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Causes Morality And Demise Of American Civil Defense
1,627 wordsAn Examination of the Causes, Morality, and Demise of American Civil Defense While there are conflicting and overlapping reasons as to why civil defense became an important issue in America in the 1950 s and 1960 s, the fact remains that Americans became obsessed with civil protection and the threat of thermonuclear war. This took the form of general preparation for an attack, such as the construction of bomb shelters, stockpiling of food supplies, perfecting emergency drills in schools and home...
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Addictive Substance Alcohol Consumption
829 wordsAlcohol And Advertising By Roberto It is not fair to say that all people drink to gain acceptance, or that all people use drinking to create a new self image. Quite often in life, however, even those who do not form an addiction, about three out of four individuals, have probably drank at one time to ease nerves and not worry so much what others think. Whether this is right or wrong per individual, it is very much a part of the Australian culture. Advertising agencies are definitely not the last...
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Branch Davidians David Koresh
1,148 wordsThe Branch Davidians Cult, which was until its demise headed by Warren Jeffs, had over 6000 members at its peak. These 6000 members lived in sister cities of Hildale and Colorado City in the barren US state of Utah. The cult in which control is the key is now considered by many to be closer to a terrorist organisation. The Branch Davidians had originated in the Seventh-day Adventist church where they in turn began to follow a Millerite which in short is a movement that believes the Bible sets ou...
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Public Sector Central Government
1,236 wordsOrganisations in the public sector are more and more turning to information technology (IT) in order to comply with the central governments that modernise government agenda. However, there is a need in ensuring that the implementation of main IT systems in not regarded as the end but the means to the end of attaining major improvements of performance. This article suggests that though IT can be an agent for change as it gives opportunities to do things in different way, some business processes r...
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Complete History Of Prohibition In The United States
1,278 wordsProhibition led to the bootlegging of liquor and the gang wars of the 1920 s. The most notorious gangster of all time, known as Al Capone, was the most powerful mob leader of his era. He dominated organized crime in the Chicago area from 1925 until 1931 Capone had liked that idea. Later that year the Prohibition act came into affect and Capone became interested in selling illegal whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Al Capone was America's best known gangster and greatest symbol of destruction...
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Separation Of Powers And The System Checks Balances
1,214 words... be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress from time to time may ordain an establish. (The Constitution states). All nine federal judges are appointed by the President and serve during good behavior, usually meaning for life. The judges cannot be removed from office except for criminal behavior or malfeasance. This makes them less vulnerable to political pressure than they would be if they had to depend upon politicians or the voters for new mandates. The mai...
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The Threat Of Terrorism In Cyber Space
858 wordsExperts believe fallout from September 11 could continue through computer infiltration. In the Internet Age, when communications speed across national boundaries, terrorist groups are winning the cyber space battle. Leading security experts predict that it is only several years before a terrorist or rouge nation is capable of an online hacker-style attack against the United States, causing massive failure of such crucial elements as banking for the financial markets, transportation systems, the ...
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1960 And 1970 Lot Of People
1,204 wordsMarijuana is the most popular and used illegal drug in the United States today. It is used from the ages as early as 13 to as late as unknown. Marijuana is ranked number two in terms of the most popular drugs legal and illegal next to alcohol. There are a lot of things that people dont know about marijuana and its effects, and here is the truth. What is Marijuana? Half of the people smoking it dont even know where it came from in general. When you buy it from someone else however you will never ...
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On Affirmative Action In America
1,031 wordsAffirmative action applies to employers in hiring and promoting minorities and women, governments in reserving a portion of their contracts for businesses owned by minorities and women, and colleges and universities in admitting minorities and women (Welch, 504). The history of affirmative action has its roots in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which stemmed from the 1954 United States Supreme Court Case of Brown vs. Board of Education. In this case, the Court ruled unanimously that school segregat...
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Law Enforcement And Society
1,029 wordsIn order to understand contemporary law enforcement, we should recognize the conditions that impact our profession. It is agreed upon by many scholars that major changes in law enforcement occur every five years. Policing is sometimes characterize.".. like a sandbar in a river, subject to being changed continuously by the currents in which it is immersed... " (Swanson, Territo and Taylor, p. 2). However, in recent years some major changes have occurred in a shorter time period. Innovations in la...
