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- 9001: Is The Unites States Political
- ... runs foreign policy as an emperor. The President is the chief diplomat, negotiator of treaties, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. There has been a steady growth of the Presidents power since World War II. This abundance of foreign Presidential power may cause one to believe that our democratic system is not legitimate. However, Presidential power in domestic affairs is limited. Therefore, though the President is very powerful in ...
- 9002: The History of Phamaceutical Compounding
- ... founded in the art and science of compounding medications. The beginning of compounding dates back to medieval times with priests, monks, and medicine men. Specialization first occurred in the early 9th century in the civilized world around Baghdad. Over time it gradually spread to Europe as alchemy evolved into chemistry as doctors began to abandon beliefs that were not demonstrable in the physical world. During this time, doctors began prescribing medications to patients. Pharmacists then began compounding these prescriptions and producing them in mass quantities for general sale. It was not until the 19th century that there was a ... actually carry out chemical processes. Most of these people worked in the temples and palaces, making luxury goods for priests and nobles. Priests also speculated on all the changes that were going on in the world about them. Their theories often involved magic. However, some of these theories are now considered chemical. Greeks Think Scientifically The Greeks were the first culture to think scientifically and not just rely on myths ...
- 9003: Working in the Clouds
- ... were Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Wright brothers. Orville made the first successful flight. Although their "air machine" flew for only twelve seconds, the Wright brothers started a revolution that has greatly affected the entire world. "The time will come when gentlemen, when they are to go on a journey, will call for their wings as regularly as they call for their boots. -Bishop Wilkens (Glaeser ,i)." With the success of ... into three sectors. The first sector of aviation is military aviation. Military aviation refers to aircraft flown by the armed forces. Aircraft have a chief weapon in many wars. The major air arms of the world's military, has a variety of aircraft developed for both strategic and tactical purposes, such as, the supersonic fighter and the strike aircraft. Some of these advanced aircraft have the capability of flying three times ... her seventeenth birthday. Piloting is a goal that can be accomplished through hard work and dedication. It offers thrills, breathtaking scenery, access to exotic places, and satisfaction of achievement. Works Cited "Airplane: Learning to Fly." World Book Information Finder. 1994, ed. Barnett, Beverly. personal int. Christy, Joe and Clay Johnson. Your Pilot's License. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books Inc., 1983.
- 9004: Aids In Africa
- WOMEN will get the power to protect themselves against AIDS, if the World Health Organisation has its way. Encouraging men to use condoms, it has decided, is not enough. They work, but many men dislike them; and women, especially very young ones, often lack the sexual bargaining clout ... the Nigerian president of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa, it must be possible to separate the spermicidal or contraceptive function from that of killing harmful micro-organisms such as HIV. In third-world countries, many women (and still more men) value protection against AIDS, but not against procreation. WHO could add, though it does not, that one of the men, ecclesiastically speaking, could be the pope. Why has ... deadly to the person concerned. Then add American stretcher-chasing and the risk that some legal eagle could get a suit accepted by an American court. Throw in the fiery mixture of sex and third-world research trials (transmission of HIV there is usually heterosexual), and the drug companies have some reason not to rush in.
- 9005: Lord Byron
- ... in his time and often deemed "perve ed" or satanic," among other things. The fact that he was often discontent and unhappy, combined with a constant desire for change meant that he created an unstable world for himself, though he never gave up his individual freedom to choose his own pat and his own destiny. In 1811 Byron embarked on a Grand Tour through the Mediterranean, and the experience was to ... heart." (Neurotic Poets P. 1-2 http:/ sers.ids.net~bdragon/poets/byron.html) Brilliant, reckless, debauched, extravagant, handsome, Lord Byron was in the words of Matthew Arnold the "romantic hero at odds with the world and calling on all sympathetic readers to view the pageant of his bleeding heart. "Famous/infamous in his own time, he left England after divorcing his completely respectable and entirely incompatible wife never to return ... in his youth. I feel there is a good possibility he would have never written a single poem He would have had a different profession altogether along w h an entirely different life style. The world was blessed with the many poems of Lord Bryon but only through the suffering of another human being.
