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Branch Davidians Chemical Warfare
1,137 wordsNeither the Branch Davidians, nor the ATF, nor the FBI, were composed of or led by stupid persons. Yet at Waco, all of these groups made extremely bad decisions. One reason for the high-risk, low-quality decisions of the Branch Davidians, ATF, and FBI is that these groups of intelligent individuals could collectively make decisions much worse than the individuals might have made if they had decided alone. Many of the factors leading to groupthink were present, on all sides, at Waco. First, in gr...
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Robert Fitzgerald Death Threats
1,522 wordsIn Robert Fitzgerald's translation of the Odyssey, many scenes exist that parallel, predict, and contrast each other in various ways. For example, the self-revelation scene in book IX from line 548 to line 592 where Odysseus announces his name to the Kyklops, and also in book XXII from line 36 to line 84 when he reveals his identity to the suitors in his great hall. These two scenes closely relate to one another in both similar and contrasting ways. Both scenes are based primarily on the self-re...
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Zerubabbel As A Messianic Figure
1,198 wordsZerubabbel as a Messianic figure. As my text, I am using the book of Haggai 2: 23: In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, , my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts. Thus, the messianic promise was passed onto Zerubbabel, the man that God entrusted to be the governor of Gods people upon their return to Israel, and with the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem. Zerubbabel was a...
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Euthanasia Supporters Medical Facilities Patient
475 wordsEuthanasia is the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition. There are many ill people being treated in hospitals and many different medical facilities. Do the patients families or doctors have the right to decide when to end their lives? Or is this decision left to the tormented patient to make? When making such a decision, things such as financial considerations for the family of the patient or the hospital should be valued ...
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Power Of One Cry Freedom
1,174 wordsThe most potent weapon of the oppressor is in the mind of the oppressed Steve Biko Triumph means to be victorious or successful and an adversary is someone you compete against or fight, like an enemy. So to triumph against your adversary is to defeat your enemy. The Power of One and Cry Freedom are two different stories, written by two different people, but both have the theme Triumph Against Adversity. Both of the stories were set in South Africa during the times of a white ruled government whe...
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Plot Summary Of The Count Monte Cristo
623 wordsAt a dock, a bride to be (Mercedes) waits for her soon to be husband Edmond Does to return from his voyage at sea. When the ship docks, Edmond gets off the ship and speaks to another gentleman about his captain who died at sea after his visit to the forbidden island where none other than the great Napoleon himself was banished. On the ship, a man was accused of being a thief and another was mad at Edmond because he took over when the captain died instead of him. Edmond meets Mercedes on the dock...
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Air Force Effective Tool
1,140 wordsEFFECTIVENESS OF SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) has access to many traditional and non-traditional dynamic elements that provide superior capabilities to collect and monitor visual, seismic, and acoustic signatures of motorized vehicles. SIGINT is the only system that can be operational and maintainable in any type of climate and terrain, which provides an advantage over the United States' (U. S. ) adversaries. The process of obtaining the intelligence starts with the collect...
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Sexually Abused Capital Punishment
744 wordsThe Debate over the merits of capital punishment has endured for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue. Adversaries of capital punishment point to the Marshalls and the Millgard's, while proponents point to the Dahmers and Games. Society must be kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away their lives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, we must insure that innocent people such as Marshal...
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Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth
1,080 words" The Doubt of Future Foes" by Queen Elizabeth I The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb, Which would not be, if reason ruled or wisdom weaved the web. But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent, by course of changed winds. The top of hope supposed, the root of ruth will be, And fruitless all their granted guile's, as sh...
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Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth
1,054 wordsEXPLICATION The Doubt of Future Foes by Queen Elizabeth I The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb, Which would not be, if reason ruled or wisdom weaved the web. But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent, by course of changed winds. The top of hope supposed, the root of ruth will be, And fruitless all their granted guile's, as sho...
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Napoleon Iii Mexican War
1,405 wordsThe Franco-Mexican War was a war fought by two very different countries then they are today. The war was fought over reasons that seem very unlikely to arise ever again between these two countries. The war was fought over gaining territory, group thinking, and just pure human Nature. These are very unlikely to be present between Mexico and France now. Humans are said to be naturally aggressive. From the time of Adam and Eve humans have always been looking out to gain power. Humans as well as ani...
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Notre Dame Developed Nations
2,949 wordsInformation Technology And Expansion Of The European Information Technology And Expansion Of The European International System: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SECURITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PATRICK MARR EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM DR. MCGEEHAN APRIL 25, 2000 We are at risk. America depends on computers. They control power delivery, communications, aviation, and fin...
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