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- 2911: Diversity On Campus
- ... the obligations of citizenship in a democracy. 7. Acknowledgment that differences denote neither inferiority nor superiority. 8. Acceptance of the value and the importance of cultural diversities , and respect and appreciation for their contributions to American life of diverse cultures and religions. 9. Belief in judging others on their individual merits and abilities, without stereotyping because of race, religion, nationality, or socioeconomic status. 10. Belief in cooperating with others to solve ... weighing alternative solutions; selecting best possible solutions and testing them; evaluating and modifying procedures if necessary. 12. Being thoroughly familiar with information about facts, ideas, concepts, successes and failures, future needs, and general principles of American government and the American way of life. 13. Realizing that laws serve as guides for different people in different times and places. New times and new needs cause the creation of new laws, and the modification and explication ...
- 2912: The European Enlightenment
- ... replacement by a republic, followed later in the century by a weakened monarchy. By the end of the seventeenth century England would see the a loss of the monarch's powers in England's "Glorious Revolution." The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the development of "absolute" monarchies and a more tightly-centralized national government. Many historians regard the growth of the "absolute monarchy" as the origin of the modern state. Because this growth in absolute and centralized power of the government and the monarchy, this age is called the "Age of Absolutism" (1660-1789), beginning with Louis XIV and ending with the French Revolution. Crises and tragedies primarily motivated absolutism of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Absolute monarchies were originally proposed as a solution to the bloody civil and religious wars erupting as a result of the Reformation. These ... Led by thinkers like John Locke and David hume, great Britian developed its own enlightenment. After decapitating the king, the monarchy was restored, this experience created an openness toward change. Because England had gotten its revolution out of the way early, it was much more able to proceed smoothly toward democracy.
- 2913: Muckraking Newspapers And Maga
- ... like small home-run businesses. As Ellen F. Fitzpatrick in Muckraking writes: “Railroads, with their huge administrative structure, large capital investment, extensive numbers of employees, and complex business activities stood in marked distinction to most American firms in 1861. With thousands of miles of track, hundreds of thousands of employees, and capital accounts reaching into the millions of dollars, large railroad companies foreshadowed new forms of corporate organization that would be the hallmark of the modern American economy.” (4) As these vast companies continued to grow, there was a time known as the “great merger movement” in which one hundred fifty giant holding companies swallowed close to two thousand other businesses (4 ... evidence that demonstrated many weaknesses in the policies and laws of the time regarding businesses and business practices. Partially due to her presentation of these facts in such a complete manner, many more of the American people realized that business law reform was necessary and started to press more heavily for it. Ray Stannard Baker was another writer working for McClure’s. He was working on a novel regarding labor ...
- 2914: Colt: A Man and His Guns
- ... in firearms , patent 1849, consist in certain improvements upon that construction of guns and pistols which has cylindrical revolving breech piece, provided with a series of parrallel chambers for containing a series of charges, by revolution of the breech upon it's shaft, may be brought into line with the bore of the barrel, and be severally discharged through the same." What was meant by this is that a cylinder, round ... of the crop" in gun making, supreme revolving techniques and great precision make Colt the number one gun for Texans. Bibliography: 1. The Handbook of Texas, p 382 The Texas Historical Association 2. Colt : An American Legend, all pages Wilson Publishing ; Robert Lawrence Wilson 3. How It Works, p 3240 H.S. Stuttman Inc.
- 2915: Does The Mass Media Cause Unde
- ... to believe that media influences males and overstimulates them through pornography to the point that they become aggressive towards females. But this is completely baseless; just as pornography arouses or stimulates, it also satisfies. The American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography performed a study in which several college students were asked to spend one and a half hours in an isolated room with a large volume of pornographic media, as well ... of sexual arousal. Reference Cited Christensen F.M. 1990 Pornography. New York: Praeger. Howitt, Cumberpatch 1975 Mass Media, Violence and Society. London: Elek Science Harmon, Check 1988 Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse. (City unknown).American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Hawkins, Zimring 1988 Pornography in a Free Society. (City unknown). (Publisher uknown). Bibliography 1. Pornography, Christensen F.M., ã1990, New York, Praeger. 2. Mass Media, Violence and Society, Howitt, Cumberpatch, ã1975, London, Elek Science. 3. Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse, Harmon, Check, ã1988, American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 4. Pornography in a Free Society, Hawkins, Zimring, ã1988. 5. Advertising, World Book Encyclopedia 1990, New York, Nault. 6. Pornography, Encarta Encyclopedia 1995, New York, Microsoft. 7. The Question ...
