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Senior Citizens and Economics

In five pages economics and the concerns of contemporary senior citizens regarding such issues as Social Security are discussed. ...

Nursing Home Industry and the Effects of 1935's Social Security Act

Social Security Act of 1935. In simplest terms, the Social Security Act of 1935 designated nearly $50 million of federal funds to...

Overview of the Bill of Rights and the First, Fourth, and Tenth Amendments

In about seven pages this paper discusses the Bill of Rights with the focus being on these particular amendments and how contempor...

History and Contemporary Message of the U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment

which it came to fruition and correlate this history to current applications. A number of critics of law enforcement suggest that...

Contemporary Courts and Books Six and Seven of Plato's The Republic

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

History and Evolution of Grand Juries

In eight pages this research paper traces the evolution of the system of grand juries from its early days in England to the contem...

Analysis of Contemporary Germany's Political Parties

In eight pages the changes regarding political parties in contemporary Germany with four parties featured along with relevant issu...

Military Strategic Differences Between Frederick the Great and Napoleoon Bonaparte

In four pages this paper contrasts the different military approaches to warfare by strategists Frederick the Great and Napoleon th...

Eastern Europe's Musical Cultures and the Effects of Modern Technology

Europe prior to the end of communism. In what was once Yugoslavia, for example, Belgrade was a center for rock and roll and popul...

Contemporary Middle East

In six pages this paper examines the contemporary Middle East in an assessment of changes due to external forces and economic glob...

2 Views of Moshe Dayan

In seven pages this paper compares past and present Israeli and Arab views of Moshe Dayan with Boutros Boutros Ghali background in...

Historical Objectivity Myth and Peter Novick's That Noble Dream

In sixteen pages this paper analyzes the text and then reviews the issues the author addresses within the context of contemporary ...

War in Homer's 'The Iliad' and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried

In six pages this paper considers classical and contemporary examples of war literature. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliog...

Contemporary History, the Jews, and Zionism

Brandeis, and at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The conference is scheduled to reconvene in Jerusalem May 18-21, 19...

Need for Change in Labor Relations

In nine pages this research paper discusses 1935's National Labor Relations Act in a consideration that changes are necessary to a...

Union Negotiator Jimmy Hoffa

In ten pages this research paper considers the negotiating prowess of former Teamsters' President Jimmy Hoffa in a hypothetical co...

Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

In eleven pages this Mark Twain novel is examined in terms of synopsis and favorable critical response which is in sharp contrast ...

A Modern Viewpoint Applied to Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages a contemporary perspective is used in an examination of the play and what would need to be changed in order to trans...

Author Michael Crichto

In eleven pages this paper discusses the author's life and the unethical interaction between science and medicine as portrayed in ...

Justice in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In six pages this paper compares Homer's concept of justice with contemporary perspectives as it relates to 'The Odyssey.' There ...

Children's Literature History

In ten pages the Middle Ages origins of children's literature to contemporary children's writings are chronicled in this historica...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

History of the Bubonic Plague

In five pages this Bubonic plague overview includes its history, contemporary recurrences, how it can be treated and prevented. F...

Ebola Viral Fever

Ebola hemorrhagic fever becomes visible four to sixteen days after the initial infection. At the beginning, those who have been c...

Future in the Present and 1984 by George Orwell

radio, and telephone, and substitute my computer for every use to which I put my TV, phone, and radio now. If I choose to have my ...

Analysis of The Subjection of Women by J.S. Mill

In five pages this research paper discusses the issues John Stuart Mill addressed in his text and assesses whether or not they rem...

Arguments in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

In eight pages this paper discusses the arguments Mill presented in this text and considers contemporary drug legalization within ...

English Social Class Hierarchy in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses the English social class system as it is portrayed in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen in con...

William Blake and Isaac Newton

In eleven pages the transition from Romanticism into contemporary Realism is analyzed in a comparison of the similarities and diff...

An Overview of the Epic Poem Beowulf

The writer of this paper first gives an overview of the poem Beowulf, which was written in Old English, and then relates it to con...