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- 1741: Firearms; Vital Tools for Self Defense or Deadly Killers?
- ... or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Notice first of all that in this single amendment to the constitution there are actually six rights guaranteed to the "people". This will be significant in later discussion. Next, notice the significance of the word "people". This word simply means "the persons composing a community or tribe or race or nation." or ... Control. Minniapolis, Minn: ., Lerner Publications. 1992. Bernard, Neil. Gun Control. San Diego, Ca.: Lucent Books. 1991. Gottfried, Ted., Gun Control and The Right to Bear Arms. Brookfield, Ct.: The Millbrook Press., 1993 Gottlieb, Alan. Gun Rights Fact Book Bellevue, Washington: Merril Press, 1988. Robers, Joseph Jr.The Armed Citizen. Washington D.C. : The Nation Rifile Association of America. 1989.
- 1742: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
- ... on equality. He started promoting non-violent sabotage, which including blocking the normal functioning of government. At one time, Malcolm X actually wanted "to join forces with King and the progressive elements of the Civil Rights Movement," (pg. 262, Malcolm X: The man and his times). To many, King and Malcolm X were heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. However, many have also seen that King was more pessimistic, while Malcolm X was more optimistic about separatism for most of his life. Some have said that later on in their lives, they had ...
- 1743: Gun Control
- ... a time when American Citizens would have to fight for their freedom. Patricia Lee of Balch Springs, Texas was running for the Texas House of Representatives in 1992 when she wrote the following about gun rights. When the British marched toward Concord in 1775, it was not to collect taxes or suppress the press; it was to institute gun control. They were not after hunting or target shooting guns; they were ... their guns! With a battle that killed hundreds of people and began years of vicious war! Why were our ancestors so "unreasonable"? Because they knew that once their guns were taken, the rest of their rights would soon follow. History has proved them right time and again; the citizens of Hitler's Germany and Soviet Russia allowed themselves to be disarmed, and suffered the consequences. (Guns & Ammo, pg.26) Of course ...
- 1744: The Handmaids Tale
- ... and early 80s. Atwood has been very much a part of that movement, but she has never been a mere mouthpiece for any group, always insisting on her individual perspectives. The defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment, the rise of the religious right, the election of Ronald Reagan, and many sorts of backlash (mostly hugely misinformed) against the women's movement led writers like Atwood to fear that the antifeminist tide ... a clear satire on the career of Phyllis Shlafley, lawyer, right-wing activist, and cofounder of the Eagle Forum, who put most of her energy for many years into leading the fight against the Equal Rights Amendment while admonishing other women to stay home and raise their children. The Shape of Things to Come is the title of one of H. G. Well's novels, alluded to ironically at the end ...
- 1745: Motown’s Evolution and with Emphasis on Its Women
- ... business, but he knew that Griffin was “killing this girl.” Berry was afraid that if Motown tried to stop him, he would only come back and cause them trouble. Mary and her husband gave up rights to all future royalties so that Mary could leave Motown. After leaving Motown, her career spiraled downward for several reason, one being poor promotion. She died at the age of forty-nine from lung cancer ... group weree Gladys Horton, Wanda Young, Georgeanna Tillman and Katherine Anderson. This group was essentially abandoned when Motown moved to Los Angeles in 1970, and after time off for marriages and families, they lost the rights to their name. Someone else had picked up the name “The Marvelettes” and was touring around the country. The group had a reunion in 1990, but there the group has complex relations with each other ...
- 1746: Euthanasia and the Robert Latimer Case
- ... that he had some sort of strange love for his daughter. Indeed, he did want ‘what was best' for Tracy, but possibly what he was after was what he thought was best. He valued her rights as his daughter, unfortunately he did not value her rights as a human being. As euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in today's society, up there with abortion and the legalization of marijuana, there is a close 50/50 opinion base on ...
- 1747: Europe 1600-1900
- ... Industial, and political revolutons, which all contributed to a new europe being formed. Over the span these four centuries Eroupes changes were dramatical. Many wars and political groups and arrangments changed views on education, the rights, of men and women, class distinctions were altered, and peoples way of thinking differed greatly in the 20th century from the 17th century Europe. In the begining of the 17th century the universe revolved around ... on dead human cadavers were performed. Also women slwoly entered the feild of science, their presnece was not quickly noticable and not even close to accepted, however this would be the start of women gaining rights in europe. The early to mid 18th century saw agicultural growth, and an increase in population.class systems of the 18th century were stongly developed. An uperclass named differenlty for different areas but still basically ...
- 1748: Apartheid In South Africa 2
- ... Minister of Native and Bantu Administration in 1950. He became Prime Minister in 1958 and was assassinated eight years later. SUMMARY From 1948 to 1990, South Africa had an appalling record with regards to human rights. Not only was Apartheid in use, but blacks were being killed on streets, playground and even in their homes and police stations. The government organized and condoned this behavior. They breached Article of the declaration of human rights by banning groups such as the ANC. Article was breached by the police when they would arrest people for no reason. Finally Article was breached simply because the South African Government, army and police force ...
- 1749: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... the man and his literature. Summary of the story Setting Characters Point of View Style and Interpretation Theme Related Information Works Cited Complete Text Available Other Viewpoints Illustration is copyright © 1997 Christoffer Nilsson Printed publishing rights retained by the author, copyright pending. Internet publishing rights granted by the author to Christoffer Nilsson for use exclusively in Qrisse's Poe Pages. Any for-profit use of this material is expressly forbidden. Educational users and researchers must use proper documentation procedures, crediting ...
- 1750: The Year 2000 Bug
- ... in a negative way. A good example of a problem that could occur due to the bug would be that of banking software. In that case one of the software s functions would be to bill all of its customers with outstanding loans. This program works by sending the bill progressively every month until the loan is paid off. If the computer were to think that it was the year 1900 then none of these loans would have even been made yet and the computer ...
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