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Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo

fury of those eighteen minutes of fighting, however, stemmed from the courage of thirteen days in which 189 brave souls fought for...

Students with Disabilities and Full Inclusion in Texas Schools

entries. RESULTS OF FINDINGS The testing gains for each of the 111 schools that were studied and are practicing full inclusion o...

Texas and California on Gun Control

an even harder time controlling the situation. Clearly, the government cannot control the influx of guns in general, but it can co...

Comparing Federal and Texas State Judicial Systems

well as handling legal matters. Although literature is sparse as to why the Texas justices are elected rather than appoint...

Civil War and the Participation of Texas

G and I, Magruder led a storm of fury that would eventually render a Confederate victory. Even with this winning reclamation effo...

Political Structure of the State of Texas

Governors and Lieutenant Governors serve for two-year terms. The main purpose of this branch is to help enforce rules, regulations...

Dallas, TX and Obesity Prevention

Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...

Human Rights and Investigation of Differences II

lower crime rates, that reductions in crime must originate within individuals. Adding greater numbers of police all too often is ...

Comparisons of Culture

before the existence of popular culture (Dictionary.LaborTalk.com, 2005). Experts point out, however, that folk culture does still...

PhD Admission Essay

rate throughout the country and have been active in Texas for some time ($130 Million Committed, 2003). Texas is one state that f...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Katrina Refugees and Rising Crime in Houston

more than 100,000 of New Orleanss displaced residents flocked into town in late August and early September" (Gelinas, 2006). The m...

EDS Acquisition Target MphasiS BFL

Companies Measure Rank among Indian Companies Operating Profit 159 Net Profit 96 Assets 207 Net Worth 106 Market Capitalization 1...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

Overview of Texas State Politics

era, 2006). Texas finally became a state in 1845, and then seceded only 16 years later, in 1861 (Unionism, 2001). The Civil War ...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

Texas Education and Parental Involvement

class lawyer living in a large house in the rather wealthy Dallas suburb of Highland Park. On the other hand, the parent might be ...

Case of Texas Mother Andrea Yates Who Drowned Her Children

series of deaths, this murderer was not given the death penalty, even thought she was convicted of a capital crime (Bean, 2002). R...

Defense of Laredo, Texas' Juvenile Detention Center

not enter the facility. Further, these individuals are children, after all, and what most thinking, caring adults want to do is t...

Overview of Memoral Park in Houston, Texas

This is the exact site where Memorial Park is currently located, and one of the States largest recreational areas(Scenes). Facili...

Alternative Film Director Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

by todays standards because almost everything this film did, has been done over and over since. The paper, therefore, focuses on h...

Texas and Its Hispanic and Asian Communities

in Texas do come from Mexico, Texas also has its share of Hispanics from South America and Central America as well. But as well as...

New Home Health Service Planning

age of 65, representing 21.1 percent of the households in the area (DP-1, n.d.). The number of San Antonio residents over the age...

An Analysis of the American Medical Association

Chicago, with offices also in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey (American Medical Association, 2005). The AMA is sustained b...

Texas State Legislature and Meetings Full Time Rather Than Biannually

But should being on the Texas legislature be a full-time job? Is it fair that these folks are being paid for their efforts, only t...

Issues and Compromises During the American Civil War

of slave states and free states. A compromise was worked out regarding the admission of Missouri to the Union. The Missouri comp...

Texas and Illinois Governmental Differences

even to this day (Ginsberg et al, 2001). There really is no "common political culture," and this is a state of huge economic diver...

Overview of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice

is valuable where the safety of the community is concerned. In relationship to the board, there are nine board members who are ...

Justice and Ethics II

it is likely that he is carrying a significant amount. If he reaches his destination in no worse physical condition than that whi...

Lone Star College System

Lone Star College, founded in 1973, is the largest higher education institution in the Houston, Texas area. It is also one of the ...