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- 1681: Causes And Effects Of The Amer
- ... metaphor for the cause of the war, which I found on the net, is to say that the causes were like a Wagon Wheel. The central hub of the problem being the problem of states rights. This was the central cause behind the war. The spokes of the wheel being either real or perceived problems of the south such as unfair laws, injustices, etc. Now just having these problems doesnt ... as much as they thought they would as a result of this law. Although the slaves were free they still had a long way to go before they were to have anything close to equal rights. Conclusion- The American Civil War was one of the most defining points in Americas history. This war split the entire nation in half and sealed it back together again with a stronger government than ...
- 1682: M*A*S*H
- ... Hawkeye on himself (though he said he never liked Alda's portrayal of the character). Hornberger wrote a number of novels featuring the same characters but none were as successful as the first. The movie rights to Dr. Hornberger's book were bought for $100,000 by Ingo Preminger and a screenplay was written by Ring Lardner Jr who had been blacklisted by Hollywood in the fifties. The film was directed ... nomination for her role as Hotlips. It was William Self (the president of Twentieth Century Fox) who turned the movie into a television series. With the movie set still available and with Fox owning the rights to the story he knew the series would be inexpensive to produce. He hired Gene Reynolds to produce (Reynolds had himself been a child actor), who in turn contacted his friend Larry Gelbart to write ...
- 1683: Both Sides Of The Abortion Deb
- ... and it would have been terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ... aware of the horrors he observed. "A woman has the right to go to bed with who she wants, but she can not choose death for her child. It's a direct violation of human rights." (Koval i grid c-7) Anthony Simpson has a photo of a aborted fetus and believes that abortion is nothing less but ruthless murder. In southern Kentucky, Robert Hollis brutally assaulted his wife in effort ...
- 1684: Romance And Gender Positions I
- ... of deliberating about the act of murder in such a mathematical manner. He might contend that Raskolnikov s reasoning, and the entire theory of utilitarianism, cannot be used to judge morality because it rejects individual rights and contains no moral absolutes. A utilitarian bases his belief upon two principles: the theory of right actions and the theory of value. These two principles work together and serve as criteria for whether or ... because he the utilitarian theory protects him. In conclusion, utilitarianism is the most democratic of moral theories. The greatest good for the greatest number mentality secures justice for the majority but fails to provide the rights due to the individual. However, unlike our democratic government, which employs a system of checks and balances to regulate itself, utilitarianism has no set standards to deem certain acts wrong. Raskolnikov demonstrates the mathematical objectivity ...
- 1685: Juvenile Crime and Punishment: Justice or Injustice
- ... mostly because of the spread of guns and drugs, younger and younger children are killing and being killed. Just recently there were several shootings involving children less than twelve years of age. According to children rights advocates, even in the most violent years in U.S. history, the rate of juvenile violence and victimization still do not equal today's current level. In the past fifteen to twenty years there has ... the offender. However, critics believe that this process will only prove to be detrimental to both the juvenile and society in the end. Juvenile courts are an invention of state government. There are no constitutional rights for youths to be tried as juveniles, in fact the states have the power in deciding the way juveniles are prosecuted. It is estimated that as many as two hundred thousand juvenile cases are tried ...
- 1686: Frankenstein Biography, Settin
- ... Mary's parents were themselves well-known in English society and somewhat notorious. Her father, William Godwin, was a radical theorist on the French Revolution. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a pioneer of women's rights and her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman caused considerable reaction at the time. Furthermore, she already had an illegitimate child, Fanny Imlay, and was pregnant with Mary when she married William Godwin. She was born in London in 1797. Sadly ...
- 1687: China History
- ... but very important. An example in the period from AD 9 to 23 Wang Mang was murder when he tried to establish a reform that every citizen will have equal political, economic, social and civil rights. As in the present, in January 8 Zhang Huangli was murder fighting for his rights. At one time in China, commerce duly benefited the state, a feeling of disagreement come over to people who saw or thought that the government was using the products of farmers and not rewarding them ...
- 1688: History of Punishment and The Code of Hammurabi
- ... law of Babylonia, not of strict legal code. It talks of direction for legal procedure and the statement of penalties for unjust accusations, false testimony, and injustice done by the judges; the laws about property rights, loans, deposits, debts, domestic property, and family rights. A section speaking of personal injury states that penalties were imposed for injuries received during an unsuccessful operation by a doctor and damages caused by neglect in other trades. Rates were fixed in the code ...
- 1689: Eight Men Out
- ... However, the movie concentrates more on the events leading up to the scandal and the personalities of the characters, and overlooks minor, but extremely important, details that leave any avid baseball fan questioning it consistency. Bill James, in his Historical Baseball Abstract, makes very clear the underlying problems with making a movie about the Black Sox Scandal. James, as well as many others, feels as though the problems with making a ... themselves. The line scores check out, but basic statistics are so off that you would have to wonder if Sayles' didn't make some of them up to exaggerate the emotional aspects of the movie. Bill James would argue that the numbers involved in the movie are just as important, if not more, than the emotional side of the movie. Sayles failure to be accurate further emphasizes his inconsistency in directing ...
- 1690: How to grow Marijuana
- ... such strains as "gold" and normal grass, and yours will DEFINITELY be superweed. The problem here is that colchicine is a posion in larger quanities and may be poisonous in the first generation of plants. Bill Frake, author of CONNOISSEUR'S HANDBOOK OF MARIJUANA runs a very complete colchicine treatment down and warns against smoking the first generation plants (all succeeding generations will also be polyploid) bacause of this poisonous quality ... which can change height, speed growth, and maturity, promote blossoming, etc. Each plant reacts differently to treatment with Gibberellin...there's no fun like experimenting - $2.00 SUGGESTED READING ----------------- THE CONNOISSEUR'S HANDBOOK OF MARIJUANA, Bill Drake Straight Arrow Publishing - $3.50 625 Third Street San Francisco, California FLASH P.O.Box 16098 San Fransicso, California 94116 Stocks a series of pamphlets on grass, dope manufacture, cooking. Includes the Mary Jane ...
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