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- 6651: Muckrakers
- ... 1870-1909 the number of daily newspapers circulated boomed from 574 to 2,600 and the number of subscribers from 2,800,000 to 24,800,000. With this increase, newspaper owners and editors needed new bait to reel in its subscribers. The newspaper editors wanted to replace ordinary town gossip with gossip about the latest events of the city. Therefore, in newspapers they placed the most shocking events and kept the rural mind drooling for more. As newspaper circulation grew, the large newspaper depended much less on political parties and could now even challenge them. Newspapers played on the new human interest, the concern of the wealthy with the affairs of those below them, status-wise. This "story of the poor" became the basic outline for muckraking (Hofstadter 185-188). This new concern of the public demanded more from reporters. Reporters had to dig up exposés and human-interest stories. However, reporters received more and more notice from the public eye. A reporter's job was ...
- 6652: Niccolo Machiavelli
- ... Florence, in his second work he criticizes the powerless sides of the seniors and he supports the example of the ended Rome Empire. When Julius II. covered the old Popes place (Alexander VI) as a new Pope, Machiavelli was sent to Rome. While in Rome he watched Valentino's faith closely, found an opportunity to figure out the new Pope's nature. After the defeat of French at Garigliano he was again sent to France and stayed there till March 1504. It is thought that his work Decenale Primo (first ten years) which was ... Medici supporters conquered the government building and the republic ended. When Machiavelli opposed this he was taken away from his position. He was accused of joining the rebellion led by Pietro Paolo Boscoli against the new government and sentenced to serve a short period of jail time. Later it is decided that he is going to be kept under surveillance and at his home. But since he was obsessed with ...
- 6653: Frankenstein: Morality
- ... companion. Knowing that his first creation was evil should the doctor make a second? With the knowledge at hand, to Dr.Frankenstein, it is not at all morally correct to bring another monster into the world. Looking at this probelm with his family in mind, the doctor begins his work on the second monster. The first monster threatened Frankenstein and even his family. The monster angrily said to Frankenstein, "I can ... there is a chance that the monsters will not keep their promise and stay in Europe envoking fear into townfolk. The good doctor, trying to act morally, destroys the monster for the good of the world. The monsters can potentially take over whatever they please. "A race of devils would be propegated,"(pg. 163) thinks Frankenstein to himself in his study. The monsters, if powerful enough, could possibly take over Europe. Frankenstein realizes that he can not possibly doom the world to benefit himself. "Shall I, in coold blood, set loose upon the earth a daemon.."(pg. 162) argues Frankenstein with his creation. It is not morally right for one person to unleash such a ...
- 6654: Realism, Idealism, and Marxism-Leninism
- ... moral principles and international law should be used to govern international politics. Idealists are in favor of a reliance on international organizations to be used as tools to promote the development of democracy in the world, eliminating the threat of war because history shows that democracies do not war against each other. Marxism-Leninism maintains that the impoverished workers of the world will unite against the capitalist countries of the world, and join hands across international-borders and destroy the ever-warring, boundary happy states. Lenin adapted Marx’s theory by stating that the exploitation of capitalism does not impoverish all workers because modern states ...
- 6655: Fingerprinting Kids
- ... pushes us that much closer to the creation of the Orwellian National Data Center that Congress rejected fifteen years ago. BACKGROUND: As of early 1983, 11 states had launched programs to fingerprint children.( These were New York, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana.) Most of this activity was stimulated by the passage of the Missing Children Act in October 1982. What the new law did was to legitimize the use of the FBI's national computer network,the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for non-criminal purposes. All of the programs are voluntary. In some cases the ...
- 6656: Of Mice And Men - Lonliness
- ... t you shoot him, Candy?" (44). Candy’s dog, old and frail like his owner, is his only companion and once he is put out of his misery, Candy is left completely alone in the world. He turns to George and Lennie who, reluctantly at first, agree to include him in on their plans of one day owning their own farm. Today, seniors are still slightly perceived as somewhat incompetent for ... are no longer capable of tending to themselves, many relatives have them placed in senior homes to be taken care of by complete strangers. This puts them in isolation away from the rest of the world. The reason why many elderly people are owners of pets is because they long for their company and unconditional companionship, something the rest of the world is blindly incapable of offering. The only difference: Animals are not dismissive and uncompassionate creatures. They don’t know any better than to love and accept people who treat them with the same respect ...
- 6657: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... would never prevail against force of spirit. Based on all this, Mahatma Gandhi surely deserved an award, which spoke of his efforts, his fight for freedom and justice and all his other contributions to this world. This award could be given to a few other people also who have been great reformers. It could be given to one who is a reformer, who has fought for the rights of the people, one who has fought against all the injustice, malpractices of this world, for the oppressed people. One who does not use his status, power and military to reform the world but his own might and that force of spirit to make this place a better world. One who displays the courage and conviction to stand for his beliefs. In short, he/she could be ...
- 6658: Cancer
- ... but also the societal aspects as well. The articles also told of many procedures and ideas that are currently being studied and tested, and they highlighted many important breakthroughs. “The Cancer Killer” was based on new research and development of the p53 gene, and how it affects cancer. It is a very important gene that when healthy, keeps cells on track. However, when a mutation occurs, many serious problems can develop ... that the gene was responsible for killing tumors. This is when cancer research took a turn and began to focus on the “molecule of the year”, as proclaimed by Science magazine. Recently, Nikola Pavelitch of New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was able to get a photo of the gene, and she notices that when the disease (cancer) is forming, rogue molecules are present that keep it from performing ... now test for the presence of the gene and tell whether it is healthy or not, which can let us know how heavily to monitor and begin to treat the cancer that may surface. This new discovery has unveiled a wealth of treatment opportunities, as well as being able to give insight as to which method of treatment would be best for each individual case of cancer. The presence of ...
- 6659: The Great Gatsby
- ... The Great Gatsby, a novel about social life in the 1920’s. The social hierarchy of the times plays a very important role in this novel. Here Fitzgerald illustrates three specific social classes: old money, new money, and lower class, with old money and new money taking center stage. Gatsby himself personifies new money; he made himself into a rich man through shady dealings. Tom Buchanan, on the other hand, represents old money. He received everything he has on a silver platter. He earned nothing but his ...
- 6660: American Colonies
- The New England, Southern and Middle Colonies Developed Differently America was a place for dreams and new beginnings, until white people arrived in 1607. Three groups sailed over the treacherous Atlantic from their cruel lives in England to set up peaceful religious colonies. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period 1619-1760.Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different: socially, economically, politically but not philosophically. Socially the three ...
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