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- 6951: Robotics
- ... in which mechanical beings made to be slaves for humanity rebel and kill their creators. From this, the fictional image of robots is sometimes troubling, expressing the fears that people may have of a robotized world over which they cannot keep control. The history of real robots is rarely as dramatic, but where developments in robotics may lead is beyond our imagination. Robots exist today. They are used in a relatively ... followed in the mid-1970s by the production of so called programmable universal manipulators for assembly (PUMAs) by General Motors and then by other manufacturers in the United States. The nation that has used this new field most successfully, however, is Japan. It has done so by making robot manipulators without trying to duplicate all of the motions of which the human arm and hand are capable. The robots are also easily reprogrammed and this makes them more adaptable to changing tasks on an assembly line. The majority of the industrial robots in use in the world today are found in Japan. Except for firms that were designed from the start around robots, such as several of those in Japan, industrial robots are still only slowly being placed in production lines. ...
- 6952: The Future of NASA
- ... years from now, NASA's space program will not be so far advanced that people will be able to beam around the Universe or travel through time. However, unless something goes terribly wrong with the world, it is expected to advance tremendously. New, high-tech designs for rockets will make them more environmentally safe. Rockets will also be recycled and reused. Systems retrieving parts of rockets that are today, left behind in space, will be created. Astronauts will ... solar-powered energy sources will also be available. Space Internet may be created, so that astronomers and anyone else that happens to be in space can upload pictures and chat with the rest of the world while they are actually in outer space. In general, there is a bright future in store for NASA, with new and advanced technology waiting around the bend of the twenty-first century.
- 6953: Self-Reliance By Ralph Waldo E
- ... proven classics written by previous generations. The continuing timelessness of his quote is still in effect today as the scientific community has evolved to accept unaccustomed theories, yet encounters difficulty when relating to the public new and extreme ideas that rebut the system. In history, the results of individualism has been spread world wide. Important leaders, thinkers, and philosophers with radical ideas in virgin areas of research were making significant finds rapidly. Yet progress was slowed by short-sighted men who failed to see greatness. Aberham Lincoln was ... as upstart fools- dreamers believing the impossible. English royalists were aghast at the indignation of the colonies to separate from England and form their own country. In present day, the United States is the sole world power, a great country born out of dreams. "Self-Reliance" expressed the need for creative thinking. Society during Emerson's era resisted reform and scorned the reformer. Emerson saw individualism in direct conflict with ...
- 6954: Book Report - Lies My Teacher
- ... has tried to maintain a positive image throughout history. Unfortunately, it has many skeletons in its closet that need to come out to heal this great nation on many levels. If the public at large new the real role of racism in our nations infancy and how men tried to pursue their way of thinking as opposed to what is good for the country they would be ashamed at what the ... lived in could be considered treasonous. (Lies…20) President Wilson is also an example Loewen used in his book “Lies My Teacher Told Me”. Current textbooks say that Wilson led the United States reluctantly into World War 1 and associate him with helping progressive causes. (Lies…22) Under his administration Wilson intervened in Latin America more often than at any other time in our history. He also led us into an ... then by the colonials. It all started with slavery then it escalated into slaughter and confiscation of their lands and back again to slavery. Slavery of course had been around prior to 1492 however, the new world seemed to nurture and propagate it. Even after slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, the black man still had no rights as a 100% citizen. Even today blacks feel that ...
- 6955: Hamlet Revenge
- ... families are all slaughtered within the play. Fortinbras, King of Norway, was killed by King Hamlet; slain by sword during a man to man battle. "àour valiant Hamlet-for so this side of our known world esteem'd him-did slay this Fortinbras." This entitled King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras because it was written in a seal'd compact. Polonius was an advisor to the King ... it doth well appear unto our state-but to recover of us, by strong hand and terms compulsative, those foresaid lands so by his father lostà" Claudius sends messengers to talk to Fortinbras' uncle, the new King of Norway. He forbid Fortinbras to attack Denmark, and instead convinced him to attack the Poles to vent his anger. "àHis nephew's levies, which to him appear'd to be a preparation 'gainst ... Hamlet had many chances to kill his uncle, but his rage outweighed his intelligence; and he chose to wait until the lord could see no good in Claudius, and then strike him down into a world of eternal damnation. "Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;àA villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven." Hamlet waits ...
