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Lincoln and/or Johnson

swearing-in as Vice President" (MrLincolnWhiteHouse.org). In truth, this does not appear to be the actions or thoughts of a man wh...

The Importance of the Industrial Revolution

While the Industrial Revolution was instrumental in the creation of cities and provided many jobs, it had a dark underside as well...

A SAMPLE PAPER DISCUSSING GOALS

solid B-plus average). This is more than about making my report card look good. This focuses on developing solid work habits, some...

What are Critical Thinking Skills

of the time. Even critical thinkers get stuck in ruts and do not see their own blind spots in their thinking (Foundation for Criti...

A Need for Government Regulation

this will create a suitable environment for the rest of the year. In the real world, however, the social contract provides rules s...

HALF THE SKY AND EDNA’S HOSPITAL

This 3-page paper discusses why "Edna's Hospital" is an important story in the book "Half the Sky."...

The Importance of Military Bearing

The writer discusses why military leaders must display military bearing if their units are to be successful in mounting the missio...

Navy Personnel and Military Bearing

the way they care for their troops. They must be compassionate as well as inspiring, and the troops must know that they can go to ...

Just Following Orders

equipment someone has the responsibility of guarding it. These watches, like most everything else in the military, begin and end a...

Personal Narrative: Becoming a Nurse

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...

Forgiveness

an unfaithful lover, been abused, hurt by a friend, or suffered through any number of terrible things, but only if we forgive the ...

Why Did Hester Go Back?

Then Hester returns to Boston. Because she is strong, and because she loves Pearl and Dimmesdale, it seems unlikely that she is d...

Why Are Nonhuman Primates Social?

it appears as though there will be a lack of sexual dimorphism which involves their size and coloring and any specialized sort of ...

Business Closing Letter

when we were given a $60.00 increase. Such a small increase didnt make up for the increases in gas, light and water, all of which...

Why Do We Fight Wars?

need or desire for war, aside from any economic or resource or religious gain. Human beings, perhaps first and foremost, are soc...

American Materialism

thing. Yet, the end product of materialism is not just a comfortable and happy life. Many people try to keep up with the Joneses. ...

Gregor Samsa Must Transform Into a Beetle in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

the past into the present in support of a future. Sigmund Freud believed that only by freeing repressed happiness, can an individu...

Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse'

of the First World War. The first war of the modern era represents a vast social issue and a great change in all human affairs. ...

Homer's Epic Style

return home. They are in morning, for they have lost a son. They pray to the gods for his return, but feel that he is dead. They e...

Science of Creationism

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why creationism should be regarded as a science....

The Case for Mars by Zubrin and Wagner

the option in order to support colonization efforts that are based on figures that demonstrate the declining stability of Earth. ...

Diaries and Why a Person Might Keep One

This paper discusses why a journal or diary might be kept by an individual in three pages....

Second World War Participation of Japan

In seven pages this paper examines why Japan became embroiled in the Second World War conflict and its failed effort....

The Utilitarian Approach to Obeying the Rules

in question happens to be offensive to seventy-five percent of the population, it is highly likely that the twenty-five percent wh...

Wives Who Tire of or Become Bored with Their Mates

In five pages this paper examines why wives grow tired of their husbands and leave them in an application of a philosophical argum...

A Ghana Dissident Teacher 20 Years After Convention People's Party Membership

and time again that social revolutions or movements of popular protest often begin innocuously. "They are initially preoccupied wi...

Morning People, Night People, and Circadian Rhythms

In nine page body functions and the circadian rhythms that control them are examined in terms of factors such as whether not an in...

Overview of the Mongolian People's Republic

In seven pages this paper examines the geography, population, and history of the Mongol plateau. There is a map included and five...

At Risk Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters by Piers Blaikie

In five pages this report considers a disaster's aftermath and people's vulnerability as represented in this 1996 theoretical text...

Lies My Teacher Told Me by Loewen and A People's History of the US by Zinn

by such elements as patriotism and mindless optimism rather than a desire to set out the facts and analyse them with any degree of...