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- 2211: Federalism
- ... by the United States of America. Federalism has also changed throughout the course of America’s history to fit the constitution and the government. Montesquieu was a French philosopher who was very important in the American constitutional thought. He was a man who was referred to more that any other theoretical writer and wrote, "The Spirit of the Laws." Some of Montesquie’s theories or views were that the Republic form ... and he believed the cure for internal strife within a country is commerce because it cures destructive prejudices and keeps people aware of their interdependence for comfort and security. Montesquieu’s greatest influence on the American constitution is his doctrines of separation of powers. In Montesquieu’s doctrines, he discusses the three distinctive branches of government. The actual people in each of the branches should develop distinct ways of governing which ... because state funding will be reduced as long as the federal funding is diverted to other uses. This causes the benefits for families who are needy to become less. In conclusion, since its adoption the American system of federalism as gone through many different changes and interpretations. The Supreme Court’s decisions tend to point the concept of American federalism in its different directions.
- 2212: The Indians of The Pacific Northwest
- The Indians of The Pacific Northwest When stories are told about the American Indian it is usually the Indians that are looked upon as the heathens. They are portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American government was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Indians forcing many Indian ... learning experience. BIBLIOGRAPHY (1) Ells, Myron. The Indians of Puget Sound. University of Washington Press: Seattle, 1985 (2) Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky. Dial Books: New York, 1991 (3) Sturtevant, William. Handbook of North American Indians. Smithsonian Institution: Washington, 1990 (4) Dockstader, Frederick. Great North American Indians. Litton Educational Publishing: New York, 1977 (5) Ruby, Robert. Indians of the Pacific Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, 1981 (6) Deloria, ...
- 2213: The Life Of Chief Seattle
- When stories are told about the American Indian it is usually the Indians that are looked upon as the heathens. They are portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American government was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Indians forcing many Indian ... learning experience. BIBLIOGRAPHY (1) Ells, Myron. The Indians of Puget Sound. University of Washington Press: Seattle, 1985 (2) Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky. Dial Books: New York, 1991 (3) Sturtevant, William. Handbook of North American Indians. Smithsonian Institution: Washington, 1990 (4) Dockstader, Frederick. Great North American Indians. Litton Educational Publishing: New York, 1977 (5) Ruby, Robert. Indians of the Pacific Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, 1981 (6) Deloria, ...
- 2214: Impressions of Television
- ... of us have done that at one time or another. Television shows that are violent can have negative effects on the way that children act. Television has embedded itself within the life of the typical American person. According to the encarta 96 cd rom encyclopedia they claim that, "between the ages of 2 and 65 the average american will watch 72,000 hours of television—at 24 hours a day, a total of 8 full years. The daily average is about 4 hours. The heaviest viewers are housewives and senior citizens. Children watch ... several generations. A group of young, teenage turtles who use kung-fu against a group of different types of creatures. This show animates explicitly how they battle these creatures to fight for justice and the american way. They live in the sewers with their teacher who is a rat, using an assortment of weapons such as the sword, numchucks, ninja forks, and a ninja stick to fight foes. It seems ...
- 2215: Alternative Medicine
- ... ago was an obscure term. Only 5 to 10 years ago, most physicians would have dismissed alternative medicine as a fad that was perhaps a remnant of the 60's pop culture. An article in American Family Physician, stated that a survey in 1990 which was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993 revealed that 34% of American s were using at least one type of alternative treatment. Patients spent 13.7 billion dollars on alternative medicine, 10.3 billion of it came out of the patients own pocket. Since then alternative medicine ... does not work the next time you can not sleep, go down to the kitchen and fix yourself a peanut butter sandwich and a warm glass of milk. Bibliography “Alternative Medicine and the Family Physician.” American Family Physician 15 November 1996: 2205-2216. Begley, Sharon. “Helping Docs Mind the Body.” Newsweek 8 March 1993: 61. Chung, M. Kyu. “Why Alternative Medicine?” American Family Physician 15 November 1996: 2184-2186. “A ...
