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- 3321: Cuban Missile Crisis 4
- ... endangered our national security. So we decided that we must either eliminate the threat, or have them withdraw all nuclear materials from their bases in Cuba (36-37). Richard Smoke, the author of Nuclear Arms Control: Understanding the Arms Race, sees the Soviets as a people who tried every option possible to get every advantage that they could. Khrushchev believed that putting nuclear missiles in Cuba was the most expedient way ... Roskin, Michael, and Nicholas Berry. The New World of International Relations. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1996. Roskin, Michael and Nicholas Berry. An Introduction to International Relations. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1993. Smoke, Richard. Nuclear Arms Control: Understanding the Arms Race. New York: Walker and Company, 1988.
- 3322: Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple
- ... the cause of the suicide was the constant hounding and harassment from anti-cult groups, news reporters and the federal investigators. The facts of Jonestown will remain unknown some of the escapees say that mind-control methods were used to keep the temple going and it was also used for the suicide, other escapees say it was the best time of their lives. Jim Jones lived believing he was a legacy ... believed thy were going to a better place for a life of happiness. Some people may not believe what he did was right but he thought it was along with 900 plus other people, mind control some may think other think there was no place else to go. Several other temples have followed what Jim Jones and The Peoples temple followed , the most recent Heavens Gate maybe in their eyes Jim ...
- 3323: Feminist Backlash: The Unconscious Undermining of Genuine Equality
- ... in demonstrations, and boycotted major corporations to secure their rights. The women's movement was still calling for equal pay, education and job opportunities, free contraception and abortion on demand, 24-hour nurseries under community control, legal and financial independence, an end to the discrimination against lesbians, freedom from the intervention by threat of violence of sexual coercion, regardless of marital status, and end to the laws, assumptions, and institutions that ... any formulais likely to exclude more women than it includes. It is no wonder why men and women feel they have been put on a battlefield and why women often feel they have no control over their lives. Modern poets, such as Elizabeth McKim, express their feelings of defeat on being women: i have always been a lonely woman even in the beginning not understanding the language of men always ...
- 3324: Fermentatiom By Yeast
- ... occurred. The overall result shows that monosaccharides in particular galactose and glucose were the best energy source for a cell. Materials and Methods There were five test solutions used in this experiment, water being the control, which were mixed with a yeast solution to cause fermentation. A 1ml pipetman was used to measure 1 ml of each of the test solutions and placed them in separated test tubes. The 1 ml ... Glycine produced no carbon dioxide release at all. This was because glycine is an amino acid and not a good food source (Alberts, 1998). The yeast solution in-turn was unable to induce fermentation. The control for the experiment was water. When mixed with the yeast solution it was unable to ferment. This is due to the fact that it did not contain, Carbon Dioxide; thus, would not be a good ...
- 3325: Popluation Growth-too Many Peo
- ... be solved, but how to go about controlling it is the real question. Many nations around the world have already realized that they have a population growth problem. Very few nations have done anything to control it. Two nations that have begun to stabilize their population are China and Singapore. China has had a one child maximum law to control the population. Though this approach is very effective, coercive measures such as this one would not work in a democratic nation such as Costa Rica. Singapore started a less coercive law, which in the last ...
- 3326: Reader Response Theory And The
- ... text" (938). The words "signals" or "allusion" make reference to devices that provoke an involuntary impulse to think a certain way. The use of these terms insinuates that Jauss feels that the reader somehow loses control over his/her creation of the literary experience. In addition, he comments how a work "predisposes its audience". Very similar to the term "predisposition" is the term "prejudice". Both terms are rooted in the notion ... who ultimately performs the text. Phenomenologists support the bestowal of great freedom to the reader in the "performance" of the text. Ideally, freedom is defined as an unrestrained condition- or not being under another's control. This is not the freedom that the phenomenologists grant their readers, though. The freedom that they detail is both limited and restrictive.
- 3327: Queen Elizabeth
- ... Elizabeth had her cousin Mary Placed under house arrest in 1567. Meanwhile, Elizabeth s throne was threatened from the outside forces. Philip II, who became ruler of Spain and its empire in 1556, sought to control the world. England and many other European countries were jealous of Spain s riches, especially in the New World. Elizabeth allowed her seamen to raid Spanish ships on the high seas. Between 1557 and 1580 ... armada and about half the fleet was lost. Their war continued for fifteen years. The Spaniards could not overcome the English. Elizabeth s reign after the defeat of the armada was beset by troubles. Her control over her country s religious, political, and economic problem s, as well as her presentation of herself, began to show severe strains. Bad harvests, inflation, and unemployment caused by the loss of public morale. Corruption ...
- 3328: MACHIAVELLI'S VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
- ... become the center of intellectual, artistic and cultural development, Machiavelli did not feel these qualities would help in securing Italy's political future. His opinion was that Italy required a leader who could have complete control over Italy's citizens and institutions. One way of maintaining control of was to institute a secular form of government. This would allow the prince to govern without being morally bound. Machiavelli's view of human nature was not in accord to that of humanists who ...
- 3329: Ernest Hemingway - "The Lost Generation"
- ... He allows people, especially women to ridicule him and knock down his self esteem. Cohn obviously can not stand up for himself and does not take action when he should. Consequently, Robert has no self control. When a matador sleeps with Brett, whom Cohn is in love with, he takes out his jealousy by beating him repeatedly. Although a man of action, Jake, the quintessential Hemingway Hero, knows when to control himself, Robert Cohn does not. On the whole, Jake Barnes strictly adheres to the qualities of the typical Hemingway Code Hero. He relies solely on himself, utilizes his assets, enjoys bullfights and other honorable activities ...
- 3330: Homeless: What Has Been Done to Decrease the Problem?
- ... food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and to the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough. These rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country who decides to obey these universal rights. How much ... to "cheat the system". With no will to search for work many of these recipients remain at home and reap the benefits of their weekly cheques. This causes the government to create other services to control the amounts of money being distributed to those people. This process is costly and would be unnecessary if all of the recipients decided to take an honest approach to this service. What can the government ...
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