Williams 8.1

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1. Proponents of workfare are premature in their recommendation because it has not yet been shown to be a successful alternative to welfare and evidence showing its ability to provide meaningful employment for welfare recipients is not yet available.

2. While teachers, administators, and even newspapers hotly debate the topic of grade inflation, employers easily identify candidates with high levels of technical and analytical skills.

3. Foreign criminal justice systems may prevent foreign piracy of videos and CDs by moving cases faster through their systems and imposing stiffer penalties to; however, no one expects the judges who hear these cases to improve their expertise any time in the immediate future.

4. According to school security officials, local principles may require students to pass through metal detectors before entering a school building. Therefore, the total package of school security must educate parents and students about the seriousness of bringing anything that looks like a weapon onto school property.

5. The music industry's image is not likely to improve if they ignore the problem of applying the same rating system to FM and AM radio that is applied to offensive lyrics, even if they were willing to discuss a system that could be used to sell music in retail stores.

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6. Shakespeare decided to have Lady Macbeth die off stage rather than letting the audience see her die. To explain this decision we must understand the audience's reaction to Macbeth's death.

7. If the film industry and television producers agreed to limit characters using cigarettes, and even if they carried it out, it would do little to discourage young people from smoking.

8. Students have the right to have access to their own records, including medical records, academic reports, and confidential comments by advisers. These rights will generally take precedence over an institution's desires to keep records private, except when students agree to limit those rights under specified circumstances at registration.

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9. The construction of the Interstate Highway system ran into serious financial problems because congress, when they originally voted funds for it, did not anticipate inflation.

10. Such prejudicial conduct or behavior is to some degree prejudicial to good order and discipline, regardless of the reasons to justify it.

11. TV "reality" shows are about the most popular regularly scheduled shows because they appeal to our fascination with real-life conflict and voyeuristic impulses.

12. Cigarette companies no longer insist that there is no proof by scientific means of a causal link between tobacco consumption and various disease entities such as heart diseases and malignant growth when there is a strong statistical correlation between smoking and such diseases.

13. Unless there is a marked reduction, the unabated emission of carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere will eventually result in serious changes in the climate of our world.