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- 331: Freedom In America
- No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the ... learn from the precedented cases of the past of our constitutionally protected rights so that in the future authority will not violate our freedoms or oppress our liberty. Ever since colonial times, the protection of personal freedoms in the United States has been significantly important. Even in the early stages of American history there was an urge to put legally protected freedoms into written government documents. The result was the drafting of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, by James Madison. The applications of the personal freedoms described in the Bill of Rights, particularly the freedom of speech, have been challenged repeatedly in American courts of law and elsewhere. These incidents and challenges of authority reflect the defensive American attitude ...
- 332: Harper Lee: Introduction to Harper Lee
- ... novel. He bears a close resemblance to Harper Lee's father, whose middle name was Finch. In addition to both being lawyers, they are similar in character and personality - humble, intelligent and hard-working. (3) Personal Experience: Boo Radley's house has an aura of fantasy, superstition, and curiosity for the Finch children. There was a similar house in Harper Lee's childhood. Furthermore, Miss Lee grew up amid the Negro prejudice and violence in Alabama. In addition, she studied law and visited her father's law offices as a child, just as Scout visits Atticus' office and briefly considers a career as a lawyer. Writing Career Harper Lee began to develop an interest in writing at the age of seven. Her law studies proved to be good training for a writing career: they promote logical thinking, and legal cases are an excellent source of story ideas. After she came ...
- 333: The Electronic Computer
- ... of our minds. Such mind tools as there were fell into two categories: devices for doing arithmetic, such as the calculator. The other one is for preserving and communicating ideas, such as the technology of writing and printing. In the past ten years, however, a powerful, general-purpose mind tool, the electronic computer, has become widely available. In almost any shopping mall we can now buy a machine that will not ... one. And in most cases the persons use of the computer was strictly controlled. During this period, computers provided ever-increasing benefits for organizations. However, few individuals were able to use a computer as a personal problem-solving tool. In the 1970s this situation began to change. Responsible for the change were developments in microelectronics, the art of building complex electronic circuits on tiny silicon chips, which could be manufactured in ... the operation of the rest of the computer. Other chips store data and communicate with external devices, such as display screens, key boards, and printers. Computer chips have made possible compact, low-cost microcomputer or personal computers - computers that can serve as personal mind tools for individuals. Moreover, computer chips can be incorporated in other machines that can benefit from computer control, such as washing machines, microwave ovens, television sets, ...
- 334: Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging an Honest Consensus
- ... if we used academic peer review to decide what products to manufacture. Proposals for new products would be reviewed anonymously by powerful people who produce similar products. These reviewers would pass judgement without taking any personal risk, and those judged favorably would win regardless of how useful their product turned out to be. I much prefer our current business system, with all of its problems, where investors must take a personal risk when they endorse a product. Institutions like the stock market are comparatively egalitarian and flexible, allowing most anyone to participate in the ongoing debate about the profit potential of any public business or the ... on a first reading.) ASSETS Imagine that John bets Mary $5, at even odds, that it will rain next Monday. Since they don't entirely trust each other, John and Mary put the bet in writing and each give $5 to Frank, a trusted third party. John has essentially paid $5 for an I.O.U. that says "Worth $10 If Rain Monday", since if he wins he gets $5 ...
- 335: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... novel. He bears a close resemblance to Harper Lee's father, whose middle name was Finch. In addition to both being lawyers, they are similar in character and personality - humble, intelligent and hard-working. (3) Personal Experience: Boo Radley's house has an aura of fantasy, superstition, and curiosity for the Finch children. There was a similar house in Harper Lee's childhood. Furthermore, Miss Lee grew up amid the Negro prejudice and violence in Alabama. In addition, she studied law and visited her father's law offices as a child, just as Scout visits Atticus' office and briefly considers a career as a lawyer. Writing Career Harper Lee began to develop an interest in writing at the age of seven. Her law studies proved to be good training for a writing career: they promote logical thinking, and legal cases are an excellent source of story ideas. After she came ...
