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- 11641: Autism
- ... accounts of this disorder. They contained detailed descriptions, and offered the very first attempt to explain autism. Eighty percent of autistic people are seen as mentally retarded. Autistic people seem isolated, and detached from the world, sort of like they are in their own dream world, which is what separates them from mentally retarded people. They don't seem aware that people are around them, including family members. Another thing that separates them from the mentally retarded is their display of ...
- 11642: Factors that Influence Drug Addiction
- ... addiction. Nevertheless, drugs and alcohol do exist, so it isnt their existence that effects the addiction, but how readily available to the addict each substance is. The Vietnam Veterans, who used heroin during the war, are an excellent example of how availability strengthens the addiction process. Opiates were very easy to obtain in Vietnam, and as a result ten percent of our soldiers tested positive for heroine use during the war. Upon their return home, Robins et all studied 860 men for their drug use. Their study stated that twenty percent of the men tested (at discharge) were addicted to heroin. Three years later they tested ...
- 11643: Women In The Labour Force December 17, 1992
- Women In The Labour Force December 17, 1992 The past decades their has been a dramatic increase of women participating in the labour force from countries all over the world including Canada. In 1950, one Canadian worker in five was a woman. By 1980 this percentage had doubled, and women are expected to make up more than 44 percent of the labour force by the ... force had ever witnessed. In North America it is common for women to have part-time or summer jobs, and the participation rate of teenage girls is high. It is also mostly high throughout the world in places as United Kingdom because of the fewer women going to school. But in places like France, Italy, and Japan the female participation rate is very low. In most of the countries the labour ...
- 11644: Torture, Not Culture - Female Genital Mutilation
- ... are about to enter Society {sic}, and you must never reveal the ritual that is about to take place." (Barrie, 54). The ritualistic version of FGM is much more barbaric than the sterile doctor's world which Soraya Mire passed through. Mariama Barrie had to endure the most severe form of FGm at the tender age of ten. Mariama's torture is known as infibulation. There is also excision and sunna ... Mariama L. "Wounds that never heal." Essence, (Mar. 1996), 54. Bell, Alison. "Worldwide women's watch." 'TEEN, (June 1996), 58-59. Brownlee, Shannon and Jennifer Seter. "In the name of ritual." U.S. News and World Report, (Feb. 7, 1994), 56-58. "Female genital mutilation." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, (Dec. 6, 1995), 1714-1716. "FGM: A universal issue." Humanist, (Sep. 1996), 46. McCarthy, Sheryl. "Fleeing mutilation, fighting ...
- 11645: Nature 3
- ... call of the wild, this was known as one of the best dog stories ever told. His stories had true meaning he knew what it went to survive in nature. He was correspondent in the war between Russia and Japan, and also helped in the Mexican revolution. Unlike many other American writers he was part of a war. Many weren t and just told stories of what they heard had happened. So after reading this passage what is nature and what does it have to do with classic American literature. Well the two ...
- 11646: Adam Smith-free Trade
- ... statement set the stage for a controversy that has persisted for more than two hundred years. If Smith was right, as most economists nowadays believe he was, then there is no place in a rational world for measures to restrict trade through artificial barriers such as tariffs and import quotas. Smith also elaborated how people gain by pursuing their own self-interest. "It's not from the benevolence of the baker ... and import quotas in particular economies. Estimated Cost of Protection (% of national income) Brazil (1966) 9.5 Turkey (1978) 5.4 Philippines (1978) 5.2 United States (1983) 0.26 (Brazil: Balassa; Turkey and Philippines: World Bank; United States: Tarr and Morris) It is noteworthy that the costs of protection to the United States are measured as quite small relative to national income. This situation reflects two facts: 1. The U ...
- 11647: Birthing Cermonies of Other Cultures
- ... the same as well for example every culture has some form of the family. This is what helps most cultures understand other cultures. In the Indian culture their view of bringing a child into the world is much different then the American culture's view. In the Indian culture there are a lot of preparations that go into getting the parents and the community ready for the new member. Their culture ... did before the baby is born. They say that this shows the child the importance of work in their culture. During the pregnancy, around the seventh month, the mother introduces the baby to the natural world. She does this by taking walks in the fields and over the hills. They believe that the baby is consciously taking all of this in to prepare him/her for life within that culture. When ...
- 11648: Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman is A Tragic Hero
- ... However, in those moments that he begins to realize the truth, his wife Linda while understanding his situa tion, supports his delusion. She say to him that "you're the best looking man in the world". Bu t the truth is that being popular and good looking is not how you would succeed in the world now. It would be through hard work and perseverance. The American Dream has long turned sour for him. At the begin ning of his life, he remembers travelling in a wagon going westward. His parents ...
- 11649: The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
- ... full of jealousy and sorely smitten with love. When the dance came to an end, Ichabod was attracted to some sager folks, who, along with old Van Tassel, were gossiping over former times about the war. All of these tales could not compare to the tales of ghosts and apparitions that had succeeded the conversation. The neighborhood of Sleepy Hollow is rich in legendary treasures of the kind. Several of the ... Headless Horseman. He say s It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever an anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. The ghost rides forth to the seen of the ...
- 11650: If Saccharin Is Safe, Why Does It Require A Warning Label?
- ... A process for synthesizing saccharin was soon created, and commercial production of saccharin began in 1900 (Beck). Saccharin is an accepted replacement for cane sugar, and is now the most widely used sweetener in the world. This fact is alarming because although the mild carcinogenic has been deemed safe for human consumption, several studies have linked the chemical to bladder cancer. If the chemical were truly safe, it would not require ... high levels of saccharin on a daily basis were found to be at a higher risk for association to poorly differentiated bladder tumors (Corcoran 13). Saccharin is the most widely used sugar substitute in the world, and yet we still do not fully understand its effects on the human body. Drinking one can of diet soda per day can increase the risk of bladder cancer by sixty percent (Goulhart). The fact ...
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