... cohabiting couples see things different. These couples see cohabiting not as being “anti-marriage� but most of them see cohabiting as “anti-divorce� ( Parry 15 ). So, today peoples fear of divorce has lead them to see cohabitation as a “trial marriage� that will serve as protection from a marriage that will result in a divorce. People for cohabitation compare it to a new car, clothes or shoes. They ask the question, if you were going to buy a new car and you see that it looks good and has nice features but you do not know how well it drives are you going to test drive it before buying it? or, do you ...

... their work days on the average were longer. Did they have more money? No, we are far more affluent as a society now. Did they have more space in their homes, so they could take in another person and we cannot? No, on the average our houses are far larger. Did they have less of a drug and alcohol problem? Probably not. They did have fewer single-parenting situations - there was less illegitimacy and divorce then - but life expectancy was lower, so there were lots of orphans and half-orphans. We're more spread out now, but our travel time is not any greater. What I learned leads me to wonder: Why can ...

... can recognize. When someone asks a Canadian what his nationality is, he does not reply, ³Canadian², instead, ³German², ³Scottish² or ³Ukrainian². This is because we as Canadians do not see ourselves as distinct Canadians. We need to have a common idea of what it is to be Canadian rather than always identifying with the place we came from. We identify with community or region over nation. To gain a Canadian identity we must learn to identify with a nation, Canada. This is one of the main reasons we lack a Canadian identity, because we as Canadians do not really think of ourselves as Canadians. We ma ...

... since a woman's place is in the kitchen was once a motto; women are still made to feel useless by men. Men have put women down for years not letting them be their own person and not letting them see how much the can accomplish on the own. Men feel because they are men, they are the superior gender, which is not true in the least. They may have been in the past, but women have started to break through the barriers men have put up, and being successful at doing so. This revolution had been known as womanpower. Men still believe that women should obtain jobs like secretaries and nurses instead of being the bosses o ...

... Party had gained control of government in the Southern states, and these Southern Democrats wanted to reverse black advances made during Reconstruction. To that end, they began to pass local and state laws that specified certain places "For Whites Only" and others for "Colored." Blacks had separate schools, transportation, restaurants, and parks, many of which were poorly funded and inferior to those of whites. Over the next 75 years, Jim Crow signs went up to separate the races in every possible place. The system of segregation also included the denial of voting rights, known as disfranchisement. Between ...

... The duels of "gentlemen" began in Ireland. Gentleman is a key word in this sentence because duels have been around since the beginning of time, but the art of a class structure has not. The type of class duels came into a home in Ireland in the middle of the seventeenth century. It was recorded by a judge of the high courts that there were "two hundred twenty-seven memorable and official duels fought in his administration" (Cochran 14). The judge, Sir Jonah Barrington, served from seventeen fifty-seven until seventeen ninety-one. It was an understanding to the Irish people that a young man was not a ...

... to be productively employed and unprepared to share in the mainstream aspirations. Various programs are springing up to help children. However, like the welfare program, for the most part these programs are aimed at alleviating symptoms rather than correcting the cause of the problems. More prisons, more policemen, gun control, the FBI, and V-chips to block violent programs on TV will never stop crime and violence. When we devote time, money and effort toward problems and symptoms -- without correcting the cause -- the problems and symptoms grow and spread like creeping crab grass. But as an individual, what ...

... the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money is also an crucial factor. A kid (a 6-10 year old, who is not yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of the ways that kids morals are bent so tha ...

... American students and other minority students is an example of the problems caused by . Although intends to do good, lowering the standards by which certain racial groups are admitted to college is not the way to solve the problem of diversity in America's universities. The condition of America's public schools is directly responsible for the poor academic achievement of minority children. "Instead of addressing educational discrepancies caused by poverty and discrimination, we are merely covering them up and pretending they do not exist, and allowing ourselves to avoid what it takes to make a dent in them--au ...

... for them once they're on the run just adds to the problem. Hijackers can take their hostages, get the ransom and fly the plane to the country of their choice. That country is usually ready to welcome the criminal, for a small cut of the ransom. Algeria used terrorism as a business to raise capital. By providing immunity, they became a haven for terrorists. Many Middle Eastern countries resort to terrorism when dealing with other nations. Saudi Arabia sponsors Islamic terrorists to lay siege to Egypt. Terrorism is a means of influencing international relations. How can you prevent acts of terrorism when those pa ...