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  • The Death Penalty

    The Death Penalty

    THE DEATH PENALTY • Britain influenced America’s use of the death penalty more than any other country. When European settlers came to the new world, they brought with them the practice of capital punishment. • The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain. • The United States ranks number 4 in the

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: regina
  • The Wife of Bath and the Pardoner’s Tale

    The Wife of Bath and the Pardoner’s Tale

    The Wife of Bath and the Pardoner’s Tale The Wife of Bath is a very interesting woman, her views on life and god are true to her heart and it doesn’t bother her if people don’t agree. She has been through a lot of marriages and was married at the age of twelve. The Pardoner is a very important factor in the church during his time. He mainly goes out and collects payments for the

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Social and Emotional Collapse in Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye

    Social and Emotional Collapse in Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye

    Social and emotional collapse in Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye Several characters in both Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye fall, as a result of a breach of social codes, emotional fatigue, or a combination of the two. Both novels can be seen as a social commentary, with each author depicting the all too effective power of society to destroy the individual. In Lord of

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Technology of Industrialization (u.S. Economic History)

    The Technology of Industrialization (u.S. Economic History)

    The Technology of Industrialization (U.S. Economic History) We already knew the men who guide the process of industrialization in U.S. economic history, but we need to explore and examine the truth of technology of industrialization in American history such as the entire iron and steel industry. The industrialization applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society because of using complex

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: July
  • The Rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany

    The Rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany

    There are many reasons people say as to why the nazi party was created and what some of the causes were. Throughout the duration of my paper I am going to explain and discuss some of the major topics that could have led to the rise of Nazism in Germany, such as the treaty of Versailles and some of the restrictions that were put on Germany, the loss of the war, and the Weimar Republic.

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jack
  • Visual Field Position and Type of Stimuli on the Stroop Effect

    Visual Field Position and Type of Stimuli on the Stroop Effect

    VISUAL FIELD POSITION AND TYPE OF STIMULI ON THE STROOP EFFECT The Effect of Visual Field Position and Type of Stimuli on the Stroop Effect Reynold Hicks University of Tampa Abstract An experiment was conducted to test the effect of lateralization and congruency on reaction time to name colors. This was done using a computer program provided by The University of Mississippi. This effect is called the stroop effect. Results showed that it was neither

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: regina
  • Examination of the Cost of Equity Paper Critque

    Examination of the Cost of Equity Paper Critque

    The paper develops a theory that costs will rise as a firm expands from the three elements of property rights, agency, and finance structure. A firm’s ownership structure is derived from a market force investigated in the concept of agency and its relationship to “separation and control” along with the nature of agency costs generated by debt and outside equity being invested. Agency costs are spread about between all owners and this will reflect attitudes

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Symbolism in Bless the Beast and Children

    Symbolism in Bless the Beast and Children

    Throughout the novel Bless the Beasts and Children, by Glendon Swarthout, symbolism is used frequently to show a weakness in a character or to fulfill a purpose in the novel. The most apparent weaknesses in the bedwetters was their need for radios to help them sleep. The hats portrayed each characters personality and background in some cases. Also, The Box Canyon Boys Camp is in itself a symbol representing American society in general. The radios

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Top
  • Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Behavioral Problems: Diagnosis Criteria and the Role of the School Psychologist

    Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Behavioral Problems: Diagnosis Criteria and the Role of the School Psychologist

    Introduction This paper shall examine the field of child psychology in respect to the topic of conduct disorder (CD). In child psychology, conduct disorder is an extremely difficult subject to accurately address and clarify, due primarily to the need to distinguish between normal childhood behaviors and the onset or development of an actual disorder. Once a child matures to the stage where he or she is allowed into the school system, however, it becomes pressing

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Nervous System

    The Nervous System

    The nervous system is a very complex system in the body. It has many, many parts. The nervous system is divided into two main systems, the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system. The spinal cord and the brain make up the CNS. Its main job is to get the information from the body and send out instructions. The peripheral nervous system is made up of all of the nerves and the wiring.

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Media’s Influence on Public Opinion

    The Media’s Influence on Public Opinion

    Humans are not born with fully formulated attitudes about politics, so where do they come from? The answer is political socialization, which is the way in which people learn about politics . There are a number of elements or agents involved in creating our political awareness, but this paper will focus on the mass mediaЎЇs role (particularly forms of news media) in constructing political reality in Western society. One way that the media shapes

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Chinese Intelligentsia During the Hundred Flowers and Anti-Rightist Movement

    The Chinese Intelligentsia During the Hundred Flowers and Anti-Rightist Movement

    The Chinese Intelligentsia during the Hundred Flowers and Anti-rightist Movement After the coming to power of the CCP and the formation of the People's Republic of China, thorough and drastic changes began to take place in China. A country which had been founded on a mixture of Confucianism and a very spiritual lifestyle, with ancestor worship and even praying to the god of a particular object, which had went through various revolutions and changings of

