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- 951: Synthetic Drugs of Abuse
- ... for their pleasant pharmacological response. Amphetamine and methamphetamine was used as a recreational drug, which made the user restless, euphoric and alert. Amylnitrite produced strong rushes of euphoria. The average man could not seem to control his/hers use of the drugs, and as a consequence, all of theese products where put under federal control. They cannot be obtained legally without a prescription from a doctor. People with an insight in chemistry and a lack of morale, startet to produce these compunds for their own financial gains. The really clever ... develop further, the DEA introduced a new term called CsA . Drugs with similar structure and effects as controlled substances were thereby also made illegal. At the same time the substance p2p was put under federal control. P2p was/is the main source of (meth)amphetamine precursor material. Because of this the street avability of (meth)amphetamine fell. Only months after this law modification, the streets where flooded with a new ...
- 952: Autism: False Words and False Hope
- ... of therapy helps the outside world to communicate with the lost child. The autistic child is supported by a facilitator who holds the arm, the wrist, or the hand. This support helps the child to control his/her movements in order for the child to point to words, pictures, etc. In this way autistic children can express feelings or thoughts that no one thought they had. So why is there controversy ... that manipulation is thought to be involved. Biklen uses an argument by Cummins and Priors: The success of assisted communications has very little to do with emotional support, . . . and very much to do with physical control by the assistant; either in the form of overt control of the client's movement's or by supplying covert cues which are used by the client to control his or her movements. (112). Biklen noticed in his first studies of facilitation, an autistic ...
- 953: Jem's Journal: Chapter Summary
- ... tangle with Calpurnia so she did as I told her. Chapter 7 - Scout asked me about what went on last night and I decided to tell her. I told her that after we heard the gun shot and ran I got my pants caught on the fence. I tried to get them unhooked but I was too freaked out but that gun shot and I feared for my life so I left the pants behind. The next morning my father, Attaicus told me to go get the pants and so I did but this is the part ... over the past two days. First was find some strange objects near Boo Radley's tree and then I find that my pants which were ripped by a fence while I was running from a gun shot from some strange shadow have been sewed to my satisfaction. We weren't sure what to do next but I was beginning to think that those items that were left in the tree ...
- 954: The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Opression of Women in Society
- ... mind. Likewise, part of the narrator's mental confinement stems from her recognition of her physical confinement. The depression the narrator has experienced associated with child bearing is mentally confining as well. Specifically, she cannot control her emotions or manage her guilt over her inability to care for her child. These structures of confinement contribute to the rapid degeneration of her faculties. As the wife of a prominent physician in the ... with his sex and additional authority afforded him by his status as a doctor. Jean Kennard notes, "By keeping her underemployed and isolated, John effectively ensures his wife's dependence on him" (81). John's control over his wife is typical of the control most men had over women in the late nineteenth century. He decides everything on her behalf, including what room she will stay in and who she will be allowed to see. He diagnoses her ...
- 955: The Handmaids Tale
- ... where they would be "safe". Once they had them within their clutches, they were able to use them for their own purposes. The key to the whole program was using other women to train and control them. It is hard to go against your own kind, and the Sons knew that if they used men, it wouldnt work. The women would feel oppressed and strike back as one group, or could ... have the most, giving no thought to others, and having no time or money for children. People were afraid to bring a child up in a world such as it was, and abortions and birth control devices were common. The blame, however, was placed on the women, since they could choose whether or not to bear children. Yet people still were desperate for children, and wanted them at any cost. "I ... The Sons created a world where it would be safe for children, and women. It also eliminated sex. It was no longer for enjoyment, but a necessity for life. Before it had been out of control, "There were stories in the newspapers... but they were about other women, and the men who did such things were other men. None of them were the men we knew. The newspaper stories were ...
- 956: Adolf Hitler
- ... was the Jews and the Communists who betrayed the "fatherland" and it was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. 3. The Nazi Party Since there were not many chances for employment ... opportunity to get his views across to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support him right away. After he came into power, the Nazi party took control over every aspect of every day life. Hitler ordered the creation of a special police force to make sure that all opponents would be elimanted, the Gestapo. He also gave orders to set up ...
- 957: Jarassic Park: The Dinosaurs Were Not To Blame For The Destruction of Jurassic Park
- ... it has no morality; science tells us how to do things, not what things are worth doing and why. Malcolm talks about how the inventions of science, like Jurassic Park, are fated to exceed our control, just as his chaos theory predicts. According to Malcolm, chaos theory was developed in response to problems like predicting the weather, and the theory says it simply can't be predicted beyond the space of ... from opening to the public (those rich enough to pay, that is), the nervous investors insist on sending a team to the island to determine whether or not the park is as safe and under control as Hammond continually insists. It isn't, of course, and most of the novel tells the story of everything getting completely out of control, most especially the incredibly fast, vicious and intelligent dinosaurs known as 'velociraptors,' which are six-foot tall, bipedal and socially-organized pack hunters with teeth that can chew through steel bars, and whose only ...
- 958: Commanders Of The Army Of The
- ... in this book as a great soldier in his own right but a terrible leader who displayed visible gaps in his preparedness, in his tactics, and in his strategy. He was the first to take control of the northern army. Not much later towards the end of May of 1861 General Lee established a defensive hold along the small stream of Bull Run located in Manassas. During the Battle of Bull ... General Jeb Stuart under Lee encircled and outmaneuvered McClellan's forces who were driven back and finally held at Malvern Hill during the Seven Days Battle. During this time period there was some shifting of control and the AOP was put into the arms of General John Pope. This book regards Pope as one of the most pathetic leaders of the Civil War as he screwed up and changed his ways ... while they were broken. He retained nominal leadership till the end of the war as Ulysses S. Grant took over as commander of the AOP in March of 1864 and was fortunate enough to take control of the army as the tide was turning favorably for the Union. After successful campaigns in 1863, as chief of all federal armies Grant was relentless and often forced inconclusive battles, which were very ...
- 959: Dissociative Identity Disorder
- ... are referred to as "alters". Alters may have experienced a distinct personal history, self-image, and identity, which may include a separate name, as well as age. At least two of these personalities recurrently take control of the person's body. DID is a desperate, but yet, wonderful survival mechanism. For childern who endure repeated and inescapable abuse, DID may be their only escape. Individuals most likely to develop DID share ... DID's use to describe what their internal world looks and acts like. Each multiple has a specific way the see the inside of their mind, where the alters live when they are not in control of the body. Examples include stages, tunnels, houses, and levels. These are their internal homes where they go when they are not out, in control of the body, or when they are hiding. The alter's job is to protect the host personality form the memory of the trauma, therefore, it is not necessary for all of the alters ...
- 960: Hitler - The Life Story
- ... was the Jews and the Communists who betrayed the "fatherland" and it was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. 3.The Nazi Party Since there were not many chances for employment ... opportunity to get his views across to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support him right away. After he came into power, the Nazi party took control over every aspect of every day life. Hitler ordered the creation of a special police force to make sure that all opponents would be elimanted, the Gestapo. He also gave orders to set up ...
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