- 2216: Oliver North
- ... the right to not incriminate yourself. With doing so, he also saved the reputations of many who turned their backs on him. For this and many other achievements, Lt. Col. Oliver L. North is an American hero. Oliver L. North was born in San Antonio, Texas. His age and date of birth are being withheld due to security reasons. He attended school in Philmont, New York and later enrolled into the ... overthrow their government. With North being the head of this operative, it was easy to place all the blame on him when things fell through. Although his friends and colleagues referred to him as an "American hero", they, including President Reagan continued to deny any involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. Lt. Col. Oliver N. North was then charged with altering and destroying documents, accepting an illegal gratuity, and aiding and ... to get him to take the fall by himself, he refused to go down. He is still widely respected as a military officer, as a political strategist, and as a political candidate. His place is American history cannot be contested. His exposure to the spotlight during a time of political crisis, and never falting, shows us of his supreme courage and valor. This is why the responsibility of the Iran- ...
- 2217: Death of A Salesman: The Tragedy of One Man
- ... which drives it's men into frantic, all consuming dreams of success, doomed not only by their grandiosity but also their inherent contradictoriness. Willy's dreams of success are rooted in the concept of the "American Dream", which is the idea that this is a land of unlimited opportunity in which any ragamuffin can attain riches and any mother's son can become president (Hadomi 159). This concept of success is ... death"(Meyer 1714)in reveries about the beautiful countryside and the past, he's been driving off the road; and now he wants a cheese sandwich. But Linda's suggestion that he try a new American type cheese-"it's whipped"(Meyer 1716)-irritates Willy: "Why do you get American when I like Swiss?"(Meyer 1716). His anger at being contradicted unleashes an indictment of modern industrialized America: "The street is lined with cars There's not a breath of fresh air in the ...
- 2218: The Clinton Health Plan
- ... that waste is one of the greatest causes of the high prices in health care, Clinton has introduced a plan to revise the health care system by eliminating waste, and making sure that every single American can be covered by a health plan. Clinton's plan is based on three premises. First, that there is enough waste in the current health care system to cover the costs of his new plan ... do not currently pay any amount of their employees' premiums, and they feel that the plan will take a large chunk out of their profits and they will be forced to lower wages. The AMA (American Medical Association) is against many things in Clinton's plan, most importantly the imposition of cost controls and the failure to put financial limits on malpractice suits(In fact 600 doctors marched up the steps of Capital Hill "to defend their right to earn six times as much as the average American family, and still play golf on Wednesdays"). In general, no one is happy at the way the health care situation is being handled now, but even though everyone accepts the fact that a change ...
- 2219: Breast Cancer
- ... women of all ages. The fear and frustration of breast cancer has affected thousands of women and their families, mainly in recent years, and it does not seem to be slowing down. According to the American Cancer Society, bout 184,3000 North American women will discover that they have breast cancer and another 44,300 women will die of it alone. Breast Cancer is a horrible disease and it devastates thousands of families each year. What makes it ... the pill, are 16% more likely to develop Breast Cancer. Women in the United States, at an early age, have less of a risk of developing Breast Cancer than a women in her later age. American Cancer Society Surveillance Research shows that a women in her twenties has a 1 in 2,500 chance of developing Breast Cancer in the next 10 years, where a woman in her fifties has ...
- 2220: West Side Story Anaylsis
- ... its demise. In West Side Story, love at first sight between Tony and Maria set off a tragic chain of events which bring the story to its heartbreaking conclusion. Maria is Puerto Rican, Tony, Polish-American; they are young, innocent, rebellious-indifferent to the societal boundaries which they are trespassing. Like Romeo and Juliet, love is all that matters to. Inevitably, social reality intrudes upon the inter-racial lovers’ idealized world ... who are beginning new lives in America. The young street gangs that arise from these ghettos demonstrate their frustrations and tensions through turf wars and street fights. Tony is a member of the Jets, the American gang. Maria's brother, Bernardo, and her Puerto Rican suitor, Chino, are members of the Sharks. Gangs are one of the results of poverty, discrimination and urban deterioration. Some experts believe that young people, undereducated ... cause the cultures to be different. The immigrants that are moving in priamarily Puerto Ricans are finding it hard to live with the Americans and dealiing with there unfiarness and having to live by the American norms. For the members of both groups are suffering from culture shock. This takes place when people hav ea hard time adjusting to a new culture that is different from their own. For the ...
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