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- 9021: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... B. 1998. "Alcoholism in Women". Harvard Mental Health Letter. pp 5-7. The author of this article, Shelia B. Blume, M.D., C.A.C., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Medical Director of the Alcoholism, Chemical Dependency, and Compulsive Gambling Programs at the South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, Long Island. Blume focused on alcoholism in the American society, especially in ... drug-related effects, and a district wide plan meeting for meeting the needs of students with known or suspected effects. Coles, Ph.D, Claire. 1994. "Critical Periods for Prenatal Alcohol Exposure". Alcohol Health and Research World. pp.22-29. According to this article, birth defects associate with FAS can vary, depending on when during gestation the fetus is exposed, and how long the exposure continues. The article also mentioned that in ... abnormalities of the spine and brain. This article mainly speaks of topics such as "you are what you eat," and "healthy mothers, healthy babies". Anonymous. 1995. "Use of Alcohol Linked to Rise in Fetal Illness". New York Times. p. A13. According to this article, the percentage of babies born with health problems because their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy increased sixfold from 1979 to 1993. Researchers stated that they did ...
- 9022: The Controversy Surrounding the Gulf War Syndrome
- ... that Iraq used some means of force during the war. The debate comes in on what did Iraq specifically use. As mentioned before, the U. S. government denies all possibilities that chemical weapons were used. New evidence shows that both of these things could have been used and that the government knew about. On January 19, 1991, Czech chemical detectors went off sounding that chemicals were in the air. All allied ... people see this as a huge mistake by today's standards because of something now known as dusty agents. Dusty agents are made by bonding nerve and blister agents to small dust particles (11). This new way to transport chemicals could have made the troops sick. Reasons for this are simple. Iraq had them in their possession during the war and our government knew this along with the fact that protective ... that VA hospitals stopped giving this antibiotic out to everyone and that cert ain veterans had disapplinary action taken against them if they got their hands on this possible live saving antibiotic. Why in the world would the government deny innocent people a drug that could save their lives? Many of these shocking events have angered many people. Jim Brown, the Director of Gulf Watch, sums it up best when ...
- 9023: The Theme Of Freedom Versus. C
- ... Stephano's servant because that will release him from Prospero's harsh commands: No more dams I'll make for fish, Nor fetch in firing, At requiring, Nor scape trenchering, nor wash dish, Has a new master, get a new man. Freedom, high-day, high-day freedom. Although Caliban is drunk at the time of stating these words, it is clear that his version of freedom is switching masters. Another character that Prospero has control ... until the end of the play. Prospero has been restricted from total freedom from the beginning of The Tempest. Whether or not Prospero's final words be echoing the concluding words of one of the world's greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare, Prospero asks the audience for forgiveness. As it is with many of the characters in The Tempest, it is only with the acceptance of the control over them that ...
- 9024: Abilities of People With Disabilities
- ... run. Do these women not deserve to be not separate, not special, but just equal? By now you may be wondering, "What is being done to stop this from happening?". On July 26, a major new law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), went into effect for companies with twenty five or more employees--which means that 87% of U.S. wage earners will be covered. The law, which bans discrimination against those who are blind, deaf, mentally retarded, HIV positive, physically impaired, or have cancer or epilepsy, is designed to help more than ten million Americans move into the mainstream of the working world. "This is the 20th century Emancipation Proclamation for people with disabilities," says Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, the law's chief sponsor. Under the act, employers are forbidden to discriminate in hiring, promotions, and firing. They ... people with disabilities.. Says Bobby Silverstein of the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy: "Companies are sending human- resources employees to seminars and sensitivity training, reading manuals and meeting with disabilities-rights advocates." So in this world of political correctness, people can not even treat someone who has an extra bulge in one place or another as an equal. Laws are helping, but as Mrs. Sommer says, "The most significant barrier ...
- 9025: Tobacco in America
- Tobacco in America Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first lit up as teenagers (Roberts). These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. The cigarette ... young to be independent thinkers and to not be swayed by the tobacco companies who are trying to take advantage of their mind and body. Works Cited "Bill Clinton vs. Joe Camel." U.S. News & World Report. 2 Sep. 1996: 12. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. "Selling Tobacco to Kids." America. 17 Feb. 1996: 3. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Roberts, Steven. " Teens on tobacco; kids smoke for reasons all their own." U.S. News & World Report. 18 Apr. 1996: 38. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Thomas, Roger E. "10 steps to keep the children in your practice nonsmokers." American Family Physician. Aug. 1996: 450. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. ...
