237 results found, view free essays on page:
-
Five Years United College Margaret
430 words
Jean Margaret (Peggy) Wemyss was born in Neepewa,
Manitoba on July 18, 1926 to Robert Harrison
Wemyss, a lawyer, and Verna Jean, nee Simpson.
Margaret s mother died when she was only four and
her father later married her sister, Margaret
Campbell Simpson, a teacher and later a librarian.
She was throughout the years one of Margaret s
greatest encourager's. After her father s death,
when she was nine and her brother still a baby,
the family went to live with Grandfather Simpson
in his big brick h...
Free research essays on topics related to: laurence, simpson, five years, winnipeg, margaret
-
Legalization Of Marijuana Legalization Of Drugs
1,320 words
Legalize It? : Debating American Drug Policy The
controversy surrounding the legalization of drugs
has raged since the late 1930 s and it seems it
will continue well into the future. Such a debate
has been apparent in the American marketplace of
ideas before with the prohibition of alcohol in
the 1920 s. With the illegality of alcohol the
mafia could produce liquor and therefore had
considerable control over those who wanted their
substance and service. The role that the mafia
played in the 1920...
Free research essays on topics related to: illicit drugs, legalization, five years, legalization of marijuana, legalization of drugs
-
Voice Child
4,459 words
Media Coursework: Comparison Of Two Television
Advertisements Media Coursework: Comparison Of Two
Television Advertisements The two advertisements
that I have chosen to compare are for Robinson? s
orange drink and Norwich Union loan company. ? I
chose these because I saw that the two company? s
marketing techniques are similar, and they use
similar persuasive methods in their campaigns. The
Robinson? s advert starts with a small child
jumping around next to a woman who we presume is a
relative s...
Free research essays on topics related to: television advertisements, child , voice, man , face
-
Billion A Year Nursing Homes
1,199 words
The cuts to the Medicare system have decimated the
healthcare industry, a sad fact hidden from the
average American citizen. In an ill thought out
plan, the United States Congress cut 23 billion
dollars a year out of the Medicare system over the
next five years. Around the country, hospital
patients, nursing home residents and home health
patients are being denied lifesaving treatment
because of insufficient reimbursement by the
government. In the wake of news reports of these
tragedies, many Co...
Free research essays on topics related to: balanced budget, five years, nursing, nursing homes, billion a year
-
Made Me Feel Rave Scene
4,550 words
Methamphetamine: Built for Speed? Methamphetamine
has reclaimed a place in the lexicon of party
drugs. Hailed by nocturnal adventurers, condemned
by raver idealists, is speed a sleepless dream or
an addictive nightmare? by Brian Otto Here at the
end of the millennium, the pace of modern life
seems fleeting a whirl of minutes, hours and days.
In dealing with the changes, humans have equipped
themselves with the tools to move faster, more
efficiently. At the same time a dependence for the
marketin...
Free research essays on topics related to: rave scene, crystal meth, addictive drugs, made me feel, organic chemistry
-
Native Born Americans High School Dropouts
2,595 words
There has been a large debate lately over
immigration into the United States from Mexico. In
1993, 904, 292 legal immigrants entered the United
States and of these, 301, 380 were from Latin
America (Duignan and Gann, 4). It is estimated
that an additional 1. 2 million immigrants enter
illegally each year from Mexico, creating problems
for the states in which they reside and the
taxpayers. I want to focus on the ways that the
immigrants help and hurt the economy, job market
and the communities in...
Free research essays on topics related to: illegal immigration, native born americans, high school dropouts, illegal immigrants, skilled workers
-
Sherman Antitrust Act Twenty Five Years
899 words
Microsoft: THE COMPANY The thought of forming a
company which supplies its customers with
software, was a great idea especially coming from
a college dropout. Bill Gates, along with
high-school friend Paul Allen, formed a software
company in 1975. From the beginning, Microsoft had
a tremendous potential to become a very successful
corporation. Beginning with a revenue of sixteen
thousand dollars, and three employees, Microsoft
developed into a huge money making machine. In its
twenty-five years ...
