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- 931: Langston Hughes Voice Of A Tim
- ... neighborhoods to hire black salespersons. Using the slogan Don't Buy Where You Can't Work, these campaigns persuaded blacks to boycott those businesses and revealed a new militancy. During the same years, blacks organized school boycotts in northern cities to protest discriminatory treatment of black children. (Encarta) The Civil Rights Movement in America technically lasted from the early 1930s through the late 1960s. The movement was led by such historical ... line of African-American activists. His grandfather, aunt, and uncle had all, in some way, made an impact on the struggle for equality. This sparked a fascination with freedom in Hughes young mind. Hughes attended school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he showed an early talent for writing, specifically poetry. His works were being published in the high school newspaper on a regular basis. After finishing high school, Hughes furthered his education at Columbia University in New York City, an accomplishment unheard by an African-American at the time. It was here, ...
- 932: Gun Control
- ... are ready to disregard a constitutional right. They believe that, if the Second Amendment is abridged, the First Amendment will be the next to go. The Executive Branch of the Federal Government is in a high-profile position on the issue of gun control. During this current Presidential election season, much rhetoric is being exchanged on the issue. It would almost appear that one must play to either camp in order ... weapon been "banned," the Supreme Court would undoubtedly have overturned the law. The myth that the sub machine gun was banned, however, has persisted. In April, 1995 the Supreme Court ruled that gun possession at school was not a federal offense, (U.S. v Lopez, No. 93-1260, April 26, 1995). In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Congress overstepped its constitutional authority to intervene in local affairs when it enacted the 1990 Gun Free School Zone, a federal law banning possession of a gun within a 1000 feet of a school. What's at issue here is how much authority Congress can exercise over the states. Since 1930, Congress ...
- 933: Careers in Investment Banking
- ... due to the nature of the job an investment banker must perform. A career as an investment banker has its pros and cons just as any career does, but if you're looking for a high-demanding, high-risk career that at times is very rewarding financially, investment banking could be the career. Investment banking has been around since stocks have been issued and bonds sold, but the field demanded little, if any new jobs before the 1980's. This was due to the low complexity of the financial markets. Since then, investment banking jobs have been significantly growing due to the availability of complex securities and high-yield bonds, also known as junk bonds.(Investment Banking,12) Now that the financial market has become more complex, companies that didn't require and investment bankers now need their advice to effectively help ...
- 934: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... her mother, Shirley began to compose verse almost as soon as she could write it" (Friedman, 18). As a child, Shirley was interested in sports and literature. In 1930, a year before she attended Burlingame High School, Shirley began writing poetry and short stories. Jackson enrolled in the liberal arts program at the University of Rochester in 1934. But after periods of unhappiness and questioning the loyalty of her friends, she withdrew ... rest of her life. After a year of becoming conscientious and disciplined writer, Jackson thought she better return to college for more schooling. In 1937, she entered Syracuse University. At first she was in the School of Journalism, but then she decided to transfer to the English department. For the next two years, while at Syracuse, Shirley published, fifteen pieces in campus magazines and became fiction editor of "The Syracusan", ...
- 935: The Ear and Hearing Loss
- ... sound wave. The volume depends on the amplitude or intensity of the sound wave. The greater the frequency, the higher the pitch. Humans can hear about 30 and 20,000 waves or cycles per second. High pitch sounds produce more of a trebly sound, while low pitch sounds produce a rumbling bass sound. When a person loses these abilities to comprehend sound, it is referred to as deafness. It can be ... ear. If this imbalance is correct soon enough, before hair cell destruction has occurred, hearing will return to its normal level. Sensorineural hearing loss is often accompanied by ear noise, or tinnitus, which is a high-pitched ringing heard only by the patient. Because the inner ear has no pain fibers, damage is not accompanied by pain. Hearing loss is usually measured by an instrument called an audiometer which measures the ... of each type of damage has occurred. Rehabilitation is available for patients with hearing losses. There are lots of programs and resources for these people. Most are special schools. One example might be Cleary's School for the Deaf. These schools try to provide an environment that is as close to a normal classroom as possible. As a matter of fact, sometimes they use regular classroom's but they provide ...
