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- 541: Martin Luther King Jr. 3
- ... Colored People (NAACP), was ordered by a bus driver to give up her seat to a white passenger. When she refused, she was arrested and taken to jail. Local leaders of the NAACP, especially Edgar D. Nixon, recognized that the arrest of the popular and highly respected Parks was the event that could rally local blacks to a bus protest. Nixon also believed that a citywide protest should be led by ... Birmingham. Even more important, the protests encouraged many Americans to support national legislation against segregation. I Have a Dream King and other black leaders organized the 1963 March on Washington, a massive protest in Washington, D.C., for jobs and civil rights. On August 28, 1963, King delivered the keynote address to an audience of more than 200,000 civil rights supporters. His I Have a Dream speech expressed the hopes of the civil rights movement in oratory as moving as any in American history: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my ...
- 542: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ... off, the patients hunger returns, often stronger. Weight loss occurs rarely, and after research, growth is not revealed to be affected. Insomnia and sleeping problems are mainly credited to doses taken too late in the day. It is common practice to give the last dose no later than 4:00 p.m. (Diller, 263) Ritalin, which is a stimulant, confuses many people on why it is used to treat ADHD patients ... Act) ensure that students with all types of disabilities, including ADHD, receive a free and appropriate education. ADHD students have an IEP (Individualized Educational Program) which can result in placement in resource or SDC (Special Day) classes. IEP’s involve the child’s parent(s), teacher(s), school psychologist, and even a school administrator. The IEP’s provide the student’s current level of performance, a plan of educational goals, both ... 20 Nov. 1999 Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 9 Nov. 1999 Diller, Lawrence. Running on Ritalin. New York: Bantam, 1998 Farley, Dixie. “Helping Children with Attention Disorder,” FDA Consumer, February 1989 Fontanelle, D.H. Understanding and Managing Overactive Children, 1983 Garber, Stephen W., Ph.D, Marianne Daniels Garber, Ph.D, and Robyn Freedman Spitzman. Beyond Ritalin. New York: Villard, 1996 Hahn, Dale B. and Wayne A. Payne. ...
- 543: Presdent James Abram Garfield
- ... orator James G. Blaine left the House for the Senate, Representative Garfield became the floor leader. He sometimes spent a whole night studying probable topics of debate in order to be ready for the next day. "I am compelled," he said, "to prepare for debate on ten subjects when I actually take part in but one. . . . I must stand in the breach to meet whatever question comes." Garfield lost respect for ... S. Grant because of the political corruption of his administration. When Rutherford B. Hayes became president, Garfield supported him strongly, fighting for civil-service reform and a sound currency. Garfield built a house in Washington, D.C. He also bought a farm at Mentor, near Painesville, Ohio, so that he could farm in summer and his boys could learn to work. He had four sons--Harry Augustus, James Rudolph, Irvin McDowell ... was Charles J. Guiteau, a disreputable politician. When the president refused his request, Guiteau resolved to kill him. On the morning of July 2, 1881, Garfield and Blaine entered the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. Garfield was on his way to Williamstown to attend his 25th class reunion and to enter his two eldest sons in Williams College. When he reached the waiting room, Guiteau stepped forward, fired ...
- 544: Sony's Expansion
- ... globally. Sony began subsidiaries and joint ventures in 1960 and has expanded rapidly ever since. Key Problems and Issues: Sony has always been product driven and has no market research facility. It allows its R&D and product people to follow their heads and develop products that they want to develop. Sony has had success operating this way. An example is the Sony Walkman. Sony captured the market with this overnight ... to create a market for its product is the Sony Beta Max system. It started developing this product in 1960 and didn’t get to market until 1976. Because of its heavy investment in R&D and production, Sony didn’t license the technology to other manufacturers. Instead, it tried to dominate the market by itself in the hopes of recouping costs and making a profit. At the same time, Matsushita ... out with the VHS format and licensed it to everybody. The end result is beta max failed and ceased production in 1986. Sony ended up having to write off a large portion of its R&D investment in the product. Sony hasn’t embraced production facilities in less-developed countries (LDC’s) such as Mexico. Sony has an abundance of consumer products that have reached life cycle maturity and would ...
