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- 3091: The Emergence of Ghettos
- ... black population had doubled, and there was no more room in the ghettos. In order to fix this, real estate started renting out homes to blacks in white neighborhoods. Furthermore, the real estate then go house to house to the white people, and ask them to sell their homes before the property value goes down. This was known as “white flight”. The whites were now moving to the suburbs. Furthermore, during the great ...
- 3092: The Information Super Highway
- ... have stated that the software is far from foolproof: The testers of the software were able to bypass the program and find backdoors to adult sites, as well as find access to use-groups that house and display pornography (Rogers). The testers are important because they are the ones who find the flaws in the program and explain how to bypass the restrictions. If the testers themselves can find these backdoors ... word-screening method. However, we notice that these programs show similar results. America Online faced major unrest when the programs shut down a breast cancer forum, as well as banning access to the official White House web site, because it mentioned the presidential “couple.” (“PC Magazine: Internet censorship”) Clearly, these instances show us how unreasonable it is to assign machines and automated programs the task of filtering out what is inappropriate ...
- 3093: A Good Man Is Hard To Find The
- ... Barbecue (196), but experiences no personal shame at all in stating that "Little niggers in the country don't have things like we do" (195). The grandmother knows there is no secret compartment in the house she wishes to visit, yet she tells the children this compartment exists in order to convince Bailey into stopping. The family's inevitable demise originates when the grandmother sets them on the road to see this mysterious house, which begins the set-up for the spiritually symbolic interpretation of the story. Upon meeting The Misfit, communication is almost solely between The Misfit and the grandmother. The grandmother shrieks, "You're The Misfit!...I ...
- 3094: Direct Mail Marketing
- ... Types of Direct-Mail Lists The main part of any direct-mail program is the mailing list. Marketers and advertisers use 3 unique lists that will assist them to promote their products, services, or ideas. House Lists - This is the marketer s or company s relational database of current, recent, and long-passed customers as well as future prospects for direct-mail programs. This list is the primary source used by ... from other companies, especially those with complementary products or services. Compiled Lists - This particular list can be described as available lists . These lists generate the lowest response rate. Marketers often use compiled lists along with house lists. Types of Direct-Mail Advertising Direct methods of advertising and selling grew astronomically in the last decade. Direct-mail advertising comes in various formats from handwritten postcards to dimensional mailings. The message can be ...
- 3095: Assimilation of the Native Americans
- ... and victory feasts were all common practice. The purpose of having a feast was to resolve a problem, tragedy, or celebrate a joyous event. In the feast hall, the participants were seated according to clan, house, and finally rank. This is where social structure is most important because it was the way that Natives honored and respected the living and the dead, paid out debts, and thanked clans and people for ... settlers came, lineage were passed down from generation to generation in either of these forms. There are a variety of dances along the northwest coast. Each nation has there own dances; in which each clan, house, and chief own. Regalia would often be worn for dances or potlatches with various art work which was exclusive to that of the owner. The art work alone was an aspect of history and was ...
- 3096: The Constitution in the 1850's: Unity or Discord
- ... on June 26, 1858, Johnston's expedition marched into Salt Lake City, Utah, without bloodshed (Dictionary, 411). The Wilmot Provise was an amendment attached to an appropriations bill adopted in 1846 by the United States House of Representatives, proposed by David Wilmot, a Democratic representative from Pennsylvania. At the end of the Mexican war, President Polk requested from Congress the sum of $2 million in order to indemnify the Mexican government for territory annexed by the United States. The Wilmot Proviso moved to exclude slavery from the acquired territory and was approved by the House on August 8, 1846. Because it brought into sharp focus the differences then existing on the slavery question, the Proviso was the subject of widespread controversy that resulted in increased hostility between the northern and ...
- 3097: History Of The Original Lincol
- ... his reply and to reply to him. On that day this very Convention, the resolutions adopted by which I have read, was to meet in the Senate chamber. He spoke in the hall of the House and when he got through his speech—my recollection is distinct, and I shall never forget it—Mr. Codding walked in as I took the stand to reply, and gave notice that the Republican State ... Republicans 125,430, Democrats 121,609, and Buchanan Democrats 5,079. Then the legislature met on January 5 to choose a Senator. The vote was: Douglas 54 and Lincoln 41. Douglas had won. When White House asked Lincoln how he felt, he said, “Well, it hurts too much to laugh, and I’m too big to cry.” However, his outlook would change. After all, the debates had turned out just as ...
- 3098: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... any illegal activities.(Tindall 463) Fortunately for the Republicans Johnson provided an occasion for impeachment when he deliberately violated the Tenure of Office Act by suspending Secretary of War Stanton.(Tindall 463) This led the House to vote for impeachment.(Tindall 463) "Of the eleven articles of impeachment, eight focused on the charge that Johnson had unlawfully removed Stanton and had failed to give the Senate the name of a successor ... for each contested state.(Tindall 477) The decision in each state went in favor of Hayes by a vote of 8 to 7 and after much debate and threat of filibuster by the Democrats, the House voted to accept Hayes as elected by an electoral vote of 185 to 184.(Tindall 477) The Compromise of 1877 was the first compromise since the beginning of the Civil War. It represented the point ...
- 3099: Julia Roberts
- ... like. Also, she is not a very competitive but never misses a chance to put on her dancing shoes. Julia’s homes vary across the United States from an apartment in the East to a house in the West to a retreat in the South. She owns a duplex apartment in New York, a house in Hollywood Hills and a fifty-acre retreat near Taos, New Mexico. Your first thoughts may be that Julia Roberts was always an actress, but you are a bit off. Roberts’ first dream was to ...
- 3100: The 60’s: Decade of Challenge and Change
- ... good example would be the hairstyles. The 60s hairstyle is very singular and easy to notice. Hair was neat, well- styled for men. It was often parted on the side. Young men hardly left the house without a comb. Many copied the style of the Beatles “mop- top”. By the late 1960s, men wore their hair long. Young black men and women wore full Afro cuts. Hair for the women of ... on August 5, 1963 ? The tragedy on November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas. Then the death of Martin Luther King in 1968. And the first black women was elected to House in 68. There were other breakthroughs in the news. The doctor introduced the artificial kidney. The French test the first atomic device in Sahara. The first weather lab was launched into space. Then, the Soviet ...
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