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- 3001: The Battle of Midway in the Pacific
- ... and annexed by the United States in August 1867. Between 1903 and 1940, it served both as a cable station on the Honolulu GuamManila underwater telegraph line and as an airport for the Pan American Airways China Clipper (Miracle 5). In March 1940, after a report on U.S. Navy Pacific bases declared Midway second only to Pearl Harbor in importance, construction of a formal naval air station began. Midway ... p.m., a Marine sentry sighted a flashing light out at sea and alerted the garrison. Three hours later, the Japanese destroyers Sazanami and Ushio opened fire, damaging a seaplane hangar, knocking out the Pan American direction finder and destroying a consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat. The Japanese retired at 10:00 p.m., leaving four Midway defenders dead and 10 wounded. On December 23, 1941, Midway's air defenses were ... when a PBY pilot reported "three burning ships." At 5:45 he reported, "The three burning ships are Jap carriers." The stricken vessels--Akagi, Kaga and Soryu--were the victims of SBD Dauntlesses from the American carriers Enterprise and Yorktown. At the same time out at sea, B-17s from Midway, along with six more Flying Fortresses from Hawaii, attacked the Japanese carrier Hiryu, which had been damaged and set ...
- 3002: Capital Punishment
- ... it was prescribed for a variety of crimes. (Capital Punishment p.10). It was also greatly used in the Greek and Roman empires. It continued into England during the Middle Ages,and then to the American colonies where it exists still today. In the colonies, death was a prescribed punishment for crimes such as: murder, rape, arson, and perjury. In America today, the main crime deserving death is obviously murder. (Capital ... favor the death penalty. (JET Magazine). According to an U.S. Dept. Of Justice press release on December 13, 1998,of those executed,they were all males: 45 whites, 27 blacks, 1 Asian, and 1 American Indian. Five Were Hispanics...At the end of last year, 34 states and the federal prison system held 3,335 men and women (44 females) on death row: 1876 whites, 1406 blacks, 28 American Indians, 17 Asians, and 8 of other races. There were 283 Hispanic prisoners... Also a 1985 University of North Carolina study by economist Stephen K. Layson states that, every execution of a murderer deters, ...
- 3003: Comparing Events In History To
- ... the use of the Salem witch trials, Miller forces readers to deal with shameful episodes in 20th century history of the United States of America like McCarthyism, the Holocaust, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the Japanese American Interment. Many of these behaviors illustrated can relate to “The Crucible,” most of these horrible things that happened occurred because people wanted to have more power in their lives. The other bad part is that ... evidence was provided and they still were convicted and ended up dying. In “The Crucible” many people were hanged because they were accused of being witches. Another blemish in America’s life is The Japanese American Interment. This was when many Japanese immigrants were rounded up and relocated. The main reason why they were rounded up was because the government feared that they were spies and saboteurs. Although the evidence is ... and have to get rid of anyone that went against the laws. Sacco and Vanzetti are important because it shows that you use the free speech amendment you may go on trial. Lastly the Japanese American Interment was also a bad blemish in this country but it wasn’t as severe as The Holocaust. I think how Miller presented the Salem Witch trials gives good examples of our 20th century ...
- 3004: The Great Gatsby: Being Successful
- The Great Gatsby: Being Successful The Great Gatsby is considered an American classic, or as Noel Perrin says in his story “one novel that nearly all educated Americans have read.” I found the book very hard to get through. It contained many confusing story elements; for example ... serenity that most people will never experience for a prolonged period of time. Another association with green is the signal to go. With the obvious example of the traffic light (you saw that one coming) American’s have probably permanently associated green with going as Perrin had mentioned in his story. Another thing that green would be associated with is the urge to strive ahead. Back in the days of colonization ... Daisy Buchanan or to make a lot of money, like Nick Carraway, the moral arbiter of the novel. The ultimate goal is to be successful. Green in the end is representative of success. Like the American’s were presented with a green land full of trees to exploit, it is now filled with green dollar bills made from those trees, so I suppose you could say that the dream still ...
- 3005: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- ... Critic as Artist: Essay on Books 1920-1970 1972:47-54. Rpt. in "Heller, Joseph." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Eds. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1975. 228. Bryant, Jerry H. The Open Decision: The Contemporary American Novel and It's Intellectual Background. 1970:156-159. Rpt. in. "Heller, Joseph." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Eds. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1975. 229. Burgess, Anthony. The Novel: A Guide to Contemporary Fiction. 1967 ... Detroit: Gale, 1973. 140. Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell, Aug 1963. Heller, Joseph. Good as Gold. New York: Simon,1979. Karl, Frederick R. Barron's Book Notes Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (1983). American Online. Merrill, Robert. Joseph Heller. Ed. Warren French. Twayne's United States Olderman, Raymond M. "The Grail Knight Departs." Beyond the Waste Lands: A Study of the American Novel in the Nineteen-Sixties. Rpt. in "Heller, Joseph." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1975. 229-230. Peek, C. A., Ph.D. Cliffs Notes on Heller's Catch-22. ...
