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- 801: Cold War Paper
- ... America throughout the end of World War II and through the Cold War, there were many influential voices that helped to shape the views of the public. Among these influential people was a man named George F. Kennan. He was a member of the United States embassy to the Soviet Union and author of the "long telegram" which was sent to the heads of state in Washington D.C. In his telegram, Kennan described the Soviets as insecure, inferior, and less advanced than Americans. "As Russia came into contact with the economically advanced West, fear of more competent, more powerful, more highly ...
- 802: Inherit The Wind
- ... master of its own domain, each vital to human existence in its own way. The whole controversy over evolution is misguided, for science without it is like chemistry without the periodic table or history without George Washington. Accepting evolution isn’t rejecting religion. Both can, and should exist in harmony, and the powers that be should let the individual decide where his interests may be focused.
- 803: Isolation And The Individual I
- ... his view of the stupidities of society is magnified and his sense of freedom is lost when he is thrown into society once again. When Huck stumbles upon the Grangerford family under the assumed name George Jackson, he is exposed to a higher level of society than he has ever seen. Upon first meeting the Grangerfords and seeing their house, Huck states: “It was a might nice family, and a might ... the time of the novel’s conclusion. Huck has a tendency to put on many different identities; at few times in the book is Huck actually Huck. When staying with the Grangerford’s he is George Jackson, with Mary Ann’s family, he is Joe, and English servant to Reverend Blodgett, and to the lady in St. Petersburg he is first Sarah Mary Williams and then George Peters. While staying with the Phelps, he was posing as Tom Sawyer. One literary critic explained that “Huck assumes either voluntarily or through external pressure ten different identities during his progress down river, inventing ...
- 804: Coming Of Age In Mississippi
- ... a slave child on a farm in Mississippi . She tells of her parents lives , how they went to the fields at sun up and came back from them at sundown . She describes her abusive cousin , George Lee , and tells of a few traumatic childhood experiences . She goes on describing where her mother and fathers marital problems begin , which leads to their separation and her father moving in with another woman . This ... after being in New Orleans for a few months . She stays there a few days and realizes just what the " Movement " meant to her . The book closes with Anne hopping on a bus headed for Washington to " testify " to put it in the words of little Gene Young . She leaves with a sense of doubt but at the same time an even greater sense of hope . I really enjoyed this book ...
- 805: All My Sons
- ... didn’t want to tell her, but she had to in order to be able to marry Chris. Chris also struggled with his dad because he never knew the whole truth about what happened until George, Ann’s brother came to visit. George is about 26, a palm man, who is on the edge of restraint. George became a lawyer and looked into his father’s case. He thinks he can prove the Joe Keller was more guilty than his father. He came to visit, and that is when he brought ...
- 806: Continental Congress
- ... it extremely difficult for the central government to fund it’s agencies and repay the national debt. Another example of the Articles of Confederation incapacity to increase its income is in Joseph Jones’ letter to George Washington (Document C). Joseph Jones stated that due to the mixed body of the Congress, and the ceaseless act of governing the states, that Congress was unable to obtain the financial means to repay the army ...
- 807: Ethics in Cyberspace
- ... users of expectations and responsibilities. Sample AUPs are available on the Internet at gopher sites and can be retrieved by using Veronica to search keywords "acceptable use policies" or "ethics." The Computer Ethics Institute in Washington, D.C. has developed a "Ten Commandments of Computing": 1) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. 2) Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work. 3) Thou shalt not ... think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing. 10) Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect for your fellow humans (Washington Post, 15 June 1992: WB3). The University of Southern California Network Ethics Statement specifically identifies types of network misconduct which are forbidden: intentionally disrupting network traffic or crashing the network and connected systems; commercial or ... on Information Ethics "Computer Ethics Statement." College & Research Libraries News 54, no. 6 (June 1993): 331-332. Dilemmas in Ethical Uses of Information Project. "The Ethics Kit." EDUCOM/EUIT, 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036. phone: (202) 872-4200; fax: (202) 872-4318; e-mail: ethics@bitnic.educom.edu "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986." P.L. 99-508. Approved Oct. 21, 1986. [5, sec 2703] ...
- 808: Benefits Of Capital Punishment
- ... that 18 murders were deterred by each execution is the U.S. He also found that executions increases in probability of arrest, conviction, and other executions of heinous offenders. According to a statement issued by George C. Smith, Director of Litigation, Washington Legal Foundation, titled "In Support of the Death Penalty", support for the death penalty has grown in the U.S., as the crime rate increased. In 1966, 42% of Americans were in favour of capital ...
- 809: African American Usage Of Magi
- ... a powerful force on the small sea island. The people of the community all acknowledge the existence and practice of the religion, and many of them fear being cursed. To the reader and outsiders like George, it might be difficult to believe that such things as herbs under one's porch or strings in one's hair can be harmful. However, Mama Day, a very reliable and revered woman in the ... not practiced or believed, a doctor would be called to treat a sick patient. Instead, Mama Day looks for a Voodoo curse as the source of Cocoa's ailment, not a medical diagnosis. Naylor shows George's reaction to Mama Day's treatment of Cocoa to remind the reader how they might react in a situation. As an outside observer, the reader sees the story unfold and knows Ophelia has been cursed. The reader temporarily believes in Voodism. However, George is a non-believer and has never been exposed to Voodism. Thus, he thinks Mama Day is a crazy old woman when she suggests that Ophelia suffers from anything but an illness (295-6). ...
- 810: Development of the Submarine
- ... The Polaris missile changed this. The American Polaris class missile submarines, first launched in 1960, incorporated the new, smaller missile design. The first of these subs to launch a ballistic missile was fittingly called the George Washington, but it was her sister ship, the Ethan Allen, that was the first submarine to launch a nuclear missile with a live warhead in 1962. With nuclear missiles now a fixture in the United States ...
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