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    Week 4: T Jan. 22 Feed‚ pp. 109-56; Due on Angel: Final revised & edited draft of Paragraph #2 W Jan. 23 Feed‚ pp. 157-203 R Jan. 24 Feed‚ pp. 207-51; discuss Essay #1 Week 5: M Jan. 28 LSH‚ pp. 50-53 & AaG‚ pp. 145-50 & 161-63 (literary analysis‚ cause/effect‚ & “The Story of an Hour”); discuss Paragraph #3 T Jan. 29 Feed‚ pp. 252-300; Due in class: a completed draft of Paragraph #3 for revision & editing workshop W Jan. 30 Review reading group expectations; Reading

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    Military conscription is the mandatory enlistment of civilians into some sort of national service‚ involving a form of service in an army. Using Singapore as an empirical example in this paper‚ I argue that military conscription is necessary for the survival of the state because in this anarchical and unpredictable international system‚ wars are inevitable‚ therefore conscription aids in building a plausible military deterrence force. Furthermore‚ military conscription is desirable to maintain political

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    Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service‚ most often military service.[1] Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s‚ where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime‚ so that men at a certain age would

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    More than 70% of the Dutch population would like the conscription to be re-established. This is due to the fact that many young people have no clear purpose and spend their time on the streets and cause trouble. Something has to be done about these young troublemakers. A good solution could be that after school‚ these young not go directly to a vocational training‚ do a university study‚ travel or work‚ but that they join the army or work at nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ shelters‚ environmental- or voluntary

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    conscription‚ also called draft‚ compulsory enrollment for service in a country’s armed forces. It has existed at least from the time of the Egyptian Old Kingdom (27th century bce)‚ but there have been few instances—ancient or modern—of universal conscription (calling all those physically capable between certain ages). The usual form—even during total war—has been selective service. Modified forms of conscription were used by Prussia‚ Switzerland‚ Russia‚ and other European countries during the

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    Are You proud of your country? I am very proud of my country. I am very lucky to be living in these United States. We have many rights and freedoms. We are all equal here. We are all lucky to have all the privileges and rights that we do have. We have freedom of speech. This means we can say and act however we feel whenever we want. In some countries‚ you are not allowed to. We also have freedom of the press. Our printing press can inform us in all the news that’s going on around the world

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    is wrote about the author who married an American girl so he need go to America frequently. There are a lot of troubles when he gets in America. Although coming to the United States he had a lot of troubles‚ he still cannot hate the United States. That is because just like he said in the article‚ he loved one person from the United Stated. This article’s type is personal views. This is a good article for me. As I am a foreign students from China‚ I will also face this situation when I finish my

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    Estime Chapter 10 Critical Thinking Cases. 10.1. Was there a contract between the Mesaros and the United States? Answer: Yes. There was a contract between Mesaros and the United States. Above on the customers signature form it stated‚ “Yes‚ please accept my order for the U.S. Liberty Coins I have indicated.” This made it a contract between Mesaros and the United States. 10.2. Did a contract to convey real property exist between Heikkila’ and McLaughlin? Answer: No. A contract to convey real

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    United states medical Choose one of the formal sub disciplines of Medical Sociology in your text and explain how it has influenced the overall concept of health in the United States. Several decades medical sociology has became a big major sub discipline of sociology‚ at the same time assuming an increasingly conspicuous role in health care disciplines such as public health‚ health care management‚ clinical medicine‚ and nursing. Many courses and texts‚ rather than using the term sociology

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    and I believe that most of you take this for granted. However‚ thousands of innocent people have this choice taken away from them for no reason at all! This is an outrage. I am here to talk to you about why conscription‚ compulsory military service‚ should be completely abolished. Conscription is a violation of freedom because it completely removes the right that we have to make our own decisions and lead our own life. This right is taken away in over 30 countries and can last as long as 10 years

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