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    Words are not just random syllables put together to sound cool. Words mean something‚ they have a huge affect on the people around us. They can bring a person down or make them the happiest person alive. Words have affected me throughout my life‚ but this year a couple sentences finally enabled me to accomplish my goal. It all started last year‚ my freshman year. It was the begining of highschool. All new things all around me‚ nothing was familar. I had new classes‚ new teachers‚ and new friends

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    The most significant cause of poverty and vagrancy in this period was the economic depression. Discuss. INTRO: An economic depression entails a larger period of time of usually more than ten years. Therefore it is unreasonable to declare this as the most significant cause of poverty and vagrancy as generally‚ aside from the mid-tudor crisis years‚ the economy fluctuated and so it can be said it was more economic downturns which caused poverty and vagrancy than an economic depression. Other factors

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    ------------------------------------------------- Social issue From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Social problems" redirects here. For the journal‚ see Social Problems (journal). | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs attention from an expert in Sociology. The specific problem is: may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia ’s quality standards. (March 2013) | This article ’s tone or style

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    Poverty: Causes and Effects By April Zusman SOC 402 April 22‚ 2010 Does poverty still exist in America‚ one of the richest countries in the world? Unbelievably‚ poverty exists in overabundance. Not only in the inner cities but also in rural areas and areas considered middle class. How are social institutions contributing to poverty and what can we do to alleviate poverty in America? Has poverty contributed to crime? On the other hand‚ has crime contributed to poverty? Do poverty stricken

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    POVERTY A MAJOR ISSUE Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health‚ education‚ clean water‚ nutrition etc. It is a condition where people’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not being met. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own. Poverty is generally of two types: (1) Absolute poverty occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health. 2) Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum

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    Poverty As A Cause Of Crime Poverty remains a critical social problem that needs to be addressed. Philippines’ poverty line marks a per capita income of 16‚841 pesos a year. According to the data from the national statistical coordination board‚ more than one-quarter (27.9%) of the population fell below the poverty line the first semester of 2012‚ an approximate 1 per cent increase since 2009. This figure is a much lower figure as compared to the 33.1% in 1991. The unevenness of the decline of poverty

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    Poverty is such a big issue; you could write on so many topics. I think choosing something specific is best. If it’s too general‚ it could be too difficult to write about. How about you find something that connects to poverty that you’re interested in. Then if you would like to narrow it down‚ choose a particular group of people and/or a particular part of the world. For example you could look at the connection between: - poverty and health/disease‚ - poverty and education or - poverty and

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    Poverty is defined by the dictionary as “The state or condition of having little or no money‚ goods‚ or means of support”. This is an extremely vague definition and covers Poverty as a whole‚ although this speech will elaborate on the details of poverty in Africa. The focus of this speech is to educate you on the Causes & Effects of Poverty in Africa and the ways you can help these victims. What causes poverty? There are many reasons why this would occur‚ the most prevalent of these being corruption

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    Poverty includes financial hardship‚hunger‚homelessness‚illiteracy‚ and lack of medical care”(At Issue).The lack of all these necessities isn’t a joke‚ to survive we need to have them. This situation has been overlooked by the government‚ and its probably going to stay like that. “Government budgets are so strained and they’re pushing out poor children” (Bakelman). The causes of poverty are complicated and require government intervention rather than the blaming of victims. Poverty isn’t anybody’s

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    Poverty is often used as an indicator of social and economic development. Statistics seem to suggest that the number of people living in poverty in the UK is rising (Mantle and Backwith‚ 2010; Parekh‚ MacInnes and Kenway‚ 2010). In the general public or media poverty tends to be advertised as hunger‚ homelessness and gruesome living environments‚ where basic needs are in severe deficit. The concept of poverty is generally presented as an issue of underdeveloped countries. Consequently the picture

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