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- 4541: An Analysis Of Political Eliti
- ... Another is China, who’s official title is "The People’s Republic of China"; yet, China is far from democratic. Furthermore, democracy is seen as ambiguous. Democracy is not only a concept on which our great nation is based, but it is also a source for which government can use its authority, and it is also a process. This is where elitism is spawned. Elitism can be seen, from a certain ... if these elites do indeed control much of the power and money, and do perhaps have little concern of the less powerful individuals that make up the majority, why hasn’t democracy fallen, with a great "Canadian Revolution"?! It is because, as Van Loon and Whittington describe, the "irony of democracy", in that only these elites are committed to the values of democracy. "Democratic values have survived because elites and not ...
- 4542: Alcohol Research Paper
- ... to the full extent of the law. Alcohol abusers, these risk takers and law-breakers, may realize after being punished once or twice that this is not the path they should take. Sobriety is a great thing, and the choice to be sober is one that should have positive connotations as opposed to the negative ones that go with drinking and being drunk. Learning at a young age that alcohol is not the great thing that everyone makes it out to be is a step in the right direction. We really should start now on a program that gives every child from kindergarten to college factual, unbiased training about ...
- 4543: Affirmative Action
- ... was a reminder to the country that discrimination still takes place, and is an ongoing problem. It is necessary to understand where these viewpoints come from. Our former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter took great pains to further the notion of equality among all American citizens. Ford extended affirmative action to veterans and people with disabilities, although his efforts did not prove to be completely successful. And Carter put forth ... citizens, and are not entirely true to their own beliefs. Reagan's view was not easy to locate. This was probably because he felt that discrimination was not as much as an issue of as great importance as it had once been. Bush seemed to feel slightly more strongly about it, and viewed equal opportunity as a necessity to the United States, having voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ...
- 4544: Loophole Or A Conspiracy?
- ... before. I am not talking about the living virus like an influenza virus. I am talking about the computer virus. According to the New York Times, Microsoft, Compaq, and Hewlett Packards computers are at a great risk. I wonder why we the consumer, are in this position? I cannot come up with one straight answer. However, I have a theory that maybe Microsoft is behind all of this. As you may ... of the loop. The New York Times article reported that the software security breaches has been verified. This means that if one hacker has the knowledge of hacking through this loophole, then we are in great danger because everything you can imagine is stored in the computers and large databases. This article just proves my point on Microsoft's power to influence and danger our personal everyday lives. Did you know ...
- 4545: Jackie Robinson
- ... all, everything from racial slurs to not being able to stay or eat somewhere because of his color, and he became the first black man to play in the major's. Jackie Robinson is a great American hero. Robinson opened doors for many black athletes. Jackie showed blacks that they could succeed in life during that time and he made it less difficult for other black athletes to succeed. He also ... pro baseball player. Bibliography Working Bibliography Rowan, Charles. Wait till Next Year. New York: Random House, 1960. Dorinson, Joseph. Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports, and the American Dream. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. Falkner, David. Great Time Coming. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Weidhorn, Manfred. Jackie Robinson. New York: Macmillan, 1993. Shapiro, Milton J. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Word Count: 1051
- 4546: Is Sex Eroding Moral Values?
- ... of American beliefs and values, contains this scene from a California high school: "It's Friday afternoon and the students are leaving a class in 'social living.' The teacher's parting words are, 'have a great weekend. Be safe. Buckle up. Just say 'No'... and if you can't say 'No,' then use a condom! (Kilpatrick, 53) Although the teacher in this example gives a nod in the direction of abstinence ... s purely as subjective matter. It turns out that when teens are confronted by adults over sexual misbehaviors, a frequent response is simply, "I didn't know it was wrong." We are all, to a great extent, creatures of our culture. By and large, we tend to conform to cultural expectations, even if not perfectly. Our present culture sends out confused and misleading messages about sex-messages that, in the long ...
- 4547: Industrial Revolution
- ... thus greatly increasing profit. Success of capitalism further promoted continuation of exploitations lead on by few rich that are influential. American Industrialization had a negative effect on many groups of people, who were pursuing the great American Dream, and yet oppressed by selfish, greed driven upper class. With the introduction of the machinery, factory owners no longer needed “skilled” craft workers for production of factory goods. The machines performed faster, better and with more reliability. At most jobs in factories required neither great strength no special skills any more. The owners thought women could do the work just as well as or better than men. In addition, they were more “docile” and “compliant”. Therefore, many women workers were ...
- 4548: Handling Stress
- ... it is we then who choose our own stressors. Selye noted that with the absence of stress there is death. Current researchers are also discovering that too little stress may be a major cause of depression or boredom. It is therefore up to us to choose the best Handling Stress # stressors and the optimal level of stress. Since we have now begun to understand the definition of stress as well as ... and intestines causing and ulcer. Severe stress, however, can cause a condition called posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This condition is usually caused when one has endured extreme stress causing them to feel prolonged anxiety and depression. Though I have never heard of university students getting posttraumatic stress disorder I know of afew people around my age who have obtained and ulcer, myself for one. These are just two things that stress ...
- 4549: Hand Guns Must Go
- ... well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.” This was written right after America had just broken away from Great Britain. The Second Amendment was written so that if a tyrannical government emerged in America, Americans would have a way of fighting back. Americans still had Great Britain’s past oppression on their minds, and did not want America to resemble the tyrannical aspects of Britain. In addition, guns were primarily used as hunting devices, and not to murder. The Revolutionary War ...
- 4550: Gambling Addiction
- ... A man who is having problems at home and is low on cash decides to go to a casino and try his luck. He places small bets at first, wins a few times, and feels great. Eventually the risk becomes too little for him, and he begins to bet more. He begins losing the bigger bets and soon loses all of his money. He is trapped in an emotional rut as he remembers the great feeling he got from winning, and begins borrowing money to try to cover his debts. His gambling accelerates to a frenzied pace, while he continuously denies the severity of his problem. He believes that just ...
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