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- 3301: Sexual Harassment
- ... given position. Closely linked to sex discrimination in the job market, are sex segregation of occupations and wage inequalities. A recent article in the "Monthly Labor Review" noted that, "sex segregation continues to characterize the american workplace, despite the changes that have occurred in some occupations. Millions of women continue to work in a small number of almost totally female clerical and service occupations, and men continue to make up the ... Ibid., 2. 9 Aaron Bernstein, "So You Think You Have Come A Long Way, Baby?," Business Week (February 29, 1988): 49. 10 "Sex Segregation," 2. 11 Dryer, 36. 12 Elizabeth Ehrlich and Susan Garland, "For American Business, a New World of Workers," Business week (September 19, 1988): 112. 13 Christopher, 7. 14 Lois Romano, "Winning is The Best Revenge," Good House-keeping 208 (April 1, 1989): 49. 15 Ibid., 53. 16 ... s Women: Meeting the Challenges of today." Scholastic Update 119 (May 18, 1987): 5-7. Dryer, Paula. "Affirmative Action: After the Debate, Opportunity." Business Week (April 13, 1987): 36. Ehrlich, Elizabeth and Garland, Susan. "For American Business, A New World of Workers." Business Week (September 19, 1988): 112-118. Imes, Suzanne and Clance, Pauline Rose. "Treatment of the Imposter Phenomenon in High-Achieving Women." Women Therapists Working With Women, ed. ...
- 3302: Louis Leakey
- ... Louis made important connections, such as his friendship with the eminent anatomist Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, which would help him in the future. After this congress, another event helped spur Leakey's success. The brash American Wendell Phillips was about to begin a massive expedition to Leakey's Kenyan Miocene sites and had a great deal of American money behind him. Phillips was clearly trying to hone in on Leakey's discovery. The idea that the American would steal this British source of pride was such that it spurred British donors to support Leakey's excavation to get there first. While Phillips' expedition grew and grew and the trip got more ...
- 3303: The 60’s: Decade of Challenge and Change
- ... Vogue wearing sanitized versions of patchwork skirts and flowered dresses, and pantsuits, blouses, underwear, and everything else, were elegantly tie- dyed. The woodstock festival was the most important manifestation in that decade. It was a revolution to the music and art, but it also was very important to the peace and against the government. It was held in New York City with over 400,000 people in attendance. It featured many ... news. The doctor introduced the artificial kidney. The French test the first atomic device in Sahara. The first weather lab was launched into space. Then, the Soviet Union puts the man in space. The first American was in space for fifteen minutes. A satellite sends first worldwide t.v. show. Actress Marilyn Monroe killed herself. Sir Winston Churchill died. The first heart transplant was done. Then, mankind on the moon. Finally ...
- 3304: Violence
- Violence Violence. Mentioning the word conjures up images of assault, abuse, and even murder. In today's American society, violence is more prevalent now then ever. Annually, we see violence statistics rise and are left to wonder why. Each year 1 person out of every 40 is the victim of a violent crime ... been a problem that our culture has faced. Many have died for the right to be accepted, and many have been killed because they weren't. In America, through the 60's we saw a revolution in rights for African Americans. It was the age of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and race riots. Some, who were peaceful, like Martin Luther King, were cold bloodily murdered because someone did not agree ...
- 3305: Ebola Virus 4
- ... high mutation rates that permit many neutral mutations to accumulate before selective pressure forces a change. The seeming unpredictability of these events ensure that recognition of new pathogens must await their emergence. CONCLUSION The proposed American fiscal budget for 1995 allows allocations for the CDC which remain basically the same as those for past years and the $11.5 billion budget for the National Institutes of Health includes only a modest ... AIDS epidemic, cancer treatment, transplant recipients, and hemodialysis has caused an explosion of opportunistic infections due to a number of fungal, parasitic, viral and bacterial agents. According to the Gail H. Cassel, president of the American Society of Microbiology, the public health system is not prepared to meet the challenges of new and re-emerging infections. Perhaps the most obvious defect is inadequate disease surveillance and reporting. In America, only one ... with this, better diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies and risk factor analysis is needed. Finally, enhanced communication among health care professionals and the public is integral in coming to terms and dealing with this issue. The American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) plans to develop a research and training infrastructure to elucidate the mechanisms of molecular evolution and drug resistance and to learn more about actual disease transmission ...
