... a duty to help your country in any way you can. Perhaps the most important way somebody can help America is by reaching out to America's future. We should help it by trying to keep America as free as our forefathers intended it to be. This is because America without its freedoms would ... to defend those freedoms that make it such a great nation. Preserving America's freedoms is probably the best thing Americans can do to plan for their future. The importance of this can be shown from events that have taken place in the past. The founding fathers made the Bill of Rights consisting ... ...

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... maintains, despite its deterioration, some of these enchanted attributes enjoyable for some more than for others, but could our future generations enjoy the world we have today as well as we do? Will be this picture of a world just available to decorate the walls in ... children will tell their grandchildren? The answer is in us. Just our actions in the present could make possible to give this legacy to the future generations. Just by applying a simple concept: Sustainability. The concept of Sustainability has become very popular in the last two decades. Although twenty years ago ... s...

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... people can start to be hopeful and content again with a new perspective of life. Many people become vegetarians because they love animals, love the ecosystem, or simply want to see future generations live. Most vegetarians find torturing and killing animals for food upsetting and unnecessary. Eating an animal is like eating a pet; both are animals with feelings. Nobody would like to eat ... . So vegetarianism offers a possibility of a longer life because of its health benefits. Humans can convert to vegetarians for ethical reasons such as saving the planet, saving animals, or saving futu...

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... relevant threat was Afghanistan, governed by the Al-Queda. The US sent in troops and within weeks the whole country was liberated, bringing down an oppressive regime and preventing any future attacks. However Osama Bin Laden still hasn't been captured but the chase has not stop until he is apprehended. Attention once again focused on Iraq and the person many consider ... being exposed to negative propaganda and educated in the ways of a Democracy. These wars showed America's courage as a nation to come together and face any obstacle in order for future generations to have a safe tomorro...

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... side effects are harmful as well. When a river is dammed fish cannot migrate, and years of sedimentation render the dam useless in the future. Nuclear power is very unpopular because of possible meltdowns, and the water used to cool the fission reaction is released into neighboring streams ... be made in the right direction. If youth of every country were raised with an agricultural background, awareness of natural processes might enlighten new generations to the importance of our environment. For environmental friendly transportation, electricity generation, and harvesting resource tec...

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... that teach through the oral tradition. The elders are the people with the most knowledge. They have gained it over their lifetime and they are needed to teach the younger generations. They are the educators. More and more of Native American children's education come from books rather than from elders. Children need to go to school because there are new skills ... . Native Americans should take steps now to preserve this tradition. Writing down their stories, making videotapes and making audio recordings would ensure that future generations could gain from the wisdom of their elders. Usin...

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... them and mistreated them for hundreds of years. Native Americans were forced to abandon their language, another aspect that caused identity conflicts among them. This hurt the Indian culture and future generations because now the goal of the United States government was to civilize all Indians and make them forget their old ways and traditions. Slowly, the Euro Americans were trying to ... erase the Indian traditions and culture away, the new generations of Indians were taken away to boarding schools. They were not allowed to speak their native language. They were forced to know English...

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... you have released the latest definition of marriage, which includes same-sex couples, I feel that this may create some sort of possible alteration towards future generations to come. For many years now marriage has been the configuration and reproduction of society. Now that you've changed the definition, allowing same-sex ... marriage to be a part of it, I truly feel that you will only deteriorate our future generation. Consequently, allowing homosexuality to be a part of the ultimate definition I feel that you are encouraging it, which may cause harm to the reproduction ... of our fut...

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... was a "feeble minded" woman sent to the Virginia State Colony of Epileptics and Feeble Minded. Her feeble minded condition had been present in her family for the last three generations. She was to be sterilized under Virginia's new statute of 1924 enabling salpingectomy, or surgical sterilization, which was to promote the health of the patient and the welfare of society ... society are discharged from institutions, in which they become a nuisance to themselves and to society, and experience has shown that heredity transmits such mental illnesses as insanity and imbecility to future gener...

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... has now dropped below average; a plunge that is unmatched by any country so far (Barshay). Although the economy has not reached that critical state yet, it has been continuously declining. Future generations will not be able to sustain the same level of sophistication and productivity, if they cannot embrace the competitive nature of the global market itself (Holodny). In order for the ... United States to return to its former level of prosperity, it is necessary to realize that competition is a beneficial method of preparing a person for the future. Competition can push their abilities...

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... to below average levels, a plunge that is unmatched by any country so far (Barshay). Although the economy has not reached that critical state yet, it has been continuously declining and future generations will not be able to sustain the same level of sophistication and productivity if they cannot embrace the competitive nature of the global market itself (Holodny). In order for the ... United States to return to its former level of prosperity, it is necessary to realize that competition is a beneficial method of preparing a person for the future, and pushing their abilities to a new ext...

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... had attacked and raided on American settlements. When has it been wrong to fight for your land to fend off a lying scandalous government who killed your people and robbed your future generations of their much-valued culture? It is believed in my mind that the United States of America, upon the tribes and cultures of Native Americans, has committed the act of ... by them. Knowledge is power and the learning of mistakes is the key to avoiding them in the future. It can't be justified in any way that the U.S. treatment towards Native Americans wasn't Genocide on our part. Not only did we s...

