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- 27971: Affirmitive Action
- ... racism and sexism in standards by advocates of AA. Ernest Van Den Haag put it best, when he declares that. " Affirmative action has done as much injury to black scholars as to black students." Isn't it time to return to hiring people on individual merit, and return the millions spent on Affirmative action. That money could be better spent on bringing minority and female applicants up to standards. I believe ... racism and sexism in standards by advocates of AA. Ernest Van Den Haag put it best, when he declares that. " Affirmative action has done as much injury to black scholars as to black students." Isn't it time to return to hiring people on individual merit, and return the millions spent on Affirmative action. That money could be better spent on bringing minority and female applicants up to standards. I believe ...
- 27972: Marie Curie
- ... found the Radium Institute in Paris and directed it. But after she died the institute was renamed the Curie Institute in her honor. She was a very important woman who changed the attitude towards women's roles in society. She also gave her life to the very thing she loved. She gave us knowledge that we take for granted and a new look at people's importance in the world. Bibliography 1.(book) Biography of Physics, George Gamow. Harper & Row. 1961. 2.(website) , WIP, 1998 3.(website) , University of Virginia, 1998
- 27973: Computer Technology
- ... in the long run since its going to be the number one thing in use. Economic studies project that computer equipment will represent about one- fifth of all capital expenditures by business in the 1990’s. Hundreds of thousands of people will be needed to manufacture, operate, program and manage new equipment. The most sought after computer specialists will probably be system analyst, programmers and operators. Computer security specialists will be ... reasonable to expect this means of communication to develop. At this rate in the future computers will be used for doing just about everything. Currently, historians reconstruct ancient civilizations by using models and mannequins. Tomorrow’s computers will be increasingly powerful. Computer researchers continue to seek ways to develop faster and more powerful machines and software. Must software research focuses on the further development of artificial intelligence which is intended to ...
- 27974: The Dangers of Smoking
- ... mothers. Three studies published in 1981 have suggested that nonsmoking wives of smoking husbands experience an increased risk of lung cancer, and other studies have found increased illness in nonsmoking children of smoking parents. It's estimated that from 37,000 to 40,000 people die from heart and blood vessel disease caused by other people's smoke each year. Underage smoking has also become a major problem recently. The Federal Office on Smoking and Health estimates that 3,000 young people begin smoking every day. The Department of Health and Human ...
- 27975: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... he became a chorister at Luneburg and at 19 organist at Arnstadt. Subsequent appointments included positions at the courts of Weimar and Anhalt-Kother, and finally in 1723, that of musical director at St Thomas's choir school in Leipzig, where, apart from his brief visit to the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia in 1747, he remained there until his death. Bach married twice and had 21 children, ten ... the two great Passions of St Mathew and St John, and the Mass in B minor. Orchestral music includes his six Brandenburg Concertos, other concertos for clavier and for violin, and four orchestral suites. Bach's keyboard music for clavier and for organ is of equal importance and includes the collection of 48 preludes and fugures known as THE WELL- TEMPERED CLAVIER, the GOLDBERG VARIATIONS, and the FRENCH and ENGLISH SUITES ...
- 27976: Tennessee Williams' Characters: Escape
- ... on the other hand, relies on self-denial to justify his concerns and feelings of insecurity. By making himself believe that he is a righteous male, he convinces himself that his needs supersede his family’s. Claiming to be an artist of emotions, he projects to the audience a facade of control and masculinity. His biggest dreams flash before his eyes on a screen in a darkened room; yet, in that ... relief. Stuck in a warehouse job, he uses his past to spur on future success. Believing he will better himself, he takes classes in speaking, hoping to recapture his good old high school days. Laura’s admiration fuels his need, and he fails to realize what he done to the fragile girl.
- 27977: The Glass Menagerie 2
- ... whether one has the right to be happy by giving up important responsibilities. Tom Wingfield is a character in the play that must face this moral dilemma. He is being driven crazy by his mother's constant nagging and dissatisfaction with his every action. However, he feels it is his duty to provide for his mother and sister, while at the same time is giving up his aspirations and dreams. His ... more important than responsibility. An unhappy person that spends their entire life being burdened by the responsibility of another person might as well be a slave. In the case of Tom Wingfield, leaving his family's home in search of happiness was an appropriate and understandable action. This is because his mother was so unrealistic in her expectations of him as well as extremely critical that it was self-destructive for ...
- 27978: Group Polarization And Competi
- ... this case) government policy is created and implemented, not with regard to its effectiveness as government policy, but only with regard to its value as a tool for accumulating and maintaining power. Another of Kipnis's negative effects of power is the tendency to use it for selfish purposes (p.433). In politics this can be seen as the predilection towards making statements for short term political gain that are either ... prime example of both polarization and pandering in the competitive pursuit of power. Accordingly, I will try to hold my political biases in check. In any case, selfish, power seeking behavior is reflected in Wilson's recently abandoned campaign for President. Although he consistently ruled out running for President during his second gubernatorial campaign, immediately after he was re-elected he announced that he was forming a committee to explore the ...
- 27979: Technology The End Of Mankind
- ... This is the virus that is going to cause every computer in operation to go haywire when the year 2000 comes around. Some of the things will be effected by this are personal computers, ATM’s, air traffic control and street and traffic lights. Even if none of these theories pan out, the hype alone that is being created by the media is predicted to cause enough chaos and pandemonium by ... technology is not controlled or slowed down, the end of mankind will come sooner than expected. Time is of the essence and something must be done soon. With each passing day the effects of man’s “intelligence” are becoming more apparent. In conclusion, there is good reason to worry that future generations will inherit a world of pure chaos and destruction if, in fact, they inherit any world at all.
- 27980: Biography Of John Steinbeck
- By: ian E-mail: evarglum@aol.com Biography of John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was born in 1902, in California's Salinas Valley, a region that would eventually serve as the setting for Of Mice and Men as well as many of his other works. He studied literature and writing at Stanford University, but disenrolled in ... Steinbeck wrote Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team; he published a nonfiction account of his travels through America with his dog, Charley; East of Eden, published in1952, is a saga based on Steinbeck's family history. Steinbeck spent the last years of his life in New York City and Sag Harbor, writing and traveling with his third wife. He won the Nobel Prize in 1962 and died in 1968 ...
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