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- 1171: Green Grass Running Water
- Coming Home In many Native American cultures, ceremonies of sacrifice and renewal are an annual activity used to promote community and individual well being. In the novel Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King suggests that when one is able to fully accept one's own self and/or cultural traditions, a renewal celebration or regeneration of the spirit may give the individual's life direction or guidance in previously misguided areas. The Native American Sun Dance is a celebration where the sacrifice of past difficulties and misdirected ideals and/or paths may cause the participants to gain strength and understanding in their lives . This is also a time to celebrate how the world was once created and to insure harmony between all living things. Thomas King proves this thesis using the characters Alberta, and Lionel. Alberta Frank is a Native American woman teaching native studies to a small group of "white" students at the University of Calgary. This Native American woman is lecturing on the "destruction aimed at . . . reservations," a topic integral to her life, ...
- 1172: Internationalization of Accounting Standards for Consolidation - Japan: A Case Study
- ... insist upon consolidated reporting. But because Japanese groups are often not connected through legal ownership they are not consolidated. Instead entities with weak relationships are consolidated because they are tied together legally (Lowe, 1990). Consequently, American users of Japanese consolidated statements assume they are analyzing the financial position and results of operations of a group of companies operating as an economic entity. Actually they may be analyzing something quite irrelevant because ... voting shares but none has voting control over any of the others. Human ties within the group insure the cohesiveness through intercompany meetings, interlocking directorates, and transfers of personnel. It is difficult for the typical American to understand the forces which bind together on a stable and permanent basis a group of corporations of the type described (Lowe, 1990). If legal control by a parent is not present an American would say a stable group does net exist. However, this is perfectly rational for a person reared in the Japanese culture and tradition. The vital factors in the maintenance of the keiretsu are the ...
- 1173: American Prohibition
- ... some legitimate medical treatment. Most doctors, however were willing to prescribe alcohol for any and all ailments; soon more than a million gallons a year were being sold for medicinal uses.( Altman 18). By 1929, American was becoming disenchanted with prohibition. It was seldom enforced, and when it was, there was usually a massive outburst in response. However, antiprohibitionists needed something to feed the fire, to cause others to unite for ...
- 1174: Modern Television Changing Ame
- Television; Changing American Standards The year is 1999 and the entire world is looking toward the United States for leadership in technology. Since the end of the cold war, the nations of the world have agreed that the ... mere idea of ever catching up seems ludicrous? What about the French and Germans; does America have the educational system in place to keep up with these two powerful nations? These are questions that every American should ask themselves. One thing is for certain, when it comes to the issue of high quality television; America falls in dead last against Japan, France, and Germany. The main reason the U.S. has ... today. It seems that over the past forty years there has been a built in animosity between the engineers and politicians that work for the FCC and every other television engineer in America. Whenever an American television engineer came up with a plan or idea to make the television picture look better, he or she knew that it will have to be approved by the FCC and all of its ...
- 1175: The Censorship in the American Society
- The Censorship in the American Society ENC 1102 Essay 1 As society emerges into the twenty-first century, control amongst the people is still evident in the actions sought by both houses of Congress. Individuals, in many cultures, are being ...
- 1176: Political Policies Between The
- ... By 1976, détente was a controversial term with both left and right hands of the disagreement criticizing its development. With the Administration of Jimmy Carter, a campaign for restoring confidence in government institutions and reforming American foreign policy was implemented (Froman 1991:74). President Carter appointed Zbigniew Brzezinski as National Security Adviser and Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State. The ongoing differences between Brzezinski and Vance resulted in turmoil for the ... s credibility; Senator Jackson's Amendment in regards to the Jewish community and Angola all compromised Democratic/ Soviet relations. In spite of all this, by 1977 Détente was still a viable option, with a new American initiative needed to get détente back on track. With the Carter administration, no sign of renewed confidence in détente was evident. Jimmy Carter's action, if anything, impeded progress towards détente. Zbigniew Brzezinski's "hard ... political agenda. America began to place pressure on the USSR's domestic policy in regards to the treatment of Russia's minority groups. Carter's crusade to liberalize Communist societies through external pressure actually jeopardized American-Soviet relations. The already inflamed détente was further compromised by the Jackson Amendment of 1974, which fought Moscow to open emigration of Soviet Jews. This event humiliated the Soviet Union by the interference of ...
