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    1. For a large portion of the essay, it does consist of negative descriptions of what the “average American.” We as American do stereotypical carry stereotypes that gives a negative portrayal of the U.S. through the media, public opinions, etc. The negative stereotypes of American within this essay paints us as idiots, obese, sociopaths, racist, and hoteps. However, to a certain extent I do agree to Young’s depiction of the typical American. Today, many of us face racists and this country is plagued

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    Japanese society at the beginning of the 20th Century is an era when Japan has gotten well into its industrial revolution, where the greater society has greatly modernized, and where Japan is taking on the role as a global power. This period also is know as a time where Japanese society is divided between a modernized urban populace and a traditional rural populace. The differences between these two worlds in looked upon in the novel Kokoro by Netsuke Sōseki. In the novel the unnamed main character

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    opportunities because the best way for me to understand the psychology of the human mind, is to see traits through multiple studies. At the University of Chicago, one study I am interested in conducting embraces the connection between the college and cosmopolitan Chicago. Using this connection, I am interested in studying human behavior in various socioeconomic situations, in addition to how those conditions connect to eugenics. From this experiment, I could use the data to propose a new social policy based

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    Although, many magazines (such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Time, Sports Illustrated) feature women of all ages for the ads, some advertiser prefer to use older women to grab their audience’s attention; rather than using a younger woman; this is because older women are looking for something to keep them looking vibrant, fresh, and glowing like in their younger days. By using these women in replacement of younger women, the advertiser realize they will gain a better audience because older women will see

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    Their environment is an ideal place for large farms and the lowland and bays made it possible to create harbors, which provided trading opportunities where the three regional colonies met. Their society was more varied, cosmopolitan, and tolerant that in New England. It was filled with large houses, broad, tree-lined streets and busy docks. The region is where trade dominated the coast and farming dominated the hinterland. Their social lives were not very set, because most

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    that diversity is not distinctively a barrier, but essentially it is the opposite, in that it is more of an incentive. From the basis of these two principles, Appiah identifies conversation as the primary means to build a world immersed in the cosmopolitan archetype. His work specifically identifies how to do this, which is based on identifying the likely misunderstandings with regards to cosmopolitanism and the benefits of immersing into the dynamic culture and creating

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    One of my favorite success stories is Helen Gurley Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. Helen started off as a secretary, then worked her way up to a copyrighter. She became the highest paid woman in advertising, wrote an extremely successful book, and then became the editor of the most popular magazines for females; Cosmopolitan, (Garner, 2009). Brown became one of the most successful women of her time all without a college degree, but the truth is, that wouldn’t be probable

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    requires an ample amount of time, diligence and precision. In addition, by using oil, it gives Diaz the opportunity to detail the ornate features of the individual’s attire. Specifically, the painter reinforces the rich embroidery and silk-like, cosmopolitan texture apparent on the subject’s dress. Such decisions of detail and intricacy illustrates the grandeur characteristics of the portrait. Furthermore, oil-based paint is a durable form of medium. By applying this high-quality paint onto canvas

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    Over last two decades a problem on human rights and poverty has been excessively debated. Originally, it was provoked by Thomas Pogge, who claimed that people living in well-being violate human rights of people living in poverty by not helping them and being beneficiaries of global institutional order. Consequently, affluent countries are responsible for reducing misery in the world, because current global economic order disproportionately serves for humankind (Pogge 2005, severe poverty). To be

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    in society can be free under the laws established.      The freedom of will conforms to universal natural laws. Nature has a plan to bring humans to develop a perfect national constitution. Nature desires man to reach a cosmopolitan state, in which humans have explored all of their natural capacities before their end (Kant 38). The human race progresses through time. Mankind was allowed to learn from its failures by exploring different types of government. People are discontent

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