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- 27541: The Red Badge Of Courage Liter
- ... to leave to war. He has fabulous ideas concocted in his mind about victory and heroism. The Youth soon finds that victory and heroism are a small part in the splendor of war. The Youth's mind soon becomes burdened with thoughts of death and running away from battle. Sure enough, in the midst of battle, the Youth flees the battlefield. The Youth must learn to deal with the shame he ... his life. At times I would find myself thinking, "I've thought that too!" For example on page 127, the Youth announces that his life should be lived to his expectations and not everyone else's. I strongly agree with him on that idea. When the Youth was involved in hard situations, I pondered on what I would do and what decisions I would make. To illustrate, on page 80, when ...
- 27542: Is Psychology a Science?
- ... how new behaviors are learned and maintained. Clinical psychologists study ways to help individuals and groups of individuals change their behavior. Industrial and organizational psychologists are concerned with the physical and social aspects of people's work environments as they affect work output. Community psychologists use scientific methods to study and solve social problems. As Western describes, the psychological paradigm is a collection of assumptions used to make sense of a ... psychology itself. Psychology lacks one unified paradigm but has four perspectives that search for its understanding; The pyschodynamic perspective believes that behavior is a result of unconscious processes, personal motivation and early childhood experiences. It's most famous advocate was Sigmund Freud. Its method of data collection rely heavily on interpreting discussion, dreams and fantasies, actions, case studies and a limited amount of experimentation. The behaviorist perspective believes that behavior is ...
- 27543: 20,000 Leagues
- ... the three friends narrowly escape that Nautilus. This all occurs during the maelstrom, which is a deadly storm, which makes the escape so daring. At the end, the three friends end up in a fishermans shack, not knowing how they arrived, for they were knocked unconscious. That is how the events in the story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea took place. The main character in this book was an ... the majority of the book, the characters were in a highly advanced submarine ship called the Nautilus. This Nautilus would not be very advanced now, however, I suppose it would have been in the 1800s, when the story took place. It was shaped like a fish, or rather a large whale, and powered entirely by electricity. The submarine stored its air supply in huge reservoirs inside the ship, and could ...
- 27544: Immigrants Coming Over To America
- ... in the Union army. Congress later passed a law stating that chaplains had to be "ministers of some religious denomination," which included Christian ministers and Jewish rabbis. Then, more trouble came for the Jews. Ulysees S. Grant ordered that all Jews in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee were to be removed. Fortunately, Lincoln cancelled the order as soon as he found out. Later, between 1880 and 1925, many Jews came ... laws which discriminated against Jews. In Russia, a czar had been assassinated, and Jews were blamed out of fear of a revolution. This caused a flood of immigrants into the United States. Most of America's famous people are descended from immigrants if they are not immigrants themselves. People, like Albert Einstein, a famous physicist, and Henry Kissinger, who was Secretary of State, and helped to open up negotiations with China ...
- 27545: The Real Threat of Nuclear Smuggling
- ... March 1993, according to a report from Istanbul, six kilograms of enriched uranium entered Turkey through the Aralik border gate in Kars Province. Although confirmation of neither the incident nor the degree of the uranium's enrichment was forthcoming, It raised fears that Chechen "Mafia" groups had obtained access to enriched uranium in Kazakhastan. So what should we do about this? Some suggest that systematic multinational measures be taken as soon as possible to inhibit theft at the source, to disrupt trafficking, and to deter buyers. The U.S., Germany, Russia and other nations with an interest in the nuclear problem should set up a "flying squad" with an investigative arm, facilities for counterterrorist and counterextortion actions and a disaster management team. Even though ...
- 27546: Summary of: Mad About You
- ... you ever been involved in a committed sexual relationship before?" The students answered this question and the data was taken. In the male category, there was a significant difference. In the female category, there wasn't a significant difference. The men still felt sexual jealousy, but more after experiencing a committed relationship. The women still felt emotional jealousy when presented with the two scenarios with or without experiencing a committed relationship. Culture may be more of a reason for these findings, than biology. Although it wasn't regarded in this particular study, the same data was found in other cross cultural studies, which relates it to biology and the theory of evolution. This study is externally valid because it applies to the ...
- 27547: Rosa Parks
- ... Freedom, for young people age 11-18. Children in the program travel across the country tracing the Underground Railroad, visiting the scenes of critical events in the civil rights movement and learning aspects of America's history. Among her accomplishments include NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. She truly is a great role model for todays African Americans.
- 27548: Social Security
- ... to live by no other means except social security. The reality is, that the program is but one benefit, one addition, and one financial supplement. Its intent is to be combined with other savings, IRA's, retirement funds and the like. Many senior citizens retire not fully realizing this and consequently, they are forced to seek part-time employment to supplement their income. This defeats the purpose of retirement all together ... go to survivors: to widows or widowers and to children until they reach a specific age, usually 18. Should a worker become disabled, income maintenance is provided. Temporary injury, however, is usually covered by workmen's compensation programs. In the United States social security is a contributory system. Workers and their employers both make contributions in the form of payroll taxes. A few countries maintain universal pension plans paid from general ...
- 27549: Autumn A Magnificent End
- ... it will return again in the spring. Like life, people spend most of it living and taking in all of the wonderful experiences that they encounter along the way. In the end, when a person's life cycle is over and it is his time to go, his death is a magnificent event because for all he has lived he is allowed to leave with pride, honor, and the promise that ... loved ones as a sorrowful event, which brings them much grief. Death should be perceived as a blessing for he that has passed on because in death it brings eternal happiness, and when each person's time is up also, they will get to enjoy the same pleasure too.
- 27550: Cuban Revolution
- ... that rebelled. Having little to lose they could fight on home turf and soon, much to there delight had help from the United States. While in port in Havana on February 15, 1898 the U.S. Battleship Maine was sunk by a large explosion. The Americans declared war on Spain immediately, attacking all Spanish naval vessels in the area, marking the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Finally on July 18, 1898, George Dewey, a U.S. naval officer commanded the fleet that destroyed Spanish vessels in Manila. Upon being defeated once again, Spain surrendered, giving up Cuba and the Philippines as free countries. Therefore with the help of the United States ...
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