He might run around at night with Bobby, but he values his family. Elton works at the oil field because he is unskilled and the job allows him to provide for his family. ... As much as he has tried to love his new life, he cannot shake free from the snobbish prejudices he brings to it from his upbringing. ... Bobby's family are all prominent classical musicians. ... In the presence of his family, Bobby reverts back to the role of the prodigal son. ...

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Families in the Victorian Age were large, but as the century went on family size began to shrink. ... Another thing Victorians loved was writing letters. ... Helen Shumaker in her book, Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America, describes the fashionable rise of hairwork jewelry made at home with love. ... These pieces of jewelry were meant to be passed on to family members so that loved ones would always be remembered. ... It is natural to take that hair and make something from it for a loved one. ...

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A 1997 report from CNN attributes the migration of gangs to family relocation. ... Adolescents join gangs for many reasons, including individual needs for identity, recognition, protection, love and understanding, and opportunity. In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. ... Family structure is something that is pretty hard to influence. ... The family is the source of love, guidance and protection. ...

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"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! ...

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Today people of all classes practice this extremely expensive tradition, which could bring the less wealthy families into debt. ... Cotillions and debuts carry great meaning for families that hold them, there are also hidden values as to why they are held. Cotillions and debuts are a way for families to present their daughter to the world as a woman. ... Many parents use cotillions as a symbol of their love for their daughter. ... Cotillions hold different meanings for every person, but all symbols are of love, life and womanhood. ...

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My grandmother is the center of my family. ... She knows everything about keeping the Whitted family happy and healthy. I love my grandmother more than anything in the entire world. I love her so much, because she loved everyone. ... That's because everyone was frustrated over the fact that my grandma wasn't around, so there was no stability in the family anymore. ...

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HUMAN CLONING Human nature has taught us that scientific breakthroughs have resulted in evil and dangerous exploitation. These exploitations can be seen in reality in military science. These breakthroughs have been manipulated into weapons of death and destruction against humanity and the use of them raises a question of morality. There are many examples in the fields of chemistry, physics, and industry in which the results of science are intended for the good of mankind, but ultimately become corrupted. The development of the machine gun was intended as the "weapon to end all wars (Impli...

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These poverty guidelines are not useful for every family, because some families may receive a few dollars more than what the guidelines are. ... If a family cannot afford proper housing for themselves, the family may become homeless. ... Parents usually do love their children no matter what, but living in poverty causes many life stresses for both children and the family. ... Some children may even turn to gangs, because they feel a closer connection to this new family than they do with their biological family at home. ... What a child may not understand is that their parents and family do ...

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Jeanne Wakatsuki lived with her family in Southern California during the summer of 1942. ... Jeanne and her family had been in the Manzanar Internment camp for months. ... Inside the camp Jeanne's family began to self destruct. ... Her father reunited with the family and they headed back to Southern California. ... Wartime propaganda and resentment from people who lost loved ones in the Pacific attributed to the postwar anti-Japanese sensation. ...

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Another cause for juvenile delinquency is family problems. ... The gang would make the child feel loved. ... There is a higher chance of poor family youths dropping out of school then a youth thats family has money. This is because poor family youths may have to contribute to the family and start working. Dropping out for these poor families may be a necessity not an option. ...

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Among the many cultural contributions of the baby boomers along with the free love, the drug scenes and Grateful Dead ties, was the concept of generation gap (Veith G.). ... One impact that the boomers might have on the next generation is family values. ... The high divorce rates of the baby boomer generation have deprived their children parental guidance and love. ... The generation that thought mostly of themselves may find themselves living on their own with out any family support (Monaldo F. 2000) American's longer life span mean that many will continue to invest, and they will be spe...

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The kids in these gangs are hurting themselves, each other, their families, and the communities they belong to. ... There are many different reasons for this but some of the main attributes are: Family substition, friendship, economic benefit, power status, security, love, thrill and excitement. ... They may offer to give them money, clothes, jewelry or love that they feel that aren't getting elsewhere. ... The teens are told that their parents don't care about them but the "club" will be their new family and love them unconditionally. ... Gangs have been known to use threat...

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That is, we have to pay attention to the tradition and history of the family before we give names to a child. The meaning of this is that each family has its own tradition, and therefore its own historically determined name-group. ... For instance, a family of hunters may name their baby "Ogunbunmi" (the god of iron gives me this). ... For instance, a family of Ifa worshippers will name their baby Falola (Ifa has honor). ...