Free research essays on topics related to: twenty five years, sherman antitrust act, billion dollars, richest man in the world, thousand dollars
-
Federal Funds Rate United States Economy
824 words
In Monetary Policy I. Introduction In order to
promote national economic goals, a central bank
acts to influence the availability and cost of
money and credit, this is known as monetary
policy. The Fed has three main tools with which to
carry out policy. These instruments of monetary
policy are open market operations, discount policy
and reserve requirements. Open market operations
are the Fed s most important tool. It causes a
change in the monetary base. When banks need to
borrow money; they b...
Free research essays on topics related to: past five years, open market operations, unemployment rate, federal funds rate, united states economy
-
Archbishop Of Salzburg Leopold Mozart
3,855 words
Mozart was born on January 27 th, 1756. He was
born to Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. He had a
sister named Maria Anna Mozart, who was also
musically talented. Mozart was a young boy who
showed talent from the beginning of his life. He
never attended a proper school, which was a custom
for children of that time. Instead of going to
school, he was taught by his father who was a
respectable man in Salzburg. His father held many
professions such as concertmaster for the court
orchestra of the Archb...
Free research essays on topics related to: anna maria, leopold mozart, archbishop of salzburg, maria anna, piano lessons
-
Five Years One Hour
437 words
My Last Day Sitting on my couch in my apartment,
scanning thorough the cable TV channel, I found an
interesting topic about asteroids on CNN. Not
realizing what is going on I kept on scanning
through the channels and ended up watching the
Spiderman cartoon series. One hour later I m back
to scanning through the channels and tuned to CNN
again but this time I notice a shocking stories.
The news just announces that an asteroid in two
miles in diameter at speed of 140, 000 mph is
coming towards ear...
Free research essays on topics related to: five years, one hour, apartment, scanning, asteroid
-
Wall Street Journal Intellectual Property Rights
1,502 words
NAFTA: A Promising Future For The U. S. and Mexico
After six years of remarkable trade successes, The
North American Free Trade Agreement, also known as
NAFTA, still continues to cause discussions and
debates as to its pros and cons. Even Vicente Fox,
the newly inaugurated President of Mexico, failed
to receive a commitment from George W. Bush nor Al
Gore with regard to an assurance of support to
expand NAFTA, during a recent visit to the United
States (Wall Street Journal). Neither candidate
wa...
Free research essays on topics related to: trade and investment, wall street journal, north american free trade agreement, intellectual property rights, washington d c
-
Bill Also Authorizes Five Years Juvenile
405 words
Bills Waiting to be Passed Bill summaries and
statuses in congress. Some are still floating
around in congress waiting to get passed. One bill
is the Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997. This
bill states that if a juvenile is alleged of
committing an offense to the United States
Juvenile Delinquency Act be surrendered to the
state authority and be tried as an adult. This
bill also authorizes a juvenile to be proceeded
against as a juvenile in Federal court if the
alleged offense or act is committ...
Free research essays on topics related to: juveniles, alleged, jurisdiction, five years, juvenile
-
Medicare Beneficiaries Clinical Trials
580 words
Providing Cancer Clinical Trials for Medicare
Beneficiaries Less than three percent of cancer
patients participate in clinical trials of new
therapies. Many scientists believe that higher
participation could lead to the faster development
of therapies for more of those in need. Moreover,
the elderly, who are most likely to get cancer,
often cannot participate in such trials because
Medicare does not pay for such treatments until
they are established as standard therapies.
Americans over 65 make ...
