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- 3231: The New Federalist Party
- The New Federalist Party Part I As the sole member of the New Federalist party, it is with great honors that I now present to you the very first New Federalist platform. PREAMBLE The growing dissension between the two major political parties today has drawn them away from the public's views. It has ... Votes in an election should not be cast for a party but for the individual candidates. The New Federalist party will be nothing more than a collection of like-minded people seeking to better our great country. In the following pages I have set forth the basic principles and various policy stands of the New Federalist party. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PRINCIPLES Federalism: "A political system in which ultimate authority ... free to practice, or abstain from the same, any religion or belief they please, provided that it is legal and does not infringe on others rights. Electoral College: The electoral college may have been a great idea when it was invented, but now it is horribly out of date and can no longer meet the needs of the American people. When a president is elected by the electoral college yet ...
- 3232: Sparta: Uncultured Discipline
- ... nearly half a century of conflict had made the Spartans very warlike. It seemed to them if they ever relaxed their guard even a bit, the helots would rise again. The Spartans went to excessively great extremes in order to make sure this wouldn't happen. At age seven a boy would be taken from his family and given military training., his true home was his barracks, his family, his unit ... Golden Age" of Athens. Socrates believed we each had a conscience that tells us what is right and wrong. He is considered by many to be the wisest man who ever lived. We owe a great deal to these ancient Greeks who founded the basis of so much that we know today. Keep in mind that while the Greeks were accomplishing all this, that even at the height of it's ... and rise again. After a single major defeat (against Thebes) Sparta lost her domination of Greece. This catastrophic loss exposed the Spartan fraud and disposed of her. Reference List - Asimov, Issac. (1965). The Greeks A Great Adventure. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company - Hillyer V.M, E.G Huey. (1966). Ancient World 500 BC - 500 AD. New York: Meredith Press - National Georgraphic Society. (1968). Greece and Rome Builders of Our World. Washington ...
- 3233: The HOPE Bill
- ... reasons will go into construction to build more houses for the homeless. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the New Deal program in the 1930s to counteract unemployment and other problems caused by the Great Depression. As part of his New Deal policy, Roosevelt created the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in 1930's. The WPA employed 8.5 million people in various public works projects between 1935 and 1943, or approximately ...
- 3234: John Steinbeck
- ... in The Grapes of Wrath that the characters use is associated with Piedmont culture which is one thing that makes this novel an allegory (pg. 18-19). As you can see John Steinbeck is a great writer. He is great in his use of symbolism and allegory, which gives you a way to characterize his work. If you believe his work should be characterized in any other way you need to check out his novels The Pearl, The Grapes of Wrath, or his short Flight. So next time you pick up a book, pick up one of these for a great excitement.
- 3235: A Critical Look At The Foster
- ... hasn't changed." He said operators still employ a variety of cash-skimming methods, from costly lease-backs to exaggerating or falsifying credentials of staff members to obtain a higher rate of funding.[7] "The great majority of group home placements in California refuse to accept referrals unless they are assured that children will be placed for at least 1 year," according to California probation officer Dennis Lepak. "This seems to ... which had gone undetected," wrote researchers in the December, 1996, issue of the British Medical Journal. According to the study, not only did the teens in outside care suffer from serious psychiatric disorders -- notably major depression -- they were also more likely to have conduct disorders, anxiety problems, attention-deficit disorder, and unspecified psychoses. Of 88 teens studied, aged 13 to 17 years, living in foster or group residential settings, the rate ...
- 3236: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... him. In the last year of his life, he lived inside of his dreams, similar to his mother, who he hated with all his heart. He was suicidal and had electric shock treatments for his depression and strange behavior. On a Sunday morning, July 2, 1961, Ernest Miller Hemingway killed himself with a shotgun. Ernest Hemingway takes much of the storyline of his novel, A Farewell to Arms, from his personal ... experiences which he was writing about. I believe that Hemingway had Catherine and her child die, not to look different from his own life, but because he had a sick and morbid personality. There is great power in being an author, you can make things happen which do not necessarily occur in real life. It is obvious that Hemingway felt, as a young child and throughout his life, powerless, and so ...
- 3237: Agression In Males
- ... did not have this opportunity; his parents (absentee father, and mother) were unreliable and inadequate. Charles was rejected and then subsequently harmed, so developed mistrust. Erikson calls this the malignant tendency, which is characterized by depression, paranoia, and psychosis. Stage two is the anal-muscular stage of early childhood, from about eighteen months two three or four years old. The task here is to develop independence while minimizing shame and doubt ... in ordinary life. Charles was forcibly shaped by his environment to behave a certain way, without even his knowledge. He was conditioned and constantly being reinforced until his behavior became the norm for him. A great therapy for Charles would be the use of behavior modification. It's the therapy technique based on Skinner's work. It is very straight forward: Extinguish an undesirable behavior and replace it with a desirable ...
- 3238: Social Security In the Future? Maybe Not
- ... not looking forward to it as much as I thought. My whole life I dreamed of moving to Florida and living on the beach when I retired. I planned on traveling a lot seeing the great sites the country has to offer. All of these plans have changed instead my yougest son is putting an addition on his house so that I could move in. I am very thankful for what ... to the last minute to save Social Security. When by simple demographics years ago would have showed the same problem. They have to get it out of their heads that Social Security is such a great system that can be saved. Well it was great a the time, but as we know times change. The only way to save Social Security is to completely overhaul it. With the best way to overhaul is by the introduction of partially privatizing ...
- 3239: Lena Horne
- ... to stage and screen star in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. She is currently recording today while living in New York City. I think that she is overlooked too quickly when it comes to naming great performers. She was finally recognized for her achievements in 1989 when earned a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement. Lena Horne has paved a way for other African Americans to enter into the world of film. I think that she is a great pioneer of equal rights because she did it on her own terms and was not as forceful as some of the other advocates. She achieved equal rights and respect because of her grace, elegance and ... in Life Are Free. Lena was a strong advocate of equal rights. he was a member of the NAACP, the National Council of Negro women and the Urban League. I think that she is a great pioneer of equal rights because she did it on her own terms and was not as forceful as some of the other advocates. She achieved equal rights and respect because of her grace, elegance ...
- 3240: The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- ... and give the nation a chance to rest from the hecticness of the first half of the century. For in that half a century the country faced World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression. Now is a time when the nation must rest up and regain its strength for the most assuredly hard times to come. Thus all of the economic advice I have given the President Eisenhower serves ...
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