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- 1701: Adoption And Identity Formation
- ... pain which is caused by closed adoptions. Overall, most of the literature supported the notion that adoptees do indeed have identity formation problems. References Baran, A., Pannor, R., & Sorosky, A. (1975). Identity Conflicts in Adoptees. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 45(1), 18-26. Benson, P., McGue, M., & Sharma, A. (1998). The Psychological Adjustment of United States Adopted Adolescents and Their Nonadopted Siblings. Child Development, 69(3), 791-802. Benson, P., McGue ... Adoption and Adaptation. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 170, 489-493. Cote, A., Joseph, K., Kotsopoulos, S., Oke, L., Pentland, N., Sheahan, P., & Stavrakaki, C. (1988). Psychiatric Disorders in Adopted Children: A Controlled Study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 58(4), 608-611. Hajal, F., & Rosenberg, E. (1991). The Family Life Cycle in Adoptive Families. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61(1), 78-85. Horner, T., & Rosenberg, E. (1991). Birthparent Romances and Identity Formation in Adopted Children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61(1), 70-77. Kelly, M., Martin, B., Rigby, A., & ...
- 1702: Appearance Is Everything
- Appearance Is Everything Appearance is everything. The saying could be the foundation for a religious cult among American teens. Movies, music, and tv commercials create an Orwellian world where everyone think, acts, and looks the same. The youth of American is presently being exploited by large corporations that use tactful methods to get teens to fit the mold. MTV is a lifeline for almost all younger teens and many older teens as well. Aside from ... free-thought and originality is being extinguished. We are becoming a generation of mindless zombies, but at least we look good. Appearance is everything. The saying could be the foundation for a religious cult among American teens. Movies, music, and tv commercials create an Orwellian world where everyone think, acts, and looks the same. The youth of American is presently being exploited by large corporations that use tactful methods to ...
- 1703: Thomas Jefferson
- The third president of the United States, a diplomat, statesman, architect, scientist, and philosopher, Thomas Jefferson is one of the most eminent figures in American history. No leader in the period of the American Enlightenment was as articulate, wise, or conscious of the implications and consequences of a free society as Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, a tobacco plantation in Virginia. His ... Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, both of whom had preceded him to Europe to arrange commercial agreements (Koch and Peden 24). He traveled throughout Europe and every place he went, he was not only an American diplomat, but a student of the useful sciences. He took notes on making wine and cheese, planting and harvesting crops, and raising livestock. He sent home to America information on the different cultures, the ...
- 1704: Marijuana
- ... nor the family has the ability to bring such unhappy circumstances to an end. For this reason, advance directives are becoming increasingly prevalent. In a recent study, King (1996) reported that approximately 90% of the American public want advance directives. Both the young and the healthy express at least as much interest in planning as those older than 65 and those in fair to poor health (p. 77). According to Lynne ... is essential to implement interventions that would make a difference. What can nurses do if they believe a patient is being treated contrary to the spirit or letter of an advance directive? According to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics (ANA, 1985): Clients should be as fully involved as possible in the planning and implementation of their own health care. Clients have the moral right to determine what will be ... Nurses will undoubtedly, sometime during their career, be faced with similar challenges. However, being focused on the nurse's most significant role as a patient advocate, will assist the nurse when making incisive decisions. --- References American Nurses Association. (1985). American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, Section 1.1. Washington, DC:ANA. Docker, C. (1995). Deciding How We Die. The use Limits of Advance Directives. [On-line]. Available: ...
- 1705: The History of General Motors
- ... Geo, Volvo GM Heavy Truck, and Saturn (the first GM division to be started from scratch), as well as Electronic Data Systems and Hughes Aircraft. In the 1970s, the Chevy Vega had been the first American car to be manufactured using robots. Now computer technology began to make more of an impact on car design. GM tested computer models of cars to see what areas of the body were under stress ... The system's heart was an on-board computer that continuously monitored and adjusted the air-to-fuel ratio and spark timing, controlling exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy. In the mid '80s, the North American economy made a comeback, and so did convertibles. As gasoline prices stabilized and fuel supplies seemed assured, consumers put performance and luxury back on their shopping lists- -though without scratching off fuel efficiency. THE 1990S ... economic vitality while supporting Agenda 21--a United Nations- adopted document describing the roles and responsibilities of transnational corporations in supporting sustainable development. Though over 70 percent of GM's business comes from our North American Operations, GM has offices, operations and manufacturing facilities around the world. Its international operations employ over 200,000 people in over 40 different countries. GM sold over 3 million cars and trucks outside North ...