Free research essays on topics related to: cancer patients, biomedical research, immigrant children, clinical trials, medicare beneficiaries
-
Bubonic Plague Middle Ages
764 words
Black Plague In a time when social health was
poor, doctors were scarce and ineffective, the
largest, most deadly disease outbreak in the
history of the world took its toll on mankind. It
is estimated that fifty million people lost their
lives to the Bubonic Plague that ravaged through
Europe for five years. The streets of middle age
villages were littered with corpses that no one
would touch for fear of contracting the disease.
The primitive medical practices of the time werent
much help either...
Free research essays on topics related to: black plague, bubonic plague, europe population, five years, middle ages
-
Three Strikes Law Twenty Five Years
2,366 words
Cruel and Unusual Punishment is a fundamental
right given to us by the United States (U. S. )
Constitution. The 8 th amendment states, ?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishment inflicted. ? Last year in California
voters approved a controversial ballot initiative.
Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes
and youre out law, was passed on November 9, 1994.
Under this new legislation repeat offenders, upon
committing their third fe...
Free research essays on topics related to: unusual punishment, three strikes law, mandatory minimums, violent offenders, twenty five years
-
Thousand Dollars Pension Plan
1,289 words
Imagine Psychiatry Psychiatry Imagine being able
to know what makes people tick! Imagine being able
to understand why people act the way they do.
Imagine being in University thirteen years MORE
after High School. Definition of a psychiatry The
branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional
disorders. Definition of a psychiatrist A
physician who specializes in psychiatry. Becoming
a psychiatrist is no easy task that s for sure,
but once complet...
Free research essays on topics related to: pension plan, thousand dollars, royal college, medical field, medical school
-
Twenty Five Years Gays And Lesbians
843 words
Same Sex Marrigaes: I Do or Dont There are issues
brewing all the time that catch somebody's eye at
one time or another. Issues such as abortion,
single-parent families, the homeless, AIDS,
politics, euthanasia, and same- sex marriages.
Same-sex marriages caught my eye as an issue of
1996 which people should be aware of. Not
necessarily because of gay and lesbian rights, but
because they are people too and why should they be
permitted on how far they are able to take their
relationships because ...
Free research essays on topics related to: people of the same sex, gay and lesbian, gays and lesbians, politically correct, twenty five years
-
Reader Is Told Light In August
1,544 words
Show me Love In William Faulkner? s Light in
August, Faulkner shows the reader the many
relationships of Joe Christmas. The reader is
presented the unsuccessful relationships that
Christmas has with his parents and grandparents,
the people at the orphanage, Mceachern and his
wife, the waitress, and Miss Burden. Joe Christmas
does not receive true love from any of them, and
in turn has never learned how to love. Faulkner is
showing the reader that if you have never been
loved, it is impossible to...
Free research essays on topics related to: shows the reader, joe christmas, lack of love, light in august, reader is told
-
Infertile Couples Human Cloning
1,154 words
To Clone or Not To Clone? In February 1997, the
first genetically cloned sheep named Dolly was
born. The announcement immediately started the
debate of ethical, moral, and scientific
implications. (Park 71) There is no doubt that
genetic research will be able to offer us
invaluable information for the future from human
DNA, to mammals, and even agriculture. Cloning is
not new. Experiments with frogs and toads date
back to the 1970 s. Experiments involving plants
and animal embryos have been perf...
Free research essays on topics related to: somatic cell, human cloning, human dna, infertile couples, human beings
-
Consumer Price Index Copyright C 1994
1,407 words
Economic Development of Hawaii- Hawaii, with an
area of 28, 313 sq. km (10, 932 sq. mi. ), is the
43 rd largest state in the U. S. ; 6. 9 % of the
land is owned by the federal government. It
consists mainly of the Hawaiian Islands, eight
main islands and 124 islets, reefs, and shoals.
The major islands in order of size are Hawaii,
Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Nihau, and
Kahoolawe. Population growth has increased by 80,
000 persons over the past five years. Demographics
show a large number ...
Free research essays on topics related to: unemployment rate, inflation rate, consumer price index, second quarter, copyright c 1994
237 results found, view free essays on page: