|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 8951 - 8960 of 22819 matching essays
- 8951: Medical Uses Of Marijuana
- Medical Uses Of Marijuana For several decades, researchers have sought to determine whether marijuana has legitimate medical uses, and narcotics control agencies have discouraged them from finding out. Now a new round of federally funded research may provide some answers-or will it? The latest skirmish between scientists and police comes on the heels of two popular referenda, in California and Arizona, legalizing the medical use ... the medical use of marijuana has been gaining respectability. Several states have research programs of their own and some governors, including Republican William Weld of Massachusetts, openly endorse medical legalization. The editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, Jerome Kassirer, lambasted the Clinton administration in an editorial entitled, "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana," that received national attention. "To prohibit physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients ... glaucoma, of nausea and vomiting brought on by cancer chemotherapy, and of asthma." A review of the existing literature, as Kassirer pointed out, will likely be inconclusive because no definitive study has been done. The new IOM review, Kassirer said in an interview, "was a political maneuver designed to move the debate off center stage-it probably could be done in 18 days." In February, the NIH held its workshop, ...
- 8952: The Curtain
- ... have ripened and have been able to provide the seed with sufficient amounts of nurturing over a sufficient amount of time. The seed is almost ready to crack open and show itself to the entire world. After breaking through its solid shell, the seed begins to move throughout the heart and heads for the door to the outside world. It isn't an easy journey, but with proper skills it will be able to make it through and reach the first of its many destinations. By the time the seed reaches the surface, it is warm and food is plentiful. It will have about four months of summer to plant itself and thrive in the real world. It still has many dangers to face, so it must begin to prepare itself for survival of the fittest. As fall emerges, the seed has progressed into a small tree with many buds and ...
- 8953: Inclusion
- ... of their effort, disabled children can feel better about themselves in spite of the disability that ails them. Inclusion in a regular school gives disabled children the social skills needed to live in the outside world. Disabled children learn important lessons to help them adapt to the real world. They learn how to interact with other people and how they are expected to act in public. According to Scott Willis, Advocates of mainstreaming, on the other hand, claim that the mainstreaming of disabled students ... ridicule and challenges that only make them stronger against those that may put them down. Dealing with and learning from everyday problems now will only help disabled children as they grow up in an unkind world. Immersion in regular curriculum gives disabled children a chance to test their abilities. Disabled children can test their skills and see what areas they excel in. After children find something they excel in, they ...
- 8954: Music Therapy: Can It Help Anyone?
- ... 1.) Bargreen, Melinda. "Scientists and therapists now agree: music heals--and not just the spirit". The Seattle Times. 2 November 1997. 2.) Bonny, Helen L. and Lane, Barry. "Music and Your Mind: Listening With a New Consciousness". New York: Harper and Row, 1973. 3.) Boxill, Edith Hillman. "Music Therapy for the Developmentally Disabled". New York: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1985. 4.) "Common Questions About Music Therapy". University of Iowa, School of Music. September 1996. 17 November 1998. http://www.uiowa.edu/musictherapyFAQ.html 5.) Gaston, E. Thayer. "Music in ...
- 8955: Candide 3
- ... very well. But he and his philosopher believe in the cause and effect principle. They believe god has caused something to happen to have a particular effect. They believe whatever happens is best for the world, and that is why I feel that Candide is just a wandering soul who doesn t know what he wants out of life. Personally I feel that he should be trying to do something and ... a place, if it ever did really exist, could not last. But his love for Cunegonde could. The way this story is set up is to show all the evil things that happen in the world, and the point of that is to make fun of the philosophy of optimism. In Candide they are all optimistic and believe that everything happens for the good, which is totally wrong. The point of the book is to show you how unrealistic optimism is. There is much evil in this world and there always will be. There is no such thing as a Utopia, and not all things happen for the better. Candide also relates to Young Goodman Brown. There is evil in this world ...
- 8956: Howards End: Book Review
- ... twentieth century in England it reflects the mood that existed in England at that time. It was a time of prosperity. The industrial revolution that started in the previous century made the British Empire a world power. Everyone had a job and the conditions for the workers significantly improved as compared to the past century. Trade unions that never existed before had just begun to form to protect the rights of ... for a better future. Too much of Hemingway's "things end badly" approach will make us all sick, tired, incorrigible pessimists. We need novels, movies, cartoons that end happily to bring some hope to our world where--Hemingway was right--too many things end too badly. This lovely and romantic book is worth reading, for it's an excellent candy in the world of our bitter reality. The idea of being comrades and 'only connecting' suits any place in the world at any time. Why not follow it, why not pay attention to personality only instead of ...
- 8957: To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout
- ... many activities which are mainly masculine ones. Without a mother to teach her the ways of a woman, she lives as a tomboy (much to the displeasure of her aunt). As Scout grows, she learns new things, feels new emotions, and begins to mature into bright young woman. Scout is learning that things are not always what they seem. She and Jem always believed that their father was not like any other fathers in ... nice gesture it was. That indicates that she still has a lot to learn. Scout is having to learn about some very complicated issues at a young age, because of her situation. Along with these new issues come a lot of new feelings. She is beginning to realize the prejudices felt by individuals toward Negroes and the unfairness of their treatment. When she sees how Tom Robinson is treated just ...
- 8958: Review of Machiavelli's The Prince
- ... Prince, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli was a very smart man. He was always aware of the events going on in the world and an astounding historian. His observations in chapter III apply well with modern day America. He takes some tips from the Romans, stating that a Prince should "colonize, protect lesser powers without increasing their strength, reduce strong and threatening powers, do not let foreign powers gain footing in neighboring areas"(38). America has accomplished a lot of these tasks; perhaps that is why we are one of the world's super powers. We colonized the North American continent, we've protected our allies yet we don't give them much power, reduced the strong nations and threatening powers (Milosevic, Sadam, and Yeltsin), and we ... on the subject of warfare. In chapter XIV, Machiavelli says, "a prince's main objective and profession must be warfare"(81). A lot of things can be settled without bloodshed and violence. In the modern world, war is an extremely scary thing, especially with all the nuclear and biochem technology. I believe a "prince's" main objective and profession is to take care of his people and govern his land ...
- 8959: Hooked on the Internet
- ... a growing number of lay users, and a growing number of addicts", says Sarah Lehrman, a psychiatrist who, realizing the problem, has started an on-line support group for users hooked on cyberspace (58). This new addiction, developed by our technological nation, has become a "condition from which an estimated 5 million Americans suffer, or one out of every nine Internet users", estimates the author of Digital Drug Marilyn Elias (13 ... control the habit of spending endless hours in front of the computer screens, and that addiction to Internet can cause as much damage in people's lives as alcohol, drugs, and gambling. Why is this new epidemic so widespread? Computers are rather inexpensive: even one thousand dollars can buy a perfectly adequate one. Daniel Dern, a well-known author in many computer related fields, states that "no fewer than 55 million ... is also inexpensive: an unlimited access can be bought for less then 20 dollars a month. The modem - the device that links one computer to another via phone lines, has become standard equipment on most new machines, and so has the software for many online services. Not only do CompuServe, America Online, Prodigy, and most other Internet providers give away their software, most offer free online trial to new subscribers. ...
- 8960: A Beginning and End
- A Beginning and End Gloria Skains English 101-10/ Perkins Comparison/Contrast A Beginning and End Thesis: There is a reason for all seasons, two of which are spring with its new beginning and autumn with its incipient decline. I. Spring A. Daylight B. Gardens C. Insects D. Color E. Nests F. Migratory birds G. Coats of animals H. Rain II. Autumn A. Daylight B. Gardens C ... entwined. The activities which are common to each season have a profound effect on the cycle of plant and animal life. There is a reason for all seasons, two of which are spring with its new beginning and autumn with its incipient decline. Mother nature wakes after a long restful sleep, stands, claps her hands, and calls spring to attention because this is the time of reawakening, a sudden surprising emergence after a period of concealed existence. I rise early because the days are becoming longer now. As I walk and explore this new morning, I cannot help but notice the activity that surrounds me. Gardens are being tilled and planted for the ground is warm and will soon break with sprouts of future bounty. Butterflies of every ...
Search results 8951 - 8960 of 22819 matching essays
|
