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- 3441: Gen X
- ... my generation a reason not to trust the government. President Clinton lied to the entire country about Monica Lewinsky, why should anyone trust him to run the government? What else is he lying to the American people about? I do not want to take part in an institution who regularly lies to the people who trust the government most. By the time the government is in my generation's hand, we ... Dept/EC/generationx965/genx/genx1.html (20 Oct. 1999) Cheslog, Craig. "A Concord Coalition Backgrounder: Listen Up, Generation X." http://members.aol.com/genxcaol/info-48.htm Nelson, Rob. "100 Harshest Facts About Our Future." Revolution X. http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/LEAD/harsh.html (20 Oct. 1999). Word Count: 1074
- 3442: Why Are We Still Prejudice?
- ... society there is friction in the system, and when there is friction in the system then people tend to push towards a smoother running life even if it requires them to compromise traditional "values". "African American Rights" and other minority groups movements have caused the normal American stereotype of a "White Male Dominating Society" to step back. But in doing so many minority groups have gone too far in my opinion. It is obvious that certain groups have been discriminated against, but ... cases. I think that this is because they are very sensitive to there being discriminated against. It is also my opinion that not as much discrimination occurs as they imagine. Sometimes I hear an African American insisting on not being referred to as "Black" but in the same sentence accusing "Whites" of referring to them asa blacks. We "Whites" really don't think much of that statement because in all ...
- 3443: Creative Story: Death Cload
- ... fall into a stalemate, waiting for the other to make the first fatal move. Tensions mount as the stand off continues for weeks. On a clear Sunday morning 0700 hours, Russian radar picks up an American U- 2 spy plane just finishing a routine recon mission. The Russians take this as a national threat and a violation of their air-space. So it begins. The Russians make the first crucial move, launching twenty-four nuclear armed missles on populated cities scattered throughout America. Strategic cities like Washington DC, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Dallas fall among the list of targets. American satellites pick up the launch, forcing them into Defcon 1. The United States counter-attacks with a wave of their own missiles aimed throughout Russia. The missiles take the air like a swarm of bees, with a stinger capable of killing millions within seconds upon impact. Somewhere over the Atlantic the Russian missles and the American missles pass each other by. The missiles home into their pre-determined targets with no mercy and no hesitation. The impact of a single warhead creates a tremble that measure 2.9 on the ...
- 3444: The Importance of Learning Your Heritage
- The Importance of Learning Your Heritage Amy Tan the author of " A Pair of Tickets " uses the theme of Chinese-American life, focusing on mother-daughter relationships, where the mother is an immigrant from China and the daughter is a thorough American. In this story, the mother tries to convey their rich history and legacy to her daughter. The daughter is almost completely ignorant of their heritage, while she attempts to understand her old-fashioned mother. At ... was not born and raised in China like her mother she now has a grasp on her life and on her mothers life too. The story is told through the eyes of Jandale, a Chinese-American women attempting to learn of her Chinese culture and her mothers past. Women readers may relate to this story more than the men because it is told by a woman character. Men may not ...
- 3445: Piano Lesson
- ... by his sister, Berniece, who did not want to sell the piano due to it's rich and painful past that it represented. Therefore, the theme in "The Piano Lesson" shows the complexity of African-American attitudes toward the past and black heritage compared to plans for the future. In addition, "The Piano Lesson" is both unique to the dilemma of African-Americans during the time and universal in its depiction ... an important and central symbol. The piano symbolized Berniece's and Boy Willie's ancestral family tree with the cravings on the piano legs and other areas of the piano which in-turn represented African-American past (slavery) and at the same time it represented the future in Berniece's daughter, Maretha, who also loved to play on the piano. A part of the story that I found confusing and paradoxical ... the burden of knowing the full story behind the family piano's past. This way of thinking for Berniece further proves my point in my theme that there is a sense of complexity of African-American attitudes towards the past, present and future. If the family piano is such an important part of this family's history, the story behind the piano should be told to Berniece's daughter to ...
