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- 3031: Joseph Patrick Kennedy
- ... as an "Irishman" one time too many, Joe exploded: "Goddamn it! I was born in this country! My children were born in this country! What the hell does someone have to do to become and American?" And that he was not only an American, but also probably the epitome of the American dream.
- 3032: Alternative Medicine
- ... parents and children have something to do with this vast new form of medicine. Alternative medicine continues to grow every year, which makes it a very important issue in our society, in fact 40% of American use some form of herbal or other alternative medicine in the world today (Jonas). This fact just shows how widely used this method is. According to a survey of 1,539 adults in 1990 and ... believe is better is that these forms of medicine be used together to help heal. Works Cited Jonas, Wayne B. “Learning From the Past, Examining the Present, Advancing to the Future.” The Journal of the American Medical Association 280 (1998): 1616. [Jonas gives many facts in his article that relate to today’s use of alternative medicine. The article summarizes the risks, the cost, the healing use, and many other categories ... of using alternative medicine, but some methods have impressive results and others are questionable. The article gives many examples of conventional medical practitioner’s viewpoints.] Lin, Jonathoan H. “Evaluating the alternatives.” The Journal of the American Medical Association 279 (1998): 706 Mann, Denise. “Mainstream alternatives?” Better Nutrition Feb. 1999: 36
- 3033: Leadership Ability of Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
- ... of Johnson’s popular social programs were undermined by the growing conflict in Vietnam. Johnson’s handling of the Vietnam War not only damaged his social agenda, but his credibility as well. The number of American troops that LBJ said would be needed to win the war seemed to grow every day, the reports that were given from the front line were sometimes entirely false and more often than not, more ... s televised speech regarding the Tet Offensive reflects this “credibility gap”; although he was telling the absolute truth, very few people could believe him. LBJ was also not able to follow the whim of the American public as well as is desirable in a leader. He was reluctant or unable to make the decision to pull out of Vietnam, (which also shows his less than desirable decision making skills under pressure ... LBJ had great ideas for social reform, ones that his constituency could relate to, however he was unable to make good decisions regarding the Vietnam conflict, was also unable to keep track of what the American public wanted. This, in the end, cost him his presidency. RFK, on the other hand, possessed all of the major qualifications for great leadership: he had a far-reaching social agenda, marvelous credibility, and ...
- 3034: Robert E. Lee
- ... and for days he worked without sleep. He found out where the Mexican soldiers were. He knew where to put the big guns which made it easier for the Army to take the fort. The American Army marched right into Mexico City. The war was now officially over. Lee's engineering skill made it possible for American troops to cross the difficult mountain passes on the way to the capital. During the march to Mexico City, Lee was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel. Scott said that his "success in Mexico was largely ... in my own person I had to meet the question whether I should take part against my native state. With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I had not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the army, and, save in ...
- 3035: Democracy Best Form of Government?
- ... foreign policy program is seen as an unbroken string of foreign policy successes during the Clinton administration. The platform has also used diplomacy as a means to eliminate thousands of Russian nuclear weapons aimed at American cities. The democratic platform proclaims broad support for all those who would like to strengthen civil society and live in a democratic state. Many people applaud Clinton’s policy toward Japan and Korea, as well ... to further help in the development of Africa. It declares that continuing to help the people of Africa nurture their continents extraordinary potential will not only benefit the African people but it will benefit the American markets. In a democracy it is the will of the people and not the dictate of the ruling few that will determine public policy. Democracy can be described as an experiment “of trial and error ... by business and financial interests, and by farmers, laborers, and newly freed African Americans-dominated the national scene. The Republicans have there own policies which they set up in their own platform called “Restoring the American Dream”. There platform went unnoticed from the commercial television networks during the nightly “prime time” hour that usually covered the convention. The Republicans feel that they are “the party of peace through strength” and ...
- 3036: Packaging
- ... products is affordable to buy and it on advertisement (billboard, radio, and TV). In addition, the company and the product are popular to US citizen. Besides, Budweiser alcohol level is low around .02, which most American prefers that level of alcohol to be. For example, in New York Time Magazine say most American like to drink Budweiser because they say it tastes better and the alcohol level is not dangerous for driving. On the other side, Budweiser package is a failure in Australia because it considers a foreign ... level. Besides, Foster company and products are unpopular in the US, so the percentage of selling the product really low. For example, in Sunday Newspaper, there is section that say ¡°Foster is going down in American, but going up in Australia. The reason is Foster is a product is unpopular.¡± But Foster package is a successful selling product in Australia because it assembles people preferences and the product and reputation ...
- 3037: Critique of Snow Falling on Cedars
- Critique of Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is a truthful tale about a post World War II trial in which a Japanese-American fisherman, the first American citizen in his lineage, is accused of killing a well known American fisherman. The accused is Kabuo Miyomoto; dead is Carl Heine Jr. The book takes place in the small town of San Piedro, one of the scenic San Juan Islands in the early 1950s. The ...
- 3038: Communism in the Soviet Union and Why it Failed
- ... be in fewer and fewer hands where the workers would plunge into a state of ever-increasing misery. These impoverished workers grow in numbers and organize themselves into a political party which would lead a revolution in which they dispose of the capitalists. The proletariat would establish a society governed by a " dictatorship of the proletariat" based on communal ownership of the wealth. According to Marx this phase of human society is referred to as socialism. Communism is the final transcendence of this revolution in which there is a break up and elimination of the state and no class division. That is the primary reason that it was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1991 the Soviet ... the Soviet power and causes of the 1991 breakup. The person who started the whole transition into a communist empire was Vladimir Lenin. He felt that the working class was not capable of starting this revolution on their own and needed a professional group of revolutionaries to guide it. This led to Lenin and Bolsheviks coming into power in 1917. The Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist party and under the ...
- 3039: The Push For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... cite. One of these in that Marijuana causes brain damage. Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of damage to the brain (Hager 1). In fact, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) conducted two studies in 1977 and they showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana (Hager 1). Another myth is that marijuana damages the reproductive system. Studies of actual ... will wipe out the already 60-billion dollar black market by placing marijuana in the open market (NORML information pack 3). This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people. In the last two years, approximately 750,000 arrests were made in our mad, imaginary effort to stamp out marijuana. What this adds up to is millions of police hours spent on bootless missions ... when alcohol was illegal in the 1920’s. Because drugs are sold on the black market, they cause violence, deaths due to no quality regulation, and diseases from sharing illegal drug paraphernalia (ACLU 1). The American Civil Liberties advocates the full decriminalization of the use, possession, manufacture, and distribution of drugs (ACLU 1). It does this for constitutional reasons. The following is an excerpt from their policy on drugs which ...
- 3040: Moral Development in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Great Gatsby
- ... of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, wants the reader to see and focus on the search for freedom. As on the other hand, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, author of Great Gatsby, wants you to see the American Dream, which is a freedom as well, a socio-economic freedom. These authors have chosen their narrators well, as we see a significant number of action that have brought them to be ethically developed. Narration ... involved with what is going on , but is still aware of everyone's actions. Another character that has a major role in this story is Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a person with a dream...the American Dream, which is done by visualization of his boyhood ambitions like those of Benjamin Franklin. Gatsby, in the story trys to test Nick's amoral position, by dragging him into an illegal business deal. Nick ... helped Nick by giving him something to fall back on, in the sense that the freedom was his motif for everything, and even more when he met Gatsby, but at that time it was the American Dream. Huck Finn portrays a significant development in moral actions. He ultimately wanted freedom for himself from his father, and for Jim, a run-away slave. Although, these novels are different in approaching moral ...
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