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- 24231: Concerns Facing the United States in the 1990s: Crime, Education, and Employment
- Concerns Facing the United States in the 1990s: Crime, Education, and Employment A variety of concerns face the United States in the 1990's. Among these concerns are crime, education, and employment. But fortunately our government and several organizations have attempted to deal with these problems to help our world become a better place. Crime has been a big concern of the American public in the 1990's. In many poles it was found to be that Americans thought that crime was the number one problem facing the U.S. today. Robberies, manslaughter and rape are just a few of the things that have become major problems in this decade. We also face the problem of jails being overrun with convicts and such, and ...
- 24232: Our Prison System Sucks
- Our Prison System Sucks Good afternoon ****** and fellow class mates. To many of you, the word prison might frighten you. To some, you welcome the idea of prison. To others, well, you just don't care. Well I am for the idea of prison, but I don't support the way our prisons in north america are being run. These people deserved to be punished! I don't want them to waste our money, get "paid" for television interviews, book rights and all the other goodies that come from doing a crime. And then slapped on the hand saying: "You be a ...
- 24233: Stonehenge
- ... even prevented from walking between the stones for fear that the millions of footsteps every year might make the stones unstable. IV. The twelfth-century English writer and historian, Geoffrey of Monmouth, first recorded Merlin's building of Stonehenge in his famous book History of the Kings of Britain. Geoffrey claimed that his book was a translation of "a certain very ancient book written in the British language." However, no other ... ditch. The Aubrey Holes were dug and the Heel Stone was in place. There may have been a wooden structure in the middle. Just within the bank was a circle of 56 holes, named "Aubrey's Holes" after their discoverer. Some of these were used for burials. The four Stones of the Seasons, placed according to the position of the sun at the dawn of the summer solstice, were in the ... Fred Holye, professor of astronomy at Cambridge University, made his analysis of the astronomical use of Stonehenge after examining Hawkins sight lines. Hoyle agreed that Stonehenge was an astronomical sight; however, he disagreed with Hawkin's ideas about the standing stones of Stonehenge III. Hoyle believed that while these builders had great skill, they did not have the astronomical skill to construct such a complicated celestial calendar. Stonehenge can be ...
- 24234: African Reaction
- ... someone to rally behind and to make the initiative for them. This can be compared to what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for the African Americans during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. In both cases, they trusted their leaders to make the right decisions for them and they wholeheartedly followed them. Chapter 16 In the Bambatha Rebellion, the white dominators felt the heat of a rebellion and ... Rebellion could have been a huge success for the black community but with out the full support of the blacks, it was short lived. In the Fog of the Seasons End In Alex La Guma’s story, the reader sees something that is appalling and has become one of the major atrocities of the world; apartheid. The way that people expected treatment like that is unbelievable and horrifying. The people of ... the native South Africans. Once it has been etched in to the minds of one generation that they are unequal, it is passed down to the next. The same is true on the other side’s view. If a white child is raised in the atmosphere that it is acceptable to oppress a race of people, they continue on with the tradition. The ideals of one generation are easily passed ...
- 24235: Rocking Horse Winner
- ... Gullivers Travels and Robinson Crusoe are portrayed as resembling trained soldiers, being capable of clear thought during tense and troubled times. This quality possessed within Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver is a result of the author's background and knowledge. Daniel Defoe was knowledgeable and proficient in seamanship, he understood the workings of a ship and the skills required for its operation. Daniel Defoe, an intelligent man who is knowledgeable in self ... afraid has allowed Robinson Crusoe to fill his desire for company by allowing God into his life through his nightly readings of the Bible. Defoe is a strong believer in God. He believes that God's providence shapes the lives of all men and that any unusual circumstances or misfortunes that occur happen because that is the way God wanted it. The psychological condition of Robinson Crusoe was not totally imagined ... not seriously consider killing his enemy, but rather flees. Gulliver has won the confidence of the reader as being trustworthy, a man of integrity, uprightness, sound judgement, and humanity. The shift in surroundings allows Gulliver's mental state to change form one extreme another which begins in Brodingnagian where he is subjected to constant humiliations in the land of the giants and develops defenses for his self-esteem. He boasts ...