- 3446: Affirmative Action in Seattle
- ... force reached 31.6 percent. Moreover, during the past five years, the percentage of top City officials and administrators has increased for all minority groups. The representation of top officials and administrators who are African American has more than doubled over the past five years alone, rising from 8.2 percent to 16.6 percent. The representation of women among top officials and administrators has risen by roughly 30 percent, from ... tries to help. Society needs to rid the problem not increase the effects. For example, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION simply makes up for past losses. The diversity of problems and necessary reimbursements are too much for an American society to try to take on at a time that the deficit is at an all time high. One more addition to the fire is just too much. Since the passage of 1994 additions to the Civil Liberties Act, all that the American society has been concerned with is the discrimination. The problem that all Americans are ignoring, is the blatant fact that every issue in favor of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION is based on a pat experience generally ...
- 3447: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- ... or disturbed unless authorized by congress. If the plan had succeeded 2 main things in our history would be different. 1) there would have been very few or no deaths on both the Indian and American sides. 2) it would have been easier to travel across the territory’s and with fewer problems from the Indians. The plan was however and utter failure since the Indians were not considered United States ... for later territories. Eventually, the people of the United States settled all the way across the to the Pacific Ocean. (Billington) Bibliography Berkhofer, Robert E. "Jefferson, the Ordinance of 1784, and the Origins of the American Territorial System." William and Mary Quarterly, 29 (April 1972): 231-262. Billington, Ray Allen. Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier. New York: Macmillan, 1967. Class History Book. “An Uncertain Interlude.” pg.’s 154-164. Internet Resources: Northwest Ordinance. Indiana State Public Office. 1 May 1998
- 3448: Gun Control
- ... in fact violence has risen still since the passage of the bill. This bill, which was made out to be more than it really is by its supporters, has become the prime distinction in most American’s minds with gun control. A waiting period did not help the present situation at all, and similar measures are almost certainly going to assume the same fate. There are some members of the Senate ... will. Or maybe gun control activists, instead of trying to prevent the ownership of guns, which deter crime, should focus their energy and effort towards the root of the crime problem- the criminals. Works Cited American Medical Association “Medical Glossary” http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/glossary/glos_p.htm Bernards, Neal. Gun Control. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc, 1991. Findlaw.com U.S. Constitution: Second Amendment http://caselaw ... Gun Control, Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1997. Whitley, John “John Whitley’s Gun Control Quotes Page.” http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/users/jwhit/personal.guns.html Viewed 15 Feb. 2000. Bibliography Works Cited American Medical Association “Medical Glossary” http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/glossary/glos_p.htm Bernards, Neal. Gun Control. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc, 1991. Findlaw.com U.S. Constitution: Second Amendment http:// ...
- 3449: The Battle of Antietam
- ... to carry the war into the north. About 40,000 southerners were against the 87,000- man Federal Army of the Potomac under General George McClellan. When the fighting had ended, the course of the American Civil War had greatly altered. After his great victory at Manassas in August, Lee had marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland, hoping to find vitally needed men and supplies. McClellan followed, first to ... followed the rule- never over your own infantry, except in an extreme emergency. Results of the Battle The most obvious result of the battle was the incredible loss of life. No other single day of American history before or since has been so deadly. Nearly one of every four soldiers engaged was a casualty: killed, wounded, or captured. The savage fighting would be remembered by many who were there as the ... most intense of the war. If there were any among the troops who still thought of a war as glorious, noble undertaking, this battle would shatter that illusion. For the men of both armies, the American Civil War, was now an all-out life or death struggle. For the north, the battle near Antietam Creek “saved” the nation. The Confederate invasion was turned away, so that the immediate threat was ...
- 3450: Robert Frost 3
- ... immediately successful. A Boy's Will was accepted by a London publisher and brought out in 1913, followed a year later by North of Boston. Favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic resulted in American publication of the books by Henry Holt and Company, Frost's primary American publisher, and in the establishing of Frost's transatlantic reputation. As part of his determined efforts on his own behalf, Frost had called on several prominent literary figures soon after his arrival in England. One of these was Ezra Pound, who wrote the first American review of Frost's verse for Harriet Munroe's Poetry magazine. (Though he disliked Pound, Frost was later instrumental in obtaining Pound's release from long confinement in a Washington, D.C., mental hospital.) ...
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