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- 9251: Richard M. Nixon
- Early Life Richard Milhous Nixon grew up in Yorba, California the son of Quakers Frank and Hannah Nixon. During Nixon’s childhood in Yorba, the family was always on the edge of poverty. The lemon grove was unfruitful, and there was little money for anything beyond food and clothing for the growing family. The Nixons never ate in a restaurant or took even a brief vacation. Nixon’s early life was one of boyish stubbornness. He swam in the dangerous Anaheim Canal in spite of repeated warnings from his father, and he insisted upon standing up to ride in the family wagon, although ... Education Nixon graduated form high school in 1930. He possessed extraordinary intelligence and ambition, but his ambitious nature received a serious setback that year. He graduated first in his class and won his high school’s Harvard Club award as "best all-around student." The award was a scholarship to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, he seemed likely to win a scholarship to Yale University in New Haven, ...
- 9252: Rosa Parks
- ... She refused to give her seat to a white man and was arrested for not doing so. The reasons and consequences and the significance of her stand are comparable in many ways to Atticus Finch's stand in To Kill A Mockingbird. Rosa Parks worked for the equality of all people. She was elected secretary of the Montgomery branch of the National Advancement of Colored People, unsuccessfully attempted to vote many ... more empty seats. This is exactly what happened on December 1, 1955. On her way home from work, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man and was shortly arrested (National Women's Hall of Fame1). Even though she knew what the consequences were for refusing to leave her seat, she decided to take a stand against a wrong that was the norm in society. She knew that she would be arrested, yet she decided that she would try to make a change. Although her arrest would seem like she lost her battle, what followed would be her victory. Rosa Parks's stand was so significant that she is called the mother of the civil rights movement (National Women's Hall of Fame1). Her arrest served as a catalyst for a massive boycott for public busses. ...
- 9253: Abortion and the Mentally Handicapped
- ... amount of responsibility and work that goes along with having children. We understand your desire to continue the pregnancy, and to keep the child, but due to your legal status, mental health, and the baby's well being, the decision to terminate the pregnancy has been reached and voted for unanimously. Your mother has proper legal custody, and as you know, wants the abortion to take place. We agree with her ... able to provide for the child, because you have no annual income. We feel that the child will not have equal opportunities to have positive growth and development because of this. Living in Community Hospital's long term care unit does not provide a heathy environment for the baby to live in. The baby will have little opportunity to go outside, be with peers, and have friends. A baby needs a ... being, but once you actually give birth to this child, your feelings may change. The could cause serious emotional trauma on you, your mother, and in the long run will hurt your child. Orphanages aren't the best environment for a child to grow up in. If you did put your child up for adoption, the likelihood that someone will want to adopt a mental patient's child is low, ...
- 9254: Christamas
- ... a very busy time, especially because all people have to buy gifts to each other. This is a rather new idea when we look at history, to give each other presents at Christmas. But it's nice. The question is if the gifts are taking over and dominating the whole celebration? The only thing children of today associate with Christmas is all the gifts. 50 years ago, children associated to go ... a religious celebration: "But just look at the churches at Christmas Eve! Never are the churches more crowded with people than at just Christmas Eve." I agree to that statement to a certain point. It's nothing to say against that the churhces are filled with people, but the point is that most people don't go to church at Christmas Eve because they want to celebrate Christmas religously. They just go there to recieve the right atmosphere, and because it is a tradition. In addition, Christmas is the only ...
- 9255: J. Edgar Hoover
- ... Hoover, I would be able to find tremedous amounts of information on the author of this biography. It is a good thing, for the United States government, I am not. The author of J. Edgar’s biography is extremely hard to find information on. I even asked the library assistants for help and asking for help is something I do not usually partake in. I did however find some information on ... do not believe the man had any relation to the subject at all before he wrote the book, however, he did do a lot of research to enhance the book with numerous facts. The book’s organization is something of fascination. The begining of the book has J. Edgar found dead in his bedroom. I found that completely interesting. It then follows throughout the next couple of days and how his ... ends with the burial of the man who greatly influenced American politics, whether for better or worse. From this point on, the book goes right in order starting from the earliest part of J. Edgar’s career in the Justice Department all the way up until the final days he was running the feared FBI. In a way the life of J Edgar Hoover is very similar to society as ...
