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- 4111: Huck Finn 3
- ... snobby landowners then by showing the vulgarity of their language a.k.a. the use of the "N" word. If Twain is saying anything about race, he is making an allegorical statement complaining that the civil war didn't end slavery, that living conditions are still undesirable for most blacks." So Jim was being held by a man who coincidentally was expecting a relative to visit his family and was at that ...
- 4112: The FAA
- ... the airlines lower ticket prices to drive out rival companies, but their cost of operation stays the same. This lowers their profit margin and then the airlines falsify maintenance records to save money. This price war lead to nearly $8 billion of loses to the airline industry. (Ott, 124) These loses make it very hard for airline companies to buy new planes or safety equipment. In the airline business you must ... federal process and getting outdated equipment. An FAA that was separate from the Department of Transportation would be able to keep the most qualified inspectors. The FAA would be able to pay more than what civil service pay allows. This would allow the FAA to have higher quality inspectors who would be able to do a higher quality inspections. Many of the quality inspectors are taken by the higher paying airline ...
- 4113: Marbury v. Madison
- ... a power would do to the country. Even with Marshall's suppression of this states' right of review, the idea came up as the nullification controversy of Calhoun and ultimately was a cause of the Civil War. The second argument could be inferred not from the Constitution but from the structure of the federal government itself and its system of ch ecks and balances. Marshall could have argued that judicial review was ...
- 4114: Should Handguns Be Legal to All
- ... pointed out the fact that states who have relaxed their gun laws have had an increase in homicides. Also the fact that more people have died from criminal use of guns than people in the civil war. Some feel it is extremely easy for just about anyone to get access to a handgun. The laws in some states don't require a waiting period , several forms of identification, or even a back ...
- 4115: Review Of Snow Falling On Ceda
- Snow Falling On Cedars During the dark days of World War II, our government made a decision, based on prejudice and fear, to intern Japanese Americans. These interment camps were largely based in the Northwest. Hardworking citizens were forcibly taken from their jobs and homes and ... a respected member of the community as well, Kabuo Miiyamoto turns out to have opportunity and motive. Claiming innocence, he is nevertheless indicted. We soon begin to learn the story behind the motive. Before the war years, Kabuo's father made an agreement with the victim's father. Money changed hands, land was promised and terms were set. Unfortunately, the war came and the Japanese Americans were sent away. Nothing was quite the same at wars end. Agreements were no longer honored and the isolated island became emotionally remote as well. Without giving away too ...
- 4116: ClockWork Orange
- ... reveals his powerful beliefs that it is even the most violent crimes are trivial when compared to the heinous crime of oppression. Burgess not only considers moral oppression to be a wrong against one's civil rights, but he also considers it to be a destructive wrong against one's spiritual existence. This book delivers this message so powerfully, so overwhelmingly, that it leaves the reader in a state of awe and profound musing for some time after the book is read. This book demands, and commands, one's full attention and thought. Burgess seems to be inspired on a somewhat holy mission. His war is against moral oppression and the governments causing it. His weapon, a powerful one, is his incredible satiric writing ability. Word Count: 822
- 4117: Corruption in the NYPD
- ... and supervisory skills. Failure for a second time results in the officer not being promoted. In addition, sergeant candidates must have been on patrol for a minimum of three years before being selected from the civil service list. The minimum age requirement to enter the police academy has changed from 20 to 22, and recruitment now takes place at a number of colleges in New York. The minimum education has increased ... employment, misdemeanor convictions that have been reduced from felonies, and a schedule of moving violation. The academy, while increasing the graduate requirements, has integrated issues into the areas of bribery and related offences, police ethics, civil liability, and drug enforcement strategies. While all these new steps have changed the face of the police department, the fact the city has paid over $27 million to settle civil claims against the police leads to the conclusion that other fundamental changes are needed. A police department can formulate model policies aimed at deterring and punishing misconduct, but those policies are meaningless unless a ...
- 4118: Should the U.S. Accuse Middle Eastern Countries For Supporting Terrorism?
- ... have committed some events in the past, such as assassinations. Therefore, the United States undoubtedly harbors terrorists who are responsible for most of the terrorist attacks on American soil. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has lacked a major rival in world power. The United States has always assumed the position of the world police. In order for this policing to be successful, she needs criminals to ... carried out by followers of radical beliefs. Islam, the dominant religion in the Middle East, upholds these radical beliefs. As one of the youngest major religion in the world, Islam preaches Jihad. Jihad, or holy war, is what the terrorist claim to be justification for their acts. According to Adam Nagourney of the New York Times, the groups claim that Islam preaches a need for violence towards others as a means ... Islam is a peaceful religion with humble teachings. Islam is a religion which preaches family values similar to that of Christianity and Judaism. It teaches that dying for the cause of the religion in a war is an honorable deed. This, however, is twisted by the radical groups and made into a belief where one must die to protect his reli gion, given any circumstance. This is false belief is ...
- 4119: The Life of Anne Frank
- ... life with the seven other people in hiding--her parents, her sister, the van Pels family (called the van Daan family by Anne), and Fritz Pfeffer (called Alfred Dussel by Anne), as well as the war going on around her, and her hopes for the future. When she filled up her original diary, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, two of the family's helpers,brought her ledgers and loose sheets of ... for most of the occupation,broadcast a request over the radio for people to save their wartime diaries. Anne Frank then began to rewrite her diary with the intention of having it published after the war. On August 4,1944, the Nazis raided the Secret Annex and arrested the residents. They emptied Otto Frank's briefcase onto the floor, including Anne's diary, in order to carry the family's valuables ... took away for safe-keeping. Miep put Anne's diary in her desk drawer, to await Anne's return. Anne Frank did not survive the Holocaust. Her father, Otto Frank, returned to Amsterdam after the war ended, the sole survivor among those who had hid in the Secret Annex. When he found out that Anne had died in Bergen-Belsen, Miep Gies gave him Anne's diary, which she had ...
- 4120: Slavey Then And Now
- ... was years ago. I would think that up to some extent the problem has grown now because it is in fact often overlooked. For example in Sudan, as a result of an Islamic vs. Christian civil war, women and children that are mostly black and Christian are captured in raids. They are later sold as chattel slaves in modern day slave markets. Now the question that I have is, Does a human ...
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