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REALISM, LIBERALISM AND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFLICT

of realism, the state is the unitary actor, the number-one gun, the only one that matters3. Autocratic models, and dictatorships t...

IT BEST PRACTICES, ARKANSAS AND EFFECTIVENESS

A (the ideas inception) to point B (execution of the idea) to point C (measuring if the idea works, or if it needs to be brushed u...

Obesity in the United States

balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...

Spain And America

its landmarks Mt. McKinley and Death Valley - are the highest and lowest points on the continent, respectively (CIA, 2008a). Amer...

Philadelphia Needs a Helping Hand from Uncle Sam

ever before. This is particularly true for the people of Philadelphia. For instance, the cost of living here is approximately 27...

The Significance of the Space Race

important part of scientific and political history and has a great deal of significance. Yet, in delving into the history of space...

Is America or Mexico a Better Example of a “Melting Pot”?

arrived there; there are hundreds of sources describing these groups. The study of American history is fascinating, since it revea...

Legal Issues in Commercial Use of Outer Space

The industry is not limited only to the owners of satellite hardware. There are four sectors of the industry that generally are r...

United Nations And U.S. National Security Policy

the UN when seeking their approval to go into Iraq. For more than a decade, Iraq had refused to meet the mandates of the UN Securi...

Country Comparison: Spain And The United States

spoken in the United States. At a size approximately double that of the state of Oregon, Spains population currently stands as ju...

Questions and Answers on Spain’s Language, Religion, and Politics

also exerted a profound influence upon paste and present Spanish culture. Author Peter Pierson (1999) noted in his text The Histo...

Democracy in the United States

Is it possible to have a true democracy in these conditions? The outlook is not promising. In a speech at the University of Calif...

DOES THE U.S. NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM?

States will cost a lot. There just isnt enough to do so. But Welch (2005) points out that a universal health care policy doesnt ha...

Financial Plan: CrewCuts

beginning funds for operation to keep the company solvent through its first several months of operation; the remaining $90,000 wil...

Middle Eastern Immigration in America

During the earlier waves of immigration the Muslims would move to rural areas in addition to urban areas (Smith, 2008). There was ...

HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS: U.S., VIETNAM AND CHINA

Some years later, Hofstede added a fifth dimension, that of Long-Term Orientation. LTO determines the degree to which a society em...

The Use of Leading Indicators to Project Demand in the Housing Market

in 2008 of 1.2%, the recovery is expected to continue into 2009 when the GDP is expected to grow by 1.7% (Office of Economic Analy...

Should the US Adopt a Universal Healthcare System?

potential for a greater degree of efficiency. The question is whether not there should be a universal healthcare system adopted in...

WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD CONTROL HUMAN CLONING

Before determining why the U.S. would be a good keeper of cloning, it might be a good idea to describe, what exactly, cloning is. ...

ISSUES IN TRADE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND PRODUCT ROLLOUT

is because the U.S. is becoming a service-oriented economy -- while the country is certainly a net importer of goods, its exportin...

A Re-evaluation of the John Adams Presidency

The laws were not popular and while they had been reversed by Congress for the most part, or were simply not renewed, Adams was co...

Obesity

Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...

The Media and Body Image

that most people look nothing like the people on television. One need only look at statistics concerning obesity in the nation and...

THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES

doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the fing...

Critique on the Variations of the Rapunzel Folk/Fairy Tale

Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...

Josiah Bartlett: Founding Father

as is the case with many other unsung people from history. One must see, and understand, exactly how Josiah was important, despite...

Divorce Rate

a substantial number of divorces that would not have occurred otherwise" (Why Divorce Rates Increased, 2008). This is something th...

Primary Crime Data Sources: Compare/Contrast

rural, urban, gender, culture and age (Bureau of Justice, 2001). NCVS modified its methodology in the late 1980s to improve upon ...

Discrimination Against Homosexuality And Women In The United States

a national telephone survey of 1,283 heterosexual, English-speaking adults to establish their beliefs and prejudices about how AID...

Causes and Effects of the Mexican-American War

north (Lee, 2008). Many Americans agreed and moved to what was then the "Mexican province of Texas" (Lee, 2008). Furthermore, they...