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- 2331: A Tale
- Throughout the novel, Charles Dickens judgment and portrayal of France, the Revolution, and the people themselves undergoes some very basic changes. Dickens is always in control of the reader by successfully reaching his goal of leading the reader by the hand through a series of emotions and ideas emanating from the plot and its characters. During the first few chapters of Book the First, Dickens has the reader sympathize with the plight of the French commoners. However, when the revolution begins, he does an about-face. Through narrative, scenes, and dialogue, the reader starts to consider both the aristocrats and the downtrodden as one and the same in moral and political culpability. Charles Dickens strongly believes that the French Revolution was inevitable because the aristocracy had exploited and plundered the poor until they were driven to extreme measures. Nowhere is that more evident than in Dickens portrayal of the Marquis St. Evremonde. This nobleman ...
- 2332: The Science of Cloning
- ... don't have all the facts about. In some cases, cloning is an extension of current and accepted practices that will very likely improve over time. This includes reproductive therapy like in vitro fertilization. The American Life League in the following states information on the advantages of cloning over in vitro fertilization: "Consider couples going through IVF. [There are] many reasons why they might choose to clone embryos either by blastomere ... Or if the child wasn't going to grow an organ or appendage, new genes to stimulate growth and function could be cloned and placed with the embryo to aid the development of the child (American Life League 40). In the future, cloning could prove to aid in organ donor programs. The ability to clone an organ would be incredible because it would allow patients that would almost certainly die another ... Seed's announcement President Clinton tried to revive a bill he proposed that would put a five-year ban, or waiting period on cloning (Chayes and Edwards 2). Clinton's intentions are to give an American Bio-ethics team time to decide if cloning is morally acceptable and should be permitted. It is not certain whether President Clinton is totally against cloning or not. However, with all the media coverage, ...
- 2333: Architecture Set In Motion
- ... together with a Chinese bridge, and Turkish tent, which set a president from 1750 on where naughty architectural elements present themselves in architectural structures. This eclectic style is the bases of 19th and 20th century American suburbs, including new ones being built around the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia today, while also emerging in 20th century architects as Wright, who in the Robbie House(1900s) combined inspirations from many different cultures past ... design of, A Contemporary City of Three Million Inhabitants, that laid a tremendously influential bases for the future of the modern day city along with its very rectilinear box skyscrapers that sprang up in the American city during the later part of the twentieth century, and the modern skyscraper is considered the greatest form given of the twentieth century. The skyscraper is an American baby, that came about because of the enhancements in the use of ferrous metals as iron and steel, and these buildings defined by Wisemen to be, more then five stories, that use metal, and ...
- 2334: Ernesto Guevara De Serna
- ... returned home for his finals sure of only one thing: he did not want to become a middle-class general practitioner. He passed, specializing in dermatology, and went to La Paz, Bolivia, during the National Revolution in which he condemned as an opportunist. From there he went to Guatemala, arriving during the socialist Arbenz presidency. It was in Guatemala that he began to earn his living by writing archaeological articles about ... after him, and introduced him to Nico Lopez, one of Fidel Castro's lieutenants. While in Guatemala, he saw the CIA at work as the principal agents of counterrevolution. He confirmed, in his view, that Revolution could be made only by armed insurrection. When Arbenz fell, Guevara went to Mexico City (September 1954) where he worked in the General Hospital. Hilda Gadea and Nico Lopez joined him. It was there that ... also a ruthless disciplinarian who unhesitatingly shot defectors, as later he got a reputation for cold-blooded cruelty in the mass execution of recalcitrant supporters of the defeated president Batista. At the triumph of the Revolution, Guevara became second to Fidel Castro in the new government of Cuba, and the man was chiefly responsible for pushing Castro towards communism. It was a communism that was independent of the orthodox, Moscow- ...
- 2335: Cultural Diversity in Schools
- Cultural Diversity in Schools Since early American history, schools, like society, have addressed cultural diversity in different ways. In the colonial days, some attempts to adjust to cultural differences were made in the New York colony, but the dominant American culture was the norm in the general public, as well as most of the schools. As America approached the nineteenth century, the need for a common culture was the basis for the educational forum. Formal ... I expected the school would be multicultural in the sense of ethnic or racial backgrounds. Instead, I was very surprised to discover that the school was predominately white students, with only a handful of African American students in each classroom. I did find out that the Wheeling Island area was in very low status pertaining to income. Not only did over half of the students receive free or reduced lunch, ...
