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- 2201: The Development Of The Prison
- ... failed to meet expectations, and prisons again become the most preferred institution. Prisons today are very different. Severe overcrowding is now the major problem in most prisons. Cells originally built for one prisoner, now often house two or three men. Judges in the United States have ruled that many prisons are so crowded that they violate prisoners constitutional protection from cruel and unusual punishment . In the United Kingdom, conditions became so ... detention centres. In addition, specially built remand centres, separate from prisons, hold people who are awaiting trial. Women form a small proportion of all inmates in prisons. Most of them are held in prisons which house only women. Experts classify prisons by the degree of security or control they provide. The main types are (1) maximum security prisons, (2) medium security prisons, and (3) minimum security or open prisons. Maximum security ...
- 2202: Abraham of Chaldea
- ... land that I will show you." 2 While in Haran, Abram's father died and God spoke to him again saying, "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you." 3 He obeyed and left Haran with his brother Nahor's family and his Nephew Lot without really knowing where he was going. At this time, God ... was his half sister, having the same father but a different mother. 9 When the Egyptians saw how beautiful she was, they took her to Pharaoh's harem. As a consequence, God plagued Pharaoh & his house. When the Pharaoh found out Sarah was Abram's wife, he sent him and his clan out of Egypt to fend for themselves in the famished land. Because Abram told this lie, God allowed this ...
- 2203: Symbolism In Fahrenheit 451
- ... first seen and the narrator says, "With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black (3). Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn and is symbolically written on the firemen s helmets ... with blood (105). Here, Bradbury significantly uses the word conscience to show that Montag is still having trouble taking responsibility for his actions (McGiveron 2). When Beatty gives Montag the option to burn down his house and they begin arguing, Montag twitched the safety catch on the flamethrower Beatty s reaction to the hands gave him the final push toward murder (119). Again, Montag s conscience goes through the act with ...
- 2204: Wilson, Woodrow
- ... to adopt the commission form of government. Success in New Jersey made him a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. Although Wilson entered the 1912 Democratic National Convention a poor second to Speaker of the House Champ Clark, his strength increased as Clark's faded, and he won the nomination after 46 ballots. Offering a program of reform that he called the New Freedom, Wilson ran against a divided Republican party ... successors the precedents and tools to meet future crises. Wilson the Peacemaker From 1914, Wilson had sought ways to mediate the conflict. In 1915 and 1916 he sent his advisor and confidant, Col. Edward M. HOUSE, to Europe to work toward a negotiated peace and postwar cooperation. In the spring of 1916, Wilson joined the call for a postwar association of nations; on Jan. 22, 1917, he called for a peace ...
- 2205: Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
- ... princess was not easy. She had to prepare for a hard life, never make mistakes, never look bored and never be sick if possible. Elizabeth grew up at the families London home, a large Victorian House on 145 Picadilly and at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park. When her dad became King they moved to Buckingham Palace. It was more like a museum than a house. Elizabeth spent their holidays with their grandparents on both sides. When she spent it with the Strathmore it would sometimes be at the Glamis Castle. It was a rugged, rambling old Scottish fortress. It looked ...
- 2206: Summary - Habibi
- ... and the memories she had. She sees herself as a blur in Jerusalem. Nobody knows her like people do in America. But this all changes when Liyana finally decides to sleep over at Sitti s house for a weekend. Sitti and her do a number of activities. One of these activities that stand out is when they went to get water from a spring. They hiked down to a spring, and ... named Khaled captures it. This character, along with his sister Nadine, is the Abboud s new friend. RESPONSE: Liyana and Rafik seem to feel more at home now that they are settled in their new house and have met friends. Rafik has completely adapted to Jerusalem while Liyana is just beginning to. They are both scared of the Israeli tanks and other forces that crowd around her neighborhood because she did ...
- 2207: Stereotyping In Mona And The P
- ... that shows that Mona is stronger than Barbara. Mona too has to deal with religious stereotypes. "You don t look Jewish," is one of the most often heard sayings from the people at the pancake house who find out that Mona is Jewish. Mona s culture says that she should either be Buddhist or Christian. Mona s appearance, that of a Chinese woman, makes people think that she is not Jewish ... book when he say, "I didn t think you were this rich!" Barbara s family too is under the pressure to show their wealth. To do this Barbara and her family move to a huge house. Barbara could have told her parents that she was uncomfortable with the move when asked, but instead went along with it because of her desire to conform. Friends are sometimes thought to think alike, but ...
- 2208: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... Salinas, Lake Tahoe, writing novels and stories that no publisher would buy (Fontenrose 4). On January 14, 1930, Steinbeck married his first wife, Carol Henning (Fontenrose 4). As a gift, his father gave him a house in Pacific Grove, California. Later that year, Steinbeck met Edward Ricketts, owner and operator of a small commercial biological laboratory on the waterfront of Monterey. Steinbeck's association with Ricketts stimulated "the best period of ... he gained and the images he conceived of California in his writings. Works Cited Benson, Jackson J. The Short Novels of John Steinbeck. North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1990. Bloom, Harold. John Steinbeck. Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. Davis, Robert Murray. Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Fontenrose, Joseph. John Steinbeck: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1964. French, Warren. John Steinbeck's Fiction ...
- 2209: Gun Control
- ... work. In 1974 Jamaica passed a series of gun laws that prohibited citizens from even possessing a single bullet. The government strictly enforced these laws. The Jamaican government went as far as to have random house to house searches and if they even found a single bullet a mandatory life prison sentence was issued. Violent crime in Jamaica dropped significantly for about six months but, within a year violent crime rates in Jamaica ...
- 2210: Special Delivery
- ... were staying the night at each other's houses and going places together and they both new they would have to tell the kids. One night they invited all the kids over to Amanda's house and sat them down to eat and after they were done eating the told them the news. Louise was the most upset and walked out of the house. Paul and Jan were mad but more shocked, and Julie was very happy for the both of them. Amanda was 51 and Jack was 59. After a while Amanda started filling sick and Jack made ...
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