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- 16351: Albert Einstein 3
- ... here... In 1940 Einstein became a citizen of the United States, but chose to retain his Swiss citizenship. He made many contributions to peace during his life. In 1944 he made a contribution to the war effort by hand writing his 1905 paper on special relativity and putting it up for auction. It raised six million dollars, the manuscript today being in the Library of Congress. By 1949 Einstein was unwell ...
- 16352: Alexander Graham Bell
- ... finally were successful on March 10, 1876, when the first complete sentence was transmitted: "Watson, come here; I want you." The demonstration at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania introduced the telephone to the world and led to the organization of the Bell Telephone Company in 1877. Six Major Events 1871 Bell started teaching deaf students in Boston. 1874-75 he began work on his great invention. Bells attorney had ...
- 16353: How To Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood
- How To Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood While we don't like to talk about it - or even think about it - crime is on the increase in America, and throughout the world. The number of burglars, muggers, auto thieves, robbers, purse snatchers, etc., is growing at an alarming rate. Now you, as a resident, working with neighbors can help reduce the crime rate. How? By organizing and ...
- 16354: Case For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... of the Soviet Union, for example, regard individual privacy as trivial when compared to the needs of the state. If the United States is to be persuasive in promoting freedom in other parts of the world, it must respect the privacy of its own citizens. Sometimes it is hard to do this because what goes on in people's private lives may seem offensive. But, according to U.S. traditions, there ...
- 16355: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Cant We?
- ... crop for many years. In fact, hemp has been known to grow on the same soil for twenty years in a row without any noticeable depletion of the soil. Since 1937, about half of the worlds forests have been cut down to make paper. If the growing of hemp had not been outlawed most would still be standing oxygenating the planet. The growing of the cannabis sativa plant was legal ...
- 16356: Capital Punishment
- ... a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb: nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness ...
- 16357: Date Rape
- ... is unwanted and forced upon by someone you know, it is known as "date rape." It occurs daily and is prevalent on virtually all college campuses across the nation and in cities all over the world. Date rape generally occurs when a man is alone with a woman. Although it has been reported that men have been raped by women, it is much more common for a woman to be raped ...
- 16358: Legalization of Drugs
- Legalization of Drugs It is clear that most of the serious problems the public associates with illegal drug use are, in reality, caused directly or indirectly by drug prohibition. Let's assume the war on drugs is given up as the misguided enterprise it is. What will happen? The day after legalization goes into effect, the streets of America will be safer. The American citizens will no longer have ...
- 16359: The Issue Of Gun Control
- ... of the freedoms they set forth. The second amendment of the Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently called upon that recent history can think of . Since the age of the Civil War, the weapons that we have produced have become increasingly more deadly. We as citizens of this country are watching our children and friends at the hands of these vicious tools of destruction. As responsible Americans ...
- 16360: The Death Penalty
- ... It would shut down both the automatic and conscious nervous system. Within a second the executees brain would be cooked from the inside out. While executions are being abolished in most parts of the world (except Iran, Iraq, China, Yemen and some former Soviet states), Americans seem to want more of them, with fever appeals and delays. Death Belt states are Texas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, and Alabama ...
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