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- 1201: Direct Democracy vs Representative Democracy
- ... on all matters. But, it is very possible, that through discussion an agreement could be reached by all members. Representation, on the other hand allows a select few to make decisions in their own best interest, which is not necessarily the best interest of the society. However, direct democracy is not the perfect method to produce a union of the community. For a direct democracy to work, face to face communication between all members of the community is ...
- 1202: Arthur Kornberg
- ... from high school at the age of fifteen. He enrolled in City College in uptown Manhattan. Competition among a large body of bright and highly motivated students was fierce in all subjects. His high school interest in chemistry carried over into college. After receiving his B.S. degree in biology and chemistry in 1937, and since City College offered no graduate studies or research laboratories at that time, he became one ... Watson and Cricks historic report, Kornberg had found, in juices extracted from cells, an enzyme that synthesizes the huge chains of DNA from simple blocks. But it was not until 1956 that Kornbergs interest in the replication of DNA became the focus of his research. It was after the enzyme that assembles the nucleotide building blocks into a DNA chain was already in his hands. Much of his research ...
- 1203: Communication And Race
- ... as "wetbacks" and associated with causing destruction by "introducing one of the world's most destructive insect pest." Gandy (1998) states that blacks are often portrayed as violent criminals. If they are portrayed in human-interest stories, these stories rely upon negative stereotypes. Like Entman and Gandy finding that minorities (blacks) experience inaccurate portrayals of being violent, Salwen and Soruco also report that Hispanics were framed in crime stories more frequently ... representation of Latinos in mainstream media. Diversity The concept of diversity is a multidimensional one. The FCC sought to promote diversity under two headings: one of maximizing consumer choice; the other of serving the public interest by ensuring an appropriate range of service from broadcasting and fairness in giving access and attention to minority groups. Diversity of program content, accessible to all segments of the audience, is necessary to insure quality ...
- 1204: Diplomacy at Work
- ... that a nation must also take into respect the power of the other nation and the goal it is trying to reach. Basically, all he is saying is that a country must also take into interest the objectives and capabilities of the opposing nation. Thirdly, he states that diplomacy must determine how compatible the two nations needs are. In simpler terms, diplomacy determines whether or not two nations can come to ... were compromise has been made; the ability and will of the nations to compromise is very evident. Thirdly, each side has viewed the others objectives and weighed how realistic they are in their own national interest. In other words, both the Israel and Palestinian governments have compromised on all the issues; thus, they have come up with a happy medium that they can both deal with. Finally, each side went out ...
- 1205: Russian Reform and Economics: The Last Quarter of the 20th Century
- ... industry was subsidized to make up for operating losses (Smith, H., 238). There was many reasons for the economic growth rate falloff including centralized price determination, centralized allocation of resources and products, to many exchange rates, hard currency problems, and retention quotas. Glasnost revealed many of the problems dealing with issues in the society and the peoples' living conditions. The people of Russia had very little income and very little food ... 1.00 all the way to 230 roubles to $1.00 causing much chaos (Colton & Legvold, 57). There has been a large number of negative trends in trade and production (Colton & Legvold, 61). High inflation rates have resulted from fighting over control of the supply of credit and money amongst the former soviet states. Prices of consumer based products and services have tripled and then doubled within a very short period ...
- 1206: Antoine Lavoisier
- ... was born in Paris, France on Aug. 26, 1743. When he was eleven years old he attended a college called Mazain. For Lavoisier's last two years in college he found a great deal of interest in science. He received an excellent education and developed an interest in all branches of science, especially chemistry. Abbe Nicolas Louis de Lacaill taught Lavoisier about meteorological observation. On 1763 Lavoisier received his bachelor's degree and on 1764 a licentiate which allowed him to practice ...
- 1207: Lord of the Flies: Ralph Creating a Society Based on Survival
- ... uses a repetition of hope towards being saved while Jack's technique with no thought clearly flounders creating savages out of the once civilized boys. Ralph's original society is split because of lack of interest with some of the individuals. They begin to loose faith in themselves, and thus seek fun and fortune. In the end the group seeking a long-term reward beats out the group looking for short ... conch a sign of freedom. Although there are many factors that can be taken into consideration, what may have mostly influenced the boys to change groups, from Ralph's to Jack's, could have been interest in a new lifestyle. This is why Jack gets the better half of the 2 groups. Within the two groups that are formed, relationships occur between the main leaders, and the ones they consider the ...
- 1208: Confucianism And Japanese Grow
- ... the communists, the presence of the Japanese model of industrialization which aided Taiwan and South Korea in what types of economic policies to follow. But these factors alone also do not account for the rapid rates of growth in East Asia. A large role was played by the traditions of Confucianism which created a pliant and stable populace, skilled and eager workers, and a meritocratic bureaucracy that were skilled at formulating and carrying out economic policy. Confucianism's traditions are manifested not only in the temples of East Asia but also in the rapid rates of growth this region has experienced.
- 1209: The Lord of The Flies: Personal Reflections
- ... Soon enough Jack, one of the bigger kids, decides to no longer listen to Ralph, and leads his own group to another part of the island. This proves that Ralph's leadership lacks points of interest among the others, as the boys become bored with the idea of working, having no fun. Jack is a leader full of aggression. From the beginning of the novel, the readers find out Jack's ... the leaders. It seems as though the more people that enter a group, the more power the leader gets. This is shown in Jack's case, while in Ralph's, the opposite occurs. He loses interest from the others, and with this his power slowly drains. This all leads to one main point, that power is controlled by the people, not by one single being. Endnotes 1. William Golding, Lord of ...
- 1210: Covenanted Governments
- ... a government. Yet who does one follow and why? The people governed the people. Common man made up the rules to follow and others followed them because they made them and they were in their interest (property). Government became a contract between man and man. It protected individual rights (natural rights) in exchange for freedom. How is this possible? According to the rational behind this, man is obviously very ambitions and ... said, our government is based on these principles: the surrender of freedom in exchange for protection from the world, and the power of execution given to a sovereign who controls and enforces in our best interest. The factions of humanity were even taken into account by J. Locke. He saw that man was interested in himself and our framers tried to snuff out this incessant fire by implementing the Baron de ...
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