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- 3961: Marcus Garvey
- We declare to the world that Africa must be free, that the Negro race must be emancipated (p. 137 Altman, Susan. Extraordinary Black Americans.) are the famous words delivered by Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Born a West Indian, he later became ... Negroes could never achieve equality unless they became independent-founding their own nations and governments, businesses and industrial enterprises, and their own military establishments which are the same institutions by which other peoples of the world have risen to power. Marcus Gravey was the eleventh child of Marcus and Sarah Gravey. He was born in 1887 in St. Ann s Bay, a rural town on the north coast of Jamaica in ... He founded the organization to which he was to devote his life, the Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League (UNIA), with the intention of making Africa the defender of Negroes the world over. (p.110 Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century ) Intending to open a school in Jamaica similar to the one organized by Booker T. Washington in the United States, he accepted an invitation to ...
- 3962: Lincoln - The Truth
- ... of the most honest presidents that the United States had. He was not perfect, and he was not always truthful, but his few departures from the straight and narrow path of rectitude came during a war in which the nation's very existence as a united nation was at stake. And, "on those occasions he had to rise above both principle and the Constitution in pursuing what he regarded as the ... decide to pay for the overrun by adding it to the budget for the next year, Lincoln did not ask, and was prepared to pay for it himself. When a nation is unprepared for a war and has to quickly get ready; money, along with other things, is wasted. This is due to the fact that profiteers decided that a buck was to be made, and they knew that it is hard to deny any price in a time of need and haste. Things such as poor quality uniforms were made and sold at high prices. And the War and Treasury Departments overpaid many unworthy characters. While such things look bad on the acting president, none of the corruption on these financial matters ever pointed to Lincoln. This loss of money, was more ...
- 3963: Hume
- ... whole, regularity in the meter of its rhythm and syncopations, and mindful structure in the design and construction of Nature is by far the most widely used and generally accepted ground for launching from the world belief in an intelligent and omnipotent designer god. One does not have to read for very long to find some modern intellectual involved in the analysis of some part of Nature come to the "Aha ... Hume subjects the Argument from Design to searching and searing philosophical analysis, to the point in his mind that it is forever dead, and to the point in our minds that we wonder why the world has not yet received the obituary. Why did it not die from the exposure to which Hume subjected it? Who resurrected this false phoenix? Has the Design Argument been forever altered by Hume? Can it ... are entirely guided by a kind of instinct or necessity in employing them. Philosophically, the argument is cast thus: is religion to be the extension of principles and ideas implicit in daily knowledge of the world? For Cleanthes early on, the purveyor of common sense, religious hypotheses, like scientific ones, are founded on the "simplest and most obvious arguments," and unless it meets with artificial obstacles, has "easy access and ...
- 3964: Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory to the U.S. in 1848.
- ... Amerindians were required to work under exceedingly harsh conditions, and 60,000 had died. By 1870, the population of Amerindians was only 17,000. The decision for Mexico to sell its land resulted in a war by the U.S.A. against them- President Polk decided that war was the only way his country could acquire the land. The 19th century philosophy included the idea that war was a way of solving a dispute, and whoever won it would obviously acquire what they wanted. Troops were sent to the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. General Taylor was ordered ...
- 3965: The Importance of National Security
- The Importance of National Security In today’s rapidly changing world, one of the most important issues is national security. It is the responsibility of a nation’s government to protect it’s land and it’s citizens from outside threats. Unfortunately, the way the world is today, for the US, national security requires nuclear weapons and technology. Back in the 1960’s, the nuclear power country club was rather small and very elite. It consisted of the Soviet Union, Great ... weapons and technology in space, the atmosphere and underwater. From the perspective of modern ecology this a agreement was extremely important. It prevented an incredible amount of pollution which is very important in today’s world. However, as good as this agreement was, there was a huge loophole. Underground testing wasn’t prohibited and all the countries took ample advantage of it. In the last three decades the nuclear countries ...
- 3966: Poor Habits and Their Effect on People's Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
- ... People do not have sufficient time to do recreational activities such as hiking, cycling, and so forth. Also, people do not have opportunities to spend time with their friends, families, and relatives. In today's world, people become less appreciative of themselves. Increased technical advancements such as transportation, computers and home entertainment systems have caused many people to feel that they need to keep up with the times. Actually they start ... bigger issue of today's society for example the need to invest for the future, retirement savings, life insurance etc. People have to take that responsible habit associates with money with no choices The computer world has taken over man to the point that jobs are being eliminated, these putting demands on better work performance and higher expectations. People still need to have their original habit which does their jobs fully ... themselves, not by computers. This really effects and influences a person's self esteem and self worth in the work environment. All of these poor and spoiling habits people have used cause the non-cherish world as it is. Most of people have that heavy habit regard to money. People have to work hard almost daily in order to earn money to survive and to put aside for retirement. They ...
- 3967: Descartes Sixth Meditation
- ... things exist with certainly. In this meditation he develops his Dualist argument; by making a distinction between mind and body; although he also reveals their rather significant relationship. Primarily he considers existence of the external world and whether our experience hold knowledge of this world or whether this knowledge is merely an illusion. He makes it quite clear how misleading some of external sensations can be. We are never sufficiently aware of subjectivity of our own thought and senses. The ... only thing we directly experience is the nature of our own ideas and we do not realise how our own appreciation of certain concepts may be very different from the objective character of the external world. Descartes takes a look at memory, imagination, hallucination, dreams, predictions, etc. which he calls our (sensory awareness) as these are part of the way we perceive the external world, he doubts at first that ...
- 3968: The Worlds Fight Against Microbes
- The Worlds Fight Against Microbes Many infectious diseases that were nearly eradicated from the industrialized world, and newly emerging diseases are now breaking out all over the world due to the misuse of medicines, such as antibiotics and antivirals, the destruction of our environment, and shortsighted political action and/or inaction. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are a group of diseases caused by viruses from ... a large outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire with 316 cases and 244 deaths; and two smaller outbreaks in the Ivory Coast and Gabon. Each one of these outbreaks occurred under the challenging conditions of the developing world. These conditions including a lack of adequate medical supplies and the frequent reuse of needles, played a major part in the spread of the disease. The outbreaks were controlled quickly when appropriate medical supplies ...
- 3969: Effects of Television Violence
- Effects of Television Violence What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a ... major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing why children are so mesmerized by this big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it ... violence affect the child's youth, but it can also affect his or her adulthood. Some psychologists and psychiatrists feel that continued exposure to such violence might unnaturally speed up the impact of the adult world on the child. This can force the child into a kind of premature maturity. As the child matures into an adult, he can become bewildered, have a greater distrust towards others, a superficial approach ...
- 3970: Drugs: Hurt Players and Sports
- ... not be fined or suspended. If caught again his charge will be a four game suspension with loss of pay. Another famous athlete, Diego Maradona, was once considered the most skilled soccer player in the world. Now he is considered a loser. Maradona was banned from international soccer play for testing positive for cocaine. Shortly after that, he was arrested for cocaine possession (Longman 1). The fifteen month suspension ended in time for Maradona to play in the 1994 World Cup. He was then caught with five illegal drugs in his system. One doctor called it a “cocktail drug" (Sports Illustrated 10). He was then kicked out of the World Cup. “This latest behavior will no doubt further damage Maradona's already sagging reputation, "said U. S. soccer team member Claudia Reyna (Longman 1). Drugs hurt Maradona's health and reputation and prevented him ...
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