|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 231 - 240 of 22819 matching essays
- 231: Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age
- ... strength. This means repealing Second Wave laws and retiring Second Wave attitudes. It also gives to leaders of the advanced democracies a special responsibility -- to facilitate, hasten, and explain the transition. As humankind explores this new "electronic frontier" of knowledge, it must confront again the most profound questions of how to organize itself for the common good. The meaning of freedom, structures of self-government, definition of property, nature of competition, conditions for cooperation, sense of community and nature of progress will each be redefined for the Knowledge Age -- just as they were redefined for a new age of industry some 250 years ago. What our 20th-century countrymen came to think of as the "American dream," and what resonant thinkers referred to as "the promise of American life" or "the American ... do not understand. The bioelectronic frontier is an appropriate metaphor for what is happening in cyberspace, calling to mind as it does the spirit of invention and discovery that led ancient mariners to explore the world, generations of pioneers to tame the American continent and, more recently, to man's first exploration of outer space. But the exploration of cyberspace brings both greater opportunity, and in some ways more difficult ...
- 232: Moby Dick
- ... things remote"; who would take "the universal thump" with equanimity, and cry three cheers for Nantucket--- "and come a stove boat and stove body when they will, for stave my soul, Jove himself cannot." The world of Ishmael's setting forth, like the world of the Custom House, was undimmed by the dark idea and seemingly invulnerable to any Jovian thunderbolts. God was above young Ishmael's world as he packed his bag for Cape Horn and the Pacific; and even as he read on the tablets of Father Mapple's chapel in New Bedford the fate of the whalemen who had ...
- 233: World War I
- World War I Twenty-seven countries on five continents were involved in World War I. This war was also called the Great War or The War to End All Wars. World War I was the bloodiest and most costly of all the previous wars. The total casualties numbered thirteen million with another thirteen million wounded. The cost of this war was estimated to be more ...
- 234: Gays: A Struggle for Acceptance
- ... those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout the prevailing prejudice." - John Shelby Spong Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, NJ November 21, 1996 During World War II and especially the twenty years after brought great political and social changes to the U.S.. Undoubtedly, one of the major changes was the new awareness of homosexuality. If this new awareness was to the advantage or if it was really wanted by the gay and lesbian population is a question that arises; if they really had a choice in the matter is another. I ...
- 235: The Human Development Index
- Comparing The Old United Nation's Human Development Index To The New One The United Nations is an international organization established immediately after World War 2 to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems. The United Nation's Charter, which is the organization's governing treaty, was first ... Nations charter are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. Other than trying to maintain peace and order around the world, the United Nations also gives an annual report of each country's economic and social status in the world in order to find the problems that a country might be facing. The United Nations ...
- 236: Change in Management Techniques
- ... model framework. The paper attempted to prove that an organization's success lies within its management of change. It focused on two major types of change, -: technological and cultural change. . "There is nothing in this world constant but inconstancy" Jonathon Swift (1667- 1745) INTRODUCTION The above saying defines the existence of change. Change is a phenomenon that has been existent since the beginning of time itself. It is constantly evolving and moves on just as quickly as it came, giving way for the need to be prepared for change at all time. The same concept applies for change in the business world and in organizations. There is an ancient Chinese saying that states "may you live in interesting times". This epigram is in no doubt a reflection of today's business world. The business world of about forty years ago did not regard the issue of change management, due to the fact that the existence of change in the business world was not as prominent as ...
- 237: Computers And Marketing
- ... formula for success becomes more difficult. Two particular things have greatly aided companies in their quests to accomplish these goals. They are the innovative software products of CAD/CAM and, last but not least, the World Wide Web. An important program has aided companies all over the world. Computer- aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) is the integration of two technologies. It has often been called the new industrial revolution. In CAD, engineers and designers use specialized computer software to create models that represent characteristics of objects. These models are analyzed by computer and redesigned as necessary. This allows companies needed flexibility ...
- 238: Marranos: A Lost People
- Marranos: A Lost People Some people might call them New Jews, some New Christians, and others call them Marranos. The majority of the world population has no idea who the Marranos are. To begin to explain these secret people, one must first receive a lesson in World History. We will begin in the 1492. In school, we are ...
- 239: A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Case Study of Poland
- ... A Specific Case Study of Poland Introduction Poland, as well as it's fellow post-communist countries, face an arduous task in re-inventing their economies to match the dominant Western style currently dominating the world. The difficulties lie in the areas of ideology, structural needs (massive changes required), world recession(current) and debt load. Communist Economics Why did the economics of the communist bloc fail so miserably? Why has every single socialist, fascist, communist and other non-democratic country had to implement economic change ... lack of innovation and technological improvement. Command economies tend to focus on growth rather than strength leading to larger production and an evan. worse use of available resources. The 1980's marked a change in world markets meant that the communist economies were faced with four challenges that would, if met, have meant the continuation of the USSR. Resource saving miniaturization requiring high technology and skill were demanded (command economies ...
- 240: The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
- ... early narratives, most scholars believe that the biblical account is based on historic realities. According to the Book of Genesis, God ordered the patriarch Abraham to leave his home in Mesopotamia and travel to a new land, which he promised to Abraham's descendants as a perpetual inheritance. Although the historicity of Abraham, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob is uncertain, the Israelite tribes certainly came to Canaan from Mesopotamia ... it his capital. His son Solomon assumed the trappings of a potentate and erected the Temple in Jerusalem, which became the central sanctuary of the distinctive monotheistic Israelite religion and ultimately the spiritual center of world Jewry. The national union effected by David was shaky. The economically and culturally advanced tribes of the north resented the rule of kings from pastoral Judah, and after Solomon's death the kingdom was divided ... number of its inhabitants were deported (722 BC). Judah managed to outlive the Assyrian Empire (destroyed c.610), but the Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) Empire that replaced it also insisted on control of Judah. When a new revolt broke out under Egyptian influence, the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Jerusalem and burned the Temple (587 or 586 BC); the royalty, nobility, and skilled craftsmen were deported to Babylonia. Loss of state ...
Search results 231 - 240 of 22819 matching essays
|
