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- 7671: The Ice Storm Book Vs. Movie C
- ... one could actually look at both the modern movie and the book version. The story is a realistic story about the Hoods and the Willams. Both of these families were affluent families that lived in New Canaan. The book centers around Wendy and the events that take place during the their thanksgiving in the 70s. The story is pretty simple and is about family strife. Wendy is a typical adolescent exploring ... focuses more around the ideas of family neglect and the hypocrisy of the parents doing what they don t want their kids to do. The story is more like an MTV clip of the real world than the book plot. Though that s what makes the movie so great. The people seem so real, like everyday people. The relation is even stronger because I live in an affluent community. The two ... is shown in the book. The backbone has clearly changed, but the movie also has some other noticeable changes for the better. For instance the start of the movie shows Paul heading back home from New Canaan after his train got frozen over. This part is at the end of the book, so the movie actually starts on a flashback. Though during the trail Paul interjects certain deep sayings. He ...
- 7672: Massachusetts Juvenile Justice
- ... Mr. O'Brien as a juvenile, those shockwaves grew in intensity, and the citizens of Massachusetts, fed up with increasing youth violence and perceptions of an ineffective juvenile justice system, demanded the enactment of tough new laws to deal with repeat and violent juvenile offenders. The Great and General Court of Massachusetts headed these demands for reform of the juvenile justice system and enacted legislation that, among other things, abolishes the ... violating rights of defendants. Courts have found the elimination of procedural safeguards at bench trials in a de novo system to be constitutional because the judiciary will extend all safeguards to the defendant at a new jury trial if he/she so chooses. Although no statistics could be found which indicate the number of defendants appealing de novo bench trial decision, a court employee estimates that it was around 3%. Thus ... the de novo system will not eliminate the need for requiring some victims and witnesses to testify at two trials. Appellate courts have the power to reverse a trial court's decision and order a new trial. In cases where the trial court's decision is reversed, victims and witnesses must testify again. Given the strong state interest in reforming juveniles, protecting society and conserving judicial resources and the fact ...
- 7673: The Federalist Papers and Federalism
- The Federalist Papers and Federalism The Federalist Papers were mostly the product of two young men: Alexander Hamilton of New York, age 32, and James Madison of Virginia, age 36. Both men sometimes wrote four papers in a single week. An older scholar, John Jay, later named as first chief justice of the Supreme Court, wrote five of the papers. Hamilton, who had been an aide to Washington during the Revolution, asked Madison and Jay to help him in this project. Their purpose was to persuade the New York convention to ratify the just-drafted Constitution. They would separately write a series of letters to New York newspapers, under the pseudonym, "Publius." In the letters they would explain and defend the Constitution. Hamilton started the idea and outlined the sequence of topics to be discussed, and addressed most of them ...
- 7674: Actions and Behavior of the President
- ... to quickly deal with a situation. A President's personality and beliefs are also a factor in determining his actions as a President. Barber argues that a person's personality is shaped by his character, world view, and style all of which are established at different times in his life. He argues that a person's character is established early in life, world view is shaped adolescence, and style in early adulthood. These broad areas of personality come together to establish a style of leadership and presidential character. Barber goes on to establish four categories of Presidential Character ... because of his past in framing and support for the Constitution. Finally a passive-negative president would be President Washington who was more or less forced into the office. He hoped for stability in the new government and allowed others to take an active role in forming the institutions of the government. His military background and obligation to perform community service explain this approach to community service (Woll 291-300.) ...
- 7675: Is The Unites States Political
- ... runs foreign policy as an emperor. The President is the chief diplomat, negotiator of treaties, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. There has been a steady growth of the Presidents power since World War II. This abundance of foreign Presidential power may cause one to believe that our democratic system is not legitimate. However, Presidential power in domestic affairs is limited. Therefore, though the President is very powerful ... States government is limited, but in a system of government which was designed not to work, complete democracy is most likely impossible. Bibliography Dye, Thomas R. Whos Running America? The Clinton Years. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995. Lind, Michael. The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution. New York: The Free Press, 1995.
- 7676: The Contempary Enlightend One
- ... that typifies the idealistic American school, where the dirt and grind does not have a space, at least not on the surface. Holden is then expelled from the school, and starts to venture out the world on his own. He goes back down to New York, the dirt and grind capital of the world. He gets more and more sickened by the fakeness, and cruelty of the world. An example of this would be in the Catcher in the Rye, when he goes in to the museum he ...
- 7677: The Connection Between Ernest
- ... the more things it did. However, when something gets larger and more complex, then that increases the chances and the areas that something can break down. In A Farewell to Arms Hemingway said that the world will break you. It may not be today or tomorrow, but it will break you, and if it can t break you, then it will kill you. In any event, the world always wins, because it doesn t play fairly. Einstein said that, Not only does God play dice; but the dice are loaded. Not just pretty words, eh? It sums up how Hemingway felt about the world. He knew that no matter how hard you fought, the world would always win in the end. But nature was a way out. It wouldn t save you, but it could give you a ...
- 7678: Power and The Declaration of Independence
- ... a centralized monarchy. The colonists believe power should flow up from the people to the rulers. The British believe power should flow down from the King to the subjects. The two different uses of the world power also change the tone of the document. The colonist's definition of power as coercive in the hands of the King and good in the hands of civil authorities identifies the King as the ... more than just grammatical significance to the document. It shapes the document's meaning making it philosophically harsh toward the institution of the King and tempered toward English society. Works Cited Wills, Garry. Inventing America. New York: Random House, 1978 Miller, James. The Passion of Michel Foucault. New York: Anchor Books, 1993 Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish. New York: Vintage Books, 1975 Oxford English Dictionary. London: Oxford University Press, 1994
- 7679: International Law
- ... and by being capable of enforcement by the application of external sanctions. The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, which succeeded the Permanent Court of International Justice after World War II. Article 92 of the charter of the United Nations states: The International Court of justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed ... international law, material interdpendence, especially among the states of equivalent power, may foster the growth of positive legal principles. In addition, as friendships and emnities change,, some bilateral law may cease to be observed among new emnities, but new law may arise among new friends who have newfound mutual interests. In the meantime, some multicultural law may have been developed. Finally, research suggests that the social effects of industrialization are universal and that ...
- 7680: How The Simpsons Affects Kids
- ... Springfield Elementary School, Bart's graffiti is roped off and tagged, "The Principal. By Bart Simpson. IQ 216." Bart's friend no longer like him, they refer to him as Poindexter. The kids at his new school trick him into giving up his lunch. In frank, Bart is miserable. Then, after turning himself green in an uneducated science experiment, Bart reveals to his new principal that he cheated on the test. That night, as Homer is helping Bart clean himself off, Bart tells Homer the same. Homer instantly transforms into a murderous rampage again. The episode ends with Bart ... inner child's trying to get out that behave just like Bart. We all do "pull a Homer" sometimes. It just happens. The show doesn't make us do it. It just happens. If this world did not have The Simpsons children would behave in the same manner, they just might laugh quite as much. WORKS CITED "22 Short Films About Springfield." The Simpsons. By: John Swartzwelder, Dir: Jim Reardon, ...
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