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- 15341: Gun Control
- ... the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handguns. Larger Metropolitan centers have ten times the murder rate of all Western Europe. For example in Washington,D.C. there was an estimated 400 homicides including guns. In addition gun ... knit gangs. Predominantly guns of crime are used by gang members. Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and ...
- 15342: Original Nature Of Man
- ... and Kao Tzu. In a sense, they are both saying human nature need guidance and can be altered. However, Kao Tzu put human nature at a neutral level where the good or evil in this world effect and changes man after their birth. Hsun Tzu states that men are inherently evil. Mencius, like a true Confucianist, believes that human are born good. Mencius is the most important philosopher on the question ... tranquil communion with nature-among forests and streams and hills. In my opinion Lao Tzu's view is a little too other worldliness and can only be implied upon the elders and useless of the world. Confucius believed that by nature human is good. This believe is essentially that of Mencius other than the fact while Confucius no more than implied that human nature is good, Mencius declared definitely that it ...
- 15343: JFK: Was His Assassination Ine
- ... coming war, every inch on earth is now being monitored by satellites, submarines, and radar. This machinery needs regular maintenance, repair, and replacement. Every time this happens, the money goes into the MIC's pockets. World War II was a great example of how war boosts the economy, and how quickly the US can get out of a depression. Similarly, the ongoing situation in Vietnam was a great opportunity for the ... crime bosses in the United States threatened the Kennedys at one point or another. The Mafia and US intelligence, as discovered by the Kennedy's, had a few connections dating back all the way to World War II. While the Federal Bureau of Investigations didn't really hunt down the Mafia, the CIA actually collaborated with the Mafia on more than one occasion. Certain sources even claim that there were contacts ...
- 15344: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- ... The loss of Simcha's love is a devastating blow for Duddy. This is evident when Duddy confronts Yvette and asks her, Why did you go to my grandfather? Of all the people in the world, he's the only one (Richler, 1959, 313). Duddy did everything he could to get this land because his grandfather said that 'A man without land is nobody'. Duddy, in his own mind, did it ... out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312) The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and Virgil's friendships also punishes Duddy. They are the only two people in the world who ever loved him for himself, and didn't want anything but his love in return. In the loss of their friendships, Duddy is being punished for his rotten treatment of other people, even his ...
- 15345: Psychological Properties Of Ya
- ... patterns of rats and fish. Since the study that follows confirms the conclusions drawn above, these shortcomings can be overlooked. The authors of the final study (3) tie together the two studies above and make new conclusions based upon the findings. By measuring both physical and psychological factors, the study sought to provide evidence for two theories: first, that yawning is associated with changes in activity levels, and second, that yawning ... to induce arousal and an indicator of an increase in activity levels. In addition, the common notion that yawning is associated with sleep depravation has been debunked. However, the study of yawns is a relatively new field of research for the psychological and scientific community, and more research is necessary to determine the exact purpose of its existence.
- 15346: Three Periods of European History Where Attitudes Towards Women's Education Changed
- ... do the "sitting" and housework. Agreeing with Martin Luther, was Emond Auger, a French Jesuit, who said "there is no need for women to take time out from their work and read the Old and New Testament" and also that "Women must be silent in church". The third age of early modern European history is the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in which men at large were still strongly against the ... view points on this issue. In Moliere's play "The Learned Ladies", educated women are "shown" as unreasoning with their "reason" and above all "no work get done". While Sir Josiah Child says in "A New Discourse of Trade", that it is often important for a family that a women learns her husbands trade, so she may help the family continue in his death. The attitudes of education for women has ...
- 15347: Child Abuse
- Child Abuse It was a typical day at work, or so I thought. I was the opening shift at the before-after school program that I work at. We were expecting a new child to start this morning, a kindergartner, Sean. Around 7:45 Sean and his mother walk in and introduce themselves. I notice that Sean has a mulberry looking birthmark on the left side of the ... word means. The woman left for work acting as if nothing major had occurred and I was left with a little boy with a huge bruise on his face for his first day at a new school. I immediately reported the incident to my chain of command, wrote up my observations, then had to wait patiently to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said the report was ...
- 15348: Our Grandmothers By Maya Angel
- ... the past, it still exists in modern day society. The readers feel as if they are actually there, undermining the role of the main character and experience the horrors of living in a racially discriminatory world. The feel of standing on the corner prostituting one s self to make ends meet because no one will give you a job for the color of your skin is too dark. It is sad to say, but apparently is the type of world we live in. Maya Angelou leaves the readers gripping the edge of their seats because everything appears to be real. With an effervescent description of the setting, Maya Angelou allows us to slip into the ...
- 15349: The Man Of Hypocrisy (analysis
- ... though the Professor is a highly intelligent man, he is completely ignorant of other peoples feelings. Colonel Pickering came all the way from India to meet [the Professor]. Pickering will not travel halfway around the world if the Professor is not smart. Despite his extreme intelligence, Higgins is unaware of the fact that Eliza is a person with real emotions and feelings. Mrs. Pearce informs Higgins that he can not take ... qualities that are opposite of those great ones. How these traits can coexist in one person does not make sense. One of the traits must be a false front. This is the nature of the world. When two opposites come together in the same place and do not alter each other, then one of them is kept up as a faηade. At any moment in time this faηade can move or ...
- 15350: Personal Writing: Devon
- ... He sat down on the other side of the small table. Devon is well known in the coffee shop. He goes to the coffee shop about 3 times a week and tries to meet someone new every time he goes. He is really nice and it's not hard for him to make friends. Almost everyone in the shop know who he is. If he sees someone he doesn't know ... me. "No problem, happy to help you out," he said. I shook his hand once again and left the coffee shop with a greater respect for people that may look a little different, and a new friend. m
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