- 2336: Bilingual Education
- ... drop out of high school will find it difficult, if not impossible, to find a good career which doesn't require them to have some command of the English language. They also will not find American universities that teach using Spanish. In other words, without English, a student's chances are very limited. Immersion is the best cure for these ailments. The best approach to teach students English is the sink ... students swam. Of course, immigrant students can never learn English to the extent that it could be considered their first language. This is the time it usually takes for immigrant families to culturally melt into American society. New studies of how the brain handles language could also be a big help in finding new ways to teach students their second language. One key is teaching the language to children at a ... to learn English. Without knowledge of English, the future of too many immigrant children seems bleak. The chance for these immigrant youth to make something of themselves, to get a meaningful education, to fulfill the American dream, could be shattered because of a system that failed them. The importance of English will one day become all too real to them, but it will be too late. These students deserve better. ...
- 2337: Censorship of Academic Materials
- ... Last year alone, there were more instances of school censorship than any year since 1982 (Clark 171). The most challenged books deal with the following subjects: sex, feminism, teen rebelliousness, AIDS, homosexuality, the negative African-American experience, and non-Christian viewpoints. The overwhelming majority of book objections come from parents in the community who have no authority on what should be censored and what should not be censored (Clark 54). Deanna Duby, director of educational policy for the American Way, expects censorship to be on the rise in the future. (Solin 98). The fundamental purpose of schools is to allow everyone to have the opportunity to learn, Thus, whenever a school system denies a student materials because of censorship, that school system is acting against its original purpose. School libraries are a distinctively American institution, invented to insure that lack of money to buy books would never mean that anyone was denied the chance to learn. "The American Library Association has long believed that it is the responsibility ...
- 2338: Turn Of The Screw- Henry James
- ... out a fire. In 1863, James and his older brother William attended Harvard. James did not complete his studies to pursue his writing career. William graduated from Harvard and became one of the most prominent American philosophers and psychologists of his time. James began his professional writing career with book reviews for the North American Review. His first short story, The Story of the Year, appeared in Atlantic Monthly in 1865. In 1866, the James family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. James had his first novel, Watch and Ward serialized in Atlantic Monthly in 1871. In 1877, James wrote The American, while visiting Paris and Rome. In 1878, The Watch and Ward appeared in book form, and James wrote French Poets and Novelists (criticism), and The Europeans (novel). While visiting Paris and Italy in 1879, ...
- 2339: The Townshend Act
- ... on lead, glass, tea, paint, and paper that Americans imported from Britain. In an effort to strengthen its own authority and the power of royal colonial officials, Parliament, at Townshend's request, also created the American Board of Customs Commissioners whose members would strictly enforce the Navigation Acts. Revenue raised by the new tariffs would be used to free royal officials from financial dependence on colonial assemblies, thus further encroaching on ... Daughters of Liberty advocated the nonconsumption of products, such as tea, taxed by the Townshend Acts. The Massachusetts legislature sent the other colonies a circular letter condemning the Townshend Acts and calling for a united American resistance. British officials then ordered the dissolution of the Massachusetts General Court if it failed to withdraw its circular letter; the court refused, by a vote of 92 to 17, and was dismissed. The other colonial assemblies, initially reluctant to protest the acts, now defiantly signed the circular letter, outraged at British interference with a colonial legislature.In other ways, British actions again united American protest. The Board of Customs Commissioners extorted money from colonial merchants and usedflimsy excuses to justify seizing American vessels. These actions heightened tensions, which exploded on June 21, 1768, when customs officials seized Boston ...
- 2340: The Clinton Scandal
- The Clinton Scandal As an American citizen who has become tired of your sordid personal affairs and the effect it has had on the Office of the President, I want to extend my opinion and criticism of your speech last night ... I lied" in your speech? You admitted nothing. You went before the people and gave a pitiful speech so that it can be spun as a heart-felt admission of guilt in front of the American people. It is to be hoped that most people will be able to see through this obvious facade and see the truth. Not once did you use the term "sexual relationship" when referring to your interactions with Ms. Lewinsky. You admitted to an inappropriate and wrong relationship, but what was the nature of this relationship? I am not asking to hear salacious details, but I, as an American citizen, deserve the truth. Is this another example of you not volunteering information? Then, to attack the investigation of the independent counsel shows a pure cowardice on your part. Rather than taking responsibility for ...
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