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Habeas Corpus

to a hearing by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal. At such hearings, evidence is presented that the detainee should be considered...

Socrates and Machiavelli Compared

do not justify the means. It is what a person does-his actual acts-that is most relevant. For example, in Crito, Socrates argues t...

Globalization as Americanization

that the export of American culture is not always appreciated, or desired, but America is so powerful that it cannot be resisted. ...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Postrel & O’Brien/Aesthetics & The True War Story

summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...

Eliot and Hardy and the Victorian Age

that would interfere with routine; no man would want such a wife (Eliot). Eliot tells us that "Women were expected to have weak op...

Freedom and The Handmaid's Tale

in the United States. The people recognize the failure of capitalism and see socialism as a solution. Within Marxs paradigm, there...

Practice Theory

to cleanse the baby and purify him as he enters the physical world (Friedheim, 1976). Witnessing baptism is something that bonds b...

Argument: Illegal Immigration Has a Negative Effect on the U.S. Economy

and its easy to blame immigrants for lack of work-though they take the jobs most Americans dont want. Still, there is a profound s...

Death Penalty/Religion’s Ambiguous Position

housing a prisoner for life ("Revenge" 21). Social research suggests that support for the death penalty in the US stems from "vigi...

Argument: The Revisions to IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 2004 are Good for Both Students and Teachers

revisions are necessary and helpful, we will examine them in more detail. First, the revisions bring IDEA more closely in line wi...

ZUNE AND ITUNES-- A COMPARISON

on television talk shows, as opposed to entertainment (such as movies or videos). This suggests that Zune is being structured to a...

Hospital Leaning Center

A 6 page paper about establishing a learning center in a hospital. The dimensions and location of the center is reported, includin...

Was Lenin a Marxist?

socialism would emerge and then, finally, communism, which is the ideal society. Communism is the ultimate goal, but Marx only des...

Why Smoking in Public Should be Banned

goes into the air will harm them. Some take it so far as to want to ban cigarette smoking in outdoor parks for example, but usuall...

Montessori, Piaget, Logico-Mathematical, Liebeck

They see clocks, signs, calendars, television channels, and so on (Brown, n.d.). The exposure to numbers becomes a good opportunit...

The Relevance of Seierstad's The Bookseller of Kabul

home, while none of the reporters dispatched there have produced anything resembling a definitive account of the countrys trajecto...

The Real Reason for Sexual Restriction in Society Today

large part of the reason why victimless sexual practices are considered negative have to do with social factors. Societies include...

On the Uses of a Liberal Education (Article Summary)

argument is that the culture-- his school culture as well as the American culture--is entrenched in entertainment and consumption ...

Sustainable Development; The Influence of the United Nations

been a change in attitude as a greater appreciation of the way different elements of the environment are interdependent so the har...

Same-Sex Classes

dont understand mathematical theory very well except for a few days a month when their estrogen is surging (Martin and Schwartzman...

Homecoming in "Omeros"

to understand his culture and find his place in it; its not surprising that his poems speak to his experience and his characters f...

Ethical Leadership: Bill Clinton and Colin Powell Compared (First Person Essay)

mistresses or notorious affairs. As far as my own ideas about ethics are concerned, the fact that a leader has had personal indisc...

Yangpin's Noodle a Case Study

with a 28 percent market share. The remaining market share of 15% is shared by a number of small establishments. The research also...

Company Mission and Strategy Management

in their idea or product; if this is the case then it appears clear that mission will be one of the first stages in strategic mana...

The Market System & Privatization

to increase or decrease business in certain industries. Lindblom reports: "One way of another, it subsidizes most industries, almo...

Responsibility Accounting; The Concept, Its’ Advantages and Disadvantages

can be used as ways to measure the way that the company is performing. The traditional responsibility centres include revenue cent...

Freud And Malaparte

stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just te...

American Political Thought: A Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan

did. He was so confident in his vision, that people automatically would trust in the things he said. In reviewing his stint as pr...

Special Education Dispute Resolution

One retired elementary principal in Tennessee often spoke of a particularly troublesome parent who requested IEP review no less th...