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- 7941: Jane Addams
- ... support of many of her supporters of Hull House. Another involvement Addams had was to the Progressive Party. She heavily campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt and supported his many plans which included, an eight hour work day, a six days a week work rate, an end to child labor, and support of women suffrage. He did not win the election, but Addams was not disappointed. In the spare time that this extremely ...
- 7942: Is Television Good Or Bad?
- ... I feel that television is a resource that is not used to the full extent that it could be. Television programs that educate are scarce and those that do educate are often on during the day when children are at school. Television stations should organize their programs so that the education shows are shown when children get home from school (3:30 - 4:30) so that the children will be able ...
- 7943: Sexual Discrimination
- ... in the workplace, to prove their worth by making money; and men's confusion over what it means to be a man today. There are many stereotypes about men and women that are heard every day. The most common, however, is how men are considered jerks. That is one of the most popular ideas in our society today. Women have come to accept this idea as an excuse or answer to ...
- 7944: How the Women's Movement has Improved
- ... that having a baby should not force any women to give up her work. Over two million more people watched Lucy's television birth in 1953 than watched President Eisenhower's inauguration address the next day. (Kaledin 27) Journalists flourished. Marguerite Higgins became the first woman foreign correspondent to win a Pulitzer prize for her account of the Korean War in 1951. (Kaledin 19) Although symphony orchestras rarely hired women attitudes ...
- 7945: The Fall of the House of Usher: Terror in the House
- ... the theme to contribute to the total effect. Poe is successful in creating the single effect of terror in his story. Poe uses the setting to help establish the effect. The dull, dark, and soundless day helps to create the atmosphere. As the narrator comes up to the house he tells of the discoloration of ages, the fungi, and the masonry which had not fallen. As he enters the house he ...
- 7946: Traffic Jams and The World's Patience
- ... 00pm, normal rush hour traffic, she probably expects traffic and therefore she brings something to keep herself busy. This lady seems to have a lot of patience and could sit here for most of the day just reading. The radio announcer proclaims, ". . . thirty minutes to crawl half a mile . . ." and I agree with him as we creep along. To my right now, is the merge of I-675 where these cars ...
- 7947: Maintaining Civil Liberty
- ... fact that such acts are against the will or interests or ( moral ) rights of others." ( Raz, p.233) Yet , I tend to disagree. For example , why does one obey the traffic laws ? On a bad day when you 're in a hurry to arrive home , little else beside the speed limit causes you to obey the law of the speed limit. Indisputably , the knowledge that you may cause an accident and ...
- 7948: Environmental Pollution Concerns Come To Forefront
- ... rubber covers, the state decided after a 1997 investigation, allow too much contamination of treated water by animals, vegetation and rain. "We've been addressing this problem," said Hetland. "Maybe not as fast as they'd like, but we have been addressing the problem." Until 1990, he said, the district didn't even filter its water. It simply pumped American River water to the reservoirs and treated it with chlorine. The ...
- 7949: Development of Communist Theory
- ... the ownership of property (Payne 421). The struggle between the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat would end when the socialists started a revolution and attained a full communistic government (Payne 423). If the leaders of present day communist countries and the former communist countries were not guided by the principles of Marx and Engels they operation of the countries past and present would most definitely be different. It is true that each ...
- 7950: The Deaf Culture
- ... in those days this was an acceptable term to use. There are many other terms that are unacceptable to the deaf, such as : deaf-mute, mute, hearing handicapped, disabled, dummie etc.. Even in today's day and age some people still use these terms. Another common assumption of the hearing is that all deaf people can or should read lips, this is not so- lip reading is very difficult to master ...
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