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The Boys Scouts in Litigation

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

Lance Armstrong and the notion 'Its Not About the Bike'

on Armstrongs body but the real heroics are attributable to the man and to the body itself! Armstrong was diagnosed with te...

The Cornish Case and the Right to Free Speech

of the Madison Country Day School to address difficult issues. Ms. Cornish charges that her dismissal has not been based on quant...

Canadian Ex Convicts and Discrimination

a whole (PG). Thus, evidence on the harm of pornography was sufficient for a law against it (PG). The court observed that true equ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer

In twenty pages this report discusses the link between breast cancer and postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy with pros and...

Satanic Verses/Salman Rushdie

This research paper addresses Salman Rushdie's most famous novel and the controversy that is associated with its publication. The ...

Is Globalization Synonymous with Americanization?

(Friedman, 2000). Naomi Klein is against globalization and also sees the process as one tjhat is spreading American values...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

Suing Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity

The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without le...

The Patriot Act

vital to national security (Pike 1). The 9/11 Commission even pinpointed several failure of communication that occurred within th...

Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Over Diagnosed?

to high increased use, but this may also be down to increased acceptance and a low baseline. To assess whether or not there is a...

Toxic Taco’s; The Arguments Surrounding GM Crops

that GM crops have been put through. The consideration can be looked at from a commercial or business perspective, from a govern...

Globalization and Its Effects on the American Economy

out to be international "bad boys" seeking out poor, uneducated people to exploit beyond all belief. Rather, they seek to minimiz...

Article Critique/Nursing Older People

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

Dementia

emotional (limbic) memories are affected, and the last group of memories to be affected as the "motor or more reptilian memories,"...

Aging Population's Impact on Adult Education

no longer the rule and the part-time student population is increasingly made up of adults who are older than the traditional 18 to...

Hebrew, Greek and Roman Values in Ancient and Medieval Literary Works

of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...

Gary Nash/Race and Revolution

most important and fascinating of them were fashioned by black and white revolutionists who saw race as the great American dilemma...

Adequate Housing for Older Adults

adults becoming an ever-increasing percentage of the population is expected to continue until roughly 2050 (Boyd, et al, 1994). Th...

Accounting in China

way it has been introduced, including the exceptions for public enterprises to certain regulation, such as the related party discl...

Housing Policy for Older Americans

disaster (Daniels). The "marketplace" deserves special mention, though this analysis is overly simplistic. It has long been a co...

Critical Period Hypothesis - Second Language Acquisition

knowledge and skill in a different way? The critical period hypothesis regarding acquiring a second language is not new. This hyp...

History of Aging

has long been recognized that people do not age at the same rate. In early modern Europe, the period during which a person is cons...

Learning Language

In essence, Chomsky believes that the way in which children acquire their native language is hardwired into the brain and present ...

Elderly Sexuality: Gender Differences

way the Social Security Administration does and proclaim that anyone age sixty-two or over will be considered "elderly". It seems...

Concept Analysis/Loneliness

149 studies, women, aged 60 to 80, indicated higher levels of loneliness than do men (Beal, 2006). The research conducted by Rokac...

Wellness & Nutrition for Healthy Aging

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

“Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities”

growth in the 1990s and economic well being of the city residents in 2000 (Vey, 2007). Two indices of economic health were create...

Substance Abuse in Older Populations

processes, and appropriate diagnosing, as well as proposing specific interventions that can be used and preventative strategies fo...

Application Essay for College - Role Model

most of all for being willing to help me overcome my own weaknesses and being willing to defend me as I fought my own battles. F...