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- 7551: Mediation
- ... of the board is to mediate disputes in the railroad and airline industry which arise over requests by either party for changes in wages, benefits, or rules (Maggiolo 69). In 1947, President Truman instated a new agency called the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service operated on the theory that the main work and heart of the Service was in the field (Maggiolo 57). Industry is ... occurrence (Schorer-Meisner 98). "It helps us to recognize our differences," says McKnight. "We have to have conflict; that’s how we grow. If we didn’t have conflict, we’d have a very boring world."(Schorer-Meisner 98) Our world is not at all boring for many reasons, and our world is full of conflict. Through mediation and problem resolution, families, schools, communities, states, nations and maybe someday planets or galaxies can find a ...
- 7552: Affirmative Action
- ... personnel was white. Judge Johnson set a trial date and ruled that the Public Safety had practiced discrimination. Johnson then imposed a quota that required the Public Safety to hire one black trooper for each new white hired until blacks reached 25 percent of the trooper force. Johnson also imposed the same formula to support personnel. The state complied and within weeks, Alabama had hired its first black troopers. Within two ... when each person has the chance to contribute to the maximum extent of his or her ability. Affirmative action opens doors and provides opportunities for many people. Since 1964, our economy has created 50 million new jobs; many women and minorities entered the workforce, but they did not take away jobs held by white men. Using the talents that a diverse workforce brings to the economy created these jobs. Affirmative action ... in society with assistance of affirmative action. The fact is, as Americans, we are all in this together, and we all have a big challenge to face together in this time of change in the world and in our country. Cannon 6 Affirmative action should be the focus of our collective efforts to make things better for everyone. We need to address the critical economic and social issues of our ...
- 7553: Article Of Confederation
- Government under the Articles of confederation could not deal effectively with many issues that arose during the 1780 s. Despite it s many weaknesses, the new government accomplished a great deal. The western lands became the prize and treasure of the new government. Since the Articles of Confederation could only request financial support form the states instead of demanding taxes, these western lands replaced taxes. The so called public domain or unsettled land were larger than all the established states put together. Therefore, by selling the land, the weak new government received money that it couldn t find in any other way. Instead of using this vast area like the European did with the thirteen colonies we made an Empire for Liberty. The Empire ...
- 7554: Candide 2
- ... literary works, Voltaire s Candide and Alexander Popes A Modest Proposal They use satire in a different way. One to entertain the upper class and the other to show us the harsh realities of the world. Swift's "A Modest Proposal" In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A ... a terrible plan that involves both the sacrifice of another human as well as cannibalism and expect to be taken seriously? Voltaire presents a story with a distinctive outlook on life. He tells of a world that has gone mad and is laced with evil. Voltaire questions optimism, philosophy, and absolutes. Through his story he exploits absolutes such as: justice, happiness, true love, humanity, brotherhood, and many others. He leaves the reader feeling that the world really is a cruel place and that happiness is hard to come by. By using the main character Candide, a naive and innocent optimist, Voltaire ridicules concepts such as: belief, philosophy, religion, and absolutes ...
- 7555: Analyse The Historical And Cur
- ... with capitalism (Forbes and Hewlett, 1998, p.12). Yet it cannot fully explain their desertion to the right, who proposed the same with interest. However, the phenomenon of structural unemployment, with its increases to a new record high in nearly every year between 1981 and 1993, speaks of a failure of the PS which their voters were unable to forgive. In its wake, unemployment had exacerbated social stresses, notably racism, social ... PS leading the way (Ardagh, 1999, pp.29-30). The formation of the plural left corresponds surprisingly closely to the big bang view of French politics outlined by Rocard in 1993, according to which the new role of the PS was to federate the most innovative members of the ecology, communist and centrist parties. Yet Rocard seemed unaware that restructuring the left meant an implosion of the PS, a process to ... to maintain the status quo within the coalition. The Greens have only one minister compared to the PCF s four and have already expressed their wish for greater representation due to their electoral success (RBB, World of Information Country Report, 2000). Despite having won recent elections, the PS is not guaranteed success in the future, it still has some problems to deal with. The PCF deputies remain as divided as ...
