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- 3661: Gays: A Struggle for Acceptance
- ... weren't alone. Before the war, gays and lesbians were almost invisible from society. They were not mentioned in the popular media and the general population was oblivious to their existence. An occasional arrest or school expulsion of a Asexual psychopath@ were the only vague signs that the public would hear about. Now that the military accepted or at least needed the cooperation of all men, including homosexuals, an important page ... and gives it a resonance which continues to inspire today was that it was perhaps the first time when Lesbians and Gay men as a group were able to see beyond the lipstick and the high heels, beyond the skin color and recognize the oppression which threatens us all. The greatest great myth concerning the Stonewall riots is that it was a Lesbian/Gay event. It is likely that many of ...
- 3662: Why Athletes Are Good Role Models
- ... Excalibur. I had to go through days of research to find out that Chicago Bears star Chris Zorich has started a full scholarship at Notre Dame for inner city youths that get accepted to the school, but can't afford it. He plays for our city's football team, and we have not heard of any of his philanthropic efforts. He also has an annual food drive for the needy around ... in the United States among black-owned industrial and service companies. He now donates a lot of his time and money to various charities. Football player Orlando Pace sits with 6th grade children in their school library and helps them read. His message was "Yes, I have had some athletic ability and talent, but studying is what's really important." He also said that he doesn't think of himself as ... does community service and gives kids autographs. He has impressed everyone with his poise, dedication, and his appetite for work. Vaughn takes the time to talk to groups of schoolchildren, urging them to stay in school. Vaughn also plans youth centers to keep kids off the streets and signs and sends get-well cards. He also uses the proceeds from formal autograph-signings to fund cultural events that are denied ...
- 3663: Women in Africa
- ... had ordered a tax on women. Suddenly, the women reacted and agreed to resist by the end of October, 1929. Captain Cook did not want to conduct the count himself, so he sent a mission school teacher to administer the count. When he arrived he asked a woman whom he met outside to go and count "her people'" (Afigbo, 237). Within hours, women in mass numbers had gathered to discuss the ... about their protests in an organized fashion. The occurrences of rounding up young unmarried women took place in Ghana during the late 1920's and the early 1930's. During this time there was a high rate of venereal disease spreading across the region, and the Asante Chiefs were under the impression that all unmarried girls over the age of fifteen were loose and needed to find a husband. If a ...
- 3664: Americas Fetish For Death
- ... though rather a word that is accepted and viewed with an entertainment factor. What is even more terrifying is that it gives reason for psychologically distraught individuals to massacre others, such as that at Columbine High School. Capital Punishment's effect upon society is astronomical, and will continue to consume society and history. It has and will continue to mold our society into a world that tolerates such vulgarity and views it ...
- 3665: Carl Gauss
- ... time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one ... out of his own pocket and presented them to Gauss, who reportedly flashed through them. In 1788 Gauss began his education at the Gymnasium, with the assistance of his past teacher Buttner, where he learned High German and Latin. After receiving a scholarship from the Duke of Brunswick, Gauss entered Brunswick Collegium Carolinum in 1792. During his time spent at the academy Gauss independently discovered Bode's law, the binomial theorem ...
- 3666: Research Paper: Models
- ... that my hair is just all wrong. It seems that everyday I discover another body part to worry about." This reader later wrote that the problems that she had developed over the years starting from high school. She had these worries and was facing them on her own because she felt that of she told anybody, they would think that she was crazy. This reader, like many other women, feel that what ...
- 3667: Asdfa
- ... be to full scale, but I believe Him, love Him, praise Him, and respect Him. The rest is just details. I asked myself if I had a purpose in life during my junior year of high school. At the time, I had almost no idea of what I was asking myself. Though I still do not know the meaning of life, I know my purpose in life is to live with happiness ...
- 3668: Cark Gauss
- ... time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one ... out of his own pocket and presented them to Gauss, who reportedly flashed through them. In 1788 Gauss began his education at the Gymnasium, with the assistance of his past teacher Buttner, where he learned High German and Latin. After receiving a scholarship from the Duke of Brunswick, Gauss entered Brunswick Collegium Carolinum in 1792. During his time spent at the academy Gauss independently discovered Bode's law, the binomial theorem ...
- 3669: Alcohol 2
- ... the chance of heart disease (Time June 1999). Now if alcohol sale or production was abolished, how could have that study been done. Especially in this decade when heart problems are at an all-time high due to the high availability of high cholesterol foods, I say you do anything you can do to help. The twenty-first century is right around the corner and who knows what studies will find? Could alcohol be a cure for ...
- 3670: Australias Exchange Rate
- ... cheap as the same goods and services supplied by producers in other nations. Any change in domestic prices relative to those in other countries will alter the international competitiveness of local industries. If Australia experiences high inflation rates relative to other nations, exports will become more expensive and therefore less competitive. A currency depreciation occurs as the demand for the Australian dollar falls. An appreciation of Australia's currency, will occur ... by Australian consumers adds to the supply of Australian dollars, and the currency depreciates. On the other hand, a fall in demand for imported goods reduces the supply of Australian dollars, causing a currency appreciation. High inflation rates in Australia relative to those of our major trading partners mean that imported goods are cheaper than domestically produced goods. As Australian consumers switch their demand from local goods to imports, the supply ... our basic trade situation, our exchange rate is unstable. This affects the decisions of exporters and importers. From the point of view of our current account, our exchange rate has in some periods been too high and too unstable.
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