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- 1911: Autism 2
- ... themselves in a variety of ways, from mild to severe. Usually children with autism have deficiencies in both verbal and non-verbal communication. Their language develops slowly or not at all and they have very short attention spans. They often lack social skills and will spend time alone, rather than with others. In more severe cases, children have unusual reactions to physical sensations such as being overly sensitive to touch or ... and casein. This is possibly because the inability to adequately process these substances can result in disorders such as postpartum psychosis, schizophrenia, and autism (Reichelt & Landmark, 1994). When these processes are not properly metabolized a short chain of amino acids results. They may become active, and behaviors associated with autism result. A small portion of them will cross into the brain causing interference with the signals that account for normal activities ...
- 1912: The Civil War
- ... Another source of southern confidence was cotton. Secession leaders expected to exchange that staple for the foreign manufactured goods they needed. The South's most important advantage was that it had only to defend relatively short interior lines against invaders who had to deal with long lines of communication and to attack a broad front. The Confederacy also had no need to divert fighting men to tasks such as garrisoning captured cities and holding conquered territory. In a short war, numerical superiority would not have made much of a difference. As the war continued, however, numerical strength became a psychological as well as a physical weapon. During the closing years of the conflict, Union ...
- 1913: Domestic Violence
- ... drugs. Terry Julian, Oasis,( personal communication, March 15, 2000). Oasis provides for their clients a 24-hour crisis line for family violence and sexual assault. Shelter for abused women and their children. They provide only short term counseling for their clients. Oasis can refer the women to phsycologists but, they do not have recoveery counseling. They provide advocacy and companionship for victims needing assistance through medical examinations, law enforcement and court procedures. They provide information and referals and also educational programs to schools and the community. Oasis is a short-term assistance program only. If a woman and child were to come to them with only the clothes on their back?s, then Oasis would provide them with the basics. The shelter will feed them ...
- 1914: When Does Life Begin
- ... the consequences. I cannot think of any other adult situation that provides a way to erase it. Can you? Bibliography Work Cited Eggebroten, Anne, ed. Abortion: My Choice, God's Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories. Pasedena: Hope Publishing House, 1994. Hadley, Janet. Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity. Temple: Temple UP 1998. Irving, Dianne. When Do Human Beings Begin? American Bioethics Advisory Commission. 1999. (27 April 2000). Jasper, William F. The ... 1996. Schwarz, Stephen. Is Being in the Womb Being a Person? The Moral Question of Abortion. 1990. (23 April 2000). Work Cited Eggebroten, Anne, ed. Abortion: My Choice, God's Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories. Pasedena: Hope Publishing House, 1994. Hadley, Janet. Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity. Temple: Temple UP 1998. Irving, Dianne. When Do Human Beings Begin? American Bioethics Advisory Commission. 1999. (27 April 2000). Jasper, William F. The ...
- 1915: Terrorism
- ... his plan had been carried out correctly, he would have killed two hundred sixty students. Police found a note on his barn door that stated, "Criminals are made, not born." (Boulder News.com, collection of stories compiled on April 25, 1999) School attacks are not new. As long as we have those crazies out there, terrorism in the schools will be there. We don't know where or when it will ... smaller scale terrorism threats everyday. Thank you. Bibliography Baker, Donald P. " Blast at Alabama Abortion Clinic Kills Policeman, Injures Nurse" Washington Post.com 30 January, 1998 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/abortviolence/stories/atlanta2.htm Associated Press. "1927 school bombing killed nearly 40 children" 25 April, 1999 http://www.bouldernews.com/shooting/4251927.html Bartels, Lynn. "Harris, Klebold families grieve privately" Rock Mountain News.com 15 April, 2000 ...
- 1916: Shermans March
- ... just cause, and they did it very well, they still felt ashamed when people spread lies against them. In a diary entry Hitchcock tells about how he feels about this. Here as everywhere same terrible stories and lies have been spread about us killing everybody- burning all houses, including dwellings.(Hitchcock, 119) He said that this was not the case. That in one instance Capt. Coles orderly riding his house ... woman. Cole had it taken out- orderly kept some of the plates- and returned the rest to her, told her safe in her house. This shows that the soldiers cared about the people and the stories that the people spread about them were false. Sherman was able to laugh at the accusations with his soldiers. Hitchcock said that the, General laughed over a saying of old drakey Tennille, Dem Yanks some ...
- 1917: Porography
- ... they frequently have a need to call attention to themselves. 3.Any healthy woman can succesfully resist a rapist if she really wants to. 4.When women go aroud braless.or wearing tight tops and short skirts,they are just asking for trouble. 5.In the majority or rapes, the victim is promiscuous or has a bad reputation. 6.If a girl engages in necking or petting and she lets things ... of attractive women in pornographic material lends to a view of women being desirable, she inadvertently excludes women that don't fit society's mold of the model physical female, (i.e. overweight,small breasted short etc...).Most of the arguments similar to White's follow the same ligne of reasoning, and are easily broken down in the same manners as hers. In regards to pornography perpetuating violent acts towards women ...
- 1918: Pornography
- ... rape is that they frequently have a need to call attention to themselves. 3. Any healthy woman can successfully resist a rapist if she really wants to. 4. When women go around braless or wearing short skirts and tight tops, they are just asking for trouble. 5. In the majority or rapes, the victim is promiscuous or has a bad reputation. 6. If a girl engages in necking or petting and ... of attractive women in pornographic material lends to a view of women being desirable, she inadvertently excludes women that don't fit society's mold of the model physical female, (i.e. overweight, small breasted, short, etc.). Most of the arguments similar to White's follow the same line of reasoning, and are easily broken down in the same manner as hers. In regards to pornography perpetuating violent acts toward women ...
- 1919: Affirmative Action
- ... that, people say affirmative action is ok because it cures past discrimination (Keyes 1996). George DeWit spoke of this on the topic and said "Discrimination wasn't ok when blacks were the ones getting the short end of the stick. Therefore it's not ok when whites are discriminated against."(1997) Two wrongs don't make a right. Therefore, Affirmative action doesn't make discrimination ok just because it's against ... standards for everyone. Since nobody would do that we should raise the standard for minorities. In addition, if affirmative action gets its way, it will do more harm than good. Affirmative action will only work short term because if you hire a minority that's under qualified they'll eventually get fired. Also, you can only hire so many people, eventually you'll get too much under qualified people working for ...
- 1920: An Analysis Of Political Eliti
- ... in America - leaders in government, industry, education, and civic affairs; the well-educated, prestigiously employed, and politically active - give greater support to basic democratic values and "rules of the game" than do the masses. In short, it is the common individual and not the elite who is most likely to be swayed by anti-democratic ideology; and it is the elite and not the common individual who is the chief guardian ... politics, not out of modesty, heaven forbid, but so as not to have too much invested in case something or someone whom they incausiously endorsed earlier turns out not quite as expected." (Bain, 1994). In short the media will never be the "bad guy". They are a kind of "indestructible elite", in which they can both shape public opinion and make or break a politicians career. However, who controls the media ...
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