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- 23191: Gwendolyn Brooks
- Gwendolyn Brooks- A Critical Analysis of Her Work Gwendolyn Brooks is the female poet who has been most responsive to changes in the black community, particularly in the community’s vision of itself. The first African American to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize; she was considered one of America’s most distinguished poets well before the age of fifty. Known for her technical artistry, she has succeeded in forms as disparate as Italian terza rima and the blues. She has been praised for her wisdom ... affair” imply more formal situations, but yet are described as “casual.” This vague irony is further developed in the next two lines, Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, / Tin flatware. Chipware is Brooks’s own term, which originates from flatware. “Dinnerware” implies wealth and elegance, while chipware implies aged dishes used by the poor. Yet, chipware also calls up the dignity of dinnerware. The “plain and creaking wood” ...
- 23192: Animal Testing: Testing....1....2...3
- ... a routine brain transplant. They reinforce that very few die from the actual transplant. I become immediately relieved as a huge burden has been lifted off my shoulders. Animal testing is an issue in today's society that, whether anyone realizes it, does affect each of us. Such as transplants, vaccines, and medicine. Nearly each and every one of us today have received vaccine shots. We have all used medications. We ... pounds and shelters each year. These cats and dogs are put to their death for the lone reason that the pounds and shelters are overcrowded. Approximately 17-22 million animals are used in research laboratory's each year. That is just about 5 million more animals put to death in labs than are put to death in shelters. Maybe these animal rights activist should be protesting the pounds. Tested animals are ... have been impossible to acquire the important knowledge needed to prevent much suffering and premature death not only among humans, but also among animals." Experimentation on animals was essential to the development of Dr. Sabin's oral polio vaccine, which has virtually eradicated poliomyelitis in the Western Hemisphere, saved over 500,000 lives, and millions from the debilitating effects of polio. The transplantation of major organs, and many other surgical ...
- 23193: Students Rights in the Public School System
- ... and then she was searched. Why? In case she was hiding stolen money from the purse. That is just one example of how students rights are being violated, and here is another. In the case T.L.O. Vs NEW JERSEY a girl got cought smoking in the bathroom of her school. She was then taken to the office, and asked to open her purse and spill out the contence. What ... basis that the evidence found was obtained illegally becauce no search warrent was used. In 1985 the case got all the way to the supreme court. The court ruled that the fourth amendment rights didn't apply in the school, and school officialsstill have to have reasonable suspicion not probale cause. Another famous case is the case TINKER Vs DES MOINES where two students wanted to protest the war by wearing ... of yours is getting searched the best thing to do is to say in a loud clear voice that you dont want them to searech your things so that you can have witneses, but don't try to stop them. Most important of all don't put anything in your locker that you don't want anyone to see. I feel that students rights are being violated mare than people ...
- 23194: Shaft
- Shaft He's cool and tough. He's a black private dick that's a sex machine with all the chicks. He is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man. I'm talkin' about Shaft. Can you dig it? The man who became John ...
- 23195: Women In Math
- ... where in the past where it was rare to see a woman at all. If a woman was able withstand the pressure that was put on her it was more than likely that she wouldn't even be hired. Many organizations have been established to help young women to prosue carriers in either math, science and engineering. A few examples of these organizations are, AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics), WISE ... that they have no female role models to look up to or any famous females in that field to inspire them. Another is that they are often disgouraged by others, usually family members, “ Why don't you be like your mother and stay home and raise the children.” is a common line used. This is most likely because the parents don't want to see their daughter go out and fall flat on her face when she doesn't make it. There is little support from others if a woman wants to go into these fields. ...
- 23196: Piece of the Pie
- ... ultimately do not serve the purpose they are intended to have. For example, Northwestern University has an aspiring young actor named Darnell Autry who also happens to be the starting running back for the University's football team. Darnell was offered a role, based entirely on his acting abilities, in a major network's sitcom. The NCAA nearly forbid him from accepting this offer based on the regulations against athlete employment. Darnell was eventually allowed to accept the job, however, the NCAA did not allow him to get paid for his work. They reasoned that the cost of the flight out of Chicago was payment enough for Darnell. As in Darnell's case, the regulations cause more problems then they prevent. The prospect of the money waiting for many athletes, like Darnell, when they leave college, leads them to abandon their education and head straight for ...
- 23197: Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination
- ... that the book notes an unfriendly atmosphere between Richelieu and Olivares came after the War of Mantuan Succession. The two men blamed each other for the problems incurred as a result of the conflict. “Richelieu's journal for the early months of 1631 shows him receiving reports to the effect that Olivares held him responsible for all Spain's misfortunes and would shrink from no ‘crime or artiface' to destroy him” (114). The Cardinal did not think of Olivares very highly either, as it is said in the journal of a French courtier: “De Morgues, who knew Richelieu intimately, speaks of the Cardinal's hatred for the Count-Duke” (114). As the impending war loomed, Richelieu and Olivares sought allies to defend against each other. Richelieu found allies in Germany, Italy and even Protestant countries such as Sweden ...
- 23198: The Infinity Mirror
- ... all a part of what happens to others, based upon our nature. The image presented of Tularecito is that of a demon, an idiot savant, a boy with a gift from God, and that gift's cost. He is a freak, a dangerous misfit, an innocent who does not need the constraints of reality. Tularecito is a test. The test is one of moral caliber. It is a test of the ... act of church going becomes true belief as alcohol demons induce him to halucinate a deformed boy into an outcast from hell. He looks into his mirror and sees himself, becomes shaken, reforms. From Pancho's employer, Franklin Gomez, we get a cold hard look into society. We see a mother, knowing her son is to be hated and feared, and perhaps possibly killed, cannot face killing her son with her bare hands. She leaves the killing to exposure to the elements, enying herself a look into Tularecito. Franklin adopts Pancho's demon, and Tularecito transforms into a disadvantaged who has been gifted with talent. Tularecito becomes a man at the age of six, "The boy grew rapidly, but after the fifth year his brain did ...
- 23199: A Role of Ethics and Social Responsibilities in Management.
- ... management. Corporations have to maintain the same standards as an individual person and, in addition, corporations, as organizational units, have their own social responsibilities toward customers, employees and society. However, any business should keep it's original purpose of functioning - making profit. Balancing the traditional standards of profitability and burden of social responsibilities is not an easy task. In recent years it has been a trend of setting standards of corporate ... social responsibilities with the high degree of moral and sense of attainment. Unfortunately, cooperation of unethical behavior of a manager with a journalist may lead to an undesirable results. "Early in December 1995 , Smart Money's editor-at-large James J. Cramer wrote an article for his monthly column; Unconventional Wisdom, __________________________________________________________ ______________ Alhemoud, Ali "Management Ethics is Smart Business." Recommending four $2 to $6 "oprahn" stocks. Trading records show that at the at the peak, Cramer's firm had paper profits of more than $2 million on the stocks. The gain occurred because he had adopted at least three of the "oprhan" sometimes before writing the article. Cramers article said that ...
- 23200: Bengal Tigers
- ... cannot hunt normally. The destruction of their usual prey may also cause them to attack humans. As soon as the tiger spots prey, it begins a slow and silent approach. When it is near it's prey, it charges. It may jump onto the prey's back or pin it down with it's powerful claws. It usually kills the prey by biting it's throat or neck. It's strength is amazing: it can drag a prey weighing several hundred pounds as much as 1,500 feet ...
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