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- 6391: The Population Problem
- ... and the number of people who entered and left the country, the result was that the United States obtained 2.8 million more people than it had gotten rid of (Douglis 12). Population increases place great strain on the American society and more particularly it causes tremendous destruction to the natural environment. For example, more than half of the wetlands in the United States are gone, and of all of the ... or 36 percent, will be immigrants and their children. This will make Americans of European descent, which in 1960 were an 89 percent majority, a minority of less than 50 percent (Brimelow 42). Immigration poses great threats to the national economy, and costs taxpayers millions of dollars every year. Studies show that post-1970 immigrants, legal and illegal, used $50.8 billion of government services in 1992. Subtracting the $20.2 ...
- 6392: How Advertising Affects What You Buy
- ... to, is it biased, conflicting claims, is it vulgar. 9. How advertising developed; what the first one was doing; what lured people to doing it; and what advertising people do. "Advertising has developed and supported great industries, bulwarked-"or increased- "entire economies, and changed a sufficient number of human habits" (Wood 3). Like that paragraph says, advertising effects people in what they do and how they do it. It has effected ... headed man, named Bennington, the president of Plymouth Corporation, at the time. The Senate was in on it, and they all planned to get the Tucker out of business. Problems came up, the car worked great, but there were financial and legal troubles, and only fifty cars were ever made. (Tucker: The Man And His Dream.) During World War II Kimberly-Clark invented cellucotton, which was used as an air filter ...
- 6393: The Problem of Domestic Violence
- ... risk group of women aged 18-34 there was a total of 702 fatalities" (Domestic V.), granted, one death due to domestic violence is one death too much, but to exaggerate the fact by that great of an amount does the cause of stopping domestic violence a great mis-justice. Another widely used fact that no doubt is true, but the way that it is portrayed distorts the truth, is that "at least one fifth of all emergency room visits by women are ...
- 6394: Heraldry In Medieval Times
- ... their continuing responsibility to lead righteous and honorable lives. By doing this they endow bigger and better things to their family which will be shown in the coat of arms that the bearer takes such great pride in displaying. The most simple and well known reason for heraldry is identification. A coat of arms is a graphic and plain means of identification. It tells the onlooker who is under the great war helm and if he is a cause for threat. Also, many knights and nobles would often go on far reaching quests and journeys. Most often they would be familiar with very few people so ...
- 6395: Taoism
- Taoism It is always present in you. You can use it anyway you want. -- Lao-tzu Taoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China's third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty- five hundred years. One dominate concept in ...
- 6396: The Advantages Of Stupidity
- ... counting the pixels on a Sony TV. Now, there has been a rumour going around that suggests that stupid people have low expectations. This is true. They are so stupid that they don't realize great from O.K. They could have a Sanyo cordless phone, but would probably choose instead a Pierre Cardin alarm clock telephone, because it comes free with their sensamatic folding bed. And someone with the "advantage ... them. The job would have to be given back to the stupid person, perhaps with a higher salary, or someone would do it for them, leaving them with even more free time! Free time is great for brainstorming (Admittedly this seems to be a bad choice of words!). Yet the ideas stupid people create tend to be original. For example, when was the last time someone stupid said something, and made ...
- 6397: Surrealism
- ... surrealists. surrealism came at a time of dramatic upheaval, both historically and culturally, and grew to encompass all forms of art, wether it be drama, literature, painting, photography or cinema. indeed, their influence was so great that echoes of the breakthroughs made by such seers as breton, artaud, man ray, and dali can still be heard today. surrealism rose from the ashes of the defunct dada movement -- which itself was an ... of photography is a relatively new one, and given the surrealists' hatred of the "old and outdated", it was only natural for them to dabble in this new medium. although a number of photographers achieved great success (names such as brassai spring to mind), the most successful was surely man ray, who, aside from his fascinating character studies, mastered the complex surrealist concept of the poetic image -- a principle best described ...
- 6398: College Fraternities
- ... it embraces different offices (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Scribe, etc..) which are held by its members. These offices closely resemble the ones of real business. Additionally, since membership in a fraternity is seen as a great achievement by other Greek associations' members, every brother must be able to uphold that office at any time. Organization is a must for every member of a fraternity. Fund raising activities and community service always ... must be able to deal and live with different kinds of people in different situations. Since there are people of different scholastic levels in a fraternity, the member of the fraternity have access to a great deal of knowledge on many different school subjects. It is normal for fraternities to organize study groups regularly during the school year and especially before exams. In addition, members might also use the opinion and ...
- 6399: American Male Pigs
- American Male Pigs Today in this great country of ours, there is an animal that stalks the face of our land. An animal that'll stop at very little to obtain it's nightly goal. Some women have unjustly classified this animal ... your date dinner, maybe a show, then when it comes to a kiss good night, they turn into the Ice Queen. Or even better yet... The date's going fine and you're getting along great. You figure that something must be wrong because everything is going so wonderfully smooth. Finally you make a move. She accepts it. The two of you are getting real cozy. She starts groping places, you ...
- 6400: "Please Let Us Skate"
- "Please Let Us Skate" "Hey you guys! Skating is prohibited in this park. Would you please be so kind and leave. Thanks for cooperating and have a great day" exclaimed a security guard who worked for the park. Apparently the security guard's idea of a great day in the park means monk-like silence. With an area restricted on roller-blading and skate-boarding, we are forced to skate elsewhere. "As a security guard for the past year, I want to ...
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