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- 3241: Mental Disorders
- ... inexact, and classification varies from country to country. For official record-keeping purposes, most countries follow the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). For clinical use in the U. S., the American Psychiatric Association in 1980 adopted a third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III); an extensive revision (DSM-III-R) was issued in 1987. Most classification systems recognize childhood disorders (including mental retardation ... thought to be much more common, although figures are not available. Of particular concern are the organic mental disorders, which occur much more frequently in the increasing numbers of elderly persons(1). Works Cited 1. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Association,1987. 2. Nurse Review: Psychiatric problems. Springhouse Corporation, 1989. 3. Birren, James E., R. Bruce Sloane. Handbook of Mental Health and Aging. Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, 4. Carson, Robert ...
- 3242: The Life of Georgia O'Keefe
- ... career began on April 3, 1917 with the opening of my first solo show, sponsored by Alfred Stieglitz, who I later married in December 1924. My work displayed bold originality, unlike the work of any American artist of that time. My shows were controversial because my work was seen as inordinately sensual, and many critics, filled with Freudian enthusiasms of the day, were anxious to append elaborate psychological programs to my ... 1953 and in later years, Japan and India. By 1971, I was eighty-four, and my eyesight suddenly diminished. All through my career as an artist, I wanted to be known, not as the best American painter or the best women painter, but simply as an artist who had made the best possible use of the gifts I possessed. In my art, I championed expressionism, while most American painters worked in the tradition of naturalism. In short, I remained what I had to be to retain my genius: a thoroughgoing original. I, Georgia Totto OKeefe, died on March 6, 1986 in ...
- 3243: Mound Building Cultures
- ... built to be a gravesite of a great warrior, chieftain, or religious leader. Platform mounds were another type of mound was used for certain buildings. These mound builders were from various groups and areas of American Indian tribes. The size, shape, and purpose of burial mounds and platform mounds varied between the mound-building cultures. Burial mounds were used as tombs. Native Americans started to build this type of mound around ... weapons, and jewelry made from shell, copper, mica, and other materials are buried with the dead in mounds. Some burial chambers after 5000 B.C. had a central chamber for the remains of important Native American leaders. Platform mounds, also known as temple mounds, served as bases for public buildings, houses of tribe leaders, and temples. Platform mounds started being built by Native Americans after 800 A.D. The height of ... besides Native Americans have ever seen. Platform mounds were placed in central positions in important communities, especially the chiefs house. The Adenans, Hopewellians, and Mississippians are the three main mound-building cultures. The first American Indian group to build mounds was the Adenans. They began building burial sites around 1000 B.C. The Adena built mounds ranging from 20 to 300 feet in diameter. They lived mainly in Ohio, ...
- 3244: Lillian Rubin, Families On The
- ... participate in our culture, more power will create more labor and more reproduction. It is a basic fact that history repeats itself, maybe the family will gain the dominant role it had before the industrial revolution and mercantilism. We live in difficult times in a country that is divided by class, race, and social conception. The intense pain that many American families are living with today, and the anger they feel, wont be softened by a retreat to inaccurate assurance and easy promises.
- 3245: Malcolm Little
- ... speaking of his hatred for white men of any kind, and the extent of violence he used to get his way. He formed a new group, The Muslim Mosque Incorporated. Some feel he wanted a revolution. To become a real Muslim he took a pilgrimage to the holly city of Mecca. This was required in the Islamic religion. When he came back to the United States, he formed a new group which was more international and was willing to work with whites who wanted to stop segregation as well. His new organization was the Afro American Unity. This is when he met up with Martin Luther King Jr., a man fighting for the same cause but a completely opposite strategy. Malcolm believed that he had to be violent in order to ...
- 3246: The Cast Of Amontillado
- By: Theodore Ansink Edgar Allen Poe, born on January 19, 1809, is one of the greatest American writers of all time. The story of Edgar Allen Poes life remains one of the most disputed and slandered in the pages of American biography, despite conscious attempts to revise the story and rehabilitate the life. Decadence and immorality, in the form of alcoholism, opium addiction, and his relationships with women, and prolific production, as a journalist, editor, poet ... Not only did Montresor fake his sincerity towards Fortunato, he was also vengeful and very intelligent in his actions to kill Fortunato. Bibliography Lent, John A. "Edgar Allen Poe." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 73: American Magazine Journalists. 1988. 235 - 251. The Gale Group. Pellissippi State Technical Community Coll. Lib., Knoxville. 9 July 2000. . Poe, Edgar Allen. "The Cask of Amontillado." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 5th ed. ...
- 3247: Brazil Context
- Brazil: Geography Brazil occupies almost one-half of the entire South America continent, and is the fifth largest country in the world. It borders all Latin American countries except Chile and Ecuador. The 9,170km coastline and the 50,000km navigable inland waterways provide great potentials for water transportation which has not been well developed. Brazil is topographically relatively flat. 40% of ... are the European Communities, the United States, Japan, and Argentina. During the past decade, the direction of exports has shifted towards the United States and developing countries, particularly in East Asia. The share of Latin American countries has declined from 18% to around 12%, reflecting unstable economic conditions in those markets.(See Table 7) Imports are also mainly from the United States and Europe. Within Latin America, MERCOSUL countries and Chile are the main suppliers.(See Table 8) Brazil is a member of the Latin American Integration Association(LAIA), and a founding member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT). Special tariff preferences are granted to imports from members of the LAIA and the Global System of Trade ...
- 3248: The Welfare System
- ... the United States must decide what direction the welfare system should take. As they exist today, welfare systems are an evolution of the thoughts laid out in the 19th and 20th centuries. Before the Industrial Revolution, the responsibility of helping the poor was mainly given to the churches or local communities. As machines took the place of workers, governments were looked upon to help the unemployed. In 1883, Otto Von Bismarck ... had a very troubled past with their "cradle to grave" type welfare system. By getting a more sophisticated welfare system, we would just be adding more to our deficit. There is already too much the American people are paying for. I think that the United States has to make welfare programs such as the A.F.D.C. work on a more temporary basis. The programs cannot be looked upon as ...
- 3249: The Grasp Drugs Have On Colomb
- ... whatever it takes. In some more severe cases they may become sicarios, or hired killers. Sicarios are responsible for large numbers of dead. They will kill for as little as 3,000 pesos, or ten American dollars. This makes life extremely dangerous knowing that anybody you walk by on the street could have a ten dollar bullet with your name on it. To complicate this even more is that there is ... a long a treacherous journey to a stable government that has control. Works Cited Bertram, Blachman, Sharpe, Andres. Drug War Politics The Price of Denial. Los Angeles University of California Press 1996 Wiarada, Kline. Latin American Politics and Development. Boulder Colorado Westview Press Inc. 1996 Rosenburg, Tina. Children of the Cain Violence and Crime in South America. New York Penguin Group Publishing. 1991 Macdonald, Scott B. The Latin American Drug Trade. New York: Praeger, 1989 NACLA Report on the Americas, Nov-Dec 1998 v32 i3 p25(6)
- 3250: The Great Gatsby 4
- ... where he endeavors to learn about the bond market. Nick settles in West Egg as a young, impressionable man hoping to rise with the times. Speaking as the narrator, he establishes himself as a hardworking American with advantages with a strong family history and a belief in good moral values. It quickly becomes evident that the American values that Nick was raised with do not run parallel to the American dream desired by so many, yet attained by so few. Nick s beliefs are demonstrated at the first of Gatsby s parties that he attended. I believe that on the first night I went ...
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