- 2916: John Updikess Pigeon Feather
- ... merely saying that, on a ship crossing of the Atlantic, there was "blackjack with the Rhodes Scholars and deck tennis with the Fulbrights." Yet he is not a pennon bearer for a new generation of American writers. The sense you got when you first read F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway or William Faulkner that -- like it or not -- American literature was off in new directions, shattering matrixes of the past, does not rise from Mr. Updike's pages. Rather, he has the calm assurance of a man at work in a familiar field to ... almost exclusively about the life of a young man from the small Pennsylvania town he usually calls Olinger that seems very like the Shillington, Pa., that John Updike remembers from his own boyhood. Like all American romantics, that is, he has an irresistible impulse to go in memory home again in order to find himself. The epigraphs of his first book, which is dedicated to his parents, have to do ...
- 2917: Family Practice: Summary
- Family Practice: Summary The American family today, has the same problems that the American family of yesterday had. Daniel A. Sugarman, a psychologist in "Family Practice" introduces us to several case studies that seem to be the main nucleus of family problems today. He has put together a system called "Seven Ways to Keep the Peace at Home," in which he describes seven different problems within our American households today that can cause daily emotional and physical pain within the family structure. The Seven case studies are based on children's values that are driven by their parents emotions. "Giving up the ...
- 2918: Witchcraft
- ... Christianity claims Witches were "evil" and the "Satan" worshipped. The concepts of "Satan" and "evil" were actually constructed under the Christians' point of view (Vogel and Our History). The most well known event in the American history of Witchcraft persecution was the "Salem Trial". In the town of Salem, Massachusetts, 19 people were executed in 1962. Around twenty people in the town who had suffered from hallucinations, spasm or whose cattle ... popular tradition, the Alexandrian, around 1960 in England. He drew much attention from the media and is being called as "The King of Witches" (Johnson and The Grimoire). Silver Ravenwolf and Scott Cunningham is both American who had achieved a lot in promoting the Craft in the American society through writing books and promoting it through the media (Boyle). 3.6 Definition of Wicca It is said to be "the religion of Witches". According to my interviewee, it is a term rose ...
- 2919: A Case Against The Minimum Wag
- ... out and taking jobs. The new workers entering the market due to the hike, push aside less educated working teens who end up with neither schooling nor jobs. (Entin A16) The median income of African-American households is less than two-thirds that of whites and one reason is that African-Americans have less education. Only 13 percent of African-American adults have college degrees in 1995, compared to 24 percent of whites; and 74 percent had high school degrees, compared to 83 percent for whites.(Textbook) The lack of income and education has led African ... on medical care and entertainment. Hispanics also spend more of their money on necessities because they also are less educated and have lower incomes. Their median income is about two-thirds that of the average American and their educational levels are well below average.(Textbook) However Hispanic Americans are highly brand loyal. One survey found that 62 percent of Hispanics buy the same food, beverage, and household items on a ...
- 2920: George Meade
- ... end the war there? Facts say that heavy fog and rain forced Meade to stop. Likewise, on June 1, !863 a surprise encounter forced his troops into the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest battle on American soil. This battle came about when General Lee's army needed shoes. The two forces met here on accident and fought to a victory for the North. Lee acknowledged his defeat and retreated to Virginia ... lose confidence and maybe lose the war. If the South had won the war the U.S. would be split into two countries right now. Also, if the north did not the greatest battle on American soil, Gettysburg, it could have been the end of the war right there at Gettysburg. If the North would have lost the war the U.S. would be two different countries, as was said earlier ... G." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Version 2.01vw. Carlsbad, California: Compton's New Media, 1994. CD-ROM. "Meade, George Gordon." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 18. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 1990. "Meade, George Gordon." Who's Who in American History. Historical Volume. St. Louis, Missouri: Van Hoffman Press,1967.
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