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- 371: John F. Kennedy
- ... born on May 29,1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second of nine children of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. "The other children in the family were Joseph, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, and Edward."(Encarta' 95). "The Kennedys were an active family. With 11 people in the house, someone was always busy. The children took swimming, sailing, and tennis lessons."(Potts, Steve - 7). The Kennedy family had long been active in politics. His brothers Robert and Edward Kennedy also entered politics. Kennedy's both grand fathers had been active in politics. His father was a self-made millionaire. He served as first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and ... in Courage. " In 1957, Kennedy became a member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and he later won a place on the Senate Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor Management Field. His brother Robert served as chief counsel in the same Committee. In 1958, he spent many of his weekends campaigning for reelection in Massachusetts. "His Margin of victory, 874, 000 votes, was the largest ever recorded in ...
- 372: Global Warming
- ... Despite much media coverage of the role of human activity in the furthering of harmful global warming effects, the majority of the general public does not view global warming as a definite and imminent danger. Robert T. Watson supports this in his comment about society’s failure to recognize the severity of a potential environmental disaster as a result of global warming. It is important that society treat human-induced global ... human reace may be able to reverse the current effects of global warming and prevent even worse future ones. A switch to energy resources that do not emit greenhouse gases would be one possible option. Robert T. Watson suggests a conversion to renewable energy sources such as wind, solar power, and biofuels. Improving the management of forests and agricultural lands would combat the effects of global warming, in addition to improving ... San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1997. 99-102. Spiegel, Der. “Global Warming Will Result in Major Climatic Disruptions.” Global Warming. Ed. Bender, David, and Bruno Leone. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1997. 76-80. Watson, Robert T. “Global Warming Poses a Serious Threat.” Global Warming. Ed. Bender, David, and Bruno Leone. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1997. 17-22.
- 373: The Threat of Nuclear Energy
- ... on where mill tailings have been stored. Many towns in the middle of the United States have been built on mill tailings. Some people unknowingly have used mill tailings as building materials. Corinne Browne and Robert Munroe, who are very well internationally known authors, state that : In some places, such as Grand Junction, Colorado, people used the mill tailings as landfill and construction material. In Grand Junction, five thousand houses, a ... buildings emitting radioactivity. (81) In towns that have been built on mill tailings there is a great increase in health related costs because of an increase in cancers and radiation induced diseases. Corinne Browne and Robert Munroe go comment on the effects of living in an environment that has radiation. In the early 1970s, a pediatrician in Grand Junction noticed an abnormally large number of children being born with cleft lips ... waste storage problems make nuclear energy too risky for humans to even experiment with. Nuclear energy holds our future in a tight grip so we must do something about it. Works Cited Corinne Brown, and Robert Munroe. Time Bomb, Understanding the Treat of Nuclear Power. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1981 Knelman, Fred H. Nuclear Energy The Unforgiving Technology. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1976. Mitchell, Christopher K. "Nuclear Terrorism." 14 ...
- 374: A Study of B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism
- ... Cattell, Raymond B. and Ralph Mason Dreger. (1977). Handbook of Modern Personality Theory. Washington D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing. Hergenhahn, B.R. (1980). An Introduction to Theories of Personality. Prentice-Hall Incorporated: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Nye, Robert D. (1992). The Legacy of B.F. Skinner: concepts and perspectives, controversies and misunderstandings. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing. Skinner, B.F. (1948). Walden Two. New York, NY: MacMillan Company. Skinner, B.F. (1953 ... Human Behavior. New York, NY: The Free Press. Skinner, B.F. (1971). Beyond Freedom and Dignity. New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Company. Skinner, B.F. (1974). About Behaviorism. New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Company. Weyant, Robert. (1988). World Book Encyclopedia Volume S. Chicago, IL: Robert Scott Publishing. TIP: Theories. November 27, 1998. Operant Conditioning. www.gwu.edu/~tip/skinner.html.
- 375: John F. Kennedy In Vietnam
- ... That same year in December, the State Department claims in a public report that Vietnam is threatened by a "clear and present danger," of communist aggression. Kennedy also during that year sent a cable to Robert McNamera and General Maxwell Taylor for a proposed visit to talk to Diem in about Vietnam and Laos. Taylor and McNamara were sent on a series of trips during 1961-1963 to Vietnam. The Taylor ... assassinated. Presidential aide Walt Rostow, says that Kennedy intend to withdrawal American military from Vietnam after 1964 election. Dean Rusk on the other hand believed Kennedy would have eventually brought US into war with Vietnam. Robert McNamera having reviewed everything believes that if JFK had lived, he would have pulled us out of Vietnam. Although many disagree with what McNamara says. And in the fiction movie JFK, by Oliver Stone his ... New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Kimball, Jeffery. To Reason Why. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Lomperis, Timothy. The War Everybody Lost and Won. 2nd ed. revised. Washington: D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1993. McNamera, Robert. In Retrospect , The Tragedy in Vietnam. New York: Dell Publishing Group, 1996. Olson, James S. The Vietnam War. London: Greenwood Press, 1993. Rowe, John, and Rick Berg. The Vietnam War and American Culture. New ...
