... pseudonym Richard Saunders'. Franklin used the character Poor Richard', after the alleged author, to personify the moral codes and work ethics he wished to enforce on other Americans. For instance: Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small and the wants great', describing the pleasures of his successful contemporaries, and the dissatisfaction which they tried to extinguish with further ... country as an establishment, and as the example to all other ways of life. And indeed this very attitude is itself upheld; as long as a greater good is served, then force is a perfectly j...

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... material luxury and consumer gratification for the fading spirit. Consumers are only now beginning to realize the political power they wield as a collective buying force. Union pickets and grassroots economic boycotts have tested the power of the buying force on a small scale. As the public tires of the shallow gratifications and empty promises of consumerism, it will return to large-scale boycotts ... ...

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... and transgender activists worldwide. Kyla Bender-Baird's book, "Transgender Employment Experiences: Gender Perceptions and the Law," is an insightful compilation of the transgender community's employment life and experiences with critical analysis on the politics behind bylaws governing gender rights and its implications in the real world. The book puts the spotlight on the lived experiences of 20 transgender participants struggling from ... ...

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... economy relied on manufacturing, industry required workers who could perform simple, repetitive tasks requiring little or no education; it was not in manufacturers' best interest to cultivate an educated work force. In contrast, the 21st century's shift to an information-based economy necessitates a workforce that is highly literate, technologically adept, and able to think critically to problem solve, goals that are ... ...

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... in the spirit of interracial cooperation. The success of the IAF appears to parallel that of the northwest Bronx community and clergy coalition in South Bronx Rising as the unifying force, fueling that coalition was the Catholic church in the Bronx which served the NWBCCC in much the same way the Christian churches serve the IAF. Finally, affirmative action programs as ... ...

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... deprivation of human rights across the world. As Neil Levy argues 'moral relativism leaves us unable to make necessary criticisms of human rights abuses, of the systematic oppression of women, indeed, of the very destruction wreaked by the colonial powers on their colonies. Judging other cultures is not the first step down a road that leads to genocide; it is the ... ...

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... unable to get good medical care without going without going into debt. Obama's other health care policies are that insurance companies are unable to arbitrarily cap and cancel, or charge women more simply because of their gender , is a strong statement that automatically has an impacted on half the population in America. Businesses getting tax credits to help cover their workers and ... ...

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