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- 14901: What Is An American
- ... don t take this type of thing seriously is yourself. Along with this privilege of voting on whom you want to run our country, you are then expected to take the responsibility to fight in war if ever needed. This is just a small price to pay for the right to decide of whose running the country. J Rockefeller Jr. describes this good in this quote, "I believe that every right ...
- 14902: Similarities Between Neil Armstrong and Leif Ericson
- ... north. Since Leif was on a different longitudinal course without knowing it, he continued on his westward way. He overshot his home land and ended up being carried west by favorable winds to the New World. Another saga is called The Songbook, says that in 985AD Bjarni Herjulfsson saw landmost probably the uninhabited coast of North America-- but did not go ashore. Back home in Greenland, Bjarni told of his ...
- 14903: What Is Knowledge Management
- ... many forms. It can be in the form of thoughts, insights, ideas, lore, lessons learnt, practices, and experiences undergone to name just a few. The term knowledge management has become common in businesses throughout the world. Despite its increased prevalence, there remains a large degree of confusion concerning the applied definition of what knowledge management is. Within the knowledge management community, attempts at defining this elusive term appear to be in ...
- 14904: What Is Sociology
- ... and what could the social and economic reason be for carrying it out. From this, a sociologist develops a social conscience and cannot, as Giddens suggests, be unaware of the inequalities that exist in the world today It would be strange if sociologists did not take sides on practical issues (Giddens, 1993: p23). To conclude, Sociology is the study of society. Sociology is as broad and intricate as society itself. Sociology ...
- 14905: Charles Wang
- Charles Wang "In a world burning with Internet fever, Charles Wang stands out as a high-tech chief who respects but is not thunderstruck by the network of networks' business implications" (Kerber 1). Charles Wang has a theory of zero ...
- 14906: What Makes A Good Parent
- ... the face. Most of the time a little discipline is all you need to make sure that kids stay on the right road in life. Kids need support in order to survive in the "real world". Parents are the only ones tha can give them support in the begings of their lives. Kids will need emotional support to face some of the problems earlier in their life, because of sheer lack ...
- 14907: Andrew Jackson
- ... share of trials and tribulations in youth, Jackson rose from his painful childhood to be President of the United States and a military hero. Even though he committed some outrageous acts, such as the Bank War, he was only as corrupt as any American citizen. "Oh, do not cry," said Andrew Jackson on his deathbed, "Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven."
- 14908: J.P. Morgan
- ... capitalized institutions were still on the edge of disaster. Because of this, Morgan convinced the trust company presidents into subscribing to a $25 million loan for the trusts (Gross 70). His actions convinced the financial world of the critical need for a central government agency, the Federal Reserve System, that would provide stability for the modern banking system and financial markets. Since the services of bankers were used most by the ...
- 14909: WEB DuBois's Influence on Literature and People
- ... black leadership, of Booker T. Washington, was too submissive. Washington wanted black to try and get along with society "trying to fit in". He was encouraging blacks to become educated in the "white man's world". He tried to get blacks into working in agriculture helping with industry and, to accepting that they get a second class status in American society. DuBois felt that Washington's plan would cause blacks to ...
- 14910: Robert Andrew Millikan
- ... Andrew Millikan set up an apparatus to measure the charge of an electron within an accuracy range of 3%. In 1913 he came out with a value of the electrical charge that would serve the world of science for a generation. Young Millikan had a childhood like most others: he had no idea what his profession would be. Once he recalled trying to jump from a rowboat to a dock, falling ...
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