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The Civil Rights Cases
1,097 words... intuitional is if the States are forbidden to legislate on a particular subject, and power is then given to Congress to enforce the prohibition, that gives Congress power to legislate generally on the subject and not merely power to provide modes of atonement against such a State action. This assumption, according to Bradley, is incorrect and is in violation of the 10 th Amendment that declares powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited from the States, are reserved to th...
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Long Term Debt Past Three Years
1,544 words... serves. As a result, total property, plant and equipment was 85 % of total assets in 1998 compared to 77 % in 1997. In comparison, Unocal's PP&E was 66 % and 64 % of total assets respectively. Long-term debt increased over $ 400 million in 1998, totaling $ 920 million compared to $ 510 million in 1997. The $ 920 million was 113 % in relation to total liabilities and owners equity of $ 813 million. In 1998, current liabilities were $ 131 million compared to current assets of $ 118 million. Th...
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Poem Is Written Fourteenth Century
1,107 words... Cambrensis' De Principis Instructions in which we are told that Arthur's grave has indeed been found in Glastonbury, also known as the Isle of Avalon. The Get Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings). contains the hint that Arthur is not dead but may return: "But the tomb of Arthur is nowhere seen, whence ancient dirges still fable his coming." In 1125, a tomb had yet to be found. The bridge between the fairly simple early material and the more complex later material is Geoffrey of Monmou...
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Fibonacci Sequence Previously Mentioned
1,151 words... ely 1; adding 3 to this makes the second square, namely 4, whose root is 2; if to this sum is added a third odd number, namely 5, the third square will be produced, namely 9, whose root is 3; and so the sequence and series of square numbers always rise through the regular addition of odd numbers. Leonardo died sometime during the 1240 s, but his contributions to mathematics are still in use today. Now I would like to take a closer look at some of Leonardo's contributions along with some exam...
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Chiang Kai Shek Chinese Communist Party
1,230 words... arty. The aid that the Chinese Communists received was limited. It may be argued that to Soviets most important aid to the Chinese Communists was delaying the arrival of the Nationalists to Manchuria for six weeks. The Soviets had their own goals in Manchuria, the most industrially developed area of China. The Soviets dismantled industrial plants and shipped them back into the Soviet Union. The Soviet seizure of industrial materials in Manchuria hindered the progress of the Chinese Communist...
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Chiang Kai Shek Chinese Communist Party
1,187 words... the take over of formerly Japanese occupied areas was not carried out effectively. 2. Peace talks of 1945 and 1946 From a political perspective, the Kuomintang's goal was, in theory, to follow the Sun Yat Sens vision of a united democratic and constitutional China. The opportunity to create a united China presented itself during the talks between Mao Tse Tung and Chiang Kai Shek in 1945 and 1946. In January 1946, an agreement had been reached among the representatives of each faction, includ...
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Mao Tse Tung Chinese Communist Party
1,230 words... iet trained officers whose conventional tactics failed miserably. The main goal of the Communist strategy was to reduce the numbers of the Kuomintang troops. They were not concerned with holding specific geographical areas. This strategy allowed the Communists the be more flexible in their attacks. Mao Tse Tung stated that the Americans and Nationalists would never be able to understand the guerrilla warfare tactics, since the only way guerrilla warfare can succeed is if the army has the sup...
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Louise Brooks And Josephine Part 2
2,533 words... the implication of such confinement reflects the fate of the French at the end of the Third Republic and beyond: either outright expulsion or the colonial policy of exclusion from within (Asante, 1993 p. 157). However, more importantly, attesting to Bakers singing style, one reviewer proclaimed: Her singing, like a wounded bird, transported the crowd (New York Times, 28 Feb. 1932). The singing and dancing talent that escalated Baker to stardom made her the focus of the American press. Baker ...
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Previously Mentioned Five Principles
1,818 wordsManaging from the Heart Hyler Bracey, Jack Rosenblum, Aubrey Sanford, and Roy Trueblood wrote managing from the Heart. It is the book about management techniques that are based on human relationships. The book pays close attention to interactions at a workplace from a deep and more human place. The book itself seems not too complicated and actually is pleasure to read. Managing from the Heart is the book for managers. It helps managers to understand the importance of element in being an effectiv...
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Sir Thomas Malory Annales Cambriae
2,243 wordsKing Arthurs Death in Literature From the very beginning of our literary heritage there have been legends of many heroes, kings and Gods. King Arthur is perhaps the best known and most enduring character of all of these legendary figures. This essay aims to explore one aspect of the legend, namely the death of King Arthur. There has been a lot of material written about the legendary King Arthur and although he has been a popular figure in literature for over 800 years, not a lot is known about t...
