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Nationalism: Art Of 19th Century
Number of Words: 707 / Number of Pages: 3
... through war. During much unification throughout Europe, nationalism was at its highest peak. Such countries as France, Germany and Italy were all experiencing nationalism through people and government. "Liberty leading the people" (by Delacroix) reveals the feeling of freedom and fight for the country. People killing others, lead by one thing liberty (nationalism) in order to make their country proud. Many people were killed in this ordeal, but to die in such way was considered an honor. Artists showed the pride of the people who were to be killed, standing up for freedom and glory. "The Sho ...
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Preferred Hiring Practices
Number of Words: 2105 / Number of Pages: 8
... later. First, lets focus on why this is not a solution to creating an unbiased society. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." He desired a world without discrimination, without prejudice, and without stereotypes. The fundamental lesson years of discrimination should have taught is that to give anyone preference based on skin color, sex, or religious beliefs is, in one word, wrong. As Martin Luther King Jr. stated, judgment based ...
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Questioning The Constitutional
Number of Words: 776 / Number of Pages: 3
... Everson vs. Board of Education case, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th amendment prevented the States and the and the Federal government from setting up a church, passing laws that favor any religion, or using tax money to support any religion. Justice Hugo Black "incorporated" the First Amendment's establishment clause into the 14th Amendment which states that "the State shall not deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws and due process. After this trial, people began to question whether school prayer was constitutional (pg. 93-94, Klinker).
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he "creche case," Lynch v ...
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Filial Piety In China
Number of Words: 3643 / Number of Pages: 14
... , if and how various incidents may have impacted . I will also be analyzing the implications of the erosion of filial piety and the importance of filial piety in modern China. Traditional Filial Piety To define traditional filial piety in Chinese culture, it is imperative that I draw on the works of Confucius as Confucianism is the system that has dominated Chinese thought throughout most of history, controlling Chinese education, society and government for some 2,000 years. It would be necessary to take into account Mencius's philosophy as he was also a strong influence on Chinese culture. Xiao in t ...
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The Doctrine Of Fascism
Number of Words: 1422 / Number of Pages: 6
... for custom or
culture had been crushed after World War I. The humiliation imposed by the
victors in the Great War, coupled with the hardship of the economic
Depression, created bitterness and anger. That anger frequently found its
outlet in an ideology that asserted not just the importance of the nation, but
its unquestionable superiority and predestined role in history.
Italy was the birthplace of Fascist ideology. Mussolini, ironically a former
socialist journalist, organized the first Fascist movement in 1919 at Milan. In
1922 Mussolini led a march on Rome, he was given a ...
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A Look At Animal Testing
Number of Words: 1788 / Number of Pages: 7
... "animals, like humans, have interests that cannot be sacrificed or traded away simply because it might benefit others." (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 2-3). Essentially, PETA is of the opinion that animals and humans should have identical rights. In their press releases PETA puts out pictures of rabbits with open flesh wounds and dogs with rashes on their skins--all in an attempt to disgust people into sympathy for their cause. In actuality the number of lab animals used has been cut in half in the last 25 years (James-Enger 254). Of the animals used, 90 percent are rats and mice (Jam ...
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The Need For Gun Control
Number of Words: 1594 / Number of Pages: 6
... pair of shoes, a particular
type of jacket, or simply just a misinterpreted look. I believe that more
strict handgun regulations are a must in today's society. I'm not saying that
we have to ban handguns, but we have to take legislative measures in order to
limit the possibility of handguns falling into the hands or youths. Peter Annin
and Tom Morganthau state that according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Uniform Crime Report, murders committed by persons under the age of eighteen who
were arrested jumped from 1,193 in 1985 to 2982 in 1994. [1] This report shows
a substantial increase in ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency
Number of Words: 1910 / Number of Pages: 7
... find themselves focusing on the
information and analysis that EPA provides. The Environmental Protection
Agency is unique among environmental regulatory agencies in that it deals
with both public health and resource management issues. Its comprehensive
authority is reflected in its position in the Executive Branch. It is the
only regulatory agency whose administrator reports directly to the
President. No single agency, however, can be understood in isolation. It
is constantly influencing, and being influenced by, the courts, interest
groups, the Congress, and other parts of Executive Branch. ...
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The Strategies The Meiji Government Used To Achieve Economic Development?
Number of Words: 604 / Number of Pages: 3
... taught in schools and applied not only to the family but also to the
national family which included father, teacher, official and employer. The
Japanese education system also created a system of technical schools and
universities both public and private that educated a growing class of Japanese
on how to use new western machinery, administrate government and run private
industries. The Japanese education system following the Rescript on Education
served primarily to teach people what to think and not how to think; and as
Edwin Reischauer stated, "Japan pioneered in the modern totalitarian technique
of ...
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The First Amendment: Free Of Expression
Number of Words: 1133 / Number of Pages: 5
... the anarchy symbol from it. The teacher said
that she was worried about me for reasons such as my feelings on the freedom of
religion were almost satanic, because I said teachers should not be able to
publicly practice religion in schools because it will encourage students to
become a part of that religion. The presentation was neither slanderous nor
obscene, but it did criticize teachers and administrators calling them "fascist
dictators". At first I was angry at the school because I could wear clothing
that was obscene or contained liquor advertisements, now they have completely
taken away my free ...
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