- 24236: WoodStock Music Festival
- WoodStock Music Festival WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with ... by some to mark a high point in the American counterculture History WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with ... by some to mark a high point in the American counterculture History WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented ...
- 24237: Song Review: “Iris”
- ... Review: “Iris” There are many love songs on the radio. Some sing of falling happily in love, some are written to be romantic. Then there are the ones of tragic love, ones where there isn’t a happy ending. “Iris” is one of those tragically romantic love songs. A person experiences the most wonderful feeling, which is love. At the same time, they experience the most tragic feeling, loss. To me ... for. When he is with the girl, she has his undivided attention. “All I could taste is this moment,” this line is saying that he lives for the moments he is with her. He doesn’t think about the past or future, just the present time he spends with her. I’m convinced that this guy is really in love with her. This song is so moving it makes you believe that this really is in love with the girl. With this love, there is tragedy. “And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming, or the moment of truth in your lies.” This line is the saddest part of the whole song. The reality of the two not being able to ...
- 24238: Slavery
- ... slavery had been brought over to America by the ideals of British Mercantilism which called for strict regulation of the state and its people for the good of the national economy. In the early 1700’s, Frenchman Colbert stated that, "no commerce in the world produces as many advantages as that of the slave trade"(Williams, 144). The inhumane practice of slavery began in the American colonies in 1619. Although Africans ... of succession from the Union. Southern politicians and plantation owners knew their prosperity was in the hands of slaves and that the economics of the South depended on the production of the slaves. The Mississippi's secession convention stated: Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery... A blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization... There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates ... were ‘not so skilful, so energetic, and above all, have not the stimulus of self-interest’” (160). Clay continued to assert that slaves consume more and produce less than free men. Two proponents of Clay’s theory were Hinton Rowan Helper and Frederick Law Olmstead who appeared to produce evidence in the 1850 census that supported the claims of Clay. To prove his point, Hinton Helper compared the growth of ...
- 24239: George III
- King George III (known as the king who lost America), was born in 1738. King George III's father, the Prince of Wales died when he was young. When George III was 22, in 1760, his grandfather, George II, died. On September 8th, 1761 he married Princess Charlotte Sophia from Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in ... many commodity items including tea resulting in the infamous Boston Tea Party. King George was eventually humbled as the American colonies successfully became the United States Of America. Other colonies began to rebel after America's success and King George remained embroiled in one conflict or another for many years. George III inherited more than just the throne. He also had the royal hereditary disease porphyria which had afflicted Mary Queen ... urine and paralysis in the arms and legs. The interruption of nerve impulses to the brain causes the development of psychiatric symptoms. Finally, epileptic convulsions occur and the patient sinks into a coma. George III's first attack occurred in 1765, four years after his marriage to Queen Charlotte. From 1811 to the time of his death in 1820 he became progressively insane and blind. He spent his time in ...
- 24240: The Ideals of Instrumental Music
- ... of Mozart, Haydn, and Bach! The diffused scenic effects in the music of such composers as Mendelssohn and Schumann seem pale when compared to the feverish, and detailed drama that constitutes the story of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique (1830). Because his imagination always seemed to run in parallel literary and musical channels, Berlioz once subtitled his work "Episode in the life of an artist", and provided a program for it which ... sense alone." The principle formal departure in the symphony is the recurrence of the opening theme of the first Allegro, the idee fixe. This, according to the program, is the obsessive image of the hero's beloved, that recurs in the other movements. To mention another example: in the coda of the Adagio there is a passage for solo English horn and four Tympani intended to suggest "distant thunder". The foremost ... of the work. Les Preludes, the only one that is still played much today, is well designed, melodious, and efficiently scored. However, its idiom causes it to be rhetorical in a sense. It forces today's listeners to here lavishly excessive emotion on ideas that do not seem sufficiently important for such a display of feeling. Liszt's two symphonies were as programmatic as his symphonic poems. His masterpiece, the ...
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