- 545: The History of Walmart
- ... be solved by raising the mark-up on their goods. Sam saw just the reverse of this. Buy in tremendous volume, mark the goods up less (30%) and carry a large variety of goods. Every day low prices is a hall mark of Wal-Mart and Sam credits a manufacturer's agent from New York, Harry Weiner, with his first real lesson about pricing: "Harry was selling ladies' panties for $2 a dozen. We'd been buying similar panties from Ben Franklin for $2.50 a dozen and selling them at three pair for $1. Well, at Harry's price of $2, we could put them out at four for ... Say the list price was $1.98, but we had paid only 50 cents. Initially, I would say, 'Well, it's originally $1.98, so why don't we sell it for $1.25?' He'd say, No. We paid 50 cents for it so mark it up 30 percent, and that's it. No matter what you pay for it, if we get a great deal, pass it on ...
- 546: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers
- The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers The characteristics of Holden from the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, will be compared to the "modern teenager". The characteristics of both sets of teenagers are basically similar, but in some parts, they are different. I chose myself as the modern teenager to be compared ... both of us come from opulent families. Holden and I are both very lucky to be studying in eminent institutions. Unfortunately, Holden does not take this advantage. Holden's mind is elsewhere in a reverie, day dreaming how to save the virtuous children from the evil. While studying away from his family makes Holden's relationship with his family worst. I study in a private school with my sister and we go home every day and meet our parents when we get home. Since Holden does not spend quality time with his parents long enough, he rarely talked about them in the book. Holden even wrote about his brother ...
- 547: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office Rob Martinelle U.S. History D Block Mr. Metz On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 in the afternoon, the president we knew as John F. Kennedy was shot multiple times and was later pronounced dead at 1:00 at Parkland ... Regardless, it’s more than likely that there will never be an explanation that satisfies everyone’s beliefs. Almost any American born before the late 50’s can recall where he or she was the day that J.F.K. died. Why is that? Why was the death of John F. Kennedy so impacting? Was it because he envisioned all the hopes of the United States rising from it’s troubled past? Or maybe it was attributed to a man who, in only 1,037 days in office, changed America and the world. January 21, 1961 (Inauguration Day), after becoming the youngest ever elected president as well as the first Roman Catholic and beating out Republican Richard Nixon he gave what was one of the shortest speeches ever given by a newly ...
- 548: Hitler
- ... his third wife, Klara. Adolf was a brilliant man, but he used his wisdom not for better, but for worse. As a young boy Adolf attended church regularly and sang in the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty good student. He received good grades in most of his ... and it was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a bi His natural ability to speak impressed the leader of the group and at the end of the meeting he gave Hitler a pamphlet and an initiation the next meeting. He wasn't interested ... to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support him right away. After he came into power, the Nazi party took control over every aspect of every day life. Hitler ordered the creation of a special police force, the Gestapo, to make sure that all opponents would be eliminated. He also gave orders to set up a special force which would be ...
- 549: Return To Babylon - Analysis
- Return to Babylon essay " He would come back some day; they couldn’t make him pay forever. But he wanted his child, and nothing was much good now, beside that fact. He wasn’t young any more, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams ... Honoria, he still might not be responsible enough to take care of her. I think that Marion just does not want Charlie to make the same mistake again and bring Honoria down with him. Every day Charlie has regretted his past and everyday he tries to redeem himself by working hard. However, as I look at the situation he was in, I notice that his actions were not all his fault ... dealt with it in a way many people might have. "…When I consented to the guardianship, I was flat on my back in a sanitarium and the market had cleaned me out. I knew I’d acted badly, and I thought if it would bring any peace to Helen, I’d agree to anything. But now it’s different. I’m functioning, I’m behaving damn well…" Looking at what ...
- 550: Evolution Of Profanity
- ... original (before being censored) Shakespearean works contain very offensive profanity, mostly religious, which is probably one of many reasons that his works were and are so popular. "Shakespeare pushed a lot of buttons in his day- which is one reason he was so phenomenally popular. Despite what they tell you, people like having their buttons pushed" (Macrone 6). Because his works contained so many of these profane words or phrases, they ... God, however, it becomes a horrible, blasphemous word, which is, to many, more offensive than fuck. This type of thinking goes back to the sixteenth century when religious curses were far worse than biological. G.D. goes back to 1697, when D. Defoe, in G. Hughes Swearing 209 said, "G.D. ye, does not sit well upon a female tongue" (Lighter 914). Swear words can be used in pairs such as "fucking bitch," and "fuck me ...
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