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- 3521: Black Like Me
- ... took several medical treatments to change his skin pigments from white to black in order to write a report. To create a successful project, Griffin had to leave his wife to be a temporary African American. Being an African American brought him many unfair encounters. However, after he changed back to a Caucasian, the attitude of everyone had immediately turned, and they treated him well. Mr. Griffin felt bad, and he told everyone about his ... media conferences and also wrote books about what he had gone through. During those interviews, Griffin was very considerate. He requested Wallace, a reporter, to report carefully so that he would not hurt his African American friends. Please
Dont mention those names on the air. Id be afraid their lives would be endangered, and they were my friends (Griffin 149). In addition, he was a man who never ...
- 3522: Aids In Africa
- ... in charge of most health and research programmes resist any method that would give control to women. Still the potential market is huge. The WHO, though, sees one reason why drug companies may be cautious: American lawyers. Any new drug faces the hazard of litigation. But imagine a widely used gel, easily available, whose failure could be literally deadly to the person concerned. Then add American stretcher-chasing and the risk that some legal eagle could get a suit accepted by an American court. Throw in the fiery mixture of sex and third-world research trials (transmission of HIV there is usually heterosexual), and the drug companies have some reason not to rush in.
- 3523: Depression 4
- ... an important goal. Freud believed that a persons unconscious anger over loss weakens the ego, resulting in self-hate and self-destructive behavior. Cognitive theories of depression emphasize the role of irrational thought processes. American psychiatrist Aaron Beck proposed that depressed people tend to view themselves, their environment, and the future in a negative light because of errors in thinking. These errors include focusing on the negative aspects of any ... self-criticism, excessive skepticism and criticism of others, deep feelings of inadequacy, and excessive brooding and worrying. In addition, people who regularly behave in dependent, hostile, and impulsive ways appear at greater risk for depression. American psychologist Martin Seligman proposed that depression stems from "learned helplessness," an acquired belief that one cannot control the outcome of events. In this view, prolonged exposure to uncontrollable and inescapable events leads to apathy, pessimism, and loss of motivation. An adaptation of this theory by American psychologist Lynn Abramson and her colleagues argues that depression results not only from helplessness, but also from hopelessness. The hopelessness theory attributes depression to a pattern of negative thinking in which people blame themselves ...
- 3524: Adapting New Culture
- ... and his culture before he left to the United States. When he lived in the United States, he found the right place for him that made it very easy for him to adapt to the American culture. Therefore, the background culture of people has a lot of effects on adapting to a new culture. The second reason might be where people stay the most. Some people think that when a person ... United States. Some of them don't even know how to speak English. It is because they stay mostly with people from the same culture, speak the same language and do not communicate much with American people. That all can make it very hard for some people to adapt to a new culture. Therefore, the people and the community that a person stays with have a lot of effects on adapting ... It is hard for me because I love my background culture, and I want to be part of it when I become an old man. Also, it is because I don't stay much with American people even though I tried at the beginning when I lived in the school dormitory. Finally, it is because I've learned many things back home that I don't want to lose because ...
- 3525: Oklahoma City Bombing
- ... oil to the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, where it subsequently exploded, killing 169 people and injuring some 500 others. Of course you do. While both were massive acts of violence involving American citizens, the impact of such acts is always felt the most when it happens right here at home. These days, America is filled with those people who disagree with our system of government. Most times ... of the people who come to sort through the rubble to find the survivors and the remaining evidence. At the same time there is the unity that results from these outrageous attempts to tear the American soul. When that building exploded that sunny April morning, there was such chaos throughout Oklahoma City that there was little time for thought. However, after the building was cleared of victims, the city had a ... leaves its mark on the community with the abolished buildings and loss of property. Yet there are signs of devastation that reach far beyond the monetary damages. These losses touch the very hearts of the American public. It is the lives that are lost and the people that are wounded that we remember the most. Domestic terrorism claims hundreds, if not thousands of lives every year. In the case of ...
- 3526: Alcohol An Issue Within Colleg
- ... West, 28). This is a problem that exists among men and women of all ages. Alcohol addiction has no barriers to race, religion or sex; anyone can have this addiction. Is alcoholism a disease? The American Medical Association and the World Health Organization officially acknowledged alcoholism as a disease in the 1950s. It is very apparent that alcohol abuse has major effects on major organs of the body. Ethyl alcohol ... binge drinking, defined as consumption of five drinks in a row by men and at least four drinks in a row by women in the past two weeks, has gone down according to the study (American Medical News, 39). This landmark study of college drinking has changed the thoughts and ideas of college administrators. It has been proven that this is a major problem, and it is worsening among the young ... can be put to blame for this problem that exists at our colleges. Yet it must be realized that unfortunately, as wrong as it may be, alcohol becomes a part of many students' lives. Many American-College students go to parties where alcohol is present. But the majority of these students are underage, illegal drinkers according to our laws. The point being that trying to tell students not to drink ...
- 3527: Burr, Aaron
- Aaron Burr Although Aaron Burr, b. Newark, N.J., Feb. 6, 1756, fought in the American Revolution and became an important political figure, serving a term (1801-05) as vice-president of the United States, he is best remembered today for having killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The son of a ...
- 3528: Development of Computers and Technology
- ... throughout the war. As great as this accomplishment is, imagine the possibilities if the reverse had come true, and the Nazis had the computer technology and the British did not. In the same time frame, American military officers approached Dr. Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and asked him to develop a machine that would quickly calculate the trajectories for artillery and missiles. Mauchly and his student, Presper Eckert, relied on ... surge of growth in computer systems, although computers were being mostly used by business, university, and government establishments. They had not yet been passed down to the general public. The real part of the computer revolution was about to begin. One of the most abundant elements in the earth is silicon; a non-metal substance found in sand as well as in most rocks and clay. The element has given rise ...
- 3529: Trade Commission
- The Federal Trade Commission, in submitting a Request For Public Comment Concerning Guides For The Dog And Cat Food Industry, is asking the American Public to assess guidelines for monitoring the pet food industry that have been in place since 1969. Since the basic thrust of the original guidelines was to control misrepresentation in the industry, it is hard ... all these factors, it would seem best to question the necessity of such a survey, or, at least, to limit its scope and cost. What could be unseen motives for initiating such a reassessment? The American pet food industry would certainly want to keep pressure on the government to regulate foreign competition, insisting that competitors meet the same stringent standards set for American manufacturers. The FTC would also stand to gain from the number of its workers that would be paid for conducting the reassessment and the power and prestige that such guidelines tend to give the ...
- 3530: Symbolism In The Scarlet Lette
- ... Charles was an Evr*monde, but did not tell anyone because of his daughter*s relationship with Charles. This became a problem later when Charles needed to go to France after the start of the Revolution. Because he had always been careful to hide his identity, he assumed no one knew his true identity so he left for France despite the danger the Revolution was for him. When he arrived, he was immediately imprisoned and sentenced to death. Only through the sacrifice of another man, he escaped his sentence. Every character was not as lucky as him, however. Another ... the family of Evr*mondes and nurtured hopes for someday exacting a revenge upon them. Unlike Dr. Manette, she could not separate Darnay from his infamous family and tried to have him killed during the Revolution. Because of her secret, she tried to confront Charles alone. This led to her confrontation with Ms. Pross when looking for the Evr*mondes. In her struggle with Ms. Pross, she draws a gun, ...
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