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- 3411: Juvenile Crime and Punishment: Justice or Injustice
- ... are now wavering juveniles to adult courts. Once the youth is trialed, he or she is subjected to the same tough sentences as an adult, including imprisonment in adult facilities and in some cases the death penalty. Some experts say that there are several risk factors caused by societies thirst for violence that contributes to the rising number of youths committing violent crimes. They also suggest that in spire of stiffer penalties ...
- 3412: The Life of Anne Frank
- ... innocent people—are taken prisoner to await their execution. If the Gestapo can't find the saboteur, they simply grab five hostages and line them up against the wall. You read the announcements of their death in the paper, where they're referred to as 'fatal accidents.'"--October 9, 1942 "All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to the effect that they 'sympathize with the Germans and approve of the New Order." Eighty percent have decided to obay the dictates of their conscience, but the penalty will be severe. Any student refusing to sign will be sent to a German labor camp."--May 18, 1943 Here is were the story begins ... On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank's parents gave her ...
- 3413: Kennedy Assassination
- ... The only answer that was given and is still the accepted answer is that, Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin in the murder of President John F. Kennedy. The events surrounding President Kennedy’s death are still under speculation, but this is known for sure: President Kennedy landed in Love Field, Dallas along with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy at about 11:35 a.m. They left the airport in the ... Ruby was in a poor mental condition. He had recently been imprisoned two and a half years, was sick with cancer, and had stopped all shows that he controlled after hearing of the President’s death. The President’s death had a deep effect on Ruby. Ruby killed Oswald because Oswald killed Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas ...
- 3414: A Comparison Of Medieval And R
- ... questioning religion, faith, and humanity has not yet entered the picture. As soon as the possibility emerges, the safe and secure world of absolutes is violently thrashed. We see the possibilities emerge in Everyman when Death comes before Everyman has a chance to redeem himself. We see it again with more force in Gorboduc when the King cannot restore his kingdom from his sons. Another great example is in Marlowe's ... end of their tired lives (Everyman). During the latter Renaissance, however, thoughts were more associated with living life on earth rather than the afterlife in heaven. The consequences of King Lear's actions appear before death and there is no resolution to say whether or not Lear is relieved of his burden through death. New confidence in human abilities and thought was developed in drama, and there were many more inquiries pertaining to science and reason (Faustus), rather than religion as it was in the Middle Ages. Faustus ...
- 3415: Romeo And Juliet-violence
- ... is a play which shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence shown in the play when the feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets fight. In each case, disruption, fighting, injuries and death occur. Also, the prejudice against the two families never got resolved because they were enemies. The prejudice started in Act one Scene one, when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each other. Then the Capulets ... Gregory servants for the Capulets, insulted the Montagues servants Balthasar and Abraham by biting his thumb at him. This leads to a fight, which involves the Lord s of both families and the Prince. No death occurred, but the families attitudes against each other were worse then before. Which caused a lot of prejudice against the families that lead to violence. In like manners, another duel between the two feuding families ... see his only love dead.. But Paris didn t know so he challenges Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills Paris. This event was caused due to prejudice that lead to violence which included injuries, death and disruption. From examining Romeo and Juliet, it is evident that the play shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence when the opening brawl started by the servants, the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt ...
- 3416: Margaret Sanger
- ... made and how they reflect on both. Margaret Sanger was not born a crusader, she became one. A great deal of her early life contributed to the shaping of her views in regards to birth, death, and women. Born Margaret Louise Higgins on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York to Michael and Anne Higgins, she was the sixth of eleven children. Anne Higgins was a devout Catholic while Michael Higgins ... health. All of her attempts failed and, in March of 1896, Anne Higgins died. Margaret always believed that it was her mother's frequent pregnancies (18 total) that led to her ill health and premature death. Realizing that it was her turn to pitch in and help the family, Margaret stayed at home and took over most of her mother's duties. Margaret did not mind the housework much, but it ... legally, the law was intended for men; to protect them from the diseases acquired through sexual contact, but she believed that the law could be interpreted to include women who were susceptible to disease and death from too much childbearing. She was in desperate need of money and turned to rich women like Mrs. George Rubilee and Mrs. Charles Tiffany, who responded by forming the "Committee of 100" to help ...
- 3417: A Piece Of My Heart (book)
- ... a standard to Christine Schneider, a nurse in Da Nang. Practically every nurse s story described the hospital scenes in Vietnam as "busy." Jill Mishkel explained that she experienced a minimum of at least one death per day. As Ms. Schneider described, "There was just too much death" (46). Ms. Schneider also mentioned, "Everybody was bad" (45); nurses only saw the bad because they were surrounded by it, day in and day out. Charlotte Miller described everything as "on a very negative basis ... women were placed in were truly more emotionally taxing than the majority of males. Nurses only saw the bad, only the bodies of dozens of wounded and dying soldiers per day. They were surrounded by death without exception each and every day. There can be little doubt that the minds of nurses, especially in the concept of the value of human life, were dulled even more than the minds of ...
- 3418: Asian Organized Crime
- ... at his life via assassination, including one in 1978. He was shot in the neck by a member of the Matsuda (a rival yakuza clan who had sworn vengeance on the Yamaguchi-gumi for the death of their oyabun) during a dance exhibition at the Yamaguchi-gumi household . The name for this group came about in that after the death of Noburu, Taoka formed Yamaguchi-Gumi, a Japanese construction company. However, construction was only a mere fraction of what this organization became famous for doing. Soon after forming the company, the Yamaguchi-gumi construction company ... to create a number of alliances , and expand his grasp into many other Japanese industries including entertainment, shipping and politics. However, in 1981, Takoa died unexpectedly of a heart-attack. At the time of his death, his organization was grossing over $460 million dollars annually. It has been said that Taoka’s greatest contribution as a Yakuza boss was that he opened the doors for Japan’s rapidly expanding economy ...
- 3419: Deng Xiaoping
- ... the downfall of several Chinese leaders including Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping eventually rose back to power (he had two more downfalls but regained power both times too). He never really opposed Mao again until his death in 1976. After Mao's death, Deng Xiaoping finally stepped out of Mao's shadow and attempted to reverse the country's "backwardness." In April 1976, four months before Mao's death, the Gang of Four led by Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, a powerful member of the Politburo caused the third downfall of Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping was forced to hide with old comrades from ...
- 3420: Ernie Pyle
- ... him in the same breath as they had Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of him was as great as the loss of the wartime president. Since WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was so famous, his death on the battlefront came as a shock to people around the world. Ernest Taylor Pyle was born August 3, 1900 to Will and Marie Pyle. He was born an only child on the Same Elder ... Battle of Britain. In 1941 he began covering America’s involvement in WWII, reporting on Allied operations in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France. Pyle’s column during WWII reported on the life and sometimes death of the average soldier to the millions of the American home front. He had a simple, warm, human writing style. He was widely popular, especially during WWII. Pyle’s columns covered almost every branch of ... then Ernie Pyle’s birthplace home was moved from it’s rural site to its present location and became a state historic site in July, 1976. Ernie Pyle was known by many people and his death during World War II was a shock. His bravery was shown and people around the world appreciated it. Works Cited 1. Tobin, James. Ernie Pyle’s War: America’s Eyewitness To World War II. ...
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