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Bob Ewell: The Antagonist

    Bob Ewell: The Antagonist

    To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. This classic novel is the only novel Harper Lee has written. This novel deals a lot with racism and respecting others. Harper Lee teaches her lessons though the wrong doing of characters. Bob Ewell is a contentious character who is only worried about himself. The Ewells is an uneducated family which is looked down upon in the Maycomb community. The Ewell children only attend

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Keep the Church and State Forever Separated

    Keep the Church and State Forever Separated

    Keep the Church and State Forever Separated Perhaps no aspect of the church-state controversy arouses more emotion and discussion than the subject of prayer in the public schools. After all, public schools are supported with taxpayer money. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandates the government’s neutrality between belief and nonbelief. Educators and administrators who facilitate our schools--may not lead children in prayer or force them to pray a certain way. However, all children

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Monika
  • Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre

    Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre

    On November 18, 1978, followers of Jim Jones shot and killed United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others traveling with him on a fact finding trip to Guyana. Ryan was there to investigate complaints about the community called "Jonestown," which was largely inhabited by his former California constituents. After murdering a United States congressman Jones knew the end of his rule was near. He ordered his entire following, some 914 people, to commit

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Grounds on Which Lives Are Changed

    The Grounds on Which Lives Are Changed

    Have you ever just sat in the woods and taken in the smells? The rotting leaves and pine needles under your legs mixed with the fresh new scent of the green leaves over head just give me a feeling that is completely undescribable. Call it peace, or call it complete understanding, I don’t care, but this is the type of feeling that you don’t ever want to leave you. I’ve found myself sitting outside, just

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Influence of Marxism in Australian Universities & Society

    The Influence of Marxism in Australian Universities & Society

    Karl Marx was one of the most celebrated, yet misconstrued philosophers of our time. His ideology was adopted by many systems throughout history, for models on economic and political structure. At the heart of Marxism exists a central relation between class and power within institutions of society. Universities are institutions which embody much of Marx's ideology on co-operation, wealth, consciousness and political rights. In particular, the purpose of this essay is to examine how Australian

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Winter of Our Discontent

    The Winter of Our Discontent

    The Winter of Our Discontent, by John Steinbeck, 1996 ed. Within each action, man places his own self-interest. The morals of this are continuously questioned, and throughout The Winter of Our Discontent, Steinbeck explores both the traditional, Christian view and the natural view of the world and its corruption. He shows how Ethan Allen’s life was that of a Christian, when he followed his morals, was very passive and generous, and even suffered and was

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Crucible - Tragic Hero Persuasive Essay

    The Crucible - Tragic Hero Persuasive Essay

    The character of John Procter in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was a great example of a truly tragic hero. He measured up to every one of Aristotle’s requirements. He was not a perfect person because he had many faults and was not completely good or bad. Best of all, he knew that he was not perfect and he recognized and regretted the errors that he made throughout his life. Then, after the reader stays

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: regina
  • On "canticle to the Waterbirds"

    On "canticle to the Waterbirds"

    Everson's canticle to the birds is an exhortation for them, in their turn, to lift their songs to God. Theirs becomes, in this way, a service of mediation: they are capable of a directness of response to the world beyond the human. The waterbirds' life is in the holy present, across which there falls no shadow of anxiety or regret; they "assume each instant as warrant sufficient of His final seal." Because they are determined

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights movement began after World War II because the U.S was condemning the Soviets for human rights violations all while the second-class status of African Americans began to around national conscience. Fighting for freedom against tyranny abroad, Americans had to face the fact that minorities were still denied freedom at home. African Americans were a badly disadvantaged group and still worked low paying jobs and faced social discrimination. In the South for example,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Roles African American in Civil War

    The Roles African American in Civil War

    In the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Capturing the Friedmans

    Capturing the Friedmans

    Steward 1 Melissa Steward Research Essay English 367.01 12/8/04 Capturing the Friedmans “Home movies are about innocence--our lost fuzzy, glowing personal pasts, all horseplay, and funny hats and the promise of youth” (Cooper, 23). Andrew Jarecki’s remarkable film, Capturing the Friedmans captured just what is clearly a case study of extreme family dysfunction through such home videos. At first Andrew Jarecki just wanted to do a nice little documentary about clowns. He decided to try

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Dandelion Killer

    The Dandelion Killer

    The Dandelion Killer This story takes place in the beautiful Frankfort, Kentucky. The setting is real. The Evans shop, Elayna’s house, Jayboy’s house are a few places of where this story is set. In the present time, is when this story is set. There isn’t an exact date of when the story takes place. Jayboy Calvin is an interesting person. He is different from anyone else in the story because he is 55 years old

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Songs from the Labyrinth Review

    Songs from the Labyrinth Review

    Sting was born October 2, 1951. His real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner and the name of Sting came from some friends of his. Before his solo career he was part of the group called The Police. He was the lead singer and bass player. With many hits from The Police, he started his solo career September 1981 after the band’s break up. Since then he has become a worldwide star. In October of

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Top