- 3006: Pornography
- ... been stretched by mainstreaming movies, opening the way even further for the legalization of more explicit fare (Jenish 53). In most contemporary communities explicit sex that is without violent or dehumanizing acts is acceptable in American society today. These community standards have not been around very long. When movies were first brought out, they were heavily restricted and not protected by the First Amendment, because films then were looked upon only ... and violence is exaggerated and that the research linking pornography to sexual crimes is inconclusive. They state that the fundamentals of sex crimes are found inherently in the individuals and that the sexual permissiveness of American society cannot be blamed on the increase of pornography's availability (Jacobson 79). David Adams, a co-founder and executive director of Emerge, a Boston counseling center for male batterers, states, "that only a minority ... ensure an unhealthy attitude towards women and their sexual identities. Only through discussion and individual action can the perpetuation of the negative impacts of pornography be swept from the closets and dark corners of the American household. Bibliography Works Cited Allen, Mike. "Exposure to Pornography and Acceptance of Rape Myths." Journal of Communication. Winter, 1995: 5-21. Bart, Pauline B., and Patricia H. O'Brien. Stopping Rape: Successful Survival Strategies. ...
- 3007: History Of Computer
- ... invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people’s lives for the better.The very earliest existence of the modern day computer ... many other tasks (Osborne, 146). In 1971 Marcian E. ! Hoff, Jr., an engineer at the In tel Corporation, invented the microprocessor and another stage in the development of the computer began (Shallis, 121).A new revolution in computer hardware was now well under way, involving miniaturization of computer-logic circuitry and of component manufacture by what are called large-scale integration techniques. In the 1950s it was realized that "scaling down ...
- 3008: History Of Boot Camp Correctio
- ... be obeyed instantly and personal liberty is almost nonexistent. By the end of boot camp the new private has become a different person. Such was the hope for boot camp, or shock incarceration, programs in American prisons: that young, nonviolent offenders could be diverted from a life outside the law using the same tactics successfully employed by the military to turn civilians into soldiers. This reliance on a military atmosphere still ... abuse of power and the effect it may have on both inmates and program staff. (6) The need for clear policies governing the use of immediate punishment, force, and profanity. (Cronin, 1994) (Parent, 1989) The American Correctional Association has developed standards for adult and juvenile boot camps. Research Perspectives of the National Institute of Justice During the mid-1980's, the Nation's prison population grew rapidly, crimes by younger offenders ... offenders to hopefully “scare them straight.” Works Cited America Online. Boot Camps. (1994): n. Online. Internet. 22 Apr. 1999. Available: http://www.kci.org/publication/bootcamp/prerelease.htm Clear, Todd R, and Cole, George F. American Corrections. California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997. Cowels, Ernest L. Boot Camp aftercare intervention. Washington, D.C: National Institute of Justice, 1995. Cronin, Roberta C. Boot Camps for adult and juvenile offenders. Washington, D.C: ...
- 3009: The Drinking Age
- ... education on this ever present element of the adult world as they do for sex and driving. The home would be a wonderful place to start because of the parental influence. Many researchers say that American parents should follow the example of European cultures. Families have meals together and at dinner it is not uncommon to share a glass of wine with the children. Alcohol is only distributed in moderation at ... for lost time. For most drinking is not the problem, but drinking excessively is. Another upside to this matter is that doctors are now saying that moderate alcohol intake is good for the heart. Fact: American college students drink excessively. Fact: Most drinkers are underage. Fiction: Drinking age laws prevent adolescents form drinking. The bottom line is that exposure works. Not just things like exposure and education make this issue stronger ... wisdom (being sarcastic) show their priorities when they claim that at the age of eight-teen one is responsible enough to vote but not to drink. By some slight inference, the politicians are telling the American people that it takes more responsibility to drink than to vote. It is no wonder that Americans are so apathetic about politics, our leaders no longer belive in us.
- 3010: A Farewell To Arms
- ... was rejected due to an eye injury that he sustained during his high school football career. Hemingway’s bold, daring, personality and determination landed him a job as a Second Lieutenant ambulance driver of the American Red Cross during World War I. Hemingway arrived in Milan April of 1918. On his first day, he and his fellow drivers were rudely awaken to the total devastation of the war when they had ... remove the parts of dead or severely injured victims of a munition factory explosion. This, as well as later experiences in Fossalta, Italy, makes for a very believable novel. Frederick Henry was, like Hemingway, an American lieutenant who drove ambulances in Italy during World War I. He was badly injured by a mortar shell explosion and was taken to a hospital in Milan where he fell madly in love with an ... or already dead people. About two hours later Hemingway was, like Frederick Henry, transported to an emergency medical post in Milan for his leg wound. It was there that Hemingway fell in love with an American nurse from Washington, D.C. Her name was Sister Agnes Hannah von Kurowsky. She grew fond of young Hemingway, but was discouraged that she was thirty years old and he was only twenty. Nothing ...
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