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- 9471: Violence in Schools
- ... said that most violent conflicts among school-age children can be traced back to long-simmering disputes (Apfel 21). Carrying guns and other weapons around schools is becoming more and more popular all around the world. People think that carrying guns around schools with them will make them cool or fit in with other People like themselves. They're wrong. More and more people who are carrying guns around schools today ... obtain a gun. A survey of Baltimore public-schools students showed that the four most prevalent places to get guns are street corners, friends, drug dealers, and thieves (Gordon 29). And kids all over the world are getting guns from all these places but nobody is doing anything about it. It is very easy for someone to Obtain a handgun. All they have to do is go to one of these ... easily. Works Cited Glazer, Sarah. "Violence In Schools." CQ Researcher(Sept. 11,1992): 787- 818. Ed. Elanor Goldstein. Vol. 14. Boca Raton: Sirs,1992. Art. 78. Witkin, Gordon. "Kids Who Kill." U.S. News and World Report(April 8,1991): 26-35. Ed. Elanor Goldstein. Vol. 4. Boca Raton: Sirs, 1991. Art. 5. Apfel, Ira. "Teen Violence: Real or Imagined?" American Demographics (June, 1995). 22-23.
- 9472: America At The Turn Of The Cen
- ... States has a very strong country due to a few things that keep the country standing. The sufficient military has helped many other countries out of wars, the strong economy is the basis of the world s economy, and the United States has a very advanced technology that has also helped rule the world today. These three things are so strong that there is not much that would bring them down. But in each category there are many small weaknesses that could cause our country to collapse as a ... of the President do not affect the passing of bills and laws it does effect the public aspects of the democratic government that we have now. We have the lowest percentage of voting in the world, and if no one can trust the officials running, then that percentage could get even lower. This could cause our country to have a governmental problem in the future. We could even start electing ...
- 9473: Slavery - Life On The Plantations
- ... rye, and barley because they were considered unsuitable to handle it (Katz 4-5). Field laborers cared for equipment and kept gardens in shape (Ploski and Williams 1437). When the need for soldiers arose during war, some blacks enlisted into the militia, either willingly or by force from the master (Cowan and Maguire 5: 17). Masters kept food, clothing, and shelter at bare minimum to reduce costs (Starobin 7). Often workers ... forever. Works Cited Cowan, Tom, and Jack Maguire. Timelines in American History. New York: Perigee Books, 1994. David, Paul, et al. Reckoning with Slavery. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Foster, Stephen T. The Civil War Collection. New York: New Viewpoints, 1974. Katz, William Loren, ed. Slavery to Civil War. Vol 2. New York: Franklin Watts, 1974. Ploski, Harry A., and James Williams. Reference Library of Black America. Vol 5. New York: Gale Research, 1990. Starobin, Robert S., Blacks in Bondage. New York: New ...
- 9474: Chechoslovakia And Hungary
- ... causes for such a massive and all-captivating rebellion, which occurred both in Hungary (1956) and in Czechoslovakia (1968), originated most from deep-rooted antagonism towards Soviet domination in the Eastern Europe in the post-war era. A continuous political and cultural suppression by Soviet dictatorial policies, obviously linked with economic constraints, coalesced to provoke robust insurrections. Short-term reasons are of no less importance in the analysis of these events ... the extensive control of the Soviet Union. They longed for better standards of living, for freedom of various life aspects, such as speech, movement, choice. People were suppressed from communication with the rest of the world, suppressed form cultural and industrial progress. This degradation could not be endured for a long period of time, which was justified later on in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
- 9475: Chernobyl
- ... extent they are still suffering from these consequences. Although the radiological impact of the accident in other countries was generally very low, and even insignificant outside Europe, this event enchanted public apprehension all over the world on the risks associated with the use of nuclear energy. The accident The Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was to be shutdown for routine maintenance on 25 April 1986. On that occasion ... also achieved in the definition of criteria and methods for the information of the public, an aspect whose importance was particularly evident during the accident and its aftermath. Conclusion The history of the modern industrial world has been affected on many occasions by catastrophes comparable or even more severe than the Chernobyl accident. However this accident, due not only to its severity but especially to the presence of ionizing radiation, had ... this kind, if ever a severe nuclear accident should ever happen again. Bibliography Begichev S.N., Borovoy A.A., Burlakov E.V. "Radioactive Release due to Chernobyl Accident. "Fission Products Transport Processes in Reactor Accidents" World Conference Vienna 1996. Chernobyl: 10 years afterwards. Kurchatov research institute. Chernobyl: Causes and Aftermath. www.prypat.com Microsoft Encarta 99
- 9476: Gangs
- ... try to establish themselves as the only gang in a certain neighborhood. After a few gang fights hatred forms and gang murders and drive-by's begin to take place. When two gangs are at war it makes life very dangerous for citizens in the area. Less that 40% of drive-by's kill their intended victim yet over 60% do kill someone. This gang application is one of the many ... Chicago, 1955. Peter Carroll, South-Central. Hoyte and Williams, L. A., 1987. 1 Marshall B. Clinard, Sociology of Deviant Behavior. University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, 1963, Page 179. 2 Merton Nisbet, Contempory Social Problems. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1971, Page 588.
