Assignment
Write a provocative introductory paragraph for an essay on one of the following topics:
1. Female soldiers fighting in combat
2. Rationing water or gasoline
3. Automatic capital punishment for terrorists who take hostages
4. Purging our language of all words with a sexist bias ("he" as a general pronoun-chairman, businessman, insurance man)
5. Job prospects for college seniors
6. One of today's most serious urban problems.