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- 1031: Sleepy Days Are Over...
- ... and there is! That is why I think that if the start time of high schools were to be changed just half-an-hour later, it would benefit all the teachers, students, and parents in Washington State. Scientists have been researching and documenting the sleep patterns of high schoolers for years. The have found that there is a gland in our brain called the Pineal Gland. The Pineal Gland releases a ... an athlete meets the academic standings in the athletic code, then it should be the athlete's choice, whether or not they should sacrifice school to participate in their sport. As you can see, starting Washington State's High Schools just half-an-hour later would benefit all the students, teachers, and parents in Washington State. So what do we have to loose? Exactly, nothing. In conclusion, the high schoolers of today are the leaders of tomorrow, and without us "DREAMING," what will this place we call "home" become?
- 1032: J.P. Morgan
- ... collateral to back loans. Realizing that continuing failures in the trust companies would not only wipe out depositors but would provoke runs on banks, Morgan called a meeting with James Stillman of National City Bank, George Baker of First National Bank, and many other important figures in the financial industry (Gross 66). As a result, a group of banks agreed to establish a $10 million fund to bolster the ailing Trust Company of America ending the epidemic. Soon after, Treasury Secretary George Cortelyou agreed to deposit $25 million of government cash into selected New York City banks, to be used to bolster the troubled trust companies and banks (Gross 67). Despite these measures, many poorly capitalized institutions ... day's of the stock's appearance, and one million in a week (Sinclair 129). In addition to his business dealings, J.P. Morgan was also a great philanthropist. In his lifetime, he gave St. George's Church in New York a new rectory, parish house, and over $5 million toward the construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Boardman 130). As one of the founders of the ...
- 1033: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... Jimmy would say, "I basically a redneck," but he believed that the sincerity of the land, the assets of rural virtue and the basic values of farm life ought to be a ruling factor in Washington D.C. Jimmy's small town life, and his success and ideas that developed Plains, Georgia, helped get him into the governor's mansion in Georgia, and into the White House. When his father died ... with problems such as the Cold War and hostage situations in the Middle East, over oil. The farmboy from Georgia will always be optimistic and remain as one of our better presidents. Works Cited Church, George J. "A Peace Here, A Peace There," Time, April 10, 1995. Pp 46-47. Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. "Jimmy Carter," 1992. Hudson Middle School, May 1997. "James Earl Carter, Jr." www.hudson.edu/hms/comp ...
- 1034: Dwight David Eisenhower
- ... occasionally answering his own telephone or making his own telephone calls. It used to be that the telephone salutation, "This is Jack," would bring the instinctive question, "Jack who?" But no longer. Now everyone in Washington knows who Jack is: he is the man at the other end of the line. At 44, Kennedy's weight remains steady at 175 lbs. He has few more grey hairs or wrinkles of care ... heard to say impatiently: "Hurry up, Caroline. I want to use the phone." Even beyond his immediate household circle, the President remains a family man. A brother, sisters and brothers-in-law have flocked to Washington in convenient concentration, all willing to help the President with his work and eager to help him relax after hours. Bobby is still Kennedy's right-hand man. Sargent Shriver Jr. -- Eunice Kennedy's husband ... all along. Kennedy decided to get Bowles out. He invited Bowles down for a swim in the White House pool. Then the two had lunch while Kennedy explained that he had a new job, outside Washington, in mind for Bowles. Bowles not only refused to bite at Kennedy's bait, but went out and stirred up protests among his cultist liberal following. In the face of a fuss, Jack Kennedy ...
- 1035: The Case Against Capital Punis
- ... Additionally, Eric Pooley of Time magazine, in his research, reports that no proof exists to substantiate claims that capital punishment discourages crime by anyone other than the criminals whom are executed. Glenn Lammi, of the Washington Legal Foundation is quoted as saying that "there are no convincing studies" [connecting] the death penalty and the crime rate. Whitehead 3 In the absence of persuasive studies linking capital punishment and crime rates, who ... Let's take the time to take a look at justice. Whitehead 12 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Bibliography Works Cited United States. U.S. Government Accounting Office. Capital Punishment. Washington: GPO, 1994 Cheatwood, Derral and Keith Harries. The Geography of Execution: The Capital Punishment Quagmire in America. Rowman, 1996 NAACP Legal Defense Fund . Death Row. New York: Hein, 1996 "Ex-Death Row Inmate Cleared of ... 41 Stevens, Michelle. "Unfairness in Life and Death." Chicago Sun-Times 7 Feb. 1999: 23A American Bar Association. The Task Ahead: Reconciling Justice with Politics. 1997 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Report. Washington: GPO, 1994 Wickham, DeWayne. "Call for a Death Penalty Moratorium." USA Today 8 Feb. 1999: 17A Word Count: 2874
- 1036: Leadership The Human Vessel To
- ... leader influence others to voluntarily commit to his or her vision of where the company is going and how it will get there? Robert Rosen, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the George Washington School of Medicine tells us that Americans are hungry for new leaders; emotionally intelligent leaders with vision and character who can guide their downsized organizations back to health and high performance. However, before they are ...
- 1037: Terrorism
- ... be as indifferent as possible. The attacks on the abortion clinics cause the doctors, nurses, other employees, and patients to fear for their life. While searching for information on abortion violence, I came upon the Washington Post. The newspaper has archives of violence occurring to people involved someway with the clinics dating all the way back to 1993. Yes, the attacks on people performing abortions have been going on for as ... entrance formed a crater and debris littered the streets. James Cavanaugh of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms said, "It was not designed to damage property, it was designed to kill or injure." (Washington Post.com, David P. Baker, January 30, 1998) Since I hit on terrorists that scare the nation, the school children, and a hopefully small amount of women, now I can tell about an ethnic group ... nation and us. I am also thankful to those like the police who fight the smaller scale terrorism threats everyday. Thank you. Bibliography Baker, Donald P. " Blast at Alabama Abortion Clinic Kills Policeman, Injures Nurse" Washington Post.com 30 January, 1998 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/abortviolence/stories/atlanta2.htm Associated Press. "1927 school bombing killed nearly 40 children" 25 April, 1999 http://www.bouldernews.com/shooting/ ...
- 1038: Bridges
- ... of cement and clay. There are Suspension Bridges, Arch Bridges, Covered Bridges and many more. Suspension bridges have become a very common method of bridge construction in the last century. For example the Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. These bridges all use the conventional suspension bridge design were large cables are suspended between towers and smaller cables are used to hang the bridge deck ...
- 1039: Human Nature and the Declaration of Independence
- ... of strong Bible believing men that first made the monumental leap in breaking union with Britian. Unfortunately their words and lives have gone by the wayside in our hearts and minds.Instead of learning about George Washington's famous words of Christian faith or how he emerged unscathed from battle with his uniform riddeled with bullet holes our History books teach us all about how he could not lie when he chopped ...
- 1040: Robert Edward Lee
- ... was to work on the construction of Fort Pulaski in 1830 near Savannah, Georgia. Then in 1831 he was transferred to Fort Monroe, Virginia where he worked on harbor defenses. In 1834 he moved to Washington, D.C. as an assistant to the chief of engineers. In 1835 he was assigned to resolve the Ohio-Michigan boarder conflict. In 1837 he went to Saint Louis to work on stabalizing the Mississippi ... had a knack for anticipating the actions of his opponents and for comprehending their weaknesses. Many of Lees tactics were not fully understood until the twentyth century. After the war Lee accepted the Presidency of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University in the fall of 1865. He died there on October 12, 1870. Lee is arguably the greatest General in American Warfare history. He has been called a hero by many Americans. ...
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