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- 731: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... anything that was not perfectly straightforward and honest but I often found she influenced others in the right direction. She is full of sympathy for all those who live with her and shows an intellighent interest in everything she comes in contact with. Eleanor blossomed in the warm, freindly environment of Allenswood-it was as if she had started life anew. Behind her were the people who pitied her because she ... mother-in-law's houshold. In 1910 when Franklin Roosevelt anounced that he was going to run for a state senate race, Eleanor wrote: " I listened to all his plans with a great deal of interest. It never occured to me that I had any part. I felt I must acquiesce in whatever he might decide and be willing to go to Albany." Politics was man's business, and in this ... campaign train, an experience that taught her much about the nuts and bolts of hte democratic process. It also markde the beginning of genuine friendship with Louis Howe. Louis sensed Eleanor's loneliness and her interest in being more than an onlooker. He began to discuss Franklin's speeches and campaign strategies with her. By the end of the trip, he began to plan like a Machiavelli, and the tall, ...
- 732: Abraham Lincoln 2
- ... culture. Lincoln decided to take a turn to politics and in 1832 declared himself a candidate for the office of State Legislature. His platform was internal improvements, better educational facilities, and a law to limit interest rates. Governor John Reynolds called for volunteers for the state militia to fight Black Hawk, the war leader to the Sauks and Foxed, who were dissatisfied with the land allotted them (Black Hawk War of 1832 ...
- 733: The Lexus And The Olive Trees
- ... some pluralism into the world of finance and took away the monopoly of the banks. Michael Milken came up with the conclusion that companies that were not considered investment grade were being asked to pay interest rates three to ten percentage points higher than the norm if they could get any loans at all. Thanks to this democratization of finance, we have gone from a world in which a few bankers held ...
- 734: American Dream 3
- ... for food and lodging than they could earn in wages. Whereas a hundred years ago, poor Americans struggled to get free of the company store; today, they struggle to free themselves from their credit cards. Interest rates and taxes are putting a burdon on all trying to get ahead in life. Today the relative condition of rich and poor is unchanged, however mobility between the two conditions has increased dramatically. For instance ...
- 735: The Death Penalty Is Needed
- ... American, Latino and Asian. Does the Death Penalty deter crime, especially murder? No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws. And states that have abolished capital punishment, or instituted it, show no significant changes in either crime or murder rates. Don't murderers deserve to die? Certainly, in general, the punishment should fit the crime. But in civilized society, we reject the "eye for an eye" principle of literally doing to criminals what they ...
- 736: Merchant Of Venice: Shylock the Antagonist?
- ... percentage of their profits from trade and moneylending. It is here that the stereotype of Jews lending money was started. Because of the tariffs placed on them by the crown Jews took to charging high interest rates to secure profits for themselves. Here we see echos of Shylock with his usury. Finally the Jews were ordered out of England in 1254 by Edward I. They did not return to England until the ...
- 737: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... got Roger Taney to carry out his order. Taney took the deposits out of the Bank of the United States and put them in state banks. Biddle, in response, called in loans and raised the interest rates, in which his actions precipitated a short recession. Supporters of the Bank petitioned to Washington urging a rechartering of the Bank. Jackson blamed the recession on Biddle and refused. When the Bank of the United ...
- 738: The War Between the States
- ... After his own marriage in 1850, William Whilden badgeredhis elder brother to end his bachelorhood and to settle down. In December 1854, when he was stillin Detroit and aged 30, a friend had tried to interest Charles in marrying his fiftyish, red-headed aunt. Seizing the opportunity to turn the tables on William, Charles wrote to William not to be surprised if he married the woman and took up William on ... had been gone from the South for more than a decade. He was fast approaching 40. Whilden's frequent denunciations of abolitionism in his letters were based on principle, not political expediency or financial self-interest. Apart from a nominal, undivided interest in his beloved Maumer Juno that he shared with his siblings, Charles held no slave property. Furthermore, he was more than 1,000 miles from South Carolina, with little money for travel. But Charles ...
- 739: Nursing Homes and The Lutheran Home for the Aging
- ... homes can be incredibly expensive, especially if the resident is in need of daily therapy and medical attention, which increases the amount each resident pays as medical attention is needed more often. The average daily rates can be from $90 to $140 for only their bed - stay, not including any special treatments that are often required by many. Costs may exceed over $4,500 monthly and from $35,000 to $45 ... book I had and giving me the answers I wanted to hear. Some other things that amazed me in the professionalism of social workers to their job of working with people and maintaining the best interest of the client became evident for the first time during this research project. All the things I learned in class seemed to come together after just researching one institution. Another aspect of social work that ...
- 740: King Lear: Evil Nature of Edmund
- ... the same time Edmund turns around and lies to Edgar convincing him that someone is framing him. He commits this purgery by acting very cunningly, and pretending to be looking out for each characters best interest. Edmund then persuades his father to put a death warrant out on Edgar, his own brother. Edmund once again keeps up the act that he is working in his fathers best interest. Later Edmund seeks out more power by pretending to act in the better interest of Albany by plucking out his fathers own eyes, this action is not surprising seeing as how Albany holds more power than his father does. 3.7-lines 107-110 Out, treacherous villain! Thou ...
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