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- 27041: St. Louis Communities
- ... western part of St. Louis County, this number is most likely to double. Many areas of the city were originally established by separate ethnic groups while most others were developed by social groups. You don t have to be a genius to realize the area known as "Dutchtown" was established by German immigrants. However, it may not be so easy to identify areas such as "Dogtown" or "The Hill" as the ... bought up blocks and blocks of dilapidated and deserted homes. The university has expanded their beautiful new campus almost double the size from just five years ago. Another type of business in St. Louis that s making a comeback is nightlife. The Washington Loft district, while renting loft apartments faster than they can be built, seems to build night clubs directly below them just as quickly. As stated before, Soulard has ...
- 27042: Stone Angel
- ... great deal of initiative due to the fact that many people dream of owning their own business, having freedom, and being sucsessful. But this is only a dream for many people because these people don't take the initiative or the risk it takes to own thier own business. Another example of this is , " Bill Gates." There are many different definitions to , "success," one may judge succsess on how much money make. This man in my mind is a, "geek." But a sucsessful one when it comes to money. With out his know how, and initiative he wouldn't be as sucsessful as he is today. He took the his idea of starting his own company including the risks that came along with his proposition, and is now a billionaire. As the naked eye ... an example, I belive I posess this quality. I am currently in grade 12 and need to find a carrer path soon. I find my self looking at one main carrer, but if that dosen't come through for me, I have many fall back positions. This display of flexibility is crucial when tring to make your self a, "self made person." There are many , " self made people," in this ...
- 27043: Garrett Hardin in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor"
- ... mad that the poor Americans do not take advantages of some of the opportunities available for them. The middle class people sometimes work two or three jobs to pay for their own or their children's college education. The government should use the money they are sending to other countries to help the taxpayers. In my family we have just enough money to get by. I do not see the government ... the money. The only reason the government does not have the money is because they are giving it to other countries. I am tired of the immigrants coming into this country. Hardin says "But aren't we all immigrants, or the descendants of immigrants?"(page 764). Well yes, I am a descendant of immigrants and I understand that. Nevertheless, what gives the immigrants the right to come in my boat and ...
- 27044: To What Extent Do Cabinets Play A Role In The Political Executive?
- ... without a cabinet is likely to be made up of opposing bureaucratic empires aiming on increasing their own wealth, this happened in the Hitler state of Nazi Germany. In presidential systems such as the USA’s, the cabinet acts as device for policy advice as opposed to policy formulation. In the second part of the twentieth century, the American executive has increased in size though not at a cabinet level, there ... by a vote of ‘constructive no confidence’. As a result Bundestag can only deposit a government by giving it to an alternative one, unlike Britain where the withdrawal of proponents would mean this. Margaret Thatcher’s resignation in 1990 and Bob Hawke’s loss of leadership, (the Australian prime minister), are brilliant remainders that the chief executives cannot survive without sanction from cabinet.
- 27045: The Cause For The Great Migrations
- ... took was that of many raids. Their great chief Attila established his horde on the plain of the Danube and from there he led the Huns on raids into both Gaul and Italy. With Attila’s death in 453, the Hunnic empire disintegrated, but the Huns had already given impetus to the great movement of peoples that marks the beginning of the middle ages. The beginning of the Middle Ages would ... practices influenced the development of medieval law and government. Culturally the Germans had little use of writing their literature was preserved by oral transmission. They favored poetry and the earliest surviving examples of poetry wasn’t written down until the ninth century, but they still provide an authentic reflection of German culture, testifying to a violent age. Germanic religion displayed an abiding sense of pessimism. The Germans saw nature as a ...
- 27046: AIDS
- AIDS AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a deadly disease for which there is no cure. This disease was first recognized in the mid 1980's. The cause of AIDS is the HIV virus, and is most commonly spread by venereal routes or exposure to contaminated blood or blood products. This disease weakens the body's immune system, allowing other diseases to occur. The most common treatments available for this virus are the drugs called AZT, DDI, and DDC which interfere with HIV'S ability to reproduce itself. These are the only known ways to slow down the production of the virus. This virus is spread through the exchange of body fluids {semen, blood, and blood products} this ...
- 27047: Marbury vs. Madison (1803)
- ... it is to violate the law. The ansewer to the first question wasyes.The Anglo-American legal system is premissed on the assumption that people have legal recourse when subjected to an injury.The U.S. government is one "of laws, and not of men." This implies that there is a legal remedy for violation of a protected right. The courts opinion of this was that Marbury has the right to ... the Courts to see that his commission is delivered.the next part of the trial of the court was to find a remedy for there decision.The decisoin they reached was that the Court can't force Madison to deliver the commission to Marbury because the law authorizing them to do so violates the Constitution. See being me i really dont understand what this means but basiclly he was askin for ...
- 27048: English in the 21st Century
- ... most industrialized countries speak English as their second language. Within a hundred years, all the countries will know English. The reasons I think that the English language will be so dominating is because of America’s powerful military, its advanced technology, its strong economy, and its entertainment. Powerful military America is the last great superpower since the Soviet Union fell. The United States is the lead country in the North American ... other countries respect us and our high-tech weapons. Advanced technology America developed the first computers. Now we have the Internet and e-mail. Both have influenced the technology level of the other countries. America’s advanced technology has allowed the military to be ahead of other nations with their weapons. Both our ally and rival countries want our weapons and jets to make themselves more powerful. Strong economy Other countries ... a Japanese bank went bankrupt and needs our support to help rebuild the city). Most regions in the world have been experiencing financial problems for several months (Russia, Korea, Japan, Mexico, etc.) and the U.S. economy held strong. Entertainment Almost everything you see on European television is an American television show that has been dubbed into the local language. On German radio stations, you hardly ever hear a German ...
- 27049: Alcoholism
- Alcoholism Alcoholism refers the drinking of alcohol to such a degree that major aspects of one's life are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known physical, psychological and social symptoms. An alcoholic continues to ... but is most widespread in France, Ireland, Poland, Scandinavia, Russia and the United States. Some common symptoms of alcoholism in the early stages are constant drinking for relief of personal problems, an increase in one's tolerance for alcohol, memory lapses or blackouts while drinking, and an urgent craving for alcohol. In the middle and late phases, dependence on alcohol causes tremors and agitation only relievable by alcohol. Most likely, a ... one can make an alcoholic commit himself to recovery. Some therapists suggest, however, that family members may influence the alcoholics by not supporting drinking activities, by seeking therapy for themselves, and not joining the alcoholic's denial of the problem. The involvement of family members can aid the progress of recovery. I feel that alcoholism is a major problem. It can cause the break up of families and marriages. It ...
- 27050: Law Schools
- ... attain its position of great and rapidly increasing significance for the development of legal instruction till 1830 (Gillers 20). In the beginning, the older American law schools were referred to as lecture schools. The Blackstone s Commentaries , which were used for instruction earlier, formed the sole basis of work for these lecture schools. Through the lecture method a new style of teaching came about. It was called the text-book method ... and text-book method- were always present in newer schools and very effective. Even today in the United States these methods are used with a lot of improvements and added detail. During the early 1870 s a man by the name of Christopher Columbus Langdell created a new method of instruction for English law. Langdell was a New York city lawyer, he was appointed dean of Harvard law school in 1875 ... seemed to hold out any reasonable prospect of success; and that was, to make a series of cases, carefully selected from the books of reports, the subject alike of study and instruction (Janosik 85). Langdell s new methods consisted in his desire to see the whole study of law built exclusively and directly upon the study of the separate cases. His purpose was that the doctrines and principles which make ...
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