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- 3771: Political Correctness: The Teddy Bear Massacre
- ... American south. This raises the question of whether it is appropriate to censor ideas that are not created to offend certain groups. Political correctness, the underlying ideal, is the "particular set of attitudes about the world that its proponents maintain should be actively promoted." [Clark 369] Proponents of political correctness, or PC, had good intentions in devising the idea, but it has serious flaws. Although political correctness was founded with good ... head on instead of hiding from it. This cannot happen, however, if the college is sheltering us from it. It is the duty of the university to teach us how to live in the real world. How are they going to protect us from what we do not want to hear out there? The answer is they cannot, and the sheltered individuals are left unprepared to confront real world situations that will offend them. As Irene Clark points out, an article by the National Association of Scholars "asserts that it is the role of higher education to enable students to grapple with contrary ...
- 3772: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hated dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they were not fit for a lady. She taught her children to always act with decorum. She adored the singing of the birds and ... forbidden words just to create a ruckus. Ernest, though wild and crazy, was a warm, caring individual. He loved the sea, mountains and the stars and hated anyone who he saw as a phoney. During World War I, Ernest, rejected from service because of a bad left eye, was an ambulance driver, in Italy, for the Red Cross. Very much like the hero of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest is shot ... In Our Time, but with some changes. The publisher felt that the sex was to blatant, but Ernest refused to change one word. Around 1925, Ernest started writing a novel about a young man in World War I, but had to stop after a few pages, and proceeded to write another novel, instead. This novel was based on his experiences while living in Pamplona, Spain. He planned on calling this ...
- 3773: A Review of the Essay "Rose Schneiderman and the Triangle Fire" by Bonnie Mitelman
- ... beings seeking their rights. The Triangle Waist Company fire was not the first waistmaker's fire. Three months before the Triangle Waist Company fire, 25 working women were killed during a destructive fire in Newark, New Jersey. Garment worker reform activist, Theresa Serber Malkiel, went before the Women's Trade Union League to encourage action to prevent another tragedy such as this. She blamed the greed and negligence of owners and ... the most dangerous shirtwaist manufacturer workplace. Files kept by the Women's Trade Union League report complaints made by workers describing factories with "locked doors, no fire escapes, and barred windows." A report from the New York Times told of 14 factories without fire escapes. The article also reported that 99% of the factories investigated in New York had serious fire hazards. The vast majority of the employees were young girls that were Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Many speaking limited English, only adding to their panic once the fire broke out. ...
- 3774: To His Coy Mistress 2
- ... generates an understanding of death and paradox through the expressive language of the speaker to the mistress. In the poem, he implements metaphors with hypothetical situations while describing his love for her in a timeless world. He clearly explains that he would love and adore her immensely, then suddenly changes his demeanor by acknowledging that a timeless world does not exist. This poem expresses appreciation for death and paradox through the demeanor, actions and words of the poet. The speaker begins his serenade in the first stanza by stating "Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, lady, were no crime" (1-2). The speaker is informing his mistress that if he had all the time in the world, he would spend it adoring every part ...
- 3775: Television Violence and Children
- Television Violence and Children What has the world come to these days? It often seems that everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a ... major source of violence. In many families living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing why children are so mesmerized by this big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it ... causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so to not ...
- 3776: To His Coy Mistress 3
- ... generates an understanding of death and paradox through the expressive language of the speaker to the mistress. In the poem, he implements metaphors with hypothetical situations while describing his love for her in a timeless world. He clearly explains that he would love and adore her immensely, then suddenly changes his demeanor by acknowledging that a timeless world does not exist. This poem expresses appreciation for death and paradox through the demeanor, actions and words of the poet. The speaker begins his serenade in the first stanza by stating "Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, lady, were no crime" (1-2). The speaker is informing his mistress that if he had all the time in the world, he would spend it adoring every part ...
- 3777: The Dangers of Nuclear "Progress"
- ... States dropped two atomic (nuclear) bombs on Japan, killing more than 140,000 people and leaving the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ruins. The dropping of the bombs not only marked the end of World War II, but demonstrated the incredible power and effects of nuclear technology, as well. After seeing this, one would think that countries would realize the dangers of this new technology, and do something to get rid of it. However, this has not been the case. In fact, more and more nations have been producing their own nuclear weapons, even after they made agreements not to. Now, with enough nuclear weapons to blow up the world a good 10 times, experts can't help but wonder if this "progress" has gone to far. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan should have caused alarms to sound in people's ...
- 3778: Why Y2K?
- Why Y2K? In the year 2000, people will be dancing, singing, partying, kissing each other...and computers around the world will shut down, electricity plants will fail, and financial institutions will go belly up. Such is the Y2K crisis. Basically, the bug is this: Many of the computers used have a set clock that runs ... million lines of code...Which is only 20% of the total! Now realize this: Many companies are just Starting! Some HAVEN'T! And what about Embedded Chips? There are billions of embedded Chips in the world, with their codes burned into them. These ones cannot be repaired. They have to be either replaced, or in most cases, the whole unit has to be removed, and a new one put in its place. This could run into time, as delivery, placement, installation, and testing to make sure it works with the older equipment. Some chips cannot be recovered, cause their either underwater, ...
- 3779: Important People in History
- ... From his studies he saw that earlier societies had stayed together because the people living in it had realized that they couldn't live unless they co-operated with each other. Durkheim believed that the new industrial society could stay together with less co-operation because they identified society as a whole. He also looked at the reasons for suicide his studies led him to find out that there were three ... to a greater understanding of earlier human lives. When he passed away and Mary retired, their son, Richard took over their research. Murdock, George - Anthropologist and Sociologist (1897- 1985) Murdock studied the societies of the world. He believed that all the societies shared many similar characteristics. He had a different approach than other researchers. They focused on the factors that made societies different from one another. In his work he showed ... to compare and look for patterns in their answers. He concluded that there must be differences in children's abilities to learn and to apply logic. He theory was that when babies come into the world they cannot survive on their own. They must adapt to the situation that they find themselves in. He concluded that children experience four stages of learning. He believed that all the healthy children experience ...
- 3780: The Rise Of Starbucks
- ... for sales, and was hired by a Swedish housewares corporation. By age 28, he was vice president in charge of sales in the United States. He has an excellent salary, a co-op apartment in New York City and was happily married. However, Schultz wasn t satisfied with all he had accomplished. He wanted to be in charge of his own destiny (107). It was then in the early 1980 s ... 25,000 employees. Unlike other retailers, they provide stock options and full health benefits, for even part-time employees (111). Starbucks s goal is to become the most recognized and respected coffee seller in the world. To achieve this goal the company employee standards are extremely important. The Clinton administration has praised the company s generous employee health care package (Simons 190). The company engages in philanthropic endeavors, as well: In many communities, it donates pastries to homeless shelters, and for five consecutive years the company has been the largest corporate donor to CARE, the international relief organization (191). When it comes to welcoming new employees Schultz makes sure he tells all new employees how delighted his is to have them aboard, even though he has to do so by video, since the coffee giant recruits roughly 500 people ...
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