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Child with E/BD

headed" when faced with stress, while people with a "poorly differentiated self" are largely dependent on what others think of the...

Litigation in America and France

p. 651). The main idea is that the "sharp clash of proofs" presented by the two sides, with the lawyers for each party representin...

The 1980s and a New Era of Conservatism

as the party of minorities and liberals and the Republicans as the predominantly white Christian Right. At the same time campaign...

Blacks and Their History as Guided by Reconstruction

equality to all its citizens. Historians have argued that the U.S. was doomed to fight the Civil War when it wrote a Constitution...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

Alternative Education and Preventing High School Dropouts

greater dropout likelihood, including poor attendance, substandard academic performance, and lack of credits earned to graduate (A...

Allegory and Symbolism in the American Gothic Short Stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

U.S. Imperialism During the 19th Century

always rationalized based on diplomatic or human rights objectives. For example, when American politicians wanted trade access th...

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish ...

Foreign Affairs During the Civil War

the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...

Breast Cancer Risk

order to come to an uninformed answer to the research questions. Statistical analysis was not undertaken due to the inconsistenc...

Sacrament of Confirmation

us more deeply" in divine association.4 Writer Christina Zaker points out that the references in the Catechism to spiritual matur...

The Pros and Cons of Women in the Military

of things from a military perspective. There is not only the integrity of the individual and the integrity of the military but al...

How to Reduce Infighting in the Bicameral Political System: A Modest Proposal

at the bicameral system that dominates American politics. Conventional wisdom has held that there are truly only two political par...

Japanese Consensus Decision Making

the recommended decision a decision (Ala and Cordeiro, 1999). When the decision has been agreed upon, the final decision is record...

Democracy and The Role of the Citizen

2006). Hudson (2006) acknowledges that he used to support the idea of removing barriers to increase voter turnout, but notes that...

Slavery A Precipitating Factor in the Civil War

While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...

Cabanatuan, a Textbook Operation

mission and saved the American prisoners of war (POWs) being held by the Japanese at the Cabanatuan internment camp in the Philipp...

The Stigma Borne by Muslim Women

Muslim women who are living in mainstream US society in many cases struggle with a definite societal stigma....

Restorative Justice and Traditional Cultures

The concept of restorative justice is something that is intriguing people from all...

The Recession: How Government Intervention has Helped

those needs ("Stars of the Recession," 2010). The present situation seems to be begging for American goods. One observation made i...

Overview of a Criminal Justice Study on Marijuana Use

This research paper consists of an analysis of Green, et al's 2010 study, "Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal in...

A Multicultural Perspective Infused with Violence

is most interesting about the text, however, is that it presents the reality of multicultural interactions as a given, as a common...

Five Events That Speeded the U.S. on Her Way to Full World Involvement

U.S. interaction in world events has changed radically...

Creating Paranoia Post-September 11, 2001: The U.S.A. Patriot Act

Within 3 pages, the U.S.A. Patriot Act is analyzed for the reassurance it is supposed to provide to the American people and the su...

A Perfect Candidate/Film Review

directed by David Van Taylor and R.J. Cutler) is a documentary that follows the 1994 senate race between incumbent Senator Charles...

Tamarisk the Invader

habitat or region, but moves in and takes over, crowding out indigenous plants and often changing the entire character of the habi...

Isolationism in US History

The Monroe Doctrine is a critical component of American history. Implemented during the administration of President James Monroe,...

Why a Strong Military is Necessary

fashioned or silly. But it is the dedication to the service of ones country that keeps the United States strong. This paper is wri...

Revolutionary Thought and the Shaping of the US Constitution

The American Revolution occurred because of a long series of British wrongs. In essence, the colonists had four major...