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History and Impact of Environmental Legislation

Environmental Legislation Environmental legislation actually began in earnest in the 1970s, when Congress enacted a series...

Legal Concept of Double Jeopardy

after acquittal (Double Jeopardy, 2002). * A second prosecution for the same offense after conviction (Double Jeopardy, 2002). * M...

History and Financial Position of Merck

this once giant drug company is definitely suffering a mid-life crisis. Background Merck, which is headquartered in Whiteho...

Overview of Rwanda

In the early 1990s Rwandan guerrilla forces mounted a series of attacks from their base in Uganda, with the result that in 1993...

Teaching Shortages and the Growing Demands on Teachers in Public Schools

a less than desirable life choice as fewer and fewer college students are making the commitment to becoming teachers. The result h...

U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

initial collective bargaining agreements must be rediscovered for the betterment of all concerned. II. History of the Movement a....

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...

A Latin Jazz Exploration

In ten pages the history of Latin jazz is presented with a discussion of locations such as New York City and important musicians s...

Experiments in Sociology and Method Applications

hypothesis. Suppose someone wonders whether or not girls who have grown up in broken homes are more likely to use illicit drugs; i...

Making a Reparations Case

things are different. Africans were seized from their homes in Africa and brought to the United States for profit. The motive was ...

Overview of the Bank of Canada

retains a large amount of autonomy (Bank of Canada, FAQs). The separation of the BOC from the commercial process and the governmen...

Apocalyptic Literature

new age apocalyptic literature appears to be motivated to essentially calm those who are disturbed. Apocalyptic Literature refers...

The Cornish Case and the Right to Free Speech

of the Madison Country Day School to address difficult issues. Ms. Cornish charges that her dismissal has not been based on quant...

The Culture, History and Artistry of Black America

vision, no true identity, and certainly does not connect with his African American culture. His mother, however, changes some o...

United States' Intermediation Sectors

the process. The goals of intermediation are varied. Sometimes they involve specialization in production. For example, in the au...

A Park Slope in Brooklyn Overview

have a particular profile that includes a median age of 37.3 years, half of which are single person households ("Brooklyn," 2004)....

Montreal and Poverty

In this paper, well examine a variety of issues pertaining to poverty in Montreal specifically, and poverty throughout Canada as a...

Australia's Aborigines

The Aborigines work but they have higher unemployment rates than others who live on the continent ("Employment," 2004). Officials...

Powers of the President as Set Out in the Constitution

been significantly different. The slain presidents compelling fortitude would have all but represented the epitome of balanced pr...

History and Achievements of the WTO

"After World War II, industrialized nations created the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the General Agreement on T...

Monica Sone's Nisei Daughter, Pauli Murray's Proud Shoes, and History

families are quite diverse. In Murrays case we have one side of the family that came from free blacks. Although they were poor t...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

HP Team Building

Prior to its acquisition of Compaq, HP had been known for years for its open and easy approach to management of its people. Peopl...

World History Changed by 3 Important Battles

documents of this particular battle in a less biased view than what he grew up with (LeBlanc, 2002). His book, The Tsars Last Arma...

Overview of the Isis Religious Cult

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

Literature of the Medieval Period

seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...

Political and Social History of Greece

in ancient Greece comes to us through their stories, their tragedies. "Greek tragedies dealt with universal themes that are still ...

American Life Prior to the First World War and Following the Second World War

citizens (DeLong, 1997). "The projects and politics of militarism and imperialism, of racial and cultural rivalries, of monopolie...

European Historical Signficance of Herder's Outlines of A Philosophy of the History of Man and Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France

citizenry/monarchy relationship was, according to Burke, to secure the districts power over the people as a means by which to main...

Main Features of the Windows XP Operating System

one of its latest and more phenomenal accomplishments. Its development, of course, is linked to the development of Windows as a w...