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- 771: Gun Control
- ... so I could half way understand her. I could here her say something about our good friend Jerry. I took her a few minutes but I finally understood her. Jerry had been shot earlier that day by two juviniles with handguns in search of drugs and money. Contention 1. Juvinile Crime with guns has gone up. A. Juviniles homocide with guns is tripling Congressional Record 96' ( July 24, Senate Resolution 282 ... 31) "Firearms stolen from residents and gun stores are the number one outlet for for criminals. 'They are traded on the street in the brisk black-market whirl that includes drugs & cash.' state police said. D. Guns kill more teens than all diseases conbined. Neergaad, 96'(AP, July 13) "Guns kill more teen-agers than all other diseases combined. Gun related homicides & suicides are rising. Firearms send almost 40,000 americans ... will advoid the gunstores and going through the system." C. The Brady Law Johnson, 96' (Febuary 21, Columbis Dispatch) "The Brady Law which took effect Febuary 28, 1994, requires a background check during the five day waitng period before the sale of a handgun." D. Police are inadequate Jeffery Synder (The Pblic Interest, 1993) "Crime is increasing because citizen resistence & law inforcement is inadequate." Plan Plan Plank 1. The plan ...
- 772: Birth Control Or Legal Murder
- ... unique individual. Gender, physical features, eye color have already been determined. The baby's heart begins beating regularly at 24 days. Babies in the womb hiccup, cry, play, and learn" (Factbot). Life continues from the day of fertilization until death. Nothing is added to a person during a lifetime. "'Conception confers life and makes that life one of a kind,'" said Dr. Landrum Shettles father of in vitro fertilization (Factbot). Abortion is wrong because it ends the life of a human being. The day of conception marks the beginning of a new human life. "'The zygote is the first cell of a new human being,'" said Keith L. Moore. There is no way that the fetus is just a ... however, is the most severe case of child abuse. The procedures are painful to the child and intentionally end in death (except in cases where the procedure results in a living child. "About once a day, somewhere in the US, something goes wrong and an abortion results in a live baby" (Factbot)). The fetus is alive and has the capacity to feel the painful abortion procedure. The US Department of ...
- 773: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
- The Infamous Watergate Scandal "The Watergate Complex is a series of modern buildings with balconies that looks like filed down Shark's Teeth" (Gold, 1). Located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17, 1972 early in the morning became a very historical event for our nation that no one will ever forget. The "Watergate Scandal" and constitutional crisis that began on June 17, 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate) At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate Complex ... Committee went directly to the president about their request. Congress wanted the tapes of all the important meetings. President Nixon refused. The Committee decided to subpoena the tapes that afternoon. (Westerfled 45) On the same day, July 17, 1973, special Prosecutor Archibald Cox had also subpoenaed the tapes. He declared that they were significant for the grand jury's criminal investigation. This was the first time anyone had ever subpoenaed ...
- 774: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... m. and the other at Miami International Airport at 8:20 a.m. Both planes were badly damaged and their tanks were nearly empty. On the front page of The New York Times the next day, a picture of one of the B-26s was shown along with a picture of one of the pilots cloaked in a baseball hat and hiding behind dark sunglasses, his name was withheld. A sense ... the B-26 with "FAR" markings [Cuban Air Force], the agency overlooked a crucial detail that was spotted immediately by professional observers . . . . All Castro's people had to do was read the newspapers and they'd know that something was going to happen, that those planes that had bombed them were not their own but American. In The New York Times of the 21st of April, stories about the origins of ... revealing the CIA's involvement. By the 22nd, the story is fully known with headlines in The New York Times stating that "CIA is Accused by Bitter Rebels" and on the second page of that day's issue is a full article on the details of the operation from its beginnings. The conclusion one can draw from the articles in The New York Times is that if reporters knew the ...
- 775: Memoirs Of The Geisha
- ... and she s a maid serving a notorious geisha named Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo can also be referred to as a witch because she does anything like spreading false rumors to make Chiyo s life miserable. One day while running an errand for the house that she lives in, Chiyo falls down on a stone near a river and starts to cry for she can no longer endure the pain and hardships she ... 2) Ending: Sayuri is able to find her way out from becoming the mistress of a few men who are interested in her. All her life of living in misery comes to an end the day the Chairman comes to talk to her and tells her how much he likes her and has liked her ever since he laid eyes on her by the river when she was just a little ... house she used to serve and live in. After all, the one who deserved all the kindness and respect received it although it took many years and a great deal of sufferings. c. Antagonist I d be a liar if I didn t tell you that Hatsumomo was the antagonist in this story although some other people tried to do bad things too. But she was the corrupt one who ...
