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Events and Key Players of the American Revolution

colonists from making their own money. The Stamp Act placed taxation on almost all paper product goods: "all printed materials are...

1911 to 1914 Revolution in Mexico

The circumstances behind this revolution are interesting to say the least. By the twentieth century the discontent was at an...

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...

An Experience Enhancing Global Citizenship

of countries like Afghanistan, Ireland and those of the Middle East. The mass destruction caused by the terrorist action in New Y...

9/11 - Five Years Later

sins as: supporting Israel, military occupation of the Arabian Peninsula and aggression against the Iraqi people (Wikipedia, 2006)...

Meteorology

(vertical levels, horizontal grid spacing, and temporal), computational domain (what values go in the equations), and coordinate s...

Iran and its’ Nuclear Power Program

the nuclear programme in Iran has been in operation for some time. The programme was initially launched during the 1950s with the ...

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...

Considerations in Emergency Management

between August 25 and August 30, 2005, was one of the worst hurricanes of history. Hurricane Katrina howled ashore destroying ent...

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 ...

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...

Overview of the Western Burrowing Owl Endangered Species

as nine thousand feet. Even though the western burrowing owl is a ground dweller, it does perch atop relatively short landing pla...

Yale University Strike of 2003

purpose of using Yale as a "national platform for publicity for the labor movement and for organizing efforts" (Innskeep, 2003). ...

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...

First World War's Main Cause

could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...

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...

Antitrust Case Against Microsoft in Terms of Laws, Issues, and Outcomes

the OS as long as it benefits consumers and cant be replicated (Wired News Report, 2002). * May 18, 1998: The U.S. Justice Departm...

Overview of the Western Cinematic Genre

Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....

Play and Film Versions of Glengarry Glen Ross Compared

The play is divided into two acts, containing three scenes in the first and two scenes in the second. It centers...

Pat Conroy's Novel The Prince of Tides Compared with 1991 Film Adaptation

the event of Savannahs hospitalization after a second suicide attempt and Toms journey to New York to assist her psychologist, Dr....

1692's Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts

Puritan village in 1688. While the Parris family settled in over the next several years, the town leaders the Putnams and the Port...

Events of the Korean War

that the country had been annexed by the two major powers, protesting, sometimes violently, about political decisions being made w...

Good Country People

it is interesting that this name is actually a variant of the name Helga, which means "holy." Joy represents the kind of dichotom...

Benefits and Difficulties of EU Membership

By 2013, 28 nation states had joined the European Union. With increasing membership, and more countries expressing a desire to jo...

Buddhism, An Overview

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

President Ronald Reagan and the Strategic Defense Initiative

initiative depended on the use of not just ground-based systems but also space-based systems for the protection of our national ho...

Hawaiian Creole English (HCE)

of HCE. HCE developed, then, integrating English words into Pidgin Hawaiian, but over time, Pidgin Hawaiian words were integrat...

Scarlatti and Mozart, Comparing Two Sonatas

This paper pertains to Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 and Scarlatti's Sonata in D major. Three pages in length, f...

Cyber Attacks in Healthcare

Few people realize how vulnerable healthcare operations systems, from electronic health records to connected medical devices, are ...

Big Spring, Texas: An Overview

This paper offers a comprehensive overview of Big Spring, Texas. The writer discusses the city's major employers, population demog...