , of special interest, single species of Cactaceae and Bromeliaceae in west Africa. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST - SOUTHEAST ASIA GEOGRAPHY. With most of it north of equator, this region sprawls along the edge of Asia from southern India through the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands and Philippines, with many near-continental small islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans covered by the same ... plant associations. Rain forest of the western edge of India and Sri Lanka is isolated from the remainder by dry forest. Asian rain forest is bounded on the north by the east-west band of the Himalayas an...

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... all the countries in the world. However, few people realize that globalization, while not always treating third world countries kindly, can also turn on its own American citizens. "Hope's Edge; Traveling The Edge of Possibility", an article by mother and daughter team Lappe and Lappe, argues that globalization hurts people from around the world, including America itself. The Lappe's argue that globalization ... ...

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... . According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), of the estimated 1,538,813 State and local arrests for drug abuse violations in 2002, about 5.4% were for marijuana sale/manufacturing and 39.9% were for possession. There were more than 700,000 marijuana arrests in the United States in 1997. This was the largest number in U.S. history. Of these arrests, 87% were for ... ...

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... century in East Coast communities such as Boston and Harlem. During both world wars, official marriage certificates could be obtained for gay couples in Harlem on a somewhat legal basis. (Eskridge 39-44) Despite the evidence of these fairly common unions, many of our law makers strongly oppose the legalization of the practice in America, based on the opinion that as heterosexuals ... ...

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... White European Males. They felt that this type of teaching denied students the knowledge of contributions by people of color,women and other oppressed groups. In 1987, the faculty voted 39 to 4 to change the curriculum and do away with the fifteen book requirement and the term "Western" for the study of at least one non-European culture and proper attention ... ...

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... Domhoff, W. (1967 ) Who Rules America. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall ) Dumhoff, W. (1968 ) The Power Elite and Its Critics. Beacon Press Boston. Engler, A. (1995 ) Apostles of Greed. Pluto Press London, p. 39-40. Henderson, A. & Parsons, T. (1947 ) Max Weber - The Theory of Social and Economic Organizations, p. 335. Holland, R. (1998 ) Capitalist Wealth Underwrites Assaults on Middle American Values. Middle American News. Keller, S. (1968 ) Beyond ... ...

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... , when Ronald Reagan and later George Bush came into the office, affirmative action lost some gains and was ignored by the Republicans in the White House and in Congress (Artze, p.39). Affirmative action was silently being terminated by our federal administrators. Finally during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, he promised a cabinet that "resembled America". By this he meant, that his cabinet ... ...

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... Domhoff, W. (1967 ) Who Rules America. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall ) Dumhoff, W. (1968 ) The Power Elite and Its Critics. Beacon Press Boston. Engler, A. (1995 ) Apostles of Greed. Pluto Press London, p. 39-40. Henderson, A. & Parsons, T. (1947 ) Max Weber - The Theory of Social and Economic Organizations, p. 335. Holland, R. (1998 ) Capitalist Wealth Underwrites Assaults on Middle American Values. Middle American News. Keller, S. (1968 ) Beyond ... ...

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... up entirely, the condition of every person is alike; and being so, it would not be to the interest of any one to render that condition offensive to others." (Rousseau, 39) The separation between the elite and the poor grew bigger in France, when the upper classes abandoned their beliefs in witchcraft and prophecy while the lower classes remained superstitious. Enlightenment ... ...

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... , the closest execution has ever come to being illegal was back in 1972, when the Supreme Court, in its 5-4 decision Furman vs. Georgia, struck down the capital punishment statutes of 39 states. Even then, although the court ruled that the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, it emphasized that it was only illegal in the ... ...

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... liberalism (34). Although this system will not fit the democratic American way of life exactly, Rodwin believes the French plan is an important role model for the United States (34,39). To account for the differences between the health care delivery systems, Graig highlights cultural and historical influences on each system. For example, she argues that people in the United States ... ...

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... between the homicides in more stable and less stable communities for the given regions is striking. In the North, the homicide rate per 100,000 for white males ages 15-39 is 4.7 in a stable community and 6.7 in an unstable community (Cohen 412). In the South and West, however, the numbers are much higher. The homicide rate per 100,000 is 22 ... ...

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... two of the dimensions used to paint the clinical picture in this cultural context. Case Example The L__________ family, an American Native family living on a Northern Plains reservation, consists of David (39) and Kim (35) who have a common-law marriage of fifteen years, and seven children (who range in age from two to 15 years). David and Kim are both on general ... ...

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... a higher grade-point average than the average student and are absent from school less."" The Iowa High School Athletic Association says that, "Students who do not participate in sports average a 2.39 GPA. Those who participate in one sport average a 2.61 GPA and those in two sports average a GPA of 2.82 GPA"" (iahsaa). The interesting part of the Iowa High School Athletic ... ...

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... within the teacher's first five years in the classroom (Viadero, 2002). A further breakdown reveals that 29 percent of teachers leave the teaching field after three years on the job and 39 percent leave after five years. When teachers were asked why they left their jobs, 40 percent said they left for personal reasons, followed by 23 percent claiming job dissatisfaction. The ... ...

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... class, like Linnaeus did, Blumenbach classified people based on the color of their skin and also by their actions. Though Blumenbach did not believe " races were superior or inferior," (Gossett 39), his theory set the tone for future theories of race due to the basis of race on color of skin and actions. His first classification of the races came in ... ...

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... in the media. Moran (1998) explores the representation of homosexuality and the law and found after analyzing two films portraying the main characters as being gay attorneys with AIDS. Both films portrayed the leading men as heroes and reveal the law as a homo-social institution, ... Bruni discusses how gay cultural critics and activists argue that putting same-sex kisses on-screen, and giving those kisses a respectable, appealing characters in unremarkable settings, is a vital step toward full acceptance of gays in society at large. Instead of showing the usual settings of bizarre ... ...

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... and self-relevance. "Greenberg's drench hypothesis proposes that specific critical portrayals may exert a stronger force on impression-formation and image-building than might the sheer frequency of television characters and behaviors viewed. This notion emphasizes the power of individual performances to affect viewers, most likely portrayals that speak to the viewer in some way."" (2) Teens are ... for misrepresentation of sexual behavior. In one study of soap operas, there was only one representation of a married couple engaging in sex for every 24 portrayals of unmarried characters per...

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