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Feared Regional Diseases of South America's Chagas' Disease, Asia's Cholera, and Africa's Malaria

by which a person can be infected is from food or water contaminated by bacteria from the stools of cholera patients (Abramowicz P...

America's 'Lost Generation' in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Ernest Hemingway portrayed the group of US expatriates author Gertrude Stein described ...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

America's Early National Disgrace, the 'Trail of Tears' of 1838

even thought they have adapted considerably well to our European cultures and lifeways have become an obstacle to these desires. ...

Japan's Buddhism and Shintoism

of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...

Overview of America's National Holocaust Memorial and Museum

The US National Holocaust Memorial and Museum is examined in an overview of eight pages and includes history and displayed exhibit...

America's Slavery Legacy

were unable to teach their children good values and morality, or how to be men and women. The removal of parents made families wi...

Proposed Reforms to America's Tax System

a new system is necessary, its been difficult to get people to agree on what, exactly, that system should be. There have been prop...

Neolithic Period to Tang Dynasty Chinese Paintings

were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...

Early 20th Century and America's Foreign Policy with Regard to Mexico

In many respects our foreign policy to Latin America in general has been characterized more by neglect than any other factor. Laz...

Illegal Immigration Issues and America's Agricultural Policies

facets of daily life, from job availability to health care and public education, but the list is growing, even to the long term af...

Methodology Analysis of America's Overweight Children

children mature earlier and earlier as time goes on, something studied by scientists over time. However, the theorists draw a conc...

Anicca, Paticca-Samutpada, and Annata Buddhism

To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...

Religion in Japan

Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...

America's Founding Fathers and the 'Tyranny of the Majority' Issue

not wrong. They believe that people should be able to do whatever they like as long as it does not hurt anyone else. Yet, the majo...

Taoism and Buddhism

centuries later many of his works were collected together and many oral stories were also collected by Buddhist monks to become th...

America's Documents

war as Protestantism spread through the Middle Atlantic and Southern states (1990). Since that time, Protestantism has been influe...

America's Urban Ghettos

Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of sou...

Harry S. Truman, America's Greatest President

In 5 pages this paper argues that Harry Truman was the best US President in a consideration of his leadership. There are 4 source...

Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

and fascinating experiences of upper-class blacks who grew up with privilege and power. Previously known for his provocative New Y...

Twenty First Century Challenges to Buddhism

In six pages Buddhism is discussed in terms of its basic principles with an examination of how it can continue to prosper througho...

North America's Silver and Gold Discoveries and Their Implications

Sutter had great visions for his land. He entered into an agreement with James Marshall, another new arrival to the region, to bu...

Basic Concepts of Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism is the focus of this conceptual report consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Psychotherapy and Zen Buddhism

In twelve pages this paper examines the patient benefits of mutual applications of Zen Buddhism and psychotherapy. Seven sources ...

America's Constitution and the Views of the Anti Federalists

In three pages this paper examines the eighteenth century debate of the U.S. Constitution's structuring from the anti Federalist p...

D.T. Suzuki's The Manual of Zen Buddhism

This paper discusses The Manual of Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki in four pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

America's Homosexuality Construct and Lesbian Issues

In eight pages this report examines lesbian issues within the social construct of homosexuality that exists in the United States. ...

Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Discussion of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha

In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...

Comparison of Judaism, Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Islam

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...