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- 4131: Nuclear Energy
- ... power from the 100 or so nuclear power plants throughout the country. Even though atomic power has been in use for over 50 years it was basically another weapon of destruction. Since there was no war, the scientists who created the atomic bomb, turned this destructive power into huge plants generating "clean and cheap "electricity for the country. But this new resource brought sickness, mutations, cancer and eventually death to those ... than nuclear plants. Although nuclear power has its drawbacks and limitations, still seems to be the primary choice for energy production today due to the rise in population and to general energy consumption around the world as well as to the lack of technology in the other fields of energy production. It is a wonder why solar power has not been mass implemented already to power our country and the world. The materials used to build solar collectors (silicon , plastics) are readily available. Silicon makes up the second most abundant element in the earth's crust. These panels could be placed virtually anywhere on the ...
- 4132: Gun Control
- ... be called the 'acid test' of liberalism. All true liberals must favor stricter gun controls. After all, doesn't the United States have the most heavily armed population on the earth? Are we not the world's most violent people? Surely these facts must be at least casually connected. Therefore the apparently desperate need to "do something" about the vast quantity of firearms and firearms abuse is obvious. Guns are employed ... no sporting purpose"). How did the citizens of Concord and Lexington respond to this reasonable, moderate gun control proposal? With their guns! With a battle that killed hundreds of people and began years of vicious war! Why were our ancestors so "unreasonable"? Because they knew that once their guns were taken, the rest of their rights would soon follow. History has proved them right time and again; the citizens of Hitler ... guns that law-abiding citizens are banned from possessing. What would happen in a nation with guns in every house? There is such a nation; Switzerland. The Swiss have not had to fight a foreign war for hundreds of years (the last fighting in Switzerland was a one-month insurrection in 1847). and their crime rate is among the lowest in the world. The U.S. can only envy their ...
- 4133: Leda And The Swan
- ... an eagle, and when the tender-hearted Leda had given protection to the swan, he had his way with her (346). Leda is innocent and unassuming. Her attacker disguises himself and deceptively targets her. In World Literature Criticism, John Lucas says, Yeats is writing here about the violence of entering history, and about how all, even the most innocent, are caught up in it (4110). Leda is of the utmost innocence ... follows: Upon her senseless lips his senseless beak, His neck snaked around her neck. His eyes Are elsewhere they foresee perhaps the roles The girls who soon will hatch will play: Adultery justifying genocide and war crimes By barbarians considered heroes to this day. (1). Leda s misfortune ultimately leads to revenge on Zeus through war and tragedy. Leda and the Swan is a testament to the fact that even the most powerful forces in the universe are subject to paying the consequence of their actions. Zeus is somewhat a ...
- 4134: Lord of the Flies: Opportunity
- Lord of the Flies: Opportunity Children all over the world hold many of the same characteristics. Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. Children enjoy having fun and causing trouble but under some supervision can be obedient little ... are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, "That's where they're gone. Jack's party. Just for some meat. And for hunting and for pretending to be a tribe and putting on war-paint."(163). Piggy realizes exactly why the boys have gone to Jack's, which would be for fun and excitement. The need to play and have fun in Jack's group, even though the boys ... standing on the beach making no noise at all." (221). The previously wild savages are now quiet little boys in an orderly semi-circle. With the arrival of an adult authority figure from the outside world, the boys are beginning to return to the decorum of their innocent, more childlike past. The boys are in a semi-circle instead of in a pack of savages, they are colored with clay ...
- 4135: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... she may well be ignored by the media, but if he or she is constantly popular, then the critics become suspicious of the writer's serious intentions" (Benson Introduction). What do critics from the literary world have to say about Steinbeck's writings? Critics have much to say, both positive and negative. What link exists between Steinbeck and his writings? Perhaps the most noteworthy biographical link between Steinbeck and his writings ... of Monterey. Steinbeck's association with Ricketts stimulated "the best period of his career" (Fontenrose 4). Steinbeck's second marriage began on March 29, 1943, when he married Gwyndolen Conger. Soon after, he became a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1944, his first son, Tom, was born. His second son, John IV, followed two years later. In December of 1948, Steinbeck was elected to the American Academy ... married his third wife, Elaine Anderson Scott. On October 25, 1962, Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On September 14, 1964, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His support of the Vietnam War in his final years came as a shock to some (Bloom 14). Throughout his life, John Steinbeck remained a private person who shunned publicity (Bloom 15). In 1968 he suffered several heart attacks while ...
- 4136: Death Marches
- ... death marches included the mass march from the Warsaw Ghetto to the extermination camp at Auschwitz and the numerous marches that occurred following ghettoization related in Elie Wiesel's Night. Though much of the modern world may find it difficult, if not impossible, to accept that notion that humankind can act with such disdain for human life, the objectification of the Jews as a component of the Nazi regime defined the ... occurred to those who followed. Some theorists argue that if the Jews had not been exposed to the kind of Nazi propaganda that was utilized as a control measure through out the early part of World War II that the mass exterminations would have been far less effective. At the same time, Nazi occupation of much of Europe during this period maintained an atmosphere capable of quelling resistance, even to the ...
- 4137: Abraham of Chaldea
- ... numerous as the dust of the earth. So Abram moved his clan and camped near Hebron where he built another altar to Jehovah. In the mean time, Lot got himself in the middle of a war between rivaling Babylonian kings in the area. As a result, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell and their cities were spoiled. Lot and his goods were also carried off. When Abram heard of this ... presented Melchizedek a tenth of all he had. This is the first mention of tithing, and is still used as a guideline today. The king of Sodom attempted to give Abram the spoils of the war, but he refused. Abram told the king, "I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, maker of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or your, lest ... made to him: 1) Great nations would come from him. 2) God would bless and prosper him. 3) Sarah would give him a child named Isaac. 4) His generations would produce the savior of the world, Jesus Christ. Praise God for the lessons he has given us through the life of Abraham. I stand in awe thinking that not only will I be able to meet Abraham in heaven, but ...
- 4138: Why Did Adolf Pick The Jews?
- ... were the people to get harmed during the Holocaust or why Holocaust even happened. Jews were the targets of Holocaust because Adolf Hitler hated Jews and blamed them for all of the problems in the world. He mainly blamed them for Germany's loss in World War I. Hitler told the German that they could have won the war, if the Germany had not been "stabbed in the back" by the Jews. While Hitler's hate was the main reason for ...
- 4139: Albert Einstein
- ... of Israel when president Chain Weizmann died in 1952.He decided not to except,saying that he wasn't right for that position.Einstein was never concerned about money.Publishers from all parts of the world offered him huge amounts of money for an autobiography.He never accepted any of their offers.Einstein was married twice.He was seperated from his first wife after he arrived in Berlin.During World War I he married his first cousin,Elsa.She shared his life with him until she died in Princeton in 1936.He had two sons from his first marriage.He also had two stepdaughters from ...
- 4140: Walt Disney
- ... In 1950, Disney released Treasure Island, his first full-length movie to use only human actors. Mary Poppins (1964), which combines human actors with animation, is the most successful of Disney's later films. During World War II (1939 to 1945), Disney's studio made educational films for the U.S. government as well as cartoon comedies. After the war, Disney created fewer animated movies. He concentrated on making films that starred real animals or human actors. In 1948, Disney released Seal Island. This short movie was the first in a series of ''True- ...
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