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    Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others Author(s): Lila Abu-Lughod Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist‚ New Series‚ Vol. 104‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 783-790 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3567256 . Accessed: 18/01/2012 15:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at

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    "Why do we need/don ’t need government?" The topic of government has always been a large area of conflict. In the following‚ I will discuss why we need a government. First‚ what all is the government responsible for? We can begin to address this question by looking at the United States Constitution. We the People of the United States‚ in Order to form a more perfect Union‚ establish Justice‚ insure domestic Tranquility‚ provide for the common defense‚ promote the general Welfare‚ and

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    Why Do We Need Sleep?

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    Why Do We Need Sleep? Typed By: Miracle Taylor Regulating sleep is something our bodies do that is as natural as eating‚ drinking‚ and breathing. This implies that sleeping serves a similar role in our health and well being. Even though it is difficult to answer the question “Why do we need sleep?” scientists have developed several theories that may explain why we spend a third of our lives sleeping. Comprehending these theories can help expand our appreciation of the function

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    Why do we need algebra?

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    Where will I ever need algebra? Where do you need square roots? When will I ever use the Pythagorean Theorem? Will algebra even be ’relevant ’ in the future? These are a few of the many questions that one asks when they have to take an algebra course. This is a required subject in most colleges to further ones education. The first year of algebra is a prerequisite for all higher-level math: geometry‚ algebra II‚ trigonometry‚ and calculus. It is quite true‚ while many people get by without an education

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    The short story The Things People Say‚ written by Elizabeth Kolbert examines the consequences of group polarization and cyber polarization using the outbreak surrounding President Obama’s birthplace and citizenship. During the 2008 elections the media spread the concept that President Obama was not born in the United States and that the birth certificate he produced was a fake. The author analyzes not only the falsehood of the story itself‚ but also the larger idea regarding the internet’s interference

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    Why do we need laws?

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    think that we should have laws because without laws there would be a lot of chaos going around and everything would go off hand. There would be a lot of murders going around and most might be the innocent people being killed. It would not really be fair on them and the murderer would need to be punished for this or whoever was part of the crime. I also think that people would not have peace if there were no laws because there would perhaps be a lot of riots and wars going around. People may also

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    Here in the United States‚ we have the pleasure of experiencing this type of government and are able to participate in voting. A vote is a formal expression of an individual’s choice in voting‚ for or against some motion‚ for or against some ballot question‚ for a certain candidate‚ a selection of candidates‚ or a political party. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century and although there are some flaws in the system‚ this

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    Why Do We Need Policy?

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    CHAPTER (3) Why do we need policy? R.HEILBORNER and L THURROW‚ (1982). Main reasons for market failure. 1. Lock of information. 2. ‘Pure public goods.’ which cannot be allocated efficiently by private markets. 3. Imperfect competition. Lack of information. When marketers lack information or have inadequate information‚ the results of the market will reflect ignorance‚ luck or accident rather than informed behavior. Typically consumers guide themselves by advertising and casual information

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    Forcing people to buy is a harsh term since no one has watched their family tremble at the end of a gun barrel while they were forced to make a purchase. Marketing‚ like everything else in this world‚ has changed as its aged. Many of the tactics used thirty years ago are not legal today because they misrepresented the product they pushed. Thus leading people to think they were buying something they were not. The majority of marketing only exposes our desires to purchase; it does not create those

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    sources are being consumed by humans‚ so it is really necessary for humans to attempt to colonize Mars. One reason is that when our sun bloats up into a red giant‚ it will expand to consume Earth’s orbit. The expansion of the sun will boil all the water on Earth. Earth will not be able to sustain life because the high temperature. Our planet will be like a ball of fire nothing can live on it. For example‚ Britannica‚ the famous online encyclopedia‚ says that as the sun gets closer to its death‚

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