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- 6421: Medical Miracles on the Horizon
- Medical Miracles on the Horizon The world and its inhabitants will face a multitude of problems in the 21st Century, including drug addiction, deadly disease, violent crime, warfare and hostility, hunger, and homelessness to name a few. All of these critical issues ... 21st Century, the medical community will be required to detect and treat a variety of injuries and illnesses, just as they have had to decipher and work on patients who fell victim to the Gulf War Syndrome. Any future wars may have even more insidious side-effects due to the use of lethal chemicals. Cures have been found for many illnesses, such as polio, smallpox, and various childhood diseases in the ... to become a physician. Being a successful Medical Doctor means helping other people and solving complex problems in the next era, and this is what I will strive to do. I firmly believe that the world and its inhabitants will face a multitude of problems in the 21st Century, both old ones and new ones. In my opinion, the solution for most of these critical issues will be in some ...
- 6422: Antibiotic Resistance
- Antibiotic Resistance For about 50 years, antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial infections. Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living things. Doctors prescribed these medicines to cure many diseases. During World War II, it treated one of the biggest killers during wartime - infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when antibiotics were being mass produced, bacteria started to evolve and became resistant ... resistant bacteria from spreading. In developing nations, approaches are being made to control infections such as hand washing by health care people, and identifying drug resistant infections quickly to keep them away from others. The World Health Organization has began a global computer program that reports any outbreaks of drug-resistant bacterial infections. In the early 1900's, the discovery of penicillin began the antibiotic era. People thought they have ...
- 6423: Tobacco in America
- ... young to be independent thinkers and to not be swayed by the tobacco companies who are trying to take advantage of their mind and body. Works Cited "Bill Clinton vs. Joe Camel." U.S. News & World Report. 2 Sep. 1996: 12. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. "Selling Tobacco to Kids." America. 17 Feb. 1996: 3. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Roberts, Steven. " Teens on tobacco; kids smoke for reasons all their own." U.S. News & World Report. 18 Apr. 1996: 38. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Thomas, Roger E. "10 steps to keep the children in your practice nonsmokers." American Family Physician. Aug. 1996: 450. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Breo, Dennis L. "Kicking Butts-AMA, Joe Camel and the 'Black Flag' war on tobacco." JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. 29 Oct. 1993: 1978. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. t
- 6424: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- ... Resistance in Bacteria For about 50 years, antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial infections. Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living things. Doctors prescribed these medicines to cure many diseases. During World War II, it treated one of the biggest killers during wartime - infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when antibiotics were being mass produced, bacteria started to evolve and became resistant ... resistant bacteria from spreading. In developing nations, approaches are being made to control infections such as hand washing by health care people, and identifying drug resistant infections quickly to keep them away from others. The World Health Organization has began a global computer program that reports any outbreaks of drug-resistant bacterial infections. In the early 1900's, the discovery of penicillin began the antibiotic era. People thought they have ...
- 6425: The Framing of the Constiution
- ... domestic economy. It is not that way today. These powers, in Article I, Sec. 8, include the right to "establish Post Offices and post roads; raise and support Armies; provide and maintain a Navy; declare War;" and other activities related mostly to defense. In addition the authority of law making was given solely to Congress. How, then, are the many government agencies like the EPA and ICC justified? Also, in Article ... death, Benjamin Franklin was asked how well the Constitution would survive the test of time. He said optimistically that "everything appears to promise it will last." Then he added his famous quip, "But in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." One is accused of trying to "turn back the clock" when urging that the government be guided by the original intent of the constitution. And so few make ... Norton, Thomas James. The Constitution of the United States, Its Sources and Its Application. United States: Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc., 1943 Rossiter, Clinton, ed. The Federalist Papers United States: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1961 The Volume Library. United States: Southwestern Company, 1993
- 6426: Political Leaders in the 20th Century
- ... first military leadership ended up him resigning, which would be the first of many resignation. The way Washington's resignation came about was that he mistakenly attacked French officers that he mistook for a French war party. Since he killed an officer with credentials, they made Washington resign. What made Washington famous was when his diary was printed all of Europe. That gave him the reputation as a " world-famous bungler." Washington was forceful and ran his plantation as though he would his army. That gave him strength to help endure a changing country. After the war Washington resigned his commission but was drafted after that to the serve the convention of Philadelphia. Then Washington stood by and helped the constitution to be passed as president. Washington's goal was to ...
- 6427: Imperialism
- ... better its own economy by sharing the resources of other nations and weaker nations are able to obtain an improved standard of living by learning new technologies that are more advanced than their own. Third world countries can receive food from stronger nations and heathen nations can learn to be civilized from missionaries. Imperialism also follows the laws of social Darwinism, where the fitter and more advanced countries must prosper. An ... Americans, opened up two Japanese ports to foreign trade as well as meeting other demands of the Americans. Japans point of view was that by surrendering to the more powerful Americans they could avoid a war that could not be won, and be able to learn new concepts and technologies from the United States that would better their own nation. While Japan was at peace with the United States, a time ... interference can, in the long run, prove beneficial to the growth of a culture. Often interference by a stronger nation is necessary to stop suffering in a less fortunate nation. This is shown in Third World countries where people do not have access to basic needs such as food, clean drinking water, clothing, and medicine to cure even the most common disease. These are things people of developed nations take ...
- 6428: Declining Trust in Our Government
- ... the American government is not doing the right thing in a lot of the actions it takes. Of course, nobody expects the government to operate perfectly with no mistakes, because this is not a perfect world. These numbers are too high though. What caused this problem in the United States, what is the extend of this problem in our country, and is this distrust of our government even a serious problem ... positive attitude about the underlying constitutional principles that this country was founded upon, and that is the most important thing to consider. Eighty percent of Americans consider the United States the best place in the world to live and ninety percent say that they like the democratic system of government (Nye). Also, not every aspect of American government is mistrusted by the American people. They military, for example, has greatly improved its ratings from the time after Vietnam to the period after the Gulf War (Nye). Seventy percent of Americans say that they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in our military according to a 1995 poll ("Why Don't"). This indicates that there is ...
- 6429: The Evolution of the First Amendment
- ... their discontent with the crown. For example they strongly denounced the British parliament's enactment of a series of tax levies to pay off a large national debt that England incurred in its Seven Years War with France. In newspaper articles, pamphlets and through boycotts, the colonists raised what would become their battle cry: "No taxation without representation!" And in 1773, the people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony demonstrated their outrage ... whose main purpose is to communicate ideas.(McWhirter,18) In the 1969 case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District , the Supreme Court recognized the right of the students to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. In 1989 and again in 1990, the Court upheld the right of an individual to burn the American flag in public as an expression of disagreement with government policies.(Eldidge,19 ... York: New York University Press, 1994. Kairys, David. The Politics of Law In These Times. New York. Patheon Press, 1991. McWhirter, Darien A. Freedom of Speech, Press, and Assembly, Phoenix AZ: Oryx Press, 1994. The World Book Encyclopedia.1995.
- 6430: The Bill of Rights
- ... boxes of paper and floppy disks. The target of the SS operation was to seize all copies of a game of fiction called GURPS Cyberpunk. The Cyberpunk game contains fictitious break-ins in a futuristic world, with no technical information of actual use with real computers, nor is it played on computers. The SS never filed any charges against SJG but still refused to return confiscated property. PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY: The right ... generally denied the right to carry a weapon for self-defense. Amendment III No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. QUARTERING SOLDIERS: This amendment is fairly clean so far, but it is not entirely safe. Recently, 200 troops in camouflage dress with M-16s and helicopters ... or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject to the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a ...
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