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- 3021: A Clockwork Orange 3
- The new American edition of the novel A Clockwork Orange features a final chapter that was omitted from the original American edition against the author's preference. Anthony Burgess, the novel's author, provided for the new edition an introduction to explain not only the significance of the twenty-first chapter but also the purpose of ... kind of clockwork orange that is human. Burgess's little Alex is a clockwork orange until he reaches maturity in the twenty-first chapter. Stanley Hyman, a literary critic, provided an afterward for the original American edition of A Clockwork Orange. In it he states that "Alex always was a clockwork orange, a machine for mechanical violence far below the level of choice...". One must remember that this after word ...
- 3022: Gun Control
- Gun Control Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime and ... America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban ...
- 3023: The Red Badge Of Courage
- American Literature The Red Badge of Courage The Civil War took more American lives than any other war in history. It divided the people of the United States, so that in many families brother fought brother. The four years of bloodshed left a legacy of grief and bitterness ... War Between the States, the War of the Rebellion, the War of the Secession, or the War for southern Independence. But regardless of what it is called, the war was a great turning point in American history. What is so interesting about Crane's Red Badge of Courage? I found out that war turns boys into mature men, the real dialect and slang used during the war, and what it' ...
- 3024: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... as a dangerous left-winger, and won by 16,000 votes. In 1948 and 1949 Nixon achieved a national reputation in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Committee on Un-American Activities during its investigation of what became known as the Hiss case. In 1950 Nixon ran for the U.S. Senate against Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-80), whom he labeled th e for what ... 1926- ), John Ehrlichman (1925- ) and Charles Colson (1931- ). This allowed him time for what had become his absorbing interest: international affairs. With Henry A. Kissinger as his most trusted foreign policy adviser, Nixon redefined the American role in the world, suggesting limits to U.S. resources and commitments . he declared in his inaugural address , He ordered a gradual withdrawal of the 500,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam. The withdrawal ... economic policies were bold but inconsistent, and, partly because of rapidly rising energy costs, he was unable to avert a recession in 1974. On racial matters, Nixon generally adopted a passive stance toward efforts by American blacks to achieve educational, economic, and social equality. He personally opposed busing but insisted that the law be upheld in cases where the courts required it. The Nixon response to rising urban crime rates ...
- 3025: Gibbons Vs. Ogden, 1824
- ... by protecting the interests of the South, Marshall held the Civil War and the Southern secession at bay for at least another 20 years, allowing the economy to grow. All these decisions allowed the Industrial Revolution and American trade to pick up momentum, resulting in new technology and huge profits, which were vital for the United States to become the world power that it is today.
- 3026: Weapons of World War 1
- ... Russia, France, and England formed the rival Triple Entente Powers. Later called the Allies. The States sided with Serbia and the Allies. Serbia's enemies were on the side of the Central Powers. The Industrial Revolution with its large, manufacturing ability, massive assembly-line production , and expanded shiping distribution had a powerful influence on the development of weapons. The navy was the first to make use of the improved weapons. Breech ... series of mechanical reactions to load and fire the following round. Repeating guns, developed in the first half of the 19th century, represented a major step toward fully automatic weapons. The French mitrailleuse and the American Gatling gun, were both first developed in the 1860s . The French weapon had a 37-barrel, one-ton gun mounted on a carriage pulled by four horses. It delivered 370 rounds from its ten magazines ...
- 3027: Capital Punishment
- ... ways of dealing with crime and violence. Those who use the Bible to support the death penalty are by themselves since almost all religious groups in the United States regard executions as immoral. They include, American Baptist Churches USA, American Jewish Congress, California Catholic Council, Christian reformed Church, Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church in America, Mennonite General Conference, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Northern Ecumenical Council, Presbyterian Church (USA), Reformed Church of ... the major users of capital punishment (Death Penalty Focus). The use of the death penalty in its discriminatory and arbitrary methods "only magnifies inequalities of race that persist in the criminal justice system and in American society generally (Berger 355). Even with the death of a guilty man, innocence is lost, for even Edward Koch admits that "the death of anyone - even a convicted killer - diminishes us all." But it ...
- 3028: Race
- ... have been forcibly deprived of their lands and denied civil rights. Congress enacts the Indian Civil Rights Act in 1968, and the Federal courts have entertained a number of suits designed to restore to Native American Tribes ancestral lands and hunting and fishing rights. Discrimination has taken many different forms. For many years Urban voters were denied equal representation in Congress and State Legislatures; the elderly have been faced with discrimination ... most nations will not accept any interference with their affairs, including questions of discrimination against their own citizens. To a modest degree these bodies such as the European Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Although many claim we live in an age of enlightenment, discrimination in the workplace remains prevalent. When employment decisions are based on an employees race, sex, religion, the impact is felt ... redress. ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION The effects of economic discrimination can be devastating for women. In 1996, women in the United States made seventy-five cents for every dollar that men earned. For the 46.3 million American men aged twenty-five to sixty-four years, the median income is $31,200. For the 35 million women in the same age group, median income is $23,000. Because of the great difference ...
- 3029: Cuba and Its History
- ... The treaty was not honored however, and resistance was again put up in 1885. The Spanish king at the time Alfonso XIII, encouraged the use of concentration camps for revolutionaries caught in battle. The Cuban Revolution became extremely bloody due to the use of Guerrilla warfare. This military operation, conducted on its home terrain, consisted of inhabitants fed up with oppressive rule. The men involved operated from bases located deep in ... February 15, 1898 the U.S. Battleship Maine was sunk by a large explosion. The Americans declared war on Spain immediately, attacking all Spanish naval vessels in the area, marking the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Finally on July 18, 1898, George Dewey, a U.S. naval officer commanded the fleet that destroyed Spanish vessels in Manila. Upon being defeated once again, Spain surrendered, giving up Cuba and the Philippines ...
- 3030: The Symbolism Of The Crow
- ... instead of accomplishing his task he was punished for his disobedience and egotism; Apollo placed him in the constellations, but the hydra prevented him from drinking from the cup ; he is condemned to thirst.(ASCAR American Society for Crows and Raven) In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth for signs of life after the flood, But the crow never came back to tell Noah what he ... her prediction. It is generally said in Greece that the white crow guides messengers. This function of the messengers of the Gods (especially Apollo's messenger), may have its origin in a Greek legend. .(ASCAR American Society for Crows and Raven) Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and a crow informed him. According to Ovide, the crow was originally white. Apollo made him black to punish him for bringing bad news. Apollo ... over the world and come back to tell Odin all the events that happen on earth. In the mithraic cult, Sol(the Sun God) entrusts the crow to tell Mithra to sacrifice the bull. .(ASCAR American Society for Crows and Raven) In Japan, crows are considered divine messengers, and in China they are the fairy queens (Hsi-Wang-Mu) messengers. They also brought her food and are considered a good ...
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