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- 1221: Media vs. Masses...Who Controls Who?
- ... get the viewers to watch. So in many cases the media mimics the behavior of a sleazy talk show. Jerry Springer is a current talk show host in Chicago. He attracts his audiences by promoting violence and conflict between his guests. This concept of "Shock TV" grants him the rating levels he seeks. The people seem to love this. Mr. Springer himself was a politician, and had his show been about ...
- 1222: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- ... country; and it is now slowly breaking apart. A few sections such as Croatia and Bosnia have already become their own country and now Kosovo would like to also. Kosovo’s history is filled with violence, and it is now repeating. In the early 1900’s many Albanians were tortured, raped, and massacred. The same thing that is happening today. Kosovo was also the objective of the Serbian liberation movement and ...
- 1223: Pakistan
- ... arms race. Pakistan has just recently joined the "nuclear club", and Pakistan has no safe way to protect the missiles. Pakistan is responsible for many terrorist acts. This is due to the high amount of violence and is allowed by the government. Pakistan desperately needs a democratic government and peace talks with India. The problems of Pakistan and India are becoming so major that they have become a world concern. To ...
- 1224: Australia's Future
- ... were publicly beheaded. In hindsight the result should have been no surprise. Fiddling with the constitution eroded certainty over right and wrong, weakening restraints on social behaviour and allowing festering public resentment to explode into violence. The initial glee shown by those crowding round the guillotine reveal this butchery won popular acclaim. The mob were delighted to see previously privileged members of the community publicly murdered. Indeed this was the crux ...
- 1225: Research Essay, East Timor
- ... to East Timor, many of the mourner demonstrators raised banners and chanted demands for justice in their country. Indonesian soldiers opened fire on them without warning, killing and wounding many. In the days fowling further violence took place with an estimated 270 people killed or missing. While some of the demonstrators were imprisoned for fifteen years the soldiers who were court martial were disciplined for a maximum of 2 years. This ...
- 1226: Peru
- ... have become increasingly important. Peru relies primarily on the export of raw materials—chiefly minerals, farm products, and fish meal—to earn foreign exchange for importing machinery and manufactured goods. During the late 1980s, guerrilla violence, rampant inflation, chronic budget deficits, and drought combined to drive the country to the brink of fiscal insolvency. However, in 1990 the government imposed an austerity program that removed price controls and ended subsidies on ...
- 1227: Korea
- ... of 1996, another event occurred that was divisive although it was not meant to be. Seven thousand radical university students, in South Korea, rioted after a protest against the separation of the two Koreas. The violence in the clash between students and the police has caused the government to pledge to destroy all radical student movements. The students had used gasoline bombs, rocks, and steal pipes against the police. Resentment against ...
- 1228: Canada - Of The United States of America
- ... American Cultures. U.S.A.: Borderlands Project, 1990. 4. Nader, Ralph. Canada Firsts. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992. 5. Orchard, David. The Fight for Canada. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1993. 6. “The center to prevent hand gun violence”. National center for health statistics, 1994. Internet document. 7. “The FBI Uniform Creme Reports”. The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 19, 1995. Internet document. 8. The Star-Spangled Beaver. Ed. John H. Redekop. Toronto: Peter Martin ...
- 1229: Jamaica: "Jammin," Life in Jamaica
- ... helps to spread religions and philosophies. Rastafarianism helped change Reggae lyrics from being raunchy and comparable to gangster rap to spiritual lyrics of peace and love. Led by Bob Marley, reggae helped Jamaica transform from violence to peace (Scott 22). Bob Marley grew up in the slums and loved music from a very young age. He started a band when he was young and grew alongside his music. He became a ...
- 1230: El Salvador
- ... until 1944. The United States finally recognized the Martinez government after the other Central American republics had reluctantly granted recognition. Martinez ruled fairly well for thirteen years, but at the price of blood- shed and violence. El Salvador was the only Central American republic which didn't declare war on Germany during World War I, but it opened its ports to United States war vessels. In December 1941, El Salvador declared ...
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