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US Civil War's Purpose

In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...

The Haunting Legacy of Columbine

The Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado galvanized the nation as few other events had before 9/11. This paper discusses the ...

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

The Chilean earthquake's energy was 512 times that in Haiti yet Chile experienced a fraction of casualties and devastation. Why? T...

Enlightenment Philosophical Age

In five pages this paper examines the Age of Enlightenment, such events as the Industrial and French Revolutions, and the impacts ...

Carole Hyatt and Linda Gottlieb's 'When Smart People Fail'

The first three portions of this text are discussed in this paper consisting of 5 pages. These are the sections most pertinent to...

Dinosaur Extinction and Catastrophism

In eight pages the events leading to dinosaur extinction are discussed and includ the environmental events such as the suggestion ...

Significance and Historical Accuracy of the Book of Exodus

Genesis and Exodus compiled these texts during the Persian Period of Israelite history (or later0 and, therefore, "had virtually n...

Lemony Snicket's The Hostile Hospital

especially unhappy time in the dreadful lives of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, and if you have any sense at all you will shu...

Leaders: Controlling or Controlled?

survey of history so taking three disparate examples seems reasonable. As for whether or not leaders control events or vice versa...

Hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan Earthquake Compared

building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...

Manager Memo and Letter from an Unhappy Trade Show Meeting Attendee

of firm commitments we had at the time that we had to decide on the venue. It appears that attendees are either unable or unwilli...

Softball Tournament Planning

people suggest allowing at least three to six months to plan and event of this type (Carey, 1992). Others suggest that planning fo...

Using Statistical Analysis and Explaining Probability

collected on the same date each month, the 12th. However, even during a day there are a number of different data points which coul...

Exposure To A Different Culture

towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...

Events in The Crucible and in Today's Headlines

Bush Administration and its continual claims that we were in immediate danger mirrors the climate Miller creates in his play. In t...

Seagate's Morale-Athon

from different geographic locations and in their own demographics, personality, etc. There is some confusion in the article. The a...

Postcolonialism In Korea, China And Japan

mean that a country or region was "colonized" by another nation. It can simply refer to political or other ideals and how they hav...

Gold At Sutter’s Mill in California

epidemic, the discovery meant only "great misfortune," as it ruined all is "hard, restless and industrious labors" and meant that ...

POLITICAL EVENTS: 1950S-1990S

Senator Joseph McCarthy began his communist witch hunt, trying to root out the "evil red influence" from everything ranging from g...

Abraham Lincoln - Personality Development

hire on other farms (The History Place, 1996). The same year his sister died, he and a friend, Allen Gentry took a flatboat of pr...

Article Critique/Prospective Memory

v. time-based) and 2 level of cognitive load (low v. high). Minimal information processing was required for the low-cognitive load...

Risk Assessment of Four Nuclear Plant Designs

would include details regarding some aspects of the designs of the four contenders, including some risks and safety aspects. ...

Kristin Ross/May '68 and Its Afterlives

down the entire country. Nine million people, "across all sectors of public and private employment-from department store clerks to...

A Cultural Event: “Slumdog Millionaire”

the last question, and wins the money-and the girl hes wanted for years; shes the reason hes in the contest in the first place. T...

Contextual, Cultural, and Historical Influences on Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 Social Drama, A Doll’s House

of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...

Media and Canadian Politics

hear things, get all rumors first hand, and know what to do with the information. They are privy to things as soon as they happen ...

CENSORSHIP IN MYANMAR (BURMA): AN OVERVIEW

pertains to the written word and freedom of the press. Even phone lines arent immune to government fiddling -- many people who are...

A Legal Courtroom Visit

the description of the room itself and the way the people orient to that room. There is, for example, the distinct separation of ...

Minority-Owned Media Outlets

is cause for serious concern (Rawls, 2003, See also Wilson and Gutierrez, 1995). "The cultural, economic and social gap between w...

Media and Environmental Issues

any news interest in the first place: The scientific conviction that global warming is happening and is being caused by man incre...