- 6956: Beauty When The Other Dancer I
- ... audience with her long Easter speeches. Furthermore, she started doing poorly at school, her contact with others ended, she did not stare at anyone anymore because she stopped raising her head up, students in her new school made fun of her. Her relatives kept telling that she did not change at all. Although, they knew that Alice changed. Throughout the story the reader sees that Alice felt bad about herself. She ... Alice Walker's brother took her to a local hospital, where her glob of whitish scar tissue was removed. This surgery helped Alice Walker to feel different and beautiful again. The author believes that her new appearance helped her to win a boyfriend of her dreams, many friends, leave school as a valedictorian and the most beautiful girl in her class. Although, after thirty years since the accident Alice Walker became ... mother's eye, she saw something unusual and attractive that no one noticed in years. Walker's daughter made her mother's the best compliment she could ever receive by saying, "Mommy, there's a world in your eye. Mommy, where did you get that world in your eye." It is amazing how Walker's daughter made her mother feel confident again and helped to resolve the problem of the ...
- 6957: A Few Greek Gods
- ... might be interchanged or different. The Greek myths started as folk lore until it began to explain nature and storytellers integrated a moral code into the myths. Many myths started out as fairy tales. As new and more efficient farming methods became available to the Greek people they were faced with more time in which to do other things. A people who have waste develop a culture all their own. Because ... was almost war but Zeus and Hermes were able to settle the fight and Athene got Athens. This anger of Poseidon toward the Athenians causes all their naval battles to fight poorly. Poseidon sought a new wife and chose Demeter. She would have him only if he could make the most beautiful land animal ever seen. Poseidon took many days and created many animals close to his goal but not close ... in the process of making the horse, he had made other animals such as the camel and mule. He did not destroy the misfits but set them aside. They found their way back into this world and are the horselike animals we know of today. This myth explains the creation of the horse and other horselike animals. The gods control the seasons as we know them today in this Greek ...
- 6958: African - American Civil Rights
- African - American Civil Rights Returning from the second world war, black Americans, just as those three decades prior, expected to find America a land of equality for all people and specifically a land endowed with increased black civil rights. Although the late 1940's and 1950's are not generally considered a period social advancement for blacks due to the volatility and revolution of the 1960's, the decade and a half after World War II ultimately proved to be a very significant chapter in the history of black civil rights and a pivotal stepping stone for the drastic social uproar of the next decade. In 1950, America counted ... of the blacks, Truman was repeatedly shot down by a conservative congress. The boiling discontent felt by the blacks since the days of slavery could not be silenced so easily. The war had generated a new militancy and restlessness in the black community. Blacks increasingly voiced their opinions publicly and found many effective ways to advance their cause. The first such case came in 1944 when, after years of prodding ...
- 6959: Abortion A Moral Choice Or Leg
- ... a woman's constitutional right. The practice of abortion, the termination of pregnancy, before the fetus is capable of independent life, was widespread in ancient times (Judges 84). Therefore the issue of abortion is nothing new to our society and has been debated many ways. American policy towards abortion has gone through several stages. In the early 1800's abortion was considered no crime by common law as clarified in the ... of American abortion policy was drastically changed by the supreme courts decision of Roe vs. Wade (109). This case established that it was a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Many countries around the world were also granting the right for a woman to request an abortion. Then perspectives changed again in the 1980's and abortion was permitted only if it was to protect a mother's health, or ... forced rape or incest, to avoid congenital or genetic defects, or an account of social problems, such as an unmarried mother or one with inadequate income to support a child. The U.S. followed this world trend and by 1985 state legislatures enacted 18 new abortion laws. Currently 30 states limit abortion fundings, to cases were the woman's life is threatened. Even today abortion is a hot topic. In ...
- 6960: Richard M. Nixon
- ... high school’s Harvard Club award as "best all-around student." The award was a scholarship to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, he seemed likely to win a scholarship to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Nixon had dreamed for years of going to a famous college in the East, but his dreams were shattered when he had to turn down both opportunities. Because his older brother Harold’s ... entering public office, and he certainly helped turn Nixon’s thoughts in that direction. In 1934 Nixon graduated from Whittier College after four years on the honor roll. He applied for a scholarship to a new law school, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and asked several of his professors to write to Duke, recommending him for a scholarship. Thanks to one convincing letter from the president of Whittier College ... must pass. Positions held before the Presidency After passing the bar exam, he practiced law in Whittier, California, and briefly served with the Office of Price Administration before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1947, Nixon won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a campaign noted for his accusation that his Democratic opponent was supported by Communists. As a member of ...
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