- 3306: Racism
- ... to provide food, clothing and shelter for his slaves. Without being able to read or write, the first Africans in America had no defence against the refusal of their people. The dehumanization of the African-American slave stands out as one of the most brutal and savage torture in history. Not being able to defend yourself against the hurt that people can put a person through, can scar you for life ... can be done to stop racism? A famous document from the Johnson era, called the Kerner Report, stated that there must be strategies for action that can produce progress and make good the promises of American democracy to all citizens urban and rural, white and black, Spanish surname, American Indians and every minority. We can't expect only the people of colour to take a stand in the elimination of racism. This issue includes each and every one of us whether it is ...
- 3307: Medicine In America
- ... by Cassedy. The government makes considerable efforts into the regulation of medical practice in America. The final theme is the role of the environment in the health of Americans. In covering these themes, Cassedy breaks American history into four different time periods. The book will best be reviewed by looking at each of these time periods, and how they cover the aforementioned themes. Logically, the book begins by discussing the period ... the affects of radiation. The AIDS epidemic is an example of a modern day disease that prompts massive government funded research and public awareness. The medical establishment now is maintained by such organizations as the American Medical Association (A.M.A). The emergence of effective medicine gave way to more success and trust in the American medical institution. Current advancement in medicine, however, tends to be tainted by the glory of discovery. While orthodox medicine continues to flourish, people still tend to seek unorthodox methods of healing, such as acupuncture. ...
- 3308: Economic Structure Of The Mafi
- ... Mafia members, there is a more formal organization within the Mafia and that the Mafia does have initiations. The United States Mafia definitely was different than the Sicilian Mafia when trying to generalize them. The American Mafia consisted of only around 24 families whereas the Sicilian Mafia consisted of hundreds of families. These families were much larger than their Sicilian counterparts and that the families were most definitely organized and formal ... their existence upon their strong beliefs that justice and honor are for oneself to take care of not for the government to control. Antithetical to this honor that is represented by the European Mafia, the American Mafia consists of more cold-hearted thieves and criminals. Although they based their organizational beginning around the model of the Sicilian Mafia, their actual actions do not coincide with the Sicilians. It seems as though the American Mafia sole purpose is to make money by whatever means possible. When beginning to analyze the Mafia from and economic standpoint one can see that the Mafia came into existent as almost a capitalistic ...
- 3309: Culture Awareness
- ... country. Maybe it's because I have a mulatto niece and nephew. Maybe it's because my cousin's last name is now Hernandez. Maybe it's because my wife's cousin is a Native American. Or maybe it's because we Poles have borne the brunt of more jokes than any other ethnic group, but all this time I thought I was aware of other cultures and the feelings of ... eventually a new nation. The ethnic groups that came in a great flood of immigrants came to escape the economic oppression of their homelands. Those groups, too, found a way to become part of the American experience. They didn't need, nor did they demand, any laws requiring acceptance into society. Kindness, tolerance and respect are things that can only be earned, not handed down by legislative decree. Those things mandated ... a golf ball as far as Jack Nicklaus. Admittedly, many attractive women have the physical capabilities of the ancient Amazons, but they usually go by the name of "Blaze" or "Dementia" and appear regularly on American_Gladiators or Roller_Derby. Yes, I do become "impatient with elderly people who drive more slowly" than I do. But, it's not because they are elderly. It's because I don't want ...
- 3310: Women and the Fight for Reform
- ... environmental hazards. For women who held jobs, Hull House ran a day-car center and a boardinghouse. Addams was only one of many early reformers to take up social work. Jane Porter Barrett, an African American, founded the Locust Street Social Settlement in Hampton, Virginia, in 1890. Her settlement offered black women vital instruction in child care and in skills of a being a homemaker. Lillian Wald, a daughter of Jewish ... from their dependence on men and chart new lives. Campbell also wrote how easy it was fir women's lives to be ruined by poverty and despair. Some women went beyond advocating reform to promoting revolution. There are many other famous women who helped lead the fight to reform. Like Florence Kelley. In 1891 Kelley worked with Addams at Hull House and became an investigator for the Illinois Bureau of Labor ...
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