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- 651: Censorship of Academic Materials
- ... long term effects can be just as detrimental. The name of the epidemic is censorship, and last year, the number of censorship cases in the school systems across America reached a new high because certain interest groups feel they know what is best for students to think. The censorship of academic materials must be banned because no group has the right to impose its ideas of politics, morality, or religion to ... expose children to the weaknesses of our society and encourage them to improve society. Students should be taught objectively in order for them to make unbiased decisions. That is why it is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those which are unorthodox or unpopular with the majority. The school systems do not need to endorse every idea or presentation in the material they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to establish their own political, moral, or aesthetic views as a standard for determining what materials should be published or circulated. Educational institutions serve their educational purpose by helping to make available ...
- 652: Men Are From Mars, Women Are F
- ... ideas Women tilt their heads more, condense their size to accomodate others, and are more likely to allow others into their personal space. They also exhibit more emotions through their eyes, such as love, fear, interest, etc. Men do not generally hold eye contact, unless to challenge other men, or signal that they are interested in that person intimately (Hall, et al, 1997:305). There are also haptic, or touch differences ... Pearson, et al, 1991:132). 9. There are also possible biological expalnations for the observed differences. There are marked variations in vocal tract resonances, or formants, which effect pitch. There are also differences in speech rates and voice quality (Mills, 1995:197). New biological evidence suggests that nature, not nurture, may cause these differences. Women may be biologically more suited for performing tasks that involve understanding and language formation (Pearson, et ...
- 653: Creative Writing
- ... things work out sometimes. I took this to be an omen that I would never get caught if I broke house arrest tonight. I need to tell you that Anna has never really showed any interest in short, chubby Martin, but I cant break that news to him. I lie and tell him that were in, when what I mean is, Im in. Really, Anna with her tall ... sarcasm. And were off. The car has a clanging noise, but other than that runs pretty good. We decide well drive out into the country and drive down the gravel roads at high rates of speed. I got picked to do the driving, at least in town. That means no kissing on Lisa for a little while. We are driving about 50 mph down a roller-coaster-like road ...
- 654: Harlem Slums As A Result Of Th
- ... been given before us as to the moral conditions among children, even of tender age which is not to be adequately described by the word horrifying" (McClenahan 311). These conditions were obviously reflected in high rates of juvenile crime but more subtly, and worst of all, in loss of respect for oneself and for life in general. Harlem youngsters developed a sense of subcordination , of insecurity of lack of self-confidence ... charitable agencies in the period of relatively full employment. Those who needed money quickly and had not other recourse were forced to turn to loan sharks, Negro and white, who charged 30 to 40 percent interest: Harlem "has been infested by a lot of loan sharks," a municipal magistrate who dealt with such cases stated (McClenahan 324). In one form or another the sorrow and economic deprivation of the Depression had ...
- 655: The History and Deline of the Roman Empire
- ... alimenta and was instituted by Nerva, who reigned from 96 to 98 AD. His system was to lend money at five per cent instead of twelve per cent to farmers with the proviso that the interest should be used to support needy children. Boys received seventy cents a day, and girls sixty. And then there was the army. The army was essential to the security of the empire. The cost of it, though, more than doubled between 96 and 180 A.D. The wealthy citizens of the municipalities who were the middle-class began to grow weary of the load, especially the constantly rising taxation rates were shearing them closer and closer. All these expenditures had to be recovered from the taxpayer. Furthermore, they were expected to help their communities out of debt by voluntary loans. To compound the difficulties, there ...
- 656: Gene Therapy
- ... attenuated or modified viruses. "The modified viruses can not replicate in the patient but do retain the ability to efficiently deliver genetic material."9 There are two main modes used to deliver the genes of interest to the patient: non-viral and viral delivery vectors have been used. Both of them have advantages, but also a not-so-short list of disadvantages. "Non-viral vectors represent basically the approach of direct ... clinical studies, their advantages and disadvantages, and the promises and pitfalls of current gene therapy efforts for CF in the United States focusing on adenovirus vectors in current clinical trials. Although the incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer have decreased slightly in the past few years, prostate cancer remains a major health threat to American men. This disease remains the most commonly diagnosed internal malignancy in men and the second ...
- 657: The Right Stuff
- ... because of both its technical and non-technical aspects. The pilots and their "right" stuff find themselves in many dilemmas. To keep the book interesting, Tom Wolfe uses three things to maintain the reader's interest. Tom Wolfe uses detailed writing, intertwining plots, and his ability to describe action to keep the reader interested. Tom Wolfe uses a very detailed writing style. Although the sentences he writes are full of details ... the pattern continues. By doing this, Tom Wolfe achieved the effect of wanting to read further to find out what happens. Even through the technical sections. Tom Wolfes style is adept at keeping the interest of the reader and getting his information across. The third and final device Tom Wolfe used to entertain the reader was his ability to accurately and vividly depict action scenes. For example: when Yeager had ... do not know that John Glenn was not the first American in space. To find out who was, read this wonderful book by Tom Wolfe. Tom Wolfe does an excellent job keeping his readers interest and keeping the reader happy.
- 658: Catherine The Great: Empress Of All Russia
- ... other French writers, and played host to Diderot at her court in 1773. Although, this gesticulation of hospitality was partially aimed at creating a favorable image in Western Europe, she was probably sincere in her interest and her hope to apply some of the ideas of the Enlightenment to rationalize and reform the administration of the Russian Empire. Imbued with the ideas of the Enlightenment, Catherine aimed at completing the job started by Peter the Great--westernizing Russia--but she had contradictory methods. Rather then forcing society to reform, she encouraged individual initiative in pursuit of self-interest. In the early years of her reign, she sought to win the support of the Russian gentry, and, in particular Despite her interest in legal reform, the commission she appointed for that purpose failed to accomplish its goals. But eventually, she learned how to select capable assistants--for example, Nikita Panin in foreign affairs, Alexandre Suvorov in ...
- 659: The Cask of Amontillado: Lyman
- ... reading the story, one is led to believe that these two brothers have very little in common other than their blood. Upon the purchase of the vehicle, however, they are brought together by a common interest: the car. Once the bond is formed, for some time the brothers are inseparable. For a whole summer the boys stay out in the car having adventures, meeting new people and furthering the bond that ... Henry has not even looked at the car since his return, Lyman says, I thought the car might bring back the old Henry somehow. So I bided my time and waited for my chance to interest him in the vehicle. Lyman came to the conclusion that the easiest way was to fix the car so that it needed repair. After Lyman banged the car up with a hammer, it took Henry almost a month to notice and begin fixing it. The car, this time, had, in a sense reunited the brothers for a common interest. They take the car out for what will be the final ride. Henry and Lyman go to the river with a cooler of beer; they build a fire and sit down under a tree. ...
- 660: Youth Violence
- ... survey on school violence. This mandate resulted in the Safe Schools Study, which revealed some disturbing trends in the nation's schools. The results of this early survey were somewhat unexpected, and they spurred continued interest in the nature and extent of school crime and violence, as well as their impact on students and school staff and their economic and social costs. One major concern was how students are affected by ... decades, has spent thirty-six years researching TV violence. His unique studies (beginning in 1960) traced the same group of eight hundred and seventy-five boys and girls from age eight to thirty, examining crime rates and personal characteristics. He found that those who watched more violent TV were convicted of more serious crimes, were more aggressive under the influence of alcohol, and more often used violence to punish their own ...
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