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    promoted by Roddick. TBS was involved in local charity‚ community events‚ sponsorships‚ etc. TBS core values are: • Against animal testing (TBS consider testing products or its ingredients on animals to be scientifically and morally indefensible). • Support community trade (TBS supports small producer communities around the world that supply them with natural ingredients and accessories). • Activate self-esteem (TBS realizes that each person is unique and also treats each

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    rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Originally founded in 1920 its focus was on freedom of speech‚ primarily for anti-war protesters. From these origins it expanded into defending civil liberties related to race‚ looking into police misconduct and Native American rights. Unfortunately during the 1930’s most of their civil rights cases came from the Communist party and Jehovah’s witnesses‚ which got the ACLU leadership caught

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    The war officially began in 1939. Americans were not searching out to become involved in the war‚ but were brought into it by the attacks of other countries. Perhaps men were more honored to die for their country because they were defending it‚ and they were trying to avenge the lives of the people who were killed in the Pearl Harbor bombing. They had a deep rooted‚ intrinsic motivation to fight for the country. Their country and their people were wronged‚ and so the soldiers who went

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    accused of raping a young white woman. As rumor got around that Atticus was defending a black man‚ many people started to insult Atticus‚ which caused him to lose strength and confidence. Around his neighborhood‚ he is characterized by a man who treats everyone as if they were family. When he heard that these people were judging him‚ he showed signs of doubtfulness. Atticus was hesitant about making the right choice for defending Robinson. Another sign of losing creative energy is when the jury picks

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    Employment law. S230 (1) of the ERA an Ee as ‘an individual who has entered into work or works under a contract of employment.’ How the court decide: 1) they use control test-Yewens V Noakes [1880] ‘A servant is a person subject to the command of his master as to the manner in which he does his work.’ 2) Walker V Crystal Palace Football Club [1910] Emphasis changes- court looks at does the Er control the background arrangement; where and when work done; holiday arrangements. Held; footballer was

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    Prejudice Can Kill            “ A black man’s life is worth more than a white man’s.” This saying is referring to a certain type of prejudice known as racism. Racism is also a main theme that Harper lee brings across in the novel because it is set in the south part of The United States in a time where white people were considered superior to black people. Prejudice can be defined as a preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience; therefore it is not limited to only racism. In the novel

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    Black people are twice more likely to be imprisoned for longer than a white person who committed the same crime. In The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” a black man is accused of raping a white woman. No other lawyer wanted the case‚ so it was up to Atticus to defend the man‚ Atticus chose to defend the man. In the book Harper Lee does an astonishing job in describing how racism was back then‚ how it affected someone who was barely involved with a black person‚ and how black people were treated. The

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    Mexicans by more than one thousand soldiers. The last one alive defending the Alamo was Davy Crockett and chose to die over becoming a Mexican soldier. After the Alamo was defeated Sam started falling back to settle a camp to surprise attack the Mexicans because Sam Houston and his soldiers were hidden so well. And of all of these Texas heros I think that Sam Houston is the most heroic and brave hero of Texas during the 1800’s for defending and fighting to get Texas independence from Mexico just like

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    The Greeks most important values and ideas to their culture is a deeper meaning‚ rising above‚ problem-solving‚ intellectuality. The Greece civilization could have created their own empire‚ but instead of creating that empire‚ the Greeks decided it would be a clever idea to fight with one another. The Greeks had struggled with hardship such as external forces that would threaten human life. The internal human choices caused suffering as well with unhappiness. Additionally‚ the gods had already made

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    killing Jake. While being escorted into the courthouse one morning‚ Jake is shot at by the KKK‚ but they miss and seriously hurt a guardsman. After their failed attempt at shooting him‚ they decide to burn down his house. Jake is not stopped from defending Carl Lee‚ however. Carl Lee is acquitted by reason of “temporary insanity‚” and is reunited with his family. Throughout the entire book‚ Grisham portrays the social racism towards black people very well. I believe that the two white men were wrong

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