- 336: Freedom in the United States
- Freedom in the United States No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the ... learn from the precedented cases of the past of our constitutionally protected rights so that in the future authority will not violate our freedoms or oppress our liberty. Ever since colonial times, the protection of personal freedoms in the United States has been significantly important. Even in the early stages of American history there was an urge to put legally protected freedoms into written government documents. The result was the drafting of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, by James Madison. The applications of the personal freedoms described in the Bill of Rights, particularly the freedom of speech, have been challenged repeatedly in American courts of law and elsewhere. These incidents and challenges of authority reflect the defensive American attitude ...
- 337: Slavery - An Era Of Inhumanity
- ... than mere entertainment. Uncle Toms Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had a political purpose. Stowe intended to help America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by writing a melodramatic novel. She despised the South for practicing slavery and the North as well for their prejudice against blacks. Roots was written by Alex Haley in search of his origin. His hunger for knowledge ... amazed at how Haley combined his research with his imagination and created such a realistic world that existed more that two hundred years ago. Like James Baldwin, Arnold Rampersad also realizes Haley's intention for writing Roots. In his commentary he states that "Haley's search for his ancestors is not conducted to discover unvarnished truth but rather, from one perspective, to justify the history of blacks in America"(Rampersad 247 ... that African-Americans were people with a history rather than uncivilized savages who roamed the jungles like wild animals. They too had order in their societies and were civilized in their own different way. By writing Roots, Haley was also able to give and idea to those who are unfortunate of not knowing their origin by helping them understand where they came from and how their ancestors' lifestyles were back ...
- 338: First Amendment
- No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the ... learn from the precedented cases of the past of our constitutionally protected rights so that in the future authority will not violate our freedoms or oppress our liberty. Ever since colonial times, the protection of personal freedoms in the United States has been significantly important. Even in the early stages of American history there was an urge to put legally protected freedoms into written government documents. The result was the drafting of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, by James Madison. The applications of the personal freedoms described in the Bill of Rights, particularly the freedom of speech, have been challenged repeatedly in American courts of law and elsewhere. These incidents and challenges of authority reflect the defensive American attitude ...
- 339: James Baldwin
- ... work. In 1938, at the wish of his stepfather, James converted and preached for three years at the Fireside Pentecostal Assembly. Finally, after graduating high school, he left the ministry and pursued his dream of writing. Baldwin drifted from job to job, writing in between and eventually moved to Europe at the age of 24. Baldwin has written the reason for his exile as, In America, the color of my skin had stood between myself and me; in Europe that barrier was down
the question of who I was had at least become a personal question, and the answer was to be found in me. He found the answer to who he was in being a novelist. Between 1948 and 1957, he lived in both France and Switzerland, returning ...
- 340: Business Plan
- ... Practical Tools of Consulting 1. 0 Executive Summary Progressive Consulting will be formed as a consulting company specializing in marketing of high technology products in international markets. Its founders are former marketers of consulting services, personal computers, and market research, all in international markets. They are founding Progressive Consulting to formalize the consulting services they offer. 1. 2 Mission Progressive Consulting offers high-tech manufacturers a reliable, high quality alternative to ... percentage holdings in product results. 2. 1 Company Ownership Progressive Consulting will be created as a California C corporation based in Los Angeles County, owned by its principal investors and principal operators. As of this writing it has not been chartered yet and is still considering alternatives of legal formation. 2. 2 Startup Summary Total start up expense (including legal costs, logo design, stationery and related expenses) come to $73,000 ... America 250 35% Other 10,000 2% ______________________________ ______________________ Total 16,250 n.a. 5. 0 Strategy Summary Progressive will focus on three geographical markets, the United States, Europe, and Latin America, and in limited product segments: personal computers, software, networks, telecommunications, personal organizers, and technology integration products. The target customer is usually a manager in a larger corporation, and occasionally an owner or president of a medium-sized corporation in a ...
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