Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant Facts A passenger carrying a package‚ while hurrying to catch and board a moving Long Island Rail Road train‚ appeared to two of the railroad’s (Defendant’s) employees to be falling. The employees were guards‚ one of whom was located on the car‚ the other of whom was located on the platform. The guard on the car attempted to pull the passenger into the car and the guard on the platform attempted to push him into the
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Pro Capital Punishment According to my research there are some people who believe the death penalty is right just because it is safer to end one condemned life than to risk the lives of other innocent people. The death penalty is most commonly legal only for the most extreme cases‚ such as premeditated murder. Even in the event of murder‚ out of the 15‚000 committed each year‚ we are only now reaching the 1‚000 execution mark after thirty years! This plainly shows that those who may be pro
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mainly because of all the new jobs the agreement has created. Bill Clinton said “NAFTA means jobs‚ and good paying jobs‚ if I didn’t believe that‚ I wouldn’t support this agreement”. In these next three paragraphs you’re going to hear about all the pros and cons that NAFTA has given Canada‚ USA‚ and
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help would gain the trust and respect from France and England • It was the ideal way to gain a lot more soldiers for not many were volunteering • Many were excluded and not given the right to vote; it was very biased towards those who vote pro-conscription • Conscription meant anyone who was capable of fighting‚ had to fight‚ whether they refused to or not • It wasn’t necessary. Canada wasn’t in any threat of danger‚ they had already sent many soldiers‚ and they needed men for their
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Prisons and inmates In society today‚ it is commonly known that crime rate has increased dramatically by the years. This is where many of us look for ways to solve such issue. It is the last place anybody would want to be in. but unfortunately we have hundreds of thousands of them‚ if not millions around the world. Thousands in just the United States‚ Those are prisons. Just hearing that word makes us think bad things right away. Murder‚ theft‚ violence‚ and everything bad that happens
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Julie Timm April 21‚ 2010 English 102 Dorothy Dye WP4 Rough Draft The Audience that I chose to write for is the reader’s of a contemporary/news-orientated magazine such as Time Magazine. I chose to write in the form of an opinion-piece so that I could be more informal and try to relate to my audience. One’s Right is Not One’s Obligation Imagine if you were in unbearable pain‚ hooked up to 20 tubes‚ your body is being kept alive by means of machines‚ and your family is standing by watching you
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Pros and cons of computers Computers were invented many years ago‚ but we began to use them recently. The technical progress is constantly developing. People always create new computer technologies. The computer has become a part of our daily life. Many people use computers at work‚ school‚ and at home‚ but we have not yet realized the advantages and disadvantages of the computer. On the one hand‚ computers help us and make our life easier. We can solve many problems using them. We can buy clothes
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For some years now‚ parents‚ local politicians‚ the school board‚ and about every high school student has been debating over something so small to the public but a major issue to the students. Well‚ all the controversy is about school uniforms and if high school students should be required to wear them. Because of their low cost‚ business casual appearance‚ and means of reducing distraction of the learning process‚ as a high school graduate‚ I feel school uniforms contribute positively to the learning
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America. The greatest country in the world‚ or so we thought. The current state of the country isn’t the best‚ as it has it’s pros and cons‚ yet it isn’t horrible. We have many things going for us‚ such as our strong military‚ our booming economy‚ and our relatively low unemployment rate. But we also have a negative side‚ which includes our national debt‚ high costing health insurance‚ and the large taxes we have to pay. Overall‚ there is some bad with the good‚ and vice versa. To be honest‚ I believe
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PROS Advantages and examples Lets start with all of the things that make facebook a great thing to have. First of all it has a highest users percentage of all social sites ‚ which means there is good chance that most of your friends‚ schoolmates‚ co-workers or relatives will have a facebook profile that you can interact with. Facebook is one of the greatest sides to communitace in any way. You can chat with your friends‚ you can even send a private message to people who arent your frineds
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