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- 4601: Marijuana And Its Effects On Humans
- ... cannabis use have been described quite many years before the physical effects, yet are as accurate today as they were 100 years ago. Following is an early account of its intoxicating properties made by Dr. John Bell in 1857: "I had taken the drug with great skepticism as to its reputed action, or at any rate with the opinion that it was grossly exaggerated, and I accordingly made up my mind ...
- 4602: Ibm
- ... 1992, and more cuts were announced for 1993. After record losses during 1992 and, for the first time in IBM's history, a cut in stock dividends (to less than half of their previous value), John F. Akers, chairman since 1985, resigned in early 1993. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., was named chairperson of the company in April 1993. In 1994 IBM sold its federal systems unit to, which provides computer systems ...
- 4603: Enlightenment 2
- ... was developed by other European philosophers, such as the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. It was opposed, however, by British philosophers of the empiricist tradition, such as John Locke, who believed that all ideas are derived from the senses. Epistemological rationalism has been applied to other fields of philosophical inquiry. Rationalism in ethics is the claim that certain primary moral ideas are innate ...
- 4604: Lennies Guilt In Of Mice And M
- Lennie's Guilt in Of Mice and Men Lennie Small, the strong but dull-witted farm hand, experienced a psychotic break-down near the end of Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. This episode was brought on by a tremendous feeling of guilt. While Lennie's head was full of the thoughts of the death of Curley's wife, his burden upon George, and his mental ...
- 4605: Fdr Vs. Hoover
- ... seemed to have the only answer. Much of the New Deal contradicted itself with what Roosevelt said he would do in his campaign speeches. He said he would balance the budget, yet his devotion of John Maynard Keynes idea of deficit spending led this country to almost triple its indebtedness between 1929 and 1941. Perhaps Roosevelt did realize at the time what the true, horrendous condition of the country was during ...
- 4606: Tom Clancy
- ... be very close to reality. Today Clancy continues to write successful novels. One of Clancys most popular books is Rainbow Six. This book starts with a prologue that introduces us to the main character, John Clark, an ex-Navy SEAL. Clark is the commander in charge of starting a new European anti-terrorist group called Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is split into two teams: Team 1 and Team 2. They ...
- 4607: Johnny Tremain 2
- ... of the Sons of Liberty and it was starting to get really good, especially when he started trying to find out when the British attacking , posting at, and grouping at. It was also good when John Adams has him blow a whistle to send the Sons of Liberty to come out, with the Boston Massacre. Now I will talk about the authors factual and emotional writing. I feel as it is ...
- 4608: Ford
- ... workers for a ten-hour day in 1908. The average salary for production workers increased to around $2.50 by 1913 with a minimum of just $2.34. In October of 1913 a man named John R. Lee, recruited from the Kiem Mills to reform the companys wage structure, developed an ingenious job-ladder system. This innovative system allowed increased wages for the upper crust portion of the working core ...
- 4609: Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator I
- ... last days together. SUPPORT WITHIN THE DOMAIN Wright's relationships outside of the home differed greatly. When arriving in Chicago in 1887, Wright was not alone in innovative thinking. Social reformer, Jane Addams (Hull House); John Dewey, reformer of education; the historian Frederick Turner, William Jennings Bryan, and Carl Sandburg had all congregated in the Midwestern States, specifically Chicago, by the turn of the century. It was a mecca for independent ...
- 4610: The Extent Of European Influen
- ... it turned up an edge rather than a flatten furrow. When settlement spread to the prairies, the plows of the east were unable to turn the heavy soil. An Illinois blacksmith by the name of John Deere developed a very light plow made of high-grade rolled steel. The new plow could be operated by one man and pulled by a team of half size (Kirkland 112). Improvements in the reaper ...
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