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In 70% of the families where abuse towards the spouse occurs, there is also physical abuse of the children. ... There are serious consequences to everyone who lives in a family where there is domestic violence on daily basis. No one is safe from domestic abuse when a member in the family is receiving the abuse in one form or another. ... Domestic violence or rape outside of the family starts at a very early age for girls. ... The victim feels humiliated and embarrassed when talking to family, friends, court system, and from society. ...

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They also do not want to burden themselves or their family with these problems and feel that assisted suicide is something that will help their situation. ... This is normally where family members would make the decision for the person, which is often looked at as murder. ... The family just decides that they have nothing left to live for. ... Many individuals don't know how to ask for help, and so they turn to death and hope that their friends and family will support them. ... There is no need to end life now, live it out and enjoy the remainder of your time with your loved ones. ...

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"Make love nor war" was the slogan of the day. The practice of "free love" was commonplace. ... Along with those feelings of love comes an almost overwhelming desire for physical closeness. However, he/she must be careful to not confuse feelings of lust with feelings of love. ... I asked her if she loved her boyfriend and she said no. ...

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The colonial family was extended rather than nuclear. ... This was due to the high number of children in a family. ... The head of the family was mostly the father. He presided over family prayers and worked on the family farm. ... In almost every case, the couple that was married didn't love each other; they were supposed to just grow on each other. ...

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The Civil War caused much division between families and friends. "Respondents reported divergent loyalties, divided families, and men who found themselves changing sides" (Noe and Wilson 14). The hardships of war not only consisted of broken love ties, but also extended into daily necessities. ... Several men picked up where they left off and married and started a family. Some of the friends and family who fought against each other reunited after the war and stayed friends until death. ...

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Working families face many pressures that put an added stress on the individual, the family, and the company for which they work. ... These are global competition, a renewed interest in personal lives and family values, and an aging workforce (Carey). ... With the growing diversity of family structures represented in the workforce in the new millennium, it is important that human resource professionals better understand the interface of work and family relationships and the resulting impact in the workplace. ... The under-representation of these groups of individuals with potentially diffic...

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During the mid to late 1800's, European public officials took note of a trend of some citizens focusing less on intercourse for family propagation and more as a form of simple pleasure. ... As in the post-Industrial Revolution days of Europe, many people migrated to big cities looking for work after the fall of the family farmer. ... People that already had homosexual feelings found themselves in a situation with other like-minded people, away from the ever watchful eye of judgmental families and churches. ... After receiving a dishonorable discharge, they were literally just dumped off a...

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But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and that the myths which had previously rationalized why such violence occurred between men and women who supposedly loved each other are untrue. ... The Handbook of Family Violence identified five major types of family violence and ranked spouse abuse as almost equal in incidence with physical child abuse, which was ranked number one (Gilliland, James 1997). ... Also, in this society, where women are culturally indoctrined to believe that love and marriage are their true fulfillment,...

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The natives of the Americas have no distinct "homeland" either; should families be displaced from their homes in order to create one for them? ... For a long time now, the Israeli government has been holding up requests for unification of families formed by the marriage of a Palestinian and an Israeli citizen (i.e.- not letting them live together in Israel). ... It's even worse if someone in your family or extended family joins a terrorist organization; the Israelis believe in a primitive tribal justice, which means that you will be punished if one of your relatives does something. ... H...

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Opposite to a widespread misinterpretation, welfare mothers do not tend to have especially large families, most having one or two children with only a small number giving birth to more. ... Young teenage girls have this feeling that the father of the child will be there to love and support both of them. ...

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Families are affiliated with a certain church in their community and use the church greatly and widely for many things. These families' circle of acquaintances consists mainly of persons from the church and it is not unheard of that the families send their children to Sunday school before the actual worship session, then send them to youth group on Wednesdays and the adults themselves go to bible studies on Monday evenings, often hosted by one of the church members. ... I experienced that my American friends invited me along to worship sessions at their own family church. ... Though th...

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Behind his work is a deep feeling for life's fundamentals-love, loyalty, and awareness of nature and of God. ... When he was four years old, his family moved to Brooklyn, where he attended public school for six years before being apprenticed to a printer. ... Louis Untermeyer once said "his is a poetry which contemplates and sometimes criticizes the world, but regards everything about it with love, occasional amusement, and tender, tolerant pity. ... An old man bending I come among new faces, Years looking backward resuming in answer to children, Come tell us old man, as from young m...

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• Grade Level: High School