- 9006: Fixed Exchange Rates
- ... money supply and the exchange rate. This also implies that any one country's interest rates cannot get too far out of line without bringing about capitals flows that tend to restore yields to the world level. Under fixed exchange rates, the government has to accept the domestic money supply that makes domestic and foreign interest rates equal. It is comprehensible from the above statement and also by looking at the ... bank to intervene to hold the exchange rate constant. It buys the foreign money, in exchange for domestic money. This intervention takes place until the interest rates are back in line with those in the world market. When price adjustment is slow, an increase in the nominal money supply increases the real money supply in the short run, and tends to reduce domestic interest rates. With perfect capital mobility, this leads to a capital account outflow until the domestic money supply has been reduced to its original level and interest rates have returned to world levels. Hence domestic policy is powerless in a fixed exchange rate regime when capital mobility is perfect. By looking at this point in terms of the open economy IS-LM model. Figure 1, shows ...
- 9007: Contact---fiction Story
- ... digging, workers had found something strange. John, who was one of the scientists that come to this site, was especially interested in this subject. He in his long black trench coat looked like Germans during World War II. He looked even more familiar to SS man when he took off his hat and sunglasses and showed his blonde hair and blue eyes. His team was already ready to go to the zero ...
- 9008: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... loneliness and uncertainty that Nonna Katia would have felt. She says on page 117, "I just sat there, glad that I live in these times.. I don't think I could ever handle the quiet world she lived in." Another important discovery which is threaded throughout the book is Josephine's discovery on the whole issue of sexual relationships. We can see throughout the novel there is great pressure from Josephine ... respect, rather than just having a physical relationship." In this way the article underlines the discovery which Josephine makes in the novel, by showing it is a discovery made by many people in the real world. 3. "Insight, Muslims in Sydney" - non-literary visual documentary on SBS This documentary highlights the discovery of the problems and pressures involved in the issue of multiculturalism. Within this broader area of discovery the viewer ... what Josephine Alibrandi thinks when she looks at people such as Ivy Lloyd and John Barton. She thinks that because these people have money and social standing they shouldn't have a worry in the world because their lives are already set out perfectly for them. A significant discovery that Josephine makes, however, is that this is not a true generalisation. She discovers that social standing and material wealth do ...
- 9009: The Writings of Cicero
- ... which Cicero contradicted the stoic lifestyle, is religion. Roman tradition conflicted greatly with stoic doctrine, and the two philosophies could never truly harmonize with one another. This point brought the distinction between the Greek learned world of intellect, and the traditional religious roman patronage. This observation literally draws a line between the two worlds, that of knowledge and reason opposing that of tradition and sentiment. This illustrated that roman was truly ... being full of divine reason. Thus, the stoics adhered to the universe and divine plan as god. Most ancient Greek philosophies denied the existence of traditional gods and pathos. A conflict arised between the Greek world of the intellect and the Roman world of traditional sentiment. On the subject of divinity Cicero had a dual nature to his beliefs. On one hand he spoke dispassionately on the inability of the gods to exist, on the other hand ...
- 9010: Free Trade Agreement and Its Affect on Canadian Business
- ... market can be utilised depends on how well we can adapt to it by meeting the conditions outlined here. As Jim Conrad, a Canadian economist says: "What Canada really needs is a window of the world to leap out of". 4 The window has come and it is up to business and government to make this great leap and allow Canada to reach its full potential. Bibliography Cameron, Duncan. The Free ... Canada, Ottawa Laxer, James. Leap of Faith: Free Rade and the Future of Canada. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1986 The Case Against the Critics of Free Trade. John Miora. Finanical Post, Feb. 8, 1986 Brave New World. Marc Tait. Maclean's, Jan. 9, 1989 Firms going continental. Jennifer Sachsa. Globe and Mail, June 12, 1990 Roundtable: The Canada-US FTA. Fred Swift. Globe and Mail. August 12, 1988 End Notes 1 Firms going continental. Jennifer Sachsa. Globe and Mail, June 12, 1990 2 Brave New World. Marc Tait. Maclean's, Jan. 9, 1989 3 Firms going continental. Jenniger Sachsa. Globe and Mail, June 12, 1990 4 Roundtable: The Canada-US FTA. Fred Swift. Globe and Mail. August 12, 1988
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