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- 1601: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... America against us.'. . . . By the 1950s trade with Latin America accounted for a quarter of American exports, and 80 per cent of the investment in Latin America was also American. The Americans had a vested interest in the region that it would remain pro-American. The Guatemalan adventure can be seen as another of the factors that lead the American government to believe that it could handle Casto. Before the Second ... ha d once been their lawyer, his brother Allen the Director of Central Intelligence who was a share holder, and Robert Cutler head of the National Security Council. In what was a clear conflict of interest, the security apparatus of the United States decided to take action against the Guatemalans. From May 1st, 1954, to June 18th, the Central Intelligence Agency did everything in its power to overthrow the government of ...
- 1602: Affirmative Action in Seattle
- ... What the City of Seattle's affirmative action program does is very simple: first, it gives City managers and personnel officers a snapshot of the labor market, so that they are aware of the availability rates for different groups for a given job classification. Through these availability rates, the City can determine whether or not women, people of color, or persons with disabilities are underrepresented in a given job classification within the work force; second, the City's affirmative action program encourages managers ...
- 1603: The Women's Rights Movement (1848-1998)
- ... the at the Seneca Falls convention. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth traveled the country lecturing and organizing for the next forty years. Eventually, emerging as the main interest was winning the right to vote. This was because the vote would provide the means to achieve other reforms. The campaign for women's suffrage met such substantial opposition that it took seventy-two years ... lives before. Single dollar bills and generous checks poured into the campaign headquarters, and the ranks of NOW and other women's rights organizations swelled to historic sizes. Every women's magazine and most general interest publications had stories on the implications of the ERA, and the progress of the ratification campaign. Elizabeth Cady Stanton proved prophetic once again with her prediction that the movement should anticipate no small amount of ...
- 1604: The Effects of Processing Vegetables
- ... are sold canned, frozen and fresh just about everywhere. Posing the question, are they equally as nutritious? Nutrition is a topic concerning Americans today considering since 1991 when 4 out of 45 states had obesity rates of 15% or higher, now 37 or more out of 45 states have those same rates. It is a rising problem among Americans today. Nutrition is the science explaining the study of foods and their relationship to health. Since humans cant convert simple elements into energy ourselves we have to ...
- 1605: The Manhattan Project
- ... Los Alamos, New Mexico, to design and build the bomb that would end World War 2, but begin serious controversies concerning its sheer power and destruction. I became interested in this topic because of my interest in science and history. It seemed an appropriate topic because I am presently studying World War 2 in my Social Studies Class. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were always taught to me with some opinion, and I always wanted to know the bomb itself and the unbiased effects that it had. This I-search was a great opportunity for me to actually fulfill my interest. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. It was appropriately named for the Manhattan Engineer District of the US Army Corps of ...
- 1606: The Cold War
- ... known that Khrushchev had known what had taken place all along and had known for some years, President Eisenhower justified the presence of a spy plane over the Soviet Union with it being "in the interest of the free world." Khrushchev saw through the ploy and revoked his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union for a summit. Bay of Pigs By 1959, Fidel Castro and his rebels were able ... their capabilities and shortcomings without intelligence agencies. The CIA and KGB by themselves cannot assure peace. With the knowledge supplied by each to its leaders, intelligent decisions can be made in the world's best interest. Moreover, the status quo and power base remains relatively stable with the East and West on opposing sides. There can never be true and utterly complete peace, these organizations will continue to exist contrary ignorant ...
- 1607: Essay On Kierkegaard
- ... of things that are under the influence of our will - analogous to the fact that we cannot decide to perceive blueness when looking at a red apple. This is an issue that has attracted some interest in the course of the history of thought. In this paper I will be looking into the views of a contemporary author who sees the relationship of willing to belief as an issue recurring thoughout ... transformation to inwardness and a reorientation away from objectivity. Rather than suggesting that we develop faith, Climacus describes a growing subjectivity through which the absolute paradox can be realized. Though Climacus does not show an interest in volitionalism, he does put much effort into a discussion of willing the absolute telos (willing in the highest sense). Recall the discussions of the Pathos section (Postscript, 387-431). Climacus speaks of the individual ...
- 1608: Essay An Current Ethnics Event
- ... questionnaire, voted the Code of Professional Standards to be the most important member benefit. Calls for Universal Ethics Code Many educators are currently urging public relations practitioners to adopt a universal code of ethics. The interest in this topic is evidenced by the special issue of Public Relations Review from the spring of 1993 entirely devoted to the subject of ethics. Naturally, the problem will arise in developing a code that ... community with the scandals involving Michael Deaver (indicted for perjury) and Anthony Franco (insider trading). Despite the lack of substantial empirical research literature on public relations ethics to date, there appears to be an increased interest in the subject of ethics among educators and researchers. For example, Public Relations Review devoted entire issues to the subject of ethics in 1989 and 1993. Regardless of whether the public relations profession institutes a ...
- 1609: The American Dream
- ... to look at other parts of the world for expansion. At the time, there were many other nations looking to expand its empire such as Britain and Germany. Some Southern expansionists saw Cuba as an interest because it could have possibly been used as a slave territory. Because Northerners were highly against slavery, the plan was dropped. After the Civil War, Secretary of State Seward had negotiated a treaty to purchase ... and its allies. There were many tensions between the Koreas. On June 1950, the North Korean army with Soviet weapons invaded South Korea, in an attempt to take it over. The United States, taking great interest, appealed to the U.N to condemn the invasion and to send forces to liberate South Korea. The Soviet representative to the U.N was not present to veto due to the fact that the ...
- 1610: Dolphins & Humans: Breaking Barriers of Communication
- ... O'Barry, one of the trainers for the TV series Flipper, had an experience with a dolphin that both the dolphin and Rick both had lots of emotions for each other. He had a great interest in dolphins. Kathy, the dolphin that O'Barry had gotten attached to by working with her, was put into a small steel tank after the TV series ended. This small tank left Kathy with little ... that it is possible for significant and meaningful communication. Back in the Carios Islands JoJo is looking eye-to-eye at a human. Both the human and JoJo study each other out of curiosity and interest. Scientists know that JoJo and other dolphins attempt to communicate with humans, and scientists such as Lou Herman know that it is very possible for dolphins and humans to communicate. These scientists are hoping to ...
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