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- 11041: Jack Kevorkian
- ... Euthanasia he became something of an antiestablishment here (Larson 230). This was the first of over a hundred assisted suicides that he would perform (Uhlman 111). Works Cited Betzold, Michael. ³The Selling of Doctor Death.² New Republic 26 May 1997: 22-28. Fessenden, Ford. ³Matters of Life and Death.² Newsday 10 June 1995: 7. Filene, Peter. In the Arms of Others. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1998. Gutmann, Stephanie. ³Death and the Maiden.² New Republic 24 June 1996: 20-22. Hamel, Robert. Must We Suffer Our Way to Death. Texas: Southern Methodist Press, 1996. Hendin, Herbert. Seduced by Death. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1997. Hendin, Herbert. Suicide in America. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1995. Larson, Edward. A Different Death. Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1998. Uhlman, Michael. Last Rights. Washington ...
- 11042: Glenn Theodore Seaborg
- ... The body of information assembled in Dr. Seaborg's laboratory has made it possible to predict the radioactive characteristics of many isotopes of elements still to be found. Under Dr. Seaborg's leadership, also, whole new bodies of methodology and instrumentation have been developed and have become a cornerstone of modern nuclear chemistry. Honours include: in 1947 named as one of America's 10 outstanding young men by the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce; 1947 recipient of the American Chemical Society's Award in Pure Chemistry; 1948 John Ericsson Gold Medal by the American Society of Swedish Engineers; 1948 Nichols Medal of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society; 1953 John Scott Award and Medal of the City of Philadelphia; 1957 Perkin Medal of the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry; 1959 Atomic Energy Commission ... of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Dr. Seaborg is an Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Society of London and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, the New York Academy of Sciences, the California Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American ...
- 11043: Ray Bradburys Outlook Of The F
- ... interacting with them. People on TV were your family , who would keep you company and be your friend . Still, a place where books were burned and houses were supposedly fireproof , you have to admit this world is out of whack. If we look at Montag s wife for instance, we see how entrenched people have become into just being happy, and not carrying for what happens to the ideas that are ... to live them. There may not be a lot of truth and realism to Bradbury s story, but he sure makes us open our eyes, and makes us think a little bit more about the world around us. By doing this little thing, the book as accomplished its task. Fahrenheit 451 is telling and reminding everyone not to be drawn in to censorship and what the government has to say, but ... 451, is etched in our minds long after we ve finished the book (Schellenberg), is a fairly accurate remark on the book. After you put down the book, you sit and think, what if the world was like that, then I wouldn t be holding this book in my hands to begin with, thereby leaving nobody to warn me of the impending danger of censorship. In conclusion, I think Ray ...
- 11044: Kubla Khan -
- ... speaker then attempts to recreate a vision he saw. Through the description of the visions of Kubla Khan s palace and the speaker s visions the poem tells of the creation of an enchanting beautiful world as the result of power of human imagination. The second part of the poem reveals that although the mind has the ability to create this paradise-like world it is tragically unable to sustain this world. It is believed that Kubla Khan was created by Coleridge when he was in a deep sleep that was induced by the use of opiates which were prescribed for dysentery. He fell asleep while ...
- 11045: The Snow Walker
- ... that meeting white people was the worste thing that had happend to them, maybe thier right. The After reading the book i found myself totaly shocked. I could not believe that some people in this world are still living the same way they have lived for hundreds of years withought changing much. The book was absultly fantastic. The author describes the lives of these people with great detail. Every story grabs you and steels your heart. It was one of the most powerful books I've read in a long time. The book made me relize that the world is different depending on where you are. Living in this town we are totaly blinded by the rest of the world. This book made me open my eyes and relize that there are other life styles in this world. I would recomend this book to anyone, its the best.
