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- 591: Ethical Issues In U.S. Immigra
- ... and ethnic composition of the United States, which was then largely European (Wilbanks, 1993, p.1). The first immigration laws were aimed at nonwhites. In 1882, for example, the Chinese Exclusion Act suspended immigration from China for sixty years. In addition, in 1907, President Roosevelt, negotiated an informal gentlemans agreement with Japan, under which the United States promised to desegregate its California schools in exchange for the promise from the ...
- 592: Coffee Break
- ... beverage (Braun 109). The discovery of the power of caffeine is one that will be praised for centuries. Throughout time civilizations have come to find uses and rituals for caffeine. Stories go back to ancient China. The emperor, Shen Nung, while making a campfire, leaves from a shrub, got in his pot of boiling water. The emperor tasted the aromatic concoction and was pleased with the affects that it had. This ...
- 593: Bubonic Plague
- ... rats that nested in people's roofs (Matthew 154). Fourteenth century man had no concept of how the disease was spread or how it could be stopped. The plague was transmitted to western Europe from China along trade routes (Matthew 154). Once the plague had reached the coast of Europe, it was soon transmitted to the countryside through the commercial trade networks (Matthew 154). The first cases of the plague occurred ...
- 594: Women In Islam
- ... there can never be a restriction of this knowledge to one sex. It is the duty of every Muslim and every Muslimah to pursue knowledge throughout life, even if it should lead the seeker to China, we are told. The Prophet (S) even commanded that the slave girls be educated, and he asked Shifa' bint 'Abdillah to instruct his wife Hafsah bint 'Umar. Lectures of the Prophet (S) were attended by ...
- 595: The United States Government
- ... pardon was granted to keep the United States from being embarrassed at having one of their presidents on trial. On the upside, Nixon was respected globally for his efforts to open and establish relations with China. The president of the United states has a four year term. He may serve up to two terms in his lifetime. The salary for the president is $200,000 per year. The president must also ...
- 596: Marijuana
- ... in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibis sativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the marijuana plant began as far back as the Jamestown settlers, around 1611, who used hemp produced from the marijuana plant's fibers to make rope and canvas ...
- 597: Truman Doctrine
- ... does not belong in Washington. Urge Stalin to pay us a visit. Settle the Korean question . . . give the Koreans a government of their own. Settle the Manchurian question . . . support Chang Kai-Shek for a strong China. Agree to discussion of Russia's lend-lease debt to the U.S. Agree to commercial air treaty. Make it plain that we have no territorial ambitions. That we only want peace, but we'll ...
- 598: Nato Hits Chinese Embassy
- ... of the NATO alliance, purposely assaulting the Chinese who objected to NATO's unhumanitarian bombing campaign all along and "has represented for Yugoslav interest in the United States since Belgrade broke diplomatic relations with Washington." China and Russia wishes NATO to stop its ruthless missile strikes immediately and discuss it the civilized way, through diplomatic means. NATO refuses to halt its attacks until the Serbs agree to a total withdrawal of ...
- 599: Differences Between Bureaucrat
- ... this thus showed the power of the bureaucratic government. Shifting gears now, we come to Heian Japan (794-1156), and aristocratic society, and radically different from that of the bureaucratic society of the Tang in China. An aristocrat can be defined by the following: someone who has high status in power due to their family background: independent of government and emperor because of their independent power base in form of land ...
- 600: Robert Hunter
- ... his future song writing partner Jerry Garcia. Although Hunter had been writing poetry for several years, his career did not begin in earnest until 1967, when he mailed the lyrics to "St. Stephen", "Alligator", and "China Cat Sunflower" to his friend Garcia and the Grateful Dead. He was almost immediately taken on as the primary lyricist for the band. In collaboration with Garcia's musical talent, Hunter began turning out dozens ...
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