- 9256: The Catcher in the Rye: A Bridge from Innocence to Adulthood
- ... the whole story, the narrator, Holden tries to act both the boy and thw man but cannot. He tries in vain to get a grip on the adult world, but never is quite successful. Holden's first attempt at adulthood is exemplified when he leaves his school without permission from his parents or the school. This act in itself sets the stage for his trial and error attitude about adulthood in the sense he failed out of school, which was a childish act. He tries to rectify his failing out of school by leaving, which he views as an adult act. Holden's leaving school represents his need for independence and he achieves this by leaving. Another of Holden's failed attempts at adulthood is when he goes down to he hotels club where he orders an alcoholic drink, but he is refused because the waiter will not serve him because he is underage. ...
- 9257: Abortion - Pro-Choice Views
- ... that a terrible waste of human life. True, 22 million lives were taken, but I believe that we are better off without those. Please let me explain in the following report. What is abortion? Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of a nonviable fetus." Abortion might possibly be the most controversial topic right now. I'm sure by now that you've heard of all the different types of ... pro-lifers are entitled to voicing their opinion (just as I am), but I feel that some of their methods (as illustrated in the next section) are very unorthodox. Pro-life?! Some pro-lifers don't seem to be for "the preservation of human life." The tables on page 7 clearly illustrate how often pro-lifers contradict their "pro-life" ideals by resorting to violent and disruptive acts to try to ... Silent Scream, the number of abortions in the US per day was quoted at 4,000! The pro-life point about having the baby and putting it up for adoption is very unrealistic. I haven't heard any other pro-life options besides adoption. I guess their most obvious (and equally unrealistic) suggestion would be to have the baby and deal with it. But what if the mother can't ...
- 9258: Cold Blood: Myrt
- ... Myrt was the town instigator. When given the news about the death of the Clutter family Myrt Clare started to ramble about Herb Clutter. How Mr. Clutter “spent his whole life in a hurry rushing t get mail without waiting a minute to say good morning and thank you dog, rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off, joining clubs, running everything, getting jobs maybe other people wanted. And now look it’s all caught up with him. Well he won’t be rushing anymore” This statement said by Myrt makes it seem she is jealous and sorry for Mr. Clutter. Mr. Clutter was a well known man. He had a lot going for him, he ...
- 9259: The Twelve Angry Men
- 12 Angry Men A nineteen-year-old boy has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the twelve jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes ... whether a young man accused of homicide is innocent or guilty. For several of them, thoughtful discourse is unfamiliar and the jurors find their greatest challenge in confronting each other. But, by this single man s reasonable hesitation to condemn a man for life imprisonment, caused the rest of the jurors to betray their own prejudices and re-examine the facts in this thoughtful drama. Jury panels are generally supposed to ... perspective on the facts of this trial. For example, the only purpose of the character played by Tony Danza during a significant part of this trial was to go see a Yankee game. He didn t care whether or not this young man was condemned or not. His sole purpose was to get in and out of the jury room having wasted as little amount of time as possible. Fortunately, ...
- 9260: Scoliosis
- Scoliosis Everyone has natural curves. Theses curves round our shoulders and make our back curve slightly inward (Scoliosis. 1998). The curvature is generally mild, but is some cases it can progress into a “C” or “S” shaped curve (Dr. Letko, Lynn T. Scoliosis, or curvature in the spine, is best detected early. 1997). This is called scoliosis, which is a complex deformity of the back that results in the gradual collapse and twisting of the spinal column ... other musculoskeletal problem. Treatment of scoliotic curves of ten degrees or less is unnecessary; sometimes these curves may correct themselves (Scoliosis. 1997). However, curvatures that measure between ten and twenty degrees bear watching (Rosenthal, Mark S. MD Scoliosis: A sensible approach. 1997). These behave much the same as those under ten degrees, except that they may progress during growth. Therefore, if a patient has finished growing and has a curve ...
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