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Freedom Of Speech Pros And Cons
1,119 wordsFrom David Boaz's essay What Rights Do We Have? it seems that the First Amendment and the Declaration of Independence is getting more and more publicity. Since the 1990 s politicians and people jumped on the train of I have the right to which blitz across the nation like a tornado. Boaz tried to draw out the significance of Americas most important document on the issue of rights the Declaration of Independence. According to Boaz, the theory of rights starts from the most fundamental right, the B...
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1 2 Billion Balance Sheet
1,810 wordsExecutives at high-flying Enron Corp. (ENE) never seemed overly concerned with how the rest of the world viewed their business practices. Earlier this year, the California Attorney General had to get a court order to collect documents in an industry wide investigation into energy price fixing. And when an analyst challenged former CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling in a conference call to produce Enron's balance sheet, Skilling called him an "ass " Still, even some Enron executives worried that the company...
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Top Secret Research Program
1,184 words... le of the astronomical community (William Dudley). This is difficult. Ph. D's are not conferred by respected institutions as they are in astrophysics. But there are things that can be done to start the process. Genuinely scholarly papers can be written, which the Journal of Scientific Exploration would consider, for example. Note that Bernard is not trying to solicit papers; the Journal is highly selective and turns down more articles than are accepted. Journal articles are one way to intere...
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Products Or Services Sales Promotion
921 wordsMarketing consists of individual and organizational activities that facilitate and expedite satisfying exchange relationships in a dynamic environment through the creation, distribution, promotion, and pricing of goods, services, and ideas. An understanding of marketing is important for success in all business fields and occupations. Rapid technological innovations continue to change human needs and provide goods and services to consumers at an affordable price. Marketers are instrumental in ach...
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Mccarthy Era Joseph Mccarthy
584 wordsThe McCarthy Era was between 1945 - 1960. The McCarthy Era was when there were many widespread accusations and investigations of suspected Communist activities in the United States. McCarthyism was the act accusations were called McCarthyism. The word McCarthy comes from the name of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy who was born on May 2, 1909. Joseph McCarthy, a American politician and a U. S. senator from Wisconsin made many charges on army officials, members of the media, and public figures accusing...
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Cultural Anthropologists Cultural Groups
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Years In Prison Internet
592 wordsThis new, powerful, global tool of communication we call the Internet has taken the relatively controllable problems of terrorism, pornography, hate speech, etc, and emphasized one common factor to all of these problems: accessibility. Everybody knows that if you can control the accessibility to these types of problems, you can at least control the problem in general, right? But wait, we are dealing in cyberspace now. Remember the keyword anonymity, because it is about to show how it can come ba...
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Drug Enforcement Agency Marijuana Should Be Legalized
619 wordsLegalization of Marijuana The purpose of this paper is to discuss marijuana and compare both sides of the issue of legalizing marijuana. We have two fractions fighting each other; one of those who are pro-marijuana and those who are anti-marijuana. These two factions have been fighting on this issue in the halls of justice for years, each coming up with new reasons why they are the right ones. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physicians Association for AIDS Care and the National Lym...
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Dispute Settlement
1,168 wordsSince its antitrust trial began in 1998, the software giant Microsoft and the government have met in negotiations three times; now, a fourth round of mediation has been scheduled, these to be presided over by Richard Posner, the chief judge for the 7 th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Although the two sides differ in opinion on many key issues, both sides have maintained that they are open to settlement. The appointment of Posner has aroused some controversy however, because some, inc...
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Graphic Artist Graphic Artists Job
371 wordsGraphic designers create the visual presentation and design of goods, from gravestone markers to detergent boxes, from album covers to dog food cans (The Princeton Review Guide to Your Career. ) Graphic artists, or graphic designers, are the bases of the graphic world. It is their designs that are sent to layout artists and then to the printers and then onto the outside world on cd covers, cereal boxes, billboards, posters, and basically anything that has to do with a visual representation. Grap...
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