- 1706: Time for Americans To Be A Family
- ... by the storm of political correctness sweeping throughout the nation, raising dust-devils and tempests; leaving destruction and chaos in its wake. The English language is being transmogrified to quell and satisfy members of the American society who feel they should somehow, be special; apart from our citizenry. Thus my confusion. I've been called a privileged white-boy by some, honky by others, and cracker by others still. All this ... just your basic, run- of-the-mill guy who wants to do the right thing. From the time I was little boy, I have seen one particular group called colored, Negro, black, and now, African-American. I can't seem to find a consensus out there in any media, one moment the reference is to blacks, and the next to African-Americans, when they are referring to the same group of ... Black Muslims, and African-Americans. All of these terms are used to refer to members of one group of people. Is it any wonder I'm confused? I have particular problems with the term African-American, a misnomer which would lead me to believe these people somehow hold dual citizenship with another country, or even worse, lead everyone to believe all those who use that term to describe themselves are ...
- 1707: Materialism is the Root of All Evil
- ... of all evil is money." This, however, is not true in America. In America, money is not the problem, the love of money, or materialism, is the problem. Materialism is at the core of our American dream. We grow up learning that success is rooted in material wealth and power. We live in a country where material things mean more to the general populous than a good education, where material things ... dream that we have— that of living in a society that would really be worth living in." (Bella, et. Al. 285) Materialism is closely tied to our individualism. We are taught to pursue our materialistic American dream, to get ahead in life, to be somebody, to pursue our own happiness. Even our own Declaration of Independence assumes we are individuals first and for most: "We hold these Truths to be self ... to give and then, only after giving, take what has been given to us. If we learn to give, and then take what has been given to us, we will see a dramatic change in American society. A change from a materialistic mindset, to one which promotes the betterment of society, a society which as Habits says, "would really be worth living in." (Bella et. Al. 285) Our individualistic idea ...
- 1708: Bob Dole: A Race to the Top
- ... the Top People understand they can't get all these tax cuts, protect their favorite programs, and balance the budget," says Susan Tanaka speaking on the promises made by presidential candidate Bob Dole to the American public (Gibbs 1996). Bob Dole proposed his tax cut package on Aug. 5, 1996 hoping to entice the public into voting for him in the 1996 presidential elections. Dole focuses his proposal towards social conservatives ... out in Washington" (Lacayo 1996, 44). President Clinton's administration counts on the fact that Dole's tax cuts will more likely than not balloon the deficit and the Clinton administration remains confident that the American public will realize this and deter from voting for Dole. While Dole says he can cut taxes by 548 billion dollars and still balance the budget, his plan proposes billions of dollars in new government ... this money out of the air" (Barnes 1996, 6). Dole's team says his campaign merely rearranges budget priorities. They also say that Dole's difficulty in convincing voters lies in the fact that the American public doesn't fully understand his plan, which clearly seems to defy the principals of simple math (Lacayo 1996). President Bill Clinton argues that Dole hastily made these promises not considering the consequences and ...
- 1709: Spanish Settlement Of The West
- ... new country wanting to protect itself from outside powers. Evidence of U.S. expansion is seen with the independence of Texas from Mexico. The strongest evidence of U.S. expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. From the beginning, the war was conceived as an opportunity for land expansion. Mexico feared the United States expansion goals. During the 16th century, the Spanish began to settle the region. The Spanish had ... the Union. Congress was worried that annexation of Texas would anger Mexico. Mexico had never officially recognized Texas as independent. Congress was concerned that annexation would start a war with Mexico. Mexico's repose to American annexation was not the only factor in deciding against annexation. If Texas was to become a state, it would be a slave state. At the time, the United States an even balance between slave and ... area known as the U.S. Southwest. Slidell, being an inexperienced diplomat, was rejected. Not only was he not successful in buying the land, he aroused Mexican fears. This set the stage for the Mexican-American War. The United States also had no written policy of expansion, but the government quietly supported it. The United States has always had troops the region, even though they held no land in the ...
- 1710: The Color Purple
- ... 48). When presenting the term fact - we must account for the introduction of a second model, "historical and empirical data" in representing the real world of The Color Purple. As illustrated in the pages of American history books, it is evident that American Negro slavery had a peculiar combination of features. The key features of American slavery were that it followed racial or color lines and that it was slavery in a democratic country (Sowell 4). The fact that it existed in a democratic country meant that it required some ...
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