- 7556: American Westerns (maverick, T
- ... 60 percent and that of the North had a 50 percent increase. One president has been assassinated and another impeached. The foundation for the women's suffrage movement was laid when women were introduced into new fields like nursing and teaching. In the late nineteenth century, the United States went through many changes. Blacks were organizing union leagues, while the Ku Klux Klan was forming. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments ... enough punishment, so they put their money together and offered a one thousand-dollar reward for the two men dead. William Munny, Clint Eastwood's character, a recovered alcoholic and cold blooded assassin overlooks his new found life in need of the reward money to help raise his two kids since his wife passed away from smallpox a few years back. Although a cold blooded killer, Munny is cheered on by ... mentioned during the movie was by a man, on a train with English Bob (a known killer from England), who said, "the French are known to be assassins." Vincent Canby, a film critic for the New York Times stated 'Unforgiven' as, "A most entertaining western that pays homage to the great tradition of movie westerns while surreptitiously expressing a certain amount of skepticism."4 Mr. Eastwood did consciously make some ...
- 7557: Ayn Rand: Human Existence
- Ayn Rand: Human Existence Ayn Rand contributed many things to the philosophical world, based on her philosophy of Objectivism. Objectivism is the idea that rational self-interest should be the basis of action and that self-fulfillment is an individual’s moral responsibility, with productive achievement the noblest ... human existence. Rand’s views on human nature state that, in general, people please others before pleasing themselves. The general population of people, therefore, differs from her philosophy of human nature. “For Rand the external world exists independently of man and man’s consciousness; yet man, gifted with superior reason, is capable of understanding, interpreting, and using this reality.” Because most people in today’s world feel a moral obligation to help others, whether truthfully or not, they go against what Rand encourages people to do. However, there are some people in the world today, especially in the U.S., ...
- 7558: Civil Rights
- ... never had to worry about going and getting a job to make sure there would be enough food on the table for my family. He has some noble ideas and if this were a perfect world they would probably work. In my opinion it's pretty hard to think about getting an education and making a success story of yourself, if you are worried about having enough to eat for dinner ... candidate for public office." He is comparing this opposition to the cold war, instead of the Russians the blacks are now the enemy. Killian's ideas on how to improve the situation are to create new taxes and to distribute the wealth of the country more equally. Killian's basic assumption is that things will never improve if the government does not intervene, it is up to a higher authority to ... no longer anyone's fault that they are jobless and hungry. He/She can't be blamed for not having a job. He does not suggest any way for individuals to improve themselves. He suggests new taxes and more equitable distribution of wealth, but does not give any ideas of how to do this. He gives good examples of how white people have hurt the financially independent black America with ...
- 7559: The American Dream
- ... the American Dream is invalid is simply because, like I mentioned earlier, everyone does not start out in our society as equals. The various races, classes, and genders, create different experiences and opportunities in our world. For example, if an individual was from a lower class minority and raised in a highly rated crime type of area, the probability that he or she will receive the same treatment as an upper ... be justified by the existence of capitalism. From the beginnings of the industrial revolution in the United States and the idea that this country was the “land of opportunity,” immigrants from every corner of the world came here in hopes of brighter futures and opportunities. The rapidly growing population created a large work force and a stimulated economy. Factories were growing everywhere, and business owners needed to supply all these factories ... raw materials, which would be very costly. They also needed to supply the factories with workers who would work the most amount of work for the least amount of pay. Thus, the hands of the new immigrants lead to the exploitation of workers, and the American Dream was initiated. To exploit the factory workers as fully as possible without making them realize they were being exploited, the business owners and ...
- 7560: Affirmative Action
- ... with the topic that starts this whole discussion; slavery. Slavery actually originated as far back as Christopher Columbus and the founding of our country. He thought the native Americans that were already settled on his new land would serve his civilized people well as slaves. Even Columbus was discriminatory against people who were of a different race and way of life. Columbus has been blamed for "introducing slavery to the new world". But at the time, Columbus was commended for having done so. The racism did not end there. Discrimination was everywhere, but no person had the means to address it as a problem, or fight ...
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