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- 1341: Race Relations
- ... as the opportunities open" (Page et al, 1998; PG). BIBLIOGRAPHY Anonymous (1997, June). Poll finds pessimism on status and future of U.S. race relations// Perceptions are black and white. Star Tribune, pp. 04A. Delgado, Richard; Perea, Juan F. (1997, November). Racism goes beyond black and white. Rocky Mountain News, pp. 39A. Farley, Christopher John (1997, November). Society: Kids and race: A new poll shows teenagers, black and white, have moved ...
- 1342: Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement
- ... Alabama, branch of the NAACP, was told to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. When Parks refused to move, she was arrested. The local NAACP, led by Edgar D. Nixon, recognized that the arrest of Parks might rally local blacks to protest segregated buses. Montgomery's black community had long been angry about their mistreatment on city buses where white drivers were often rude and ...
- 1343: Gang Violence
- ... Vegas, or University of Miami Logos Everyone believes these types of clothes are worn by gang members. "But what if they start wearing 3-piece suits or Mickey Mouse T-shirts? When will it end." Richard Sallivan, 40.3 Many gangs use hand signs (like sign language). Signs are flashed to gang members or to rival gangs. These signs say we are number one, or Power. They also have signs to ...
- 1344: Genetic Engineering
- ... the first laws of heredity. By using these laws, scientists studied the characteristics of organisms following Mendel's discovery. Early studies discovered that each organism has two sets of character determinants, or genes. According to Richard Thompson, a reporter for Time magazine, genes are transmitted through chromosomes, which reside in the nucleus of every living organism's cells. Each chromosome is made up of fine strands of DNA. The information carried ...
- 1345: American Pit Bull Terrier
- ... void. One point of contention about the history of APBT is whether these pit fighting dogs were essentially a new breed of dog specially created for this popular pastime (Stahlkuppe p.11 ). Some authors, notably Richard Stratton, have theorized that the APBT is essentially the same breed as the Renaissance bull-baiting dogs, largely unmixed with any other kind of dog, specifically terriers. These authors consider the present name, American Pit ...
- 1346: The Human Cloning Controversy
- ... said he was troubled by a scientists' desire to clone a human and urged Congress to pass a ban on human cloning experiments for at least five years. Clinton was speaking of Chicago-area physicist, Richard Seed, who caused an uproar when he said he was ready to set up a clinic to clone human babies and predicted that as many as 200,000 human clones a year would be produced ...
- 1347: Cloning: Background
- ... are likely to be reintroduced this year in the 106th Congress. Passage of legislation prohibiting human cloning is unlikely, unless research somewhere in the world brings human cloning markedly closer to real life, or Dr. Richard Seed (started a big controversy about human cloning) continues to promise that he will clone himself. Meanwhile, almost 1½ years have passed since the National Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended 5-year ban with automatic repeal ...
- 1348: The Superstring Theory
- ... thought of in perturbation terms. This is an innovative and altruistic science in itself, but is meant to be a means to envision the laws before delving into the logistics of the equations. The neurotic Richard Feynmen, as to circumvent hordes of equations filled with infinities, created this system. Simply, this is a true mathematical trick that cancels infinities with negative infinities that are interpreted from "stick pictures." These stick pictures ...
- 1349: Eugenics
- ... This idea sparked a virtual cultural revolution that lasted nearly 50 years. Bibliography Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. and W.F. Bodner. The Genetics of Human Populations. San Fransisco, CA: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1971. Hutton, Richard. Bio-Revolution: DNA and the Ethics of Man-Made Life. New York: Mentor., 1978. Kevles, Daniel J. In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Publishers ...
- 1350: Plan and Purpose (Creation) or Time and Chance (Evolution)?
- ... feet) long. A reptile that lived to be 900 years old would grow to be a mammoth size, which is where the word dinosaur comes into the picture. The word dinosaur, which was coined by Richard Owen, means terrible lizard or big, fearful creeping creature. Dinosaurs, in fact, were simply very large reptiles. People were sinning and corrupting the earth, so God decided to send a flood that would destroy the ...
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