Argument:1. A federal Europe would build upon the success of the EU and its predecessors in taming the nationalism that caused so much conflict in the twentieth century .
2. The EU is drawing nearer to realising the vision of its founders for an ever-closer union .
3. Despite the EUs relative success in this regard , while national governments still exist they will regard policy-making within Europe as a competitive business , abusing vetoes and damaging the potential prosperity of all of Europes citizens .
4. Such is the case with Britain 's veto over the carbon tax , which the EU wants to implement - The British government is `` highly likely '' to block European Commission proposals for a carbon tax contained in a widely-circulated draft version of the Energy Taxation Directive , EU diplomatic sources said yesterday .
5. A federal European state can build on the shared history and culture of its members to further the common good , while accommodating regional differences .
Claim: A federal Europe will benefit the citizens of its member states


Sentences: 1. Poverty is identified as a key driving factor .
2. The range of topics covered - from immigration , women , witchcraft , corruption , terrorism , and infrastructure deficits - counteract historic silences in the public sphere .
3. The films are raising awareness to viewers by presenting the stories in a new light - understandable , humorous , and relatable ; and will encourage citizens to demand change .
4. Nollywood is showing the limits of believing in a single perspective , the Western perspective , to stories on Africa .
5. The first film created in Nollywood - Living in Bondage - raised fundamental issues concerning marriage , wealth and spirituality .
6. The film indicates the need to be aware of cults and what they can drive individuals to do .
7. Furthermore films such Street Girls and Mamas Girls provide insight into the lives of prostitutes and the sex industry .
8. Street Girls is enabling awareness of why girls are forced into prostitution and why they may be forced to commit criminal offences .
What claim can be made from these sentences?
A new perspective, raising topical issues


This House would ban alcohol
Claim: Governments have the obligation to protect citizens from harmful substances


Question:
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences. 1. It also develops skills associated with work , such as time keeping , taking and giving instructions , working in a team , accepting responsibility and prioritising .
2. Such skills may seem mundane but they are very valuable to employers and their absence among the long-term unemployed is a key reason why they find it so hard to gain jobs .
3. Workfares offer the unemployed opportunities to develop skills to work their way out of poverty .
4. Productive work raises the expectations of those involved by increasing their self-respect and provides them with more confidence in their abilities .
5. Individuals who are currently working are also more attractive to potential employers than those who are unemployed , especially the long-term unemployed .
6. The evidence suggests Workfare is a success ; studies of Workfare in Maryland found that 75 per cent of those who left welfare had earnings within 2.5 years .
Answer:
Workfare provides skills to allow the unemployed to work their way out of poverty


Question: What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?
1. By prosecuting only those leaders deemed most responsible for the crimes in question , the ICC is effectively allowing lower-ranked perpetrators to commit crimes with impunity .
2. These rank and file troops generally have little awareness or understanding of international criminal laws .
3. Furthermore , just as local domestic laws fail to deter offenders who often commit crimes with little thought of being punished , distant ICC threats are even less likely to deter those whose actions are easily manipulated and controlled by militia leaders .
4. Child soldiers , in particular , have often been drugged before going into combat .
5. Mullins & Rothe , pp.782-4

Claim: As the ICC intentionally limits its prosecutions to group leaders, many of those who actually commit atrocities need have no fear of prosecution


Sentences: 1. Because of our desire to eat fish , our rivers and seas are being emptied of fish and many species are facing extinction .
2. Beef farming is one of the main causes of deforestation , and as long as people continue to buy fast food in their billions , there will be a financial incentive to continue cutting down trees to make room for cattle .
3. Modern farming is one of the main sources of pollution in our rivers .
4. Becoming a vegetarian is an environmentally friendly thing to do .
5. Think about it a couple of apple trees and a few rows of wheat on a mere fraction of a hectare could produce enough food for one person !
6. For example consider At Torontos 1992 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair , Agriculture Canada displayed two contrasting statistics : it takes four football fields of land -LRB- about 1.6 hectares -RRB- to feed each Canadian and one apple tree produces enough fruit to make 320 pies .
7. Eating meat and fish not only causes cruelty to animals , it causes serious harm to the environment and to biodiversity .
8. Energy resources are used up much more greedily by meat farming than my farming cereals , pulses etc. .
9. As a result of the above point producing meat damages the environment .
10. The 2006 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization -LRB- FAO -RRB- report concluded that worldwide livestock farming generates 18 % of the planet 's greenhouse gas emissions by comparison , all the world 's cars , trains , planes and boats account for a combined 13 % of greenhouse gas emissions .
What claim can be made from these sentences?

Being vegetarian helps the environment