According to Cornell University Law School‚ the 4th amendment “prohibits generalized searches‚ unless extraordinary circumstances place the general public in danger.” Contention 1: Domestic surveillance does not violate the Constitution. The Constitution was purposely made loosely‚ and one hole of that looseness is the right to privacy. It is faulty to argue that domestic surveillance by the NSA without warrant is unjust because the Bill of Rights does not protect privacy. The 4th amendment does not specifically
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John J January 20‚ 2012 Gender Studies Mockingjay “Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without” (Collins 329). In this passage Gale and Peeta are talking to each other while Katniss over hears them. They are in the middle of their mission on capturing president Snow. They think that Katniss is asleep‚ while Gale says Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without. Katniss conforms to gender stereotypes by being confusing‚ indecisive‚ flirty and playing
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I believe that TeLinde’s research was important by him trying to find out what she had and not really justified because she didn’t know her cells were going to be given to someone else as well. Dr. Gey
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Bette Davis was a strong‚ independent women in a film industry dominated by men. She was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis on April 5th‚ 1908‚ in Lowell Massachusetts. Her parents‚ Ruth Augusta and Harlow Morrell Davis‚ divorced right before her tenth birthday; leaving her and her younger sister to be raised by their mother. They were both sent to attend the boarding school Cushing Academy. Upon graduation‚ and a refused admittance to Eva Le Gallienne’s Manhattan Civic Repertory‚ Bette enrolled in John Murray
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caused Jay Gatsby’s downfall? Imagine hearing about a friend or family member’s death and not truthfully knowing how they died. In the novel it states that George Wilson shot Gatsby‚ but what were all the underlying reasons… was it really him? The mystery of this non fictional death is a various blame game including all the events leading up to his death. It all starts when Nick Carraway moves to West Egg‚ a wealthy area‚ and gets invited to a party by the “big name” of Gatsby (Fitzgerald 3). Jay Gatsby
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the bombs necessary and justified? Due to exaggerated statistics‚ and what students learn in textbooks‚ Americans are socialized into believing that dropping the bombs were necessary to ending the war. However‚ in reality‚ several reasons ranging from the fact that civilians outnumbered troops in the cities in which the bombs were dropped‚ to how Japan was willing to surrender to the US under conditions prove that to be untrue. The nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was both unjustified and unnecessary
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(August 9th 1945) remains among the most controversial events in modern history. At the time‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs was both strategically and morally justified‚ yet today it is a hotly debated topic‚ thought to be excessive or unnecessary. However‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs‚ while an atrocious act‚ was in fact the lesser of two evils. The alternative was to prolong one of the bloodiest conflicts in global history and allow for the slaughter of many more people. There were strategic
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Jay MacLeod claims that “families at the top of the social structure can use their superior status and resources to stay there‚ while other families‚ low on options‚ languish at the bottom” (MacLeod 2009: 240). MacLeod (2009: 240) proposes the idea that not many individuals obtain the social mobility that popular American ideology promises to offer. This achievement ideology‚ popularly known as the “American Dream” gives citizens of American society an individualistic approach in regards to success
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both roles in the relationship. Tell a man in the 1970’s that his wife wears the pants in the relationship and he will feel the need to prove he is the one in charge. Today men still believe they should be the leader in the relationship but it is now common that women take on that role. Archie Bunker from All in the Family and Jay
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the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn‚ and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him" (Fitzgerald 180) Tyler: Gatsby’s house is described very differently than how it was before. It was always known as large glowing house filled with life and parties‚ however‚ now it is described as a "huge incoherent failure of a house once more. On the white steps an obscene word‚ scrawled
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