- 11046: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
- ... end of the book, Upton Sinclair shows the reader how to solve Capitalism’s problems: replace it with Socialism. The Socialist party is promoted as an international political party that will solve all of the world’s problems. Every member of the party was told about the “Socialist revolution”, when the entire planet would become Socialist. Not once does the book mention the possibility of failure. It even claimed Socialists would control the country by 1912. The Socialists despised the concept of competition. They considered the commercial world to be the essence of corruption. The goal of the Socialist party in The Jungle was to end the corrupt and powerful Beef Trust. “In the national capital it had power to falsify government reports ... to work though, or loose their job. Often, the wounds would become infected, and the butcher would die of blood poisoning. The book discusses all the things that were being shipped out to the civilized world as “meat”. Sausages were not really made of sausage meat. They were mostly composed of “potato flour”; an odorless and tasteless potato extract with almost no food value. There were the cattle that had ...
- 11047: Deregulation And How It Will Affect The Customer
- ... are provided with a reasonable opportunity to obtain a return on certain investments (Physical plants and personnel) that were encouraged by the previous legislation to enhance the electrical system reliability and efficiency. This would prevent new entrants from taking unreasonable advantage of these investments made by the previous regulated industry. When Governor Jim Edgar signed the electric utility restructuring law in December 1997, it set off a chain of activities that ... advantage of times when energy costs less. In addition, customers will gain experience with hourly fluctuations in its electricity costs, further preparing them for a competitive market place. Deregulation is not only introducing a whole new language to Illinois in March of 1999, it’s also bringing on a need for new processes to address the many issues of the legislation that the industry is required to deal with. One of those issues that’s (top-of-mind) for customers is “How will my choices for ...
- 11048: Business In Ancient China
- ... for administrative purposes but also as centers of trade, industry, and maritime commerce. The landed scholar-officials, also referred to as the gentry, lived in the provincial centers alongside the shopkeepers, artisans, and merchants. A new group of wealthy commoners-the mercantile class-arose as printing and education spread, private trade grew, and a market economy began to link the coastal provinces and the interior. Many merchants were rich enough to ... could not share this right. The great political and social changes during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods broke the monopoly of learning by the nobles. At all levels of society-declining nobles, new landlords, free citizens, even poor people-there were people who made an effort to study and turn themselves into scholars. When rulers of states wanted wise advice that would help them to make their states ... sought after, these along with pepper, which was used for conservation of food, which made the meats keep longer. The law makers and philosophers of the time thought that traders and merchants were exposed to new ideas, from there various travels and would more likely be outspoken and compromise original ideas and undermine social authority. There was a suspicion of people who went outside china as it brought in outside ...
- 11049: "The Glass Managerie"
- ... She would have to be gorgeous, since she was so beautiful as a young girl, and have a slightly overbearing and intimidating way to her. She has to seem like the nicest person in the world, but also have a sensitive, caring side, in addition to a very forceful side at times. In some parts of the play you would need to be able to see that she is acting and ... she would do a wonderful job in portraying Amanda, since she has in so many other movies. Another lead character in the play is Amanda's daughter, Laura. Laura lives in her own made- up world of imagination and intrigue. She is not beautiful, but she has an attractiveness deep within her that comes out when you search for it. One of her legs is shorter than the other, making her ... often difficult for people to look past at first, which made it hard for her to become comfortable with people. She has her collection of glass animals that helps her escape out of the real world, into a world perfect for her, full of imagination. It's almost like she needs those animals to keep her sane. On top of all that, her mother puts a huge amount of pressure ...
- 11050: Dead White Males - David Williamson
- ... Society there is an environment created that was rigid and strict. At Welton Academy there were four pillars of ideals that students must attain to and follow. These were excellence, honor, tradition, and discipline. A new teacher was appointed to teach English. John Keating brought with him a style that promoted the individual. This was in direct contrast to the four pillars of ideals. Mr. Keating’s Latin saying of Carpe ... Mr. Keating’s classes he changed his outlook of life. Knox had an affinity towards this girl, Chris Noel, but it was against school policy to have women on campus during a semester. With the new saying of Carpe Diem in his mind, Knox ignored the rules and ensued after Chris. In his wooing he attended parties and even met her at her public high school. If the Headmaster found news ... the saying, and changed his lifestyle. At the boys illegal Dead Poet’s Society meetings in which they read aloud poetry, he brought tobacco pipes and alcohol as well as girls. As seen by his new name, Nwanda, Charlie broke free of the strict life he had to follow at Welton. He even defied the Headmaster during a meeting by interrupting his speech with a phone call from "God". Although ...
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