- 936: The Internet
- ... is uncensored. The Internet belongs to everyone and to no one. The Internet is structured in a hierarchy. At the top, each country has at least one public backbone network. Backbone networks are made of high speed lines that connect to other backbones. There are thousands of service providers and networks that connect home or college users to the backbone networks. Today, there are more than fifty-thousand networks in more ... network could not have a center because it would be a primary target for enemies. In 1969, ARPANET was created, named after its original Pentagon sponsor. There were four supercomputer stations, called nodes, on this high speed network. ARPANET grew during the 1970's as more and more supercomputer stations were added. The users of ARPANET had changed the high speed network to an electronic post office. Scientists and researchers used ARPANET to collaborate on projects and to trade notes. Eventually, people used ARPANET for leisure activities such as chatting. Soon after, the mailing ...
- 937: Technology and the Future of Work
- ... human labour. Miniaturisation has destroyed the historic relationship between the cost of labour and the cost of technology, allowing exponential growth with insignificant labour input, which is leading to the reduction of labour in all high volume process work. Sargent (1994) points out that in Australia during the last decade, the rich have become richer and the poor poorer: the top 20 per cent of households received 44 per cent of ... continued to increase. Jones (1990) further points out that the new technology has far greater reliability, capacity and range than any which proceeded it. Microprocessors can be directed to do almost anything from planning a school syllabus and conducting psychotherapy to stamping out metal and cutting cloth. It is cheaper to replace electronic modules than to repair them and the new technology is performing many functions at once and generating little ... is without doubt out of reach. Even if re-training and re- education on a mass scale were undertaken, the vast numbers of dislocated workers could not be absorbed as there will not be enough high-tech jobs available in the automated economy of the twenty-first century. A British Government backed study by Brady and Liff (1983) clearly supported this view. They concluded that jobs may be created through ...
- 938: Scholars
- ... qualified applicant for the R.C. Easley National Scholarship. I have displayed excellence in the classroom, in extra-curricular activities, and I believe with the education I receive I will benefit society greatly. Throughout my high school career I have prided myself on a difficult class load and consistently good grades. While at Horicon High School I feel I have challenged myself more than any other student. Instead of taking the usual study hall I have elected to fill that time with another class. I will graduate this summer ...
- 939: Herman Melville: A Biography And Analysis
- ... hostilities. The Melvill family kept on their mantelpiece a bottle of tea drained out of Major Melvill's clothes after the Tea Party as a momento of this occasion. Herman attended the New York Male High School from about the age of seven until 1830. By that time, Allan Melvill's business had begun to fail, due to his credit being overextended. After futile attempts to re-establish himself, he eventually found ... the fur business. Now fifteen and a half, he kept the books of the firm for the following two years. At some time during this period he enrolled as a student in the Albany Classical School. He also became am member in the Albany Young Men's Association, a club for debating and reading, of which his brother was already a member. Such clubs, in absence of public libraries, were ...
- 940: Creative Writing: The Wind in His Sail
- ... sighed Cobi as he tacked his sail around and headed for the shore. Cobi was a sailor. Cobi wasn't a typical sailor, Cobi was a National Championship winning sailor. A sailor who thrived on high winds and rough seas, who has accomplished everything there is to accomplish in Canadian sailing. He is the envy of every young sailor and child. They wish, aspire, and dream to be like Cobi. "Hii ... on his every move and breath. Cobi Jones was not only very skilled in the nautical art of sailing, he was the most popular, the best looking, and even one of the smartest kids in school. "Hi Julie," moaned Cobi in reply, "what are you doing here?" A shocked, but smiling Julie answered, "Just came to see ya." "Well visiting hours are over," Cobi uttered as he pushed past Julie and ... s sailing career from the start, and his money played a very large role in Cobi's sailing success and popularity. Other than Cobi's majestic surroundings, Cobi led a typical eighteen year-old after school life. He ate, did homework, spoke to his many friends the phone, and then fell asleep with a remote control in his grip. This evening wasn't an exception. The following day at school, ...
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