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- 2281: Gun Control
- ... gun turns average citizens into bloodthirsty lunatics. This theory falls apart under close scrutiny. If legal possession of a firearm caused this sort of attitude, then why are crime rates highest in areas such as Washington, D.C. and New York City which have strict gun control laws? And why are crime rates dropping in states such as Florida where private ownership of firearms is encouraged? Simply stated, legal ownership of ...
- 2282: Mental Training-sports
- ... behavior. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 7. Varela, F. J., Thompson, E. & Rosch, E. (1993). The embodied mind. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. von Bertalanffy, L. (1968). General systems theory: Foundations, development, applications. New York: George Braziller. 8. Watzlawick, P., Bavelas, J., & Jackson, D. (1967). Pragmatics of human communication. New York: Norton.
- 2283: America's Right Turn
- ... politics, instituted by Franklin Roosevelt, were not effective in dealing with 1970s cultural and economic crises. He argues that this inefficacy created a shift in American mentality toward the conservative right. Thus, Ronald Reagan and George Bush enjoyed a twelve year reign of control that included tax cuts for the well-off and increases in military spending at the expense of and instead of social programs and development favoring the poor ...
- 2284: The Beginning of World War II
- ... Over 2, 400 American soldiers were slaughtered in the strike. Franklin D. Roosevelt wasted no time in reacting to the attack on Pearl Harbor. By the afternoon of December 7th, Roosevelt had ordered protection for Washington D.C., major cities along the western coast, major bridges, and dozens of other security precautions in the event of another wave of enemy aggression (Negri, 29). The next day, Roosevelt delivered a speech to ...
- 2285: Reasons For The Fall Of Socialism/Communism In Russia
- ... to popularly elected legislatures in the union republics. In international affairs, he withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, normalized relations with China, signed a series of arms control agreements with U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. During this period of change strong Nationalistic opinion started in the republics of the Soviet Union causing major upheaval. In 1991, as the Soviet economy deteriorated, Gorbachev faced competing pressures from hard-line Communists ...
- 2286: Amazing Grace A Book Report
- ... year after year yet still have the drive to go on and encourage others that things will be better and that one day everything will be all right. I greatly admire the people like Mrs. Washington who raised a boy on her own, with no husband, taught him to live morally in such a place where it was so much easier to live the other way, and then opened her life ...
- 2287: Showing The Connection Between
- ... destructive path that twisted and wound to this demise. Had he chosen different choices, mad better decisions, he could have saved himself from the destruction and violence that ended his life. It may have been George Wilson who had pulled the trigger and shot the bullet that killed him, but is was Gatsby himself, who had put the gun to his own head.
- 2288: Should We Legalize
- ... prison population are drug offenders (Wink). The police must work to find these 35 million "criminals," thereby exhausting their resources. In major urban centers, the number of drug offenses brought to trial are outstanding. In Washington in 1994, 52% of all indictments were drug related as opposed to 13% in 1981 (Evans and Berent, eds. 21). All aspects of our legal system are being exhausted on drugs when it could be ...
- 2289: The Renaissance Period
- ... Florence. Raphaels energetic paintings with softness and balance such as the The Small Cauper Madonna, were influenced directly from Michelangelo. While in Florence a duke employed him to paint a Dragon, Raphael portrays Saint George as a brave warrior fighting against dragon right outside of its lair. In contrast to the action of the painting, the background is peaceful and serene. In the story of Christianity, symbolizing the triumph ...
- 2290: 1984 Big Brother Is Watching Y
- ... Although equipment was specious, 63% of the subjects followed through with the experiment and delivered the shocks at the highest intensity. I was just following orders, was the excuse of many of the subjects. Jack Washington implied that he would have behaved in whatever manner the experimenter required. He expressed total faith in the experimenter and accepted everything that was said. This strong faith stems from the experimenter s powerful beliefs ...
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