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Administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Labor Unions

Citys mayor before Dinkins would grab the title in 1989. Many consider Koch to have been a great mayor, and while that is the case...

'Pox Americana' by Elizabeth Fenn

for my country. I want to first let you know that I thoroughly enjoy working for such a prestigious agency, but we are living in...

NY Unions

to improve their lives by forming such groups (Sherrow). Some of these unions held strikes, and these activities grew into what we...

Review of an Article on a Dangerous New York State Nuclear Plant

In two pages this article which appeared in The New York Times involving a suburban nuclear power plant that continued to pose a s...

Barberi Scandal, IG Investigation

This paper offers an overview of an investigation that was conducted by the Inspector General's office regarding hiring practices ...

New York Public Health - An Overview

the belief that our society as a whole will benefit if we are able to provide sufficient health care to all. Based on what you alr...

Bray's So How Did I Get Here

international view has never been quite so harsh. It seems that America has a peculiar form of racism that continues to exist, but...

The Problem with Public Pensions (Article Analysis)

can be countermanded by politicians (Walsh, 2006). As a way to perhaps provide some form of suggestion as to what to do with the l...

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's Life

Portsmouth Priory prep school amid a cheating scandal that has never been fully resolved and became a student at the resolutely Br...

Development of Cape Town Through the Middle Nineteenth Century

This paper examines the South African city of Cape Town, the writer covers the city's development trends from its beginnings up to...

Analysis of a Piece of Sculpture

I thought of putting a pocket knife into the ground underneath it and decided, it didnt matter because the illusion was strong eno...

The Domestic Violence Arrest Decision Reviewed

claim the authors, can go a long way toward assisting response to those in need (Robinson and Chandek, 2000). The authors ...

Developing a Marketing Plan for Viagra

to influencers Pfizer may appeal to men who would not otherwise come forward. It is undertaken in a tasteful manner, in line with ...

Censorship

in 2005, according to the American Library Association (ALA) (Manzo 26). The ALA defines a "challenge" as "any formal, written com...

Business Plan; Groovy Rags

Groovy Rags has the aim of filling the gap with a highly differentiated, but fashionable, range of clothes and accessories for me...

The Corning Glass Building

up the vast majority of a skyscrapers outer structure with glass serving only as a compulsory component that equaled but a fourth ...

Organizational Structure and Patient Care

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

Overview of Metabolic Syndrome

shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome.) An...

Metabolic Syndrome Explored

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

Jonathan Kozol and Gregory Baum on Blindness and Sin

reality, and in other ways a very powerful reality. For example, we could ourselves commit such a sin, even those of us who are so...

New York's Orange County and Farming

people make a living there. However, about 10.5% of the community lives below the poverty line (2005). Also, it should be noted t...

Assessing Adult Literacy

attend school, and how long to remain there. Many programs are "open-entry, open-exit" by design; retention of students is a major...

Diabetes Education w/Adult Hispanic Learners

well as aid those Latinos/Hispanics who have been diagnosed with diabetes, nurses have to confront the problems involved with poor...

Task Force Environment and Leadership

is an annex approximately three miles from the main library. It was eventually proposed by the outside company that both facilitie...

Adult Literacy Since the 17th Century

copies so that reading materials could be distributed more widely. One aspect that affected the United States when printed materi...

Mitchell Duneier's 'Sidewalk'

him with a direct window into their respective worlds. Stupidity, illiteracy or an absent work ethic has absolutely nothing to do...

US Complementary and Alternative Medicine Status

regulated. Herbs, for example, are not subject to Federal Drug Administration regulation ("St. Johns" 6). That is because they are...

Health Care Proxy for New York

In five pages this paper discusses New York's health care proxy regarding the wishes of incompetent patients passed in light of t...

New York's Penn Station

the age of the train, this was still the attitude of society. As a result, when we consider this monumental trains station...

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)....