- 9026: American Dream
- ... of dollars and giving some of it back to those who really need it. The “American Dream” is different to all people but always involves one common factor, the almighty “buck.” Current times call for new techniques in gaining the “American Dream.” The possibilities are endless through the World Wide Web, and the booming economy make it possible for anyone to make a “well to-do” living. Henry B. Plant is featured in the article “Florida’s hidden treasures: Museums, cultural parks” written by ... millionaire before the age of thirty. He spends his money as he pleases; he recently bought an $8 million dollar apartment and a $7 million dollar mansion. With the ability to buy anything in the world what else is there to do to make yourself happy? You give the money away. Ewing has started several nonprofit organizations and is working on a “philanthropic master plan.” Ewing is not the only ...
- 9027: Tennessee Williams
- Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams is acknowledged as one of the greatest American dramatists of the post-World War II era. His stature is based almost entirely upon works he completed during the first half of his career. William’s lyrical style and his thematic concerns are distinctive in American theatre. The majority ... 235-237 Broussard, Louis. American Drama: Contemporary Allegory from Eugene O’Neill to Tennessee Williams, University of Oklahoma Press, Chicago. 1962 pages 178-185 Devlin, Albert J. Conversations with Tennessee Williams, University Press of Mississippi, New York. 1986 pages 72-77 Lewis, Allan. American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre, Crown, New York. 1965 pages 34-45 Rasky, Harry. Tennessee Williams: A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation, Dodd Publications, Chicago. 1986 pages 121-126
- 9028: Egyptian And Mexican Pyramids
- Mysteries of the Ancient World For many centuries people have been fascinated by ancient cultures and treasures. During the last two centuries the science of archeology and modern inventions allowed people to get inside of the Egyptian and Mayan pyramids ... 1999. http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/civiliz/maya/mmc01eng.html Newby, P.H. The Egypt story, its art, its monuments, its people, its history. Italy: Abbreville Press: 1979. Payne, Elizabeth. The pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. New York: Random House, Inc. 1984. “Photographs of Maya ruins of Tikal showing how Hasselblad cameras and Zeiss lenses result in better pictures”. Maya Art & books. International Photographic Archive of Maya Art. June 1998. http://www.maya-art-books.org/html/New_photos.html “The First Egyptian Mummies”. Corkankhamun explains mummification. May 1999. http://members.aol.com/mumifyddog/first.html “Why Egyptians Made Mummies”. Corkankhamun explains mummification. May 1999. http://members.aol.com/mumifyddog/first.html
- 9029: Personal Writing: My Experiences of Interracial Schooling
- ... minority with non-minority students, as a way of learning about different people and their cultures. I f students would open their eyes as they do their ears for learning, students would see a whole new possibility of meeting others, not minding if they are a minority or not. These students should also learn to use their own ideas, and not always to believe in the media point of view. Today ... thoughts on education. Each student must clear their mind off all stereotypes, and be open minded to different cultures and different walks of life. This would bring many different forms of education, along with clear new ideas having minority and non-minority students educate one another and others around them to the truths of life. Stereotyping would soon vanish. This would leave the possibility of a free truthful life for every man and women in the world.
- 9030: Microsoft The Company
- ... 9 billion dollars, and they employed 17,800 people (Cusumano and Selby 3). In December of 1996, Gates owned 282,217,980 shares in Microsoft, which ultimately helped him become the richest man in the world (geocities 2). Gates may have been the richest man in the world, but he had more important things to worry about at the time. Beginning in 1990, Microsoft had been under investigation by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) for antitrust crimes. The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits any ... the consumer, and it has succeeded in that. Approximately 140 million people access MS-DOS everyday on their computers--while 70 million access Windows (Cusumano and Selby 1). In 1987, Windows was designed for the new Intel microprocessor, which was made along with Compaq (Cusumano and Selby 152). When a company joins with two other companies in producing a product, and splitting the profit, the question of monopolizing an industry ...
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