What truly is an American? Many people would answer with “an independent thinker‚” or something like “a free man” or “a free woman.” Being an American is much more than thinking independently or just being free. Being an American means taking pride in America. Being an American means taking pride in everything about America. Being an American means taking pride in being American. An American is not just a person residing in America‚ An American is a person residing in America that loves his or her
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Critically examine the claim by states to be the legitimate governing authority in a territory. This essay will first define ’the State ’‚ and then look at evidence to examine the above claim. The state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules and laws that govern the people within a defined territory. Max Weber‚ cited in “Exploring Social Lives”‚ defined the state as claiming “a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”‚ (Bromley
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AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE BANKING USAGE INTENTIONS: AN EXTENSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL By Amin‚ Hanudin Publication: International Journal of Business and Society Date: Wednesday‚ July 1 2009 ABSTRACT Purpose - This study is aimed at investigating the factors influencing the online banking acceptance in Kota Kinabalu‚ Northern Borneo‚ Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - This study applies technology acceptance model (TAM) as the base model in to investigate the online banking
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The American Freedom The Civil Rights Movement was an era devoted to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States. During this period‚ people rallied for social‚ legal‚ political and cultural changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation. Civil rights are defined as "the nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially those guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress" (Wikipedia). The 13th
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Explore the way in which power and authority shape spoken language‚ considering it in the light of your own classroom experience. The English language contains many aspects and tools used to gain power and authority when speaking. In a political broadcast interview gaining information and turn-taking is expected. Therefore when Jeremy Paxman‚ the interviewer‚ speaks in a blunt and outspoken way to George Galloway‚ a politician who has just won an election to become a Member of Parliament beating
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and it could be argued this process makes it legitimate. But not all states in the world are democratic‚ so can they be seen to be a legitimate governing body‚ with the authority to rule the people of that territory? This essay will examine the legitimacy of the states power and if they are justified to be the governing authority in a given territory. The United Kingdom is a democratic society; the people are given the opportunity to vote‚ for the political party they consider will be the best
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base; To have a refueling port for Americans ships servicing their interests in China. August 14‚ 1898 General Wesley Merrit as the first military Governor governed the Philippines Gen. Elwell S. Otis Gen. Arthur McArthur The Military Government 1898 - 1901. Greatest achievement of the military Government in the Philippines the pacification of the country and the laying down of the foundation of the civil regime. It introduced the American School system‚ with soldiers as the
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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“Al-Shaitan” “The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever‚ called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009‚ U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle’s kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed
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Asian Americans Asians are not a homogenous group. They do‚ however‚ constitute a significant minority group in the United States. Asian Americans represent many distinct subgroups that speak different languages‚ worship through different religions‚ and practice different customs and beliefs. The main groups are East Asians (Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean)‚ Pacific Islanders‚ Southeast Asians (Thai‚ Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ Laotian)‚ and South Asian (Indian and Pakistani). Threads of similarities may run
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