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- 1501: Condoms A Good Idea
- ... is tormented by the fact that she might be pregnant. Although the movie takes place in the fifties, the premise is very modern. In the late part of the twentieth century, America saw a sexual revolution, which brought about many more increasingly dangerous consequences for sex than simply becoming pregnant. Every year, thousands of teenagers become pregnant or contract an STD. The consequences of adolescent sexuality are of great concern to parents and health care professionals. Sexual conduct among American teens has been studied for the past several decades and analysis has shown that there is an increasing rate of sexual intercourse among young people. In the last twenty years, the amount of teenagers having ... without first considering the ramifications of their actions. Tatum assumes that one of the areas, in which teens are most likely to waver in the common sense department, is in sex. The Committee on Adolescence, American Academy of Pediatrics believes: School condom availability programs, whether as part of comprehensive health services provided at the school site, or in the context of a school based HIV infection/AIDS prevention program, can ...
- 1502: Basquiat and Davis
- Basquiat and Davis Jazz has been an influence in many artist’s work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920’s and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were influenced by jazz were Jean-Michel Basquiat and ... a visit to Paris in 1928 he introduced a new note into U.S. cubism, basing himself on its synthetic rather than its analytical phase. Using natural forms, particularly forms suggesting the characteristic environment of American life, he rearranged them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors. He later went on to pure abstract patterns, into which he often introduced lettering, suggestions of advertisements, and ...
- 1503: Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Politics
- ... government materials through his publishing house, New Directions. By using poetry, Ferlinghetti was able to reach a vast audience including those whom he was criticizing. Through his poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti blatantly and subtly criticized the American democratic system and politicians. In 1957, Ferlinghetti received his first national attention. Ferlinghetti was arrested and brought to trial as the publisher of a collection of obscene poetry, Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg ... opinion about the Government in “The World Is A Beautiful Place” by making a blunt statement of his beliefs. Not only did Ferlinghetti attack government (specifically his target in this poem was the House Un-American Activities Committee), but he attacked segregation, high ranking officials, and the lack of diversity in society. The following excerpt contains examples of each. Oh the world is a beautiful place / to be born into / if ... Name Brand” emphasizes the generic quality bequeathed upon the public. Later Ferlinghetti mentions that segregation is a problem. Ferlinghetti also mentions that “congressional investigations” plague the world. This is a reference to the House Un-American Activities Committee, which persecuted artists and idols in the film industry for their actions and words. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's “The World Is A Beautiful Place” provides a little more focus on specific issues which ...
- 1504: The Bell Curve Of African Amer
- The bell curve of African American rights has risen and fallen throughout America’s history. The period between the Pre-Civil War Era and the Post Civil War Era, were momentous in displaying the status and rights of African-Americans in the time. As the Civil War approached, the status of African-Americans was an increasingly troubling issue among the American Public. During the War, the bell’s curve had reached its height. And during the Post-Civil War, the curve fell slowly and would not rise again for another 100 years. The cause of this ... be slaves. This legislation limited the rights of African Americans and enabled the white populous to oppress African Americans. The bell curve approached its peak when the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was introduced to American Culture. This novel, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was a revelation to the North because it displayed the cruelty of the southern trade practice. This single piece of literature created uproar throughout the country. The ...
- 1505: Flouridation
- ... Dr. Gerald Cox of the Mellon Institute began to promote the addition of fluoride to public water systems, claiming that it would reduce tooth decay, however there were two major obstacles in his path, The American Medical Association, and The American Dental Association. Both associations wrote articles in their journals about the dangers of fluoridation of water supplies. The American Dental Association wrote the following in the October 1, 1944 issue: “We do know the use of drinking water containing as little as 1.2 to 3.0 parts per million of fluorine will ...