- 9477: Othello-values And Attitudes
- ... attitudes and values are indicative of what a culture believes in and supports. By the time Othello was written the English were becoming more and more aware of the existence of other races in the world besides themselves. There had been a lot of travelling and blacks were beginning to be used in Europe for the slave trade. During the time the play was written, the Queen of England had banned ... as the plot would no doubt stand the same if you remove all the racist remarks, but I can't imagine approaching the play or the role from that perspective. For one thing, the Venetian world is somewhat racist, and Othello is widely considered the token "exception to the rule." More specifically , Iago knows how to fuel the racist fires in both Brabantio and Roderigo showing that those racist views were ... myth of women's insatiable lustfulness and women were seen as voracious monsters. It was thought that female sexuality was a threat to the patriarchal society, and must be safely contained. In the Encyclopaedia of World Mythology it says Women in male eyes, are supposed to be contrary and mysterious creatures, bewilderingly combining all sorts of characteristics, as changeable as chameleons, and yet somehow vexingly in touch with reality through ...
- 9478: Comparison Of Grant And Lee
- Comparison of grant and lee Introduction of a Comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee Grant and Lee: the titans of the American Civil War. It's difficult to compare their merits, because prejudice enters into the equation, rendering judgments that are tainted with passion. The cult of personality that has enveloped Lee frequently obfuscate his more mortal qualities. Such ... Lee's. His checkered Presidency and perceived "slovenly demeanor" have contributed to a lack of appreciation of his soldierly qualities or greatness as a man. A curious phenomenon is that the Confederates of the Civil War generation were virtually unanimous in their praise and admiration of Grant. It's unfortunate that present day sympathizers of the old South have not followed their forefathers example. The writings of Jefferson Davis, Lee, Longstreet ... that his father never talked about the incident with his children. On one celebrated occasion when Grant was President, a "foolish and silly person" began pestering the General about his final campaign in the Civil War. The gentleman said that any man of ordinary capacity could have easily forced Lee to surrender and that the culminating victory at Appomattox was "not a particularly noteworthy event." Grant listened to these remarks ...
- 9479: Abe Lincoln Hero Of Our Past
- ... Thomas died in infancy. Later his mother died, and his father remarried. Abraham's sister also died in childbirth. But Abraham kept going on. Lincoln was elected captain of a volunteer company, in Black Hawk War. Abraham was proving to be a good leader, which later lead him to victory. Later in Illinois, Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois legislature. Two years later Abe was elected the lower house for the ... gave many speeches on slavery, and why it is morally wrong, and unfair. By his inauguration in March 1861, seven states had seceded from the union. It was Lincoln who wanted to avoid going to war, but saw it the only way to deliver the slaves from bondage. The North won the war, freeing slaves. It was Abe Lincoln who decided to stand up for what he believed was right, and he eventually succeeded. Lincoln's fatal flaw was only that there were so many who opposed ...
- 9480: Contributions Of Ancient Egypt
- ... its overall isolation by the expanse of the surrounding desert to the west and the red sea to the east, this thriving culture's achievements went beyond the imagination of even the most seemingly advanced world. This allowed the Egyptians to not only live peacefully and without an active army but also provided them with the security and time to concentrate on what is known today as the foundation of an ... ethics. It was these ethics that the Egyptians strived to live by in order to live among the elite in the afterlife. The reward of living according to law and basic human kindness within the world of the living and the right of passage as a reward into the world of the afterlife was clearly outlined within the text of the book of the dead. The book of the dead details the judgment of Osiris and his decision to let those who lived an ...
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