- 1177: The Marshall Plan
- ... amid the colorful academic robes, Marshall was typically plain-spoken and direct: "Our policy," he said, "is not directed against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos." The response in the american press was tepid, but the leaders of Europe were electrified. Listening to the address on the BBC, British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin regarded Marshall's speech as a "lifeline to a sinking man." Bevin immediately ... not. From Kentucky and North Carolina poured millions of cigarettes; from the Midwest arrived thousands of pounds of canned spaghetti, delivered to gagging Italians. In London drawing rooms, there was some resentment of the heavy American hand. "Our Uncle, who art in America, Sam be thy name/Thy Navy come, thy will be done," went one ditty. In Paris, fearful for the purity of the culture (and the sale of wine), the French National Assembly banned the sale, manufacture and import of Coca-Cola. American aid had a darker side. The Marshall Plan provided the CIA with a handy slush fund. To keep communists from taking over Italy (a genuine threat in 1948), the CIA began handing out money ...
- 1178: Explain the importance of Contingency Planning
- ... and examples used by the Council, depicting the successful implementation of a contingency plan. How contingency planning began. Safety consciousness in business and industry was basically a product of the twentieth century. Before the industrial revolution, many businesses suffered economic losses as a direct result of accident or illness rising out of prolonged exposure to a particular work environment. Only late in the nineteenth century, it became obvious that factories were ... site - ready to function) - the most expensive yet effective method. In Bhopal. deficiencies and faults identified by an audit in 1982 was left to local managers to enforce with no official follow-up by the American Parent Company of UC. By 1984, the threat of a runaway accident involving MIC, was a major concern that was identified in a safety survey, months before the Bhopal disaster. The American UC had also identified major concerns involving MIC which were rectified in their own plant but not passed on to the Indian subsidiary. For unknown reasons, the managers of the Indian Company ignored the ...
- 1179: John Adams
- ... the country together. Adams’ presidency was stressful from the moment of his inauguration. In his address, he sought to make it clear that he was not a monarchist (Allison, 1966). France had decreed to seize American ships. The country was divided over whether to be pro-British (as was Hamilton) or pro-France (as was Jefferson). Hamiliton eventually resigned the position of inspector general, but continued to send Adams unsolicited recommendations ... as a dictator. References Allison, J. M. (1966). Adams and Jefferson: The story of a friendship. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Calhoon, R. M. (1976). John Adams and the psychology of power. Review of American History, December 1976, 520-525. DeCarolis, L. M. (1995). The precipice of power: The quasi war with Adams, 1789- 1800. [On-line], Available: http://grid.let.rug.nl/~ welling/usa/hamilton/hamil36.htm. Esler, L ... ch1.html Onuf, P. S. (1993). Thomas Jefferson: Federalist. Essays in History, 35, n.p. [On-line], Available: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH35/onuf1.html#26 Smelser, M. & J. R. Gundersen. (1978). American history at a glance. (4th ed.). New York: Barnes and Noble Books. Washington Retires. (1995). [On-line], Available: http://grid.let.rug.nl/~ weling/usa/ch3_p8.html Wood, G. S. (1992). The radicalism ...
- 1180: Hawaii: Prologue of History
- ... H. Davies & Co., sugar, investments, insurance, and transportation, founded in 1845; Amfac Inc. (originally H. Hackfield Inc.-a German firm that changed its name and ownership during the anti-German sentiment of WW I to American Factors), sugar, insurance, and land development, founded in 1849; Castle and Cooke Inc., (Dole) pineapple, food packing, and land development, founded 1851; and Alexander and Baldwin Inc., shipping, sugar, and pineapple, founded in 1895. This ... privately held land in Hawaii. Why was the 1946 Strike so important? Before 1946, Hawaii's economy, politics and social structures were completely dominated by a corporate elite known as the Big Five (Alexander & Baldwin, American Factors, Castle & Cooke, C. Brewer, & Theo. Davies). The leaders of these factor companies exercised absolute control over Hawaii's plantation workers and the majority of the islands multi-ethnic workforce. The 1946 strike forever changed ... the formation of a multiethnic community force working together to address social and political problems. Community organizing not only won the 1946 sugar strike, it also laid the foundation for political change including the Democratic Revolution of 1954. Alexander and Baldwin History of (A&B) Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. ("A&B") is a diversified corporation with most of its operations centered in Hawaii. It was founded in 1870 and incorporated in ...
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