- 1506: The Roswell Incident
- ... s, and toward the government have been sparked by one single incident. This incident occurred on July 4, 1947 in a town in New Mexico: Roswell. What occurred in Roswell may have changed the way American society views the government forever. The issue of trust between the government and the people is and was at stake. Since it will never really be known what went on in Roswell in 1947, the American people may never fully trust the government again. The Roswell incident is a very sketchy ordeal in which many people have different accounts. There is and was never any doubt that something crash landed. On ... of the government, that Reagan probably would not have been able to access the Roswell files anyway. The files are so secret that the President probably could not read them if he wanted to. The American public knows about government secrecy it probably makes them even more skeptical. Recently, through the Freedom of Information Act, the documents surrounding the Roswell incident were released. Although, the documents only support the story ...
- 1507: It Is Time To Reaffirm Our Act
- ... under president Clinton, the Department switched sides and argued that the school district could take race into account in this instance" (United States, Courts Establish Boundaries 1). Clearly, that was an example of how the American society has lost the notion of plain common-sense, as it has striven to maintain “racial and gender balance”. Instead of making decisions based on our people's merits and abilities, it has chosen to ... the State. The initiative for that Proposition was undertaken by two white, male, and politically moderate professors in the California State University System (Puddington, 1). A few weeks later, a California District Court Judge (Afro-American) halted the implementation of Proposition-209, on the grounds that its legality and constitutionality must be established first. Evidently, that was another prime example of the increasing disparity between the people’s democratic decisions and ... when minorities and women were systematically kept-out of better-paying jobs in the private industry and federal government, or were generally under-represented in every political and social sphere. However, nowadays, women, Latinos, Asia-American and especially blacks play a critical role in every aspect of the American society. Therefore, we may reasonably concur that affirmative Action meant equal treatment for women and minorities from the 1960's to ...
- 1508: Constructing Indentity In The
- ... to anther. However, there are some dishonest people in chat room. People on the net are not always honest people. In the internet Indian Wars by Glen Martin, a white software consultant running the Native American seminar and chat room offered by AOL, Rapp, said “Basically, what we did was done in fun” (127) after he was discovered that he was dishonest, he wasn’t a native American. Rapp was a host of Native American seminar, discussing about Native American culture while he was not a member of any Indian group. All he was saying were fraud. As Marc Towersap, one of the first Indians to query about Rapp’ ...
- 1509: Clausewitz And The Nature Of W
- ... policy in the long run, and he pointed out that no strategic decision is ever final; it can always be reversed in another round of struggle. This side of Clausewitz is uncomfortable for modern Anglo-American readers because it reflects a romantic view of the state as something that transcends the collective interest of its citizens. It provides a philosophical basis for apocalyptic policies like Hitler's and Japan's in ... during the transition from the 18th-century intellectual period called the Enlightenment (which stressed a rational approach to human problems) to the age of Romanticism (which was ushered in by the disasters of the French Revolution and stressed the irrational, emotional aspects of man's make-up--including nationalism). His world view reflected elements of each. His vision of war thus falls also very much into the domain of the non ... passions on their own side. Further, their opponents have similar such uncertainties as well as wills and creativity of their own. In 1976, Russell Weigley--one of the most creative, interesting, and influential of modern American military historians--attacked Clausewitz for missing this very point. Weigley had clearly developed his own recognition that war tends to escape rational control, but denied Clausewitz any understanding of that fact, so central to ...
- 1510: Canada Vs America
- ... Ontario from Quebec and the Territories from the British Columbia. Each of these regions are separated by how they live, and their different culture background. Which forms our own identites within the counrty. Canadian and American government also show difference in how they govern themselves. United States is a country of one basic language. It has one main language, for its federal government and for every state. Canada is a country of two basic languages, French and English. A second basic difference between our Constitution and the American is that we are a constitutional monarchy and they are republics. For we have a parliamentary-cabinet government, while the Americans have a presidential-congressional. This means that the president is the head of the ... very much the regular guy. Americans are hero-worshipers and hero makers. Americans’ truest of hero creation and worship comes either advertising, movies, music and sport stars. They export America’s most powerful industry: the American hero and American myth. By signing your name, winning a game or making a great movie, Americans will enshrine the moment and make it much bigger than it is. On the contrary, Canadians are ...
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