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    The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution “During the Industrial Revolution many natural resources were being used up in a alarming rate.”(Kids Konnect) Although the Industrial Revolution did have positive outcomes‚ it came with negative effects such as bad sanitation‚ unemployment‚ and child labor. Sooner or later bad sanitation would be a issue in the Industrial Revolution. With bad sanitation came diseases. “Some deadly diseases were Cholera‚ tuberculosis‚ typhus‚ typhoid‚ and influenza.”(BCC)

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    across the USA are being bombarded with the difficult decision of pursuing a life full of student loan debt by allowing their children to attend a post-secondary institution. Education is an unescapable requirement for many Americans‚ and the "consequence"

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    The Consequences of Imperialism Encounters between two different cultures always bring about many changes‚ whether the implications of such are large or small. Although the textbooks we read may list these changes‚ it is impossible to clearly comprehend the impact of such changes unless we read a first-person account of the transitions that took place as a result of such encounters. By reading excerpts from the autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi‚ we are given a very special view of how these changes

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    The Consequences of Doing Gender in College The most commonly preached and accepted social path for an individual is to go through elementary and secondary school‚ and immediately follow that with some sort of a post-secondary education. We must take the skills we have learned in grade school and apply them‚ as we become adults. Schools where a student can receive a degree are regarded as the highest quality by society. We are lead to believe that the college or university campus is filled with

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    Teen Pregnancies‚ STD’s‚ and Their Consequences Allison Dry COM/220 July 21‚ 2010 Camisha Williams Teen Pregnancies‚ STD’s‚ and Their Consequences Remember being a teenager and the cool thing to do was to smoke cigarettes? Or to act like you were with the candy sticks that had the red tips on them? Well now we all know that smoking is not the cool thing to do‚ but now there is something new that everyone thinks is the cool thing to do. Teen pregnancies are a big issue right now. 1/3 of

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    Handguns and other firearms have a long tradition in American civilization. The right to bear arms is an American right featured in the second Amendment of the Constitution. In the 18th century‚ when the constitution was written‚ times were different; there was a need for armed citizens to insure the safety of the society as a whole. Contemporarily the police department preserves the safety of society and the need for armed citizens is out of date. The founding fathers of the Constitution could presumably

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    Alexander Herituleac points out that Africa suffered seriously from the consequences of the scramble. For one thing‚ the nature of colonial exploitation forced Africa to export raw materials to the Western powers and colonialism encouraged competition and conflicts among ethnic groups to benefit the colonial powers at the expense

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    A Quarter Century of "Culture ’s Consequences": A Review of Empirical Research Incorporating Hofstede ’s Cultural Values Framework Author(s): Bradley L. Kirkman‚ Kevin B. Lowe and Cristina B. Gibson Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 37‚ No. 3 (May‚ 2006)‚ pp. 285-320 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3875261 . Accessed: 01/10/2013 10:01 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of

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    The many causes and consequences of the Green Revolution‚ from 1945 to today‚ ranged from defined social differences growing over time‚ a need for an increase in crop production‚ and a multitude of negative effects on the environment. Social differences became more defined as groups developed into prosperity because of the Green Revolution. The need for an increase of crop production was caused by a growing population in many areas‚ and a lack of economic success to match. An increase in technological

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    do. If gun control became stricter‚ then there would still be gun violence because criminals would be armed making unarmed citizens easy targets. No one can stop them because they are set on killing no matter what. They do not have to suffer the consequences of killing the people they do because most of them kill themselves when they are about to get caught or after they finish what they planned to do.

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