- 776: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
- The Infamous Watergate Scandal "The Watergate Complex is a series of modern buildings with balconies that looks like filed down Shark's Teeth" (Gold, 1). Located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17, 1972 early in the morning became a very historical event for our nation that no one will ever forget. The "Watergate Scandal" and constitutional crisis that began on June 17, 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate) At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate Complex ... Committee went directly to the president about their request. Congress wanted the tapes of all the important meetings. President Nixon refused. The Committee decided to subpoena the tapes that afternoon. (Westerfled 45) On the same day, July 17, 1973, special Prosecutor Archibald Cox had also subpoenaed the tapes. He declared that they were significant for the grand jury's criminal investigation. This was the first time anyone had ever subpoenaed ...
- 777: What Effect Does Aging Have On Memory?
- ... cannot be compared to such. For example, a person of any age may not remember what they had for breakfast last week, but they probably cannot remember what they had for breakfast on a particular day years ago! The fact is that the memories older people are talking about are often events that are emotionally-charged, that have a personal meaning to the individual. A related factor is that because of ... Maylor (1990) investigated further the focus of previous studies into prospective memory in the elderly by use of memory aids. Subjects between the ages of 52 and 95 were asked to telephone the laboratory every day for one week, either at an exact time or between two times and were asked to fill out a questionnaire about what methods they used to remember to telephone. It was found that the subjects ... working memory. In G. Valler & T. Shallice (eds), Neuropsychological Impairements of Short-Term Memory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 247-267 Craik, F.I.M. et al (1995). Memory changes in normal ageing. In A.D. Baddeley, B.A. Wilson & F.N. Watts (eds). Handbook of Memory Disorders. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Dobbs, A.R. & Rule, B.G. (1989). Adult age differences in working memory. Psychology and Ageing, 4, 500- ...
- 778: Muhammad Allah
- ... After having his first vision, Muhammad tried with out end to get people to listen to him preach and had hopes to win people over to his God. As good as one may think now day’s how good it would be to be blessed with the gift Muhammad had received, in his times people were very skeptical. In their minds Muhammad’s visions were of evil instead of goodness. However ... obtain a few followers. I plan to inform you on how his life began, the problems he encountered, and then finally the end and what his life stood for. Muhammad was born in 570 A.D. in an important trading center in western Arabia called Mecca. He was born into the Hashim clan of the powerful Quarysh tribe. Soon before his birth his father died and then when he was six ... wealthy commercial enterprise. After a brief time the to were married and tried to start a family. They had two sons, both of whom died, but then four daughters were born. At about 610 A.D. while in a cave on mount Hira, Muhammad had a message entrusted in him by God to preach of his messages. Intermediately he received more messages throughout his life. Some of these revelations constitute ...
- 779: Lord Byron
- ... was born in 1788 and died at the early age of thirty-six in the year 1824. His handsome face, riotous living and many love affairs made Byron the most talked-of man of his day. H was known as a romantic, fascinating figure to his fellow Englishmen. In our current century his reputation has dwindled to merely being known as a poet. His childhood was colorful to say the least ... Scotland to England. The boy fell in love with the ghostly halls and spacious grounds of Newstead Abbey, which had been presented to the Byron’s by Henry VIII, and he and his mother li d in the run down estate for a while. While in England growing up his was sent to a private school in Nottingham, where his clubfoot was doctored by a quack named Lavender. He suffered abuse while there, from both the painful tortures of Dr. Lavender d the unnatural affection of the school nurse by the name of May Grey. He was subjected to mistreatment by her through drunkenness, beatings, neglect, and sexual liberties. This abuse was not stopped early enough ...
- 780: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- ... s brother, Thomas, at a plantation near St. Michael's, Md. Frederick's pride angered his new master, who placed him in the hands of a "slave breaker" in an effort to "tame" him. One day the two fought, and Frederick emerged victorious. Sometime later he wrote that the fight had been a turning point in his life. “I was nothing before--I was a man now." (Compton’s Interactive Deluxe 1) On September 3, 1838, Frederick escaped from slavery. With identification borrowed from a free black seaman, he traveled to New York City. In less than a day he was a free man. Soon after, he sent for Anna Murray, a free black woman from Baltimore. They were married and settled in New Bedford, Mass. There he took the name Frederick Douglass from ... Frederick Douglass also urged Abraham Lincoln to give fair treatment to the Negro soldiers. When Lincoln was assassinated Douglass was the orator at the unveiling of the freedmen’s memorial monument to Abraham Lincoln, Washington D.C. In 1877 he became United States Marshal, in 1889 he was appointed Minister and Consul General to Haiti. In 1882 he created the first edition of “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”, his ...
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