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- 2941: Violence And Pornography
- ... sex and that the want to commit sexual crimes is acted out vicariously through the pornographic material (Whicclair 327). This argument, however, does not explain the crimes committed by serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacey, who regularly viewed pornography during the lengths of their times between murders and rapes (Scully 70). By saying that pornogrpahy would reduce harm to women through cathartic effects, pornography defenders display a large ...
- 2942: Joan of Arc
- ... in other locations along the Loire ( Paine 211). Fear of troops under her leadership was so formidable that when she approached Lord Talbot's army at Patay, most of the English troops and Commander Sir John Fastolfe fled the battlefield ( Nolan 69). Although Lord Talbot stood his ground, he lost the battle and was captured along with a hundred English noblemen and lost 1800 of his soldiers. Charles VII was crowned ...
- 2943: Fiber Optics
- ... 3. Fiber Optics abd Lightwave Communications Standard Dictionary, Martin H. Weik, D.Sc., Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, New York, 1981. 4. Fiber Optics and Laser Handbook, 2nd Edition, Edward L. Stafford, Jr. and John A. McCann, Tab Books, Inc., Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, 1988. 5. Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics, Second Edition, Peter K. Cheo, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1990.
- 2944: Richard Nixon
- ... point for Nixon, where he and the Russian leader discussed issues in a kitchen. With Eisenhower, he served two terms. Nixon's next goal was to become the President of the United States. In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon ran for the presidency. As it turned out, Kennedy and Johnson won by a mere 120,000 votes. It was believed Kennedy had bought Texas and Illinois. Johnson soon became ...
- 2945: Charles Darwin
- ... Edenburg, he quit school and went to live with his Uncle Josiah Wedgewood. After he abandoned medicine, his father urged him to attend Cambridge University to study to be a clergyman. At Cambridge he met John Steven Henslow who helped him regain his interest in nature. It was Henslow who was influential in getting Darwin the position of naturalist on the boat The Beagle. In April of 1831, he graduated from ...
- 2946: Computer Viruses: Infection Vectors, and Feasibility of Complete Protection
- ... damage control. Sources Cited Burger, Ralf. Computer Viruses and Data Protection. Grand Rapids: Abacus, 1991. Fites, Philip, Peter Johnston, and Martin Kratz. The Computer Virus Crisis. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989: 6-81. McAfee, John, and Colin Haynes. Computer Viruses, Worms, Data Diddlers, Killer Programs, and Other Threats to Your System. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989: i-195. Roberts, Ralph. Computer's Computer Viruses. Greensboro: Computer Publications, Inc ...
- 2947: Affirmative Action In Educatio
- ... they can find, regardless of job skill requirements. (Http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/feed1.html.) According to Ernest Pasour, "the phrase affirmative action was first used in a racial discrimination context," which was issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. (Http://www.self-gov.org/freeman/8901paso.htm) He said, "It indicated that federal contractors should take affirmative action to ensure that applicants and employees are treated without regard to their ...
- 2948: The Works and Influence of Christopher Marlowe
- ... par. 5). Marlowe was also known for being a secret agent back in his day. Being a spy and a writer, Marlowe is an early link in a long tradition through Ben Johnson, Daniel Dafoe, John Dickson Carr, and Alec Waugh( Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593), par. 8).
- 2949: Abraham Lincoln
- ... the Republican National Conven-tion, in Chicago, Lincoln won the nomination and went on to win the presidential election. Lincoln's victory in that election changed the future of the United States. It also agitated John Wilkes Booth to be-gin first to abduct Lincoln, and then to kill him. On April 14,1865, Lincoln went to attend a movie, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C ...
- 2950: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... it is necessary to leave the ministry. Emerson broke ties with the church. After removing himself from the church Ralph Waldo Emerson traveled to Europe. While there he studied great authors such as Coleridge and John Stuart Mill. Through German Idealism, Emerson arrived at a set of ideas he would practice and educate if the opportunity ever presented itself. These ideas were the building blocks of Transcendentalism. This small hope that ...
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