- 376: JFK Assination - Conspiracy
- ... re-opened over a decade later! The investigation was set up as direct result of the assassinations of two other major political figures; the civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King and the Presidents brother Robert Kennedy, in 1968. Naturally this aroused immense suspicion and the American public started questioning why so many key US figures had been assassinated in the space of just four years when previously this type of ... was involved. An indication of this was the involvement of Jack Ruby who supposedly had Mafia links. One of the reasons they could have conspired to kill Kennedy was that the Presidents brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had been using his legal powers to act vigorously against some of the larger and more influential Mafia bosses. In fact he had been leading a strong campaign against the Mafia. Getting rid of Kennedy would have resulted in a new government and therefore Robert Kennedy would be replaced. However it has to be considered that according to the Mafia’s code of conduct, they are forbidden to kill any individuals with any legal authority i.e police officers, ...
- 377: Comparison Of My Papas Waltz A
- My Papa s Waltz and Those Winter Sundays My Papa s Waltz, by Theodore Roethke, and Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden, are two somewhat similar poems about respected fathers. To most people a father is not just the man who fertilizes their mother s egg, but a man that spends time with and takes care ... the pans slid from the kitchen shelf (5-6). This made his mother so upset that she could do nothing but frown. Finally, his father waltzed him on to bed. In Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, the poet also relinquishes on a regular occurrence in his childhood. On Sunday mornings, just as any other morning, his father rises early and puts on his clothes in the cold darkness. He then ... his waltz . Roethke also indirectly implies his respect for his father by stating that his hand is caked hard with dirt (14). This is representative of his father having had a hard day at work. Robert Hayden uses a different approach to imply his love and respect for his father. He uses an example of a regular occasion that he did not pay much attention to when he was a ...
- 378: Coca-Cola - The History
- ... newspapers, he would give away coupons for a free Coke at any fountain. Coca-Cola was sold after the Prohibition Era to Ernest Woodruff for 25 million dollars. He gave Coca-Cola to his son, Robert Woodruff, who would be president for six decades(Facts, Figures, and Features Multiple pages). Robert Woodruff was an influential man in Atlanta because of his contributions to area colleges, universities, businesses and organizations. When he made a contribution, he would never leave his name, this is how he became to ... old Coke off the market came about because taste tests showed a distinct preference for the new formula. The new formula was a sweeter variation with less tang, it was also slightly smoother(Demott 54). Robert Woodruff's death was a large contributor to the change because he stated that he would never change Coca-Cola's formula. Another factor that influenced the change was that Coke's market share ...
- 379: Civil War - The Myth Of The Lost Cause
- ... antebellum South. It became a superior civilization of great purity which had been cruelly brought down by the materialistic Yankees. At the head of this revival was the memory of Stonewall Jackson, closely followed by Robert E. Lee (who would rise to the prominent position following his death in 1870). Other generals of the Confederacy who had died during the war followed, as did those who would pass on later. D ... and in conjunction with its sister organization, the UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY published the CONFEDERATE VETERAN which printed the "’correct ‘ view of the history of the War for future generations. This view centred around Robert E. Lee. The SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PAPERS continued to be published until 1914 and followed the same vein of Southern Glory and Legend. In 1918 the release of the movie BIRTH OF A NATION probably achieved ... a lot of years and can honestly say that in dozens of books and hundreds of references concerning the Civil War I have read, never have I come across a criticism of the character of Robert E. Lee. To have spent so much of his life and death in the spotlight and to seemingly have been liked by all, friend and foe, is possibly the most remarkable character reference I ...
- 380: Bird Imagery In The Awakening
- ... At the same time, she remains shut apart from society like the bird in the cage, and different ideas and feelings prevent her from communicating. The only person in society that begins to understand her, Robert, eventually decides that he must remain a member of society instead of staying with her. He says that "you [Edna] were not free; you were Leonce Pontellier's wife" and that "[Robert] was demented, dreaming of wild, impossible things...[such as] men who had set their wives free" (108). Robert does not want to do something wild and unacceptable to society. In a situation parallel to that of Edna's, the only bird that understands the parrot is the mockingbird (Reisz) that "[is] whistling ...
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