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- 3551: A Look At LSD And The Counter
- ... access to his or her own brain has become a significant political, economic, and cultural issue in our society. During the 1960’s a man by the name of Timothy Leary would cause a cultural revolution that questioned the perception our society had on hallucinogen drugs. He believed that if people were educated in the use of these drugs that these drugs would be the next step for the evolution of the human mind. Hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and psilocylin have been embedded in the roots of human evolution. Many of the early Eastern and South American cultures devoted these drugs as tools able to help clear the disorder of the mind and help in achieving a higher level of conscience thinking. Little was known of the effects to these primitive spiritual ...
- 3552: Do Less Blacks Than Their Fell
- ... Have morals and values changed in America and left blacks behind? According to Gaiter, the web can’t help us achieve our ‘50’s and ‘60’s ideals (p 643).” Blacks still want the traditional “American Dream.” Well, what is the “traditional” American Dream? Perhaps, the dream is to have a nice car and house, and a good job. But in contrast to Gaiter, I believe that these are the same things we want today. Nothing has changed except for the fact that entrepreneurs have emerged with the growth of the Web. People are finding ways to make money from avenues they never dreamed of. The “American Dream” as we know it has not vanished or been left behind, it has simply been revised to include family time and personal goals. Although racism has decreased in society today, it still is ...
- 3553: Separation And Survival In
- ... In the spring of 1841, Solomon Northup accepted an offer of short-term employment as a musician, accompanying a pair of white men, circus performers working their way back to their troupe. A free African-American and resident of New York state, Northup expected the job to take him from Saratoga Springs to New York City, entailing only a brief absence from home — so brief, in fact, that he did not ... also not unique: of the fourteen slaves on the trip to New Orleans, two others were kidnaped free men, wrested from their families. (The closing of the African slave trade in 1808, as the plantation revolution was taking hold in the Mississippi Delta area, created a voracious appetite for slaves in the deep South. The contemporary decline of the staple-crop plantation system in the Chesapeake area made slaves a profitable ...
- 3554: Andrew Jackson 3
- ... minister when he grew up. In the year 1781 Andrew s mother died of cholera while comforting cousins. He was raised in the home of his aunt, Jane Crawford (internet) age of thirteen during the American Revolution he served as an orderly Colonel William Richardson Davie, carrying messages. Following a minor engagement, he and his brother were captured by the British. When Andrew refused to clean the muddy boots of an officer ...
- 3555: Cultural Differences Between Americans and Spaniards
- Cultural Differences Between Americans and Spaniards As a U.S. Navy veteran, I have seen countless differences between the American culture and other countries’ cultural differences while being deployed overseas. By far one of the most interesting to me was revealed during a seven month deployment to Spain. The term Siesta would probably mean nothing ... have tried to explain why the Siesta exists but a true perspective could only come from a Spaniard, someone who was bred in Spain, grew up in the culture, and lived the experience. As an American we are expected “ To put in a full days work for a full days pay” , in some instances from dawn till dusk, with frequent breaks to eat lunch, visit the restroom etc.. but the Spanish ... desire to shutdown after the noon meal. It wouldn’t be unbelievable to assume that a normal body function and Spain’s oppressive heat coupled together created a sound basis for normal everyday life. Our American west is no different; from 10:00am- 2:00pm during the summer months, excessive outdoor activity is kept to a minimum, with one exception; the work day does not cease, however in Spain every ...
- 3556: Families On The Fault Line
- ... 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, won’t be softened by a retreat to inaccurate assurance and easy promises.
- 3557: Docking With Mir
- ... the Russian Space Station Mir was an important step towards international cooperation in space. This is not the first time the U.S. has been in contact with Russia in space matters. In 1965, an American Apollo capsule and a Russian Soyuz module were locked in orbital tango 245 miles above the earth, both crews tense with the feeling of peace and rivalry at the same time. In the past few years, American astronauts have used the Russian training facility at the Cosmodrome to prepare for work on the Mir space station. We couldn't give up the hope of peace and freedom. Launch Day had arrived; June ... the mission to be seen. After an exchange in the crew of Mir, Atlantis disengaged the docking clamps, and returned home. This mission was important to the future of the conquest of space, for the American scientists need help with the design of the planned International Space Station Freedom, and the Russians need help financing their space program. Both countries need the help of other countries and space agencies, like ...
- 3558: Summary of The Great Gatsby
- ... twenties of America. Fitzgerald's creation critiqued the culture of America's East, and naturally people have responded with nothing but praise for the novel. Fitzgerald's use of creative writing "tricks," his description of American myths, and his parallel between Gatsby and the American identity produce a novel of perfection. His twisting and interesting plot also adds to my enjoyment as a reader. The focus of this novel being based on love of money, he also adds mystery and ... ways posses no true values, which he reflects in his characters. His main criticism lies in the silly tea parties and mysterious affairs, which he claims illustrate the shallowness of rich America. Gatsby buys the American dream which tells him money will buy him everything, only to realize that it could not buy him love. Gatsby thinks that money and culture will make him invincible, but this is proven wrong ...
- 3559: Black Like Me
- ... or if they really judged people based on the individual's personality as they said they prompted him to cross the color line and write Black Like Me. Since communication between the white and African American races did not exist, neither race really knew what it was like for the other. Due to this, Griffin felt the only way to know the truth was to become a black man and travel ... and people couldn't help but hear about it. Wether or not they accepted the information was not up to Griffin, but he did his best to make the knowledge available. This book relates to American history because it takes the reader into the Deep South before the Civil Rights Movements took hold and shows what it was like to be black. In the Preface, the author states "I could have ... not the pretty picture it was painted as. Instead, he showed the daily struggle of the blacks to survive. Griffin's bias is that white Southern Americans of that period were racist toward the African American population. The only thing altered from before he entered New Orleans to after was his appearance. He dyed his skin a very dark brown and shaved his head, his clothing, speech patterns, and references ...
- 3560: The Manhattan Project
- ... bomb, opposed the bombings and felt that it was immoral to kill that many innocent people just to get an influence in the war. The Manhattan Project was one of the most important parts of American History. It was the first effort to create an atomic bomb, that helped end the war in the Pacific. All of our lives have changed through the development and bombing of the atomic bomb. The ... the only country to actually use the bomb, is the leader. Reference's Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 2nd ed. New York: Double day, 1978. Badash, Lawrence. "Manhattan Project." Dictionary of American History. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1976. Beyer, Don. The Manhattan Project. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991. Hewlett, Richard. "Atomic Bomb." Dictionary of American History. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1976. Wood, Linda. "Men and Mission of the Manhattan Project." World War 2. Jul. 1995: 38-45. SIRS Researcher. CR computer network. SIRS, 1995.
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