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Nations Security Council United Nations Security
3,485 wordsThe term laws of war refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and of itself seems to be in violation of an almost universal law prohibiting one human being from killing another. But during times of war murder of the enemy is allowed, which leads one to the question, if murder is permissible then what possible laws of war could there be? The answer t...
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Male Dominated Society Age Of 18
1,895 wordsThe concept of culture can be defined as an orchestrated integration of unconsciously learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of a group of people. Many varying constituents can compose any given culture. This causes many different cultures to deviate from one another greatly. Such components as ethnicity, life experiences, values, beliefs, religion and customs are all examples of these aspects. (Warner and Model, p. 4, 1998) Customs are a way of expressing values and beliefs of a cult...
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Death Penalty Deterrent Effect
1,502 wordsExecutions of juveniles began in 1642 with the execution of Thomas Granger, from Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, his age was not stated in the reference. (Minimum Death Penalty Ages) Three hundred and fifty years later, Twenty-Three states have legalized the execution of juveniles. Eighteen of those Twenty-three states have lowered the legal age of execution to sixteen. (Minimum Death Penalty Ages) For reasons unknown the public has supported the death penalty since this countrys existence. In t...
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Compact Disc Previously Mentioned
3,904 wordsMany of the products we buy today are no more than large collections of zeroes and ones. High-priced software, high-quality music, and valuable reference material such as computerized databases or CD-Rom encyclopedias are commercial products like any other, but the media of their transmission makes them different in at least one aspect: it is possible to copy them freely, or at least extremely cheaply. A compact disc of Elvis Costello and the Attractions is different from, say, a ham and swiss s...
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Causes And Effects Psychological Egoist
1,887 wordsIn his Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume outlines his theory of human morality. Hume? s argument is the notion that human morality is not based on rational thought and reason, but rather is a consequence of our passions. Because passions themselves can never present themselves as the product of any sort of reasoning, it would be illogical to ever judge a moral action as rational or irrational. This, therefore, raises the question, what is the role of reason in moral thinking? This paper will ...
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Hewlett Packard Previously Mentioned
1,568 wordsImplementing A CAD System TO Reduce Costs Introduction This report will analyze a proposal on how Woodbridge Foam could become more competitive through improvements in technology. This includes the saving of the companies money, shortening the design time for new products, decreasing quoting time and improving quality overall. By implementing a company wide CAD system, which would be networked together with each customer and all plants, these improvements could be achieved. Research will include...
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Communications Decency Act Act Of 1996
866 wordsSince the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1989 by Tim Burners-Lee, many different debates have arisen over various aspects of the Internet. That is expected since there are so many different types of information available on the Web ranging from poetry to games to news to even pornography. Some argue that not all kinds of data should be accessible to all; that is where censorship comes in. Internet censorship includes restriction of access or publication of any material not thought to be a...
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Long Term Debt Marketable Securities
3,094 wordsOil and Gas Industry Chesapeake Energy Corporation Group 5 Kurt Alvarado Chris Bailey David Naranjo Marci Rees Robert Sanchez Finance 335 Monday, 7 PM November 15, 1999 Firm Description Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ? owns 1. 1 trillion cubic feet equivalent (the) of proved oil and gas reserves, one of the largest inventories of onshore U. S. natural gas? {Chesapeake Annual Report, 1998, p. 1 }. Recently, Chesapeake finished the transformati...
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Repeated Three Times Previously Mentioned
1,813 wordsMusic 265 -Phish Meghan Conley Music 265 - Rock Music Phish (featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar and vocals, John Fishman on drums and vocals, Jeff Holdsworth on guitar, and Page McConnell on keyboards and vocals), has often been referred to as the Grateful Dead of the 90 s and their fans have often been called the new generation of hippies. The band however, sees things differently. While the Dead's music has been known to fit easily into the Rock-n-Roll category of Rock music, its not that cut ...
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Equal Protection Clause 14 Th Amendment
1,913 wordsThe Constitution has survived two World Wars, a Civil War, and even slavery. This piece of paper was written to limit government in our lives and proclaim our rights as individuals. Through the course of time, Amendments have been added to aid in current events that were not foreseen when the Constitution was originally written. Sixteen presidents after the Constitution was written, slavery was abolished and the Thirteenth Amendment was passed... Three years later came the Equal Protection claus...
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