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- 3581: Ritalin
- ... Ritalin lies on the school yards of America; enterprising children see the opportunity to make some money and neglect their parents' waste of money every time a prescription is written (56). Even government regulations cannot control Ritalin with policemen on every playground in the United States. Society reaps a harvest of malignant effects by the abuse of Ritalin and most people see nothing wrong. God has given the knowledge to researchers ... Ritalin lies on the school yards of America; enterprising children see the opportunity to make some money and neglect their parents' waste of money every time a prescription is written (56). Even government regulations cannot control Ritalin with policemen on every playground in the United States. Society reaps a harvest of malignant effects by the abuse of Ritalin and most people see nothing wrong. God has given the knowledge to researchers ...
- 3582: Voltaire And Rousseau - Opioni
- ... superstition, prejudice, intolerance, and injustice. He criticized organized religion because it did not help people to think clearly for themselves. Voltaire was a deist; one who believes that God created the universe but does not control it. In the French Revolution, the struggle for freedom, (liberty) was a long-term goal. Voltaire pointed out that to be free or liberated meant to be able to, or the power to act. At ... leviathans who dictate the needs and desires of the state. At the same time that Rousseau stated the general will is sovereign, he also noted that the people are governed by public opinion. Therefore, to control the people, the state should use propaganda. Rousseau wrote: "We are born weak, we need strength; we are born lacking everything, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgement." Yet he also thought ...
- 3583: A Streetcar Named Desire 2
- ... smarter, talks to her nicely, but mockingly, and finally rapes her just to prove his status and to fulfil his 'desire' (act 1, scene 10, pg.215). In the powerful scene where Stanley looses total control of his actions and strikes the person who he has sworn to protect, love and to hold. William's shows Stanley's lack of control and hatred to a new threat in his life, Blanche. What makes this scene so important to the topic is the way that the three characters react once the party has broken up. Blanche is ...
- 3584: Death Of A Salesman - Symbols
- ... is recognized as an important and influential playwright, not to mention essayist and novelist. Although he has had plenty of luck in his writing career, his fame is the product of his ingenious ability to control what he wants his readers to picture or feel. As one of his critics states, "Miller writes ingeniously, conveying the message that ‘if the proper study of mankind is man, man’s inescapable problem is ... characters, but the characters themselves often represent something as well. To start off, Linda Loman stood for many things, but mostly as Willy’s supporter and "security symbol." While the reader sees Willy slowly losing control of his life, Linda stands as his loving housewife who is always there to clean and cook for him, and to love him unconditionally; in other words, some sort of stability. Although she is the ...
- 3585: Herbal Extracts and Hormones
- ... human use. However, we should welcome the standardization of all medicinal herbs, and making them from plants that have been proven safe. Standardization has been introduced to off set the negative effects of poor quality control which has been a big problem with the herb industry. We can now reliably count on receiving the same quality and quantity of a substance. Quality control is needed because nature does not always produce a plant with consistent contents or medicines. Weiner, pgs. 31-35 In the 1990's, I see a wonderful return to the reality that we must preserve ...
- 3586: The Theories of John Locke
- ... president, Washington. Washington was a military man not a politician and did not have any idea on how to set up America’s government. Jefferson took over after Washington freed the colonies from the British control. Jefferson liked many of ideas that European countries had when they set up their government. Jefferson liked the idea of Parliament but not the idea of the King. Jefferson also didn’t like the idea of church and government being united together to rule the land. The problem with England was who ever in control, decided that was the religion that everyone has to follow! Locke wrote a variety of other topics. Among these the most important one, Toleration. Henry VIII had created the Church of England. This church was ...
- 3587: Alchohol
- ... excessive use of alcohol was the cause of nearly half of these accidents. Alcohol affects the body, and while under the influence, it also impairs the ability to drive. The alcohol most severely affects the control center of the body, the brain. There are seven very important ways that alcohol affects the body, each one having a direct effect on a persons driving ability; First, it affects a persons reaction time ... one’s left or right, this out of all seven is most affected), next alcohol affects the coordination of hands and feet, and also road test performance (some examples of this are steering, braking, speed control, lane tracking, gear changing, judgements of speed, and safe stopping distances). You can tell from the diagram below how, once you’ve consumed alcohol, the path it takes through the body and the effects it ...
- 3588: Death In Venice: A Tragic Vision Of A Flawed Artist?
- ... will die beautiful and young and not become like Aschenbach; a man yearning to return to the his former glory. At this point, Aschenbach’s life goes out of hand. He no longer is under control of it. When he takes the gondola, a foreign gondolier takes him across the waters. The black gondola, reminding him of a coffin, is a grave sign of what might come for him in just ... let himself be directed or will he take action and rebel against this injustice? He decided to sit back and let himself be carried over the waters by a complete stranger. He’s out of control and he realizes it. He is so obsessed with Tadzio that he actually sits on the terrace with a drink ‘pretending’ to enjoy it, while in fact he is neither enjoying or drinking. He is ...
- 3589: Was The Atomic Bomb Nessary
- ... that the Japanese government had been equipping the commoners with any kind of weapon they could get their hands on. It is true that this could mean a Japanese citizen could have anything from a gun to a spear, but many unsuspecting soldiers might have fallen victim to a surprise spear attack! The number of deaths that would have occurred would have been much greater, and an invasion would have taken ... it possible that the Japanese would resort to using spears? Why wouldn t they use guns or other weapons? Well, the truth was, the government just didn t have the resources to give out a gun to just any citizen. US naval blockades are one of the major reasons that Japan was so low on resources, and a main point opponents of the decision to drop the bomb constantly bring up ...
- 3590: Adolph Hitlers' Rise to Power
- ... court was sympathetic towards him. He was sentenced to only five years in prison for his crime. After nine months of his sentence had been served, he received parole. Being able to gain Nazi party control and gain enough supporters proves that he was an efficient user of propaganda. Hitler also had his own minister of propaganda when he became leader of the country. This proves that Hitler was a user ... therefore opposition to Hitler. On May 2, 1933 many Trade Union leaders were arrested and beaten up. Their offices were looted and their funds and property seized. A Nazi-led "labor front" was established to control the workers and ensure the peace in factories and workshops. After Hitler became Chancellor, he passed a law that prohibited there being any other party in Germany other than the Nazis. By doing all of ...
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