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... Buren, although coming from a poor family, wore lavish clothing and wastefully spent money on wine and exquisite food. The decisions (of lack thereof) made by Van Buren would greatly affect future generations. The relationship between Indians and American citizens would forever be weak because of the Trail of Tears. This and the financial panic affected ... future generations by encouraging them to take a stronger stance in the role of government. Decisive choices needed to be made as soon as they could, as not to endanger the country, and future presidents would follow this philosophy....

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... more of a worrisome problem since its size has been incresing in the years to come, and has reached its largest size just a few years ago. Today's population, especially the yoounger generations that can make a difference, should take appropriate actions to improve on this situation, only because it affects the environment we live in, and the way we live our lives. Chemicals ... and therefore you take care of your home environment. You also live on this planet, and it should be taken care of just like home, because it will impact on future generations where your children, grandchildren,...

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Gloria Bird realizes that for generations Native Americans have had drinking problems, and she also realizes that it is difficult for "native writers to accurately represent our communities without exploiting them."(G. ... does not just mention that Samuel is a drunk; he goes further to say that Samuel was an extremely talented basketball player, but alcohol caused Samuel to throw his basketball future away. Even when Samuel was a young man he was drinking, when the tribal cop, Wilson, asked Samuel and Lester, "You two been drinking?"(p.102) Lester responds ... been in World War II. It is und...

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... of a free and more democratic country. All of these scratches and marks create a window that is foggy, red, and hard to look through. My generational views, although influenced by previous generations, are still unique to my own experiences with China. These influences include the many discussions and talks of Chinese, American politics I heard growing up as a child. My first and deepest ... position of power that is held by the US in the world. But as a child growing up in America during a time period in which China has changed immensely I see a positive future with China that some old...

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... we teach our children about food and how it is going to be a key concept in fixing the obesity epidemic because they are the future. Schools need to increase food education because children spend most of their time at schools. Also, society is changing so now parents are taking ... longer in game plays. This longer game play inhibits a gamer to spend most of his or her summertime indoors. Times have changed since older generations of children and teenagers, many children now spend most of their leisure time with a piece of technology. Games can be beneficial at supplementing exercise ......

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... , or live in a sustainable way. Sustainability means providing for the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the environment to provide for our future generations. It is our moral responsibility to leave to our future generations an environment that is as varied and bountiful as today. Recycling is the grounding for sustainability. The rate that we are using natural resources cannot be ... ...

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... past decision. The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement created lasting problems do the ignorance of those who drew the borderlines. The combination of groups that were used to being separated for generations led to culture clashes and power struggles that continue into modern times. Also, many groups were split among several nations. The Kurdish population was divided between four states: Turkey, Iran ... solution to the widespread problem is to completely abandon politics in the Middle East. Similarly to demilitarizing, getting out of politics will lead to some negative effects in the immediate...

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... Wilderness Act. After attending the 50th and 30th Wilderness Event here in Laramie, Wyoming, I learned quite a few things about the Wilderness Act and its importance on our people, land, and future generations. This event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act signed in 1964, as well as celebrating the anniversary of the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984. I came into the event ... . This has had a profound impact on our country, our wild places and our communities. By providing an enduring resource of wilderness, and an opportunity to protect new wilderness, current and futur...

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... Baldwin spent his formative years living amongst the issues brought out in the novel. It details the present state of racial issues in America and also provides a hint into the future that these issues will help form. Written when the Civil Rights movement was in full swing, it is possible to read it as a looking back piece that lets us see ... how accurate the future Baldwin saw coming turned out to be. Baldwin writes that "One is responsible to life: it is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and ... to which we shall return" (Baldwin, 106). This quotation ...

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... country. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced large numbers of native Indians to abandon their homelands of the South and Southwest and relocate to federal camps. The outcome was future generations of broken homes, lost heritage and tradition as well as large numbers of unemployed and poor resulting in mass depression, drug abuse, alcoholism and suicide. While current laws and statues ... uprising slaves and ensured the Atlantic slave trade would continue to thrive in Southern territories. I celebrate my country for our accomplishments. Our forefathers fought a bloody and painful war t...

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... Recession will affect not just the people who are now in prime age, but also the new generation, who will have to work in the future generation. "Unemployment leads to a loss of earnings that is both substantial and long-lasting, especially among young people said Strauss-Kahn, who ... lost generation, disconnected from the labor market, with a progressive loss of skills and motivation". The new generation is like the hope and the future, but because of the unemployment and poverty, the young people lose their motivation or skills without trying anything. The economists said that the Gr...

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... have been taught morality in school (Kinney). If morality could be taught to the youth of the nation early in life then think how much better life could be for future generations. This biblical reference should be publicly posted in schools and courthouses, if not for religion then for the sake of the children and the years to come. Some people feel ... is one possible solution to increase student knowledge of morals and integrity. With the posting of the Ten Commandments it could change the lives of children which could change the generations to come. If students are raised with morals...

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... give and protect the rights of inventors and creators in myriad fields. This security, the assurance of recognition from the community, as well as material rewards, act as inspiration for future generations and encourage greater creativity, all of which propel the world towards further scientific and technological progress. As mentioned earlier, even mundane objects such as furniture and clothes, as well as ... the walls that hinder our imaginations and has thus enabled us to tap into our own infinite wellspring of creativity and ingenuity and create a better world for ourselves and for...

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