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AN ETHICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BIG THREE AUTOMAKERS

The main problem with this aspect was that these executives were asking for taxpayer money to help bail them out of their...

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Qaddafi), Dictator of Libya

region. However, this period of calm was fleeting because when the Turkish Empire wrested control from the Arabs, a prolonged per...

American Labor Movement

In seven pages this research paper discusses the labor movement in the U.S. in a brief historical consideration of its origins. O...

Passover Exodus 12-13 : Exegesis

proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...

Aztec Poetry

in the way the political world was playing out in the conquest. And clearly he argues that the poetry was never simple. This seems...

US Foreign Policy, National Security & Terrorism

as "not free" (Eland 38). It is therefore simplistic to think that terrorist leaders, such as bin Laden, would close up shop due t...

Pygmalion's Liza Doolittle in the Context of Early Twentieth Century Britain

panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...

The National Rifle Association (NRA)

fact that guns are no longer popular, NRA continues to support shooting as a youth sport in America ("A Brief History of the NRA,"...

Van Gogh's Self Portrait (1889)

to replace the superstitious and less credible beliefs of the day. New thinking would also come about in terms of liberty and free...

Overcrowding in Prisons

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

Loren D. Estleman: Writing Style

on a fateful September day. The aftermath of this watershed moment - inclusive of the ever-present criminal lures that only capit...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

Yates/Politics of Management

by this organization. Yates begins his text with an introductory chapter that concentrates on the role that business leaders pla...

Racial Issues

(Measuring racial discrimination, 2004). Native Americans "are incarcerated in federal prisons at higher rates than any other mino...

Greek Funerary Vase/Krater ca. 750-735 BC

base and down the pedestal. There are two main strips of illustrations divided by a geometric band. To either side of the vase are...

Past and Present Motion Picture Special Effects Technology

actual event with which the audience is familiar with an example being the Pearl Harbor catastrophe of December 1941 that was repr...

Muslim and Christian Conflict

"the Quran states: The closest in affection to [Muslims] are those who say: We are Christians, for among them are priests and monk...

Divorce in America

hold families together as some claim. Some experts believe that Protestant sects do little to hold families together, unlike Catho...

Mesopotamian Society and The Epic of Gilgamesh

Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...

The Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

Contract Of Indemnity And Object Of Indemnity: Explanation

in the event that such a large payoff constitutes significant monetary losses. The basis behind reinsurance is no different than ...

Feeling A Lack of Control Over One's Environment

2001). Later, he placed new dogs with no harnesses in and unharnessed the original dogs and provided an escape. The new dogs look...

Euthanasia, Discussions and the Theory of Knowledge

on experience, the latter, that it is based largely on reason (Holt, 2006). The latest thinking however is that "a synthesis of th...

1400 to 1700 Japanese Relations with the West

Shogun Yoshimitsu had developed trade relations with Ming China and indirectly acquired Western goods. However, the new government...

Historical Significance of 10 Figures and Events

about many things ranging from bullfighting and big game hunting to political causes such as the Spanish Civil War and World War I...

Differing Analyses of A Long Day's Journey Into Night

In four pages Eugene O'Neill's play is analyzed from historical, feminist, and psychoanalytical perspectives. There is one biblio...

Alcohol as a Drug Discussion

juice etc. This mixture of yeast and juice is left to ferment for several weeks in a container that does not allow air to enter, ...

Wealth and its History

"common" birth (Defoe). She enlists the help of many aids along the way, and finds money to be an especially interesting and infl...

History of the Wright Amendment

any of these deals simply because they didnt fly at the time the deals were made (Irving, 2003). After fighting many legal battle...