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- 14721: Historical Truth And Imaginati
- ... both slavery and freedom. It is a "classic illustration of the will to power as the will to write, of physical and psychological liberation through language." (pg. vvi) Douglass "provides a remarkable window into the world of oppression, cunning, and survival in which slaves lived, as well as the religious and ideological world of abolitionism..." (pg. vvi) It is a "tale of bondage, escape, and self-made public career." (pg. vvi) This Narrative truly captures the meaning of slavery. It details many of the traumatic experiences the slaves ...
- 14722: Jumping Off To Freedom
- ... some of the citizens do not have other resources that to join other thousands of Cubans that make rafts and go into the sea hoping to reach the coast of Florida for relieves and a new life. The story Jumping off for Freedom written by Anilϊ Bernardo lets the reader knows how a Cuban family goes through just to get the liberty. The author easily expresses her outstanding style of writing ... imagination through what a Cuban family lives through when they made the decision of leaving the country in search of liberty. The author, Anilu Bernardo, is a meritorious and very smart lady, Bernardo found a new life in South Florida in 1961, when her family escaped the Communists take over of their land, she now lives in Plantation with her husband and her daughters, Stephanie and Amanda. Anilu Bernardo writes from ...
- 14723: Maifest Destiny
- ... wrote it off as manifest destiny. The Trail of Tears is possibly the saddest stories in American history. Native Americans were forced to leave their land and travel the 800-mile journey west to find new land and a new home. Nearly one quarter the population did not survive that journey, they died of broken bones, snake bites, disease, and just shear exhaustion. The Trail of Tears is not the only time that we force ...
- 14724: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln An Annotated Bibliography of Presidential Assassinations 1. Lorant, Stefan, Abraham Lincoln. New York, Harper And Brothers., 1957. pp. 240-273. This section of the book talks about President Lincoln's Assassination. President Lincoln did not feel that anyone would ever want to kill him. Lincoln was shot ... He was chased by the calvary and was found in a barn. He was captured by setting the barn on fire and flushing him out. 2. Assassination Of Lincoln Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. Computer software. Buffalo, New York: Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, 1993-1996. CD-ROM. This article is a summary of the events leading up to, the assassination, and the events after Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed April 15, 1865 ...
- 14725: Art Censorship
- ... limit the imagination and take away every form of ex-pression, what will be left? As well as a place of learning an educational institution's purpose is to generate and promote discussion. When the New Age racist, David Icke, wanted to speak at the University of Toronto the Canadian Jewish Congress was upset that an anti-Semite would be permitted to address the student population. However, the University's president ... who harbor certain ideas that can be construed as offensive can listen to others speak their mind on the subject of why they found something abhorrent. Promoting discussion allows people to open their minds to new ideas. Teachers can also explain to the students why something is considered offensive. With everything under scrutiny and with the guidance of teachers hopefully they can lead their students in the right direction. If the ...
- 14726: IBM's Dominance of the Computer Industry
- ... to deliver. In the first two years of production, less than half of the 9,000 orders on its books were satisfied. To meet this demand, IBM hired more marketing and production staff and opened new manufacturing plants. Consequently, in the three years following the release of System/360, IBM's sales and leasing revenue grew to over $5 billion and its employee head count increased by 50 percent. This placed ... nearly as large a role as IBM's ability to sell the products that it made and to keep its customers happy so that they would continue to buy from IBM as well as entice new customers to buy IBM products. Only IBM guaranteed a complete solution to a company's business problem, and IBM salesmen were very likely to remind data-processing managers that no one ever got fired by ...
- 14727: Drugs and their Effects on Business
- ... its own problems because of the discomfort of a needle extracting blood. Because of the problems of conventional testing for controlled substances in the body's chemical tract, medical professionals have been coming up with new methods for testing the body to see if there are drugs present. One of the newest types of drug testing is the sampling of hair. Hair keeps a permanent record of the body's chemicals ... up in-house employee-assistance programs, and they have even set up toll-free 800 numbers for workers and their families to call for advice and information. The treatment of drug impaired workers is relativity new and therefore the long-term effects of the programs is not known and can only be speculated at. Companies are now starting to notice the problems that drugs produce and are trying to stop the ...
- 14728: The Tempest 5
- ... his greater knowledge, and actually coercing spirits of a fairly high rank, such as Ariel, to do his bidding and control other spirits for him. In the Arts which both represent, Prospero certainly reflects the world of the mind. [And Sycorax does not?] However, in the use of his Art, Prospero reveals himself as not wholly disciplined. [okay] Prospero enjoys using the power of his Art, as he tells us in ... a ruler like Antonio, whose main interest is always himself. Prospero may be thinking in terms of self, but as long as he also keeps this lofty purpose in mind, we may say that the world of the mind has more power over him. [good] Caliban's purpose in attaching himself to Stephano and plotting to kill Prospero is almost wholly passionate. The reason that Caliban believes Stephano to be a ...
- 14729: To Tell or to Lie
- ... make a good facade, the rhetoric by Gorgias is necessary for the success of students, especially those who would like to "sell" their ideas, products or beliefs to the people (the larger population). In the world we live in, there are many ways of getting the things that we want. The way most people would like to believe that their accomplishments were achieved is through hard work and sweat. However, that is not how it works, because most people around the world lie to get things to go their way. A perfect example of a group of people that use the rhetoric are politicians. Politicians will say and do anything to convince the citizens that they are ...
- 14730: People Are Victims of A Greater Force: The Environment
- ... living in the Ghetto seems to have less of it than a person living in a rich neigborhood. A young boy could be at the top of his life. He is ready to conquer the world. He is ready to go to west point to study to be the best soldier in the world. When his physical come back they tell him he has a weak heart. He then finds out he got it from his father. It is nice to believe that a five foot hudred and fifty ...
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