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The Four Priorities of Action
The Four Priorities of Action
The advance of freedom, opportunity, and human dignity through democracy is the long-term solution to the transnational terror movement of today. To create the space and time for this long-term solution to take root, we are operating along four priorities of action ...
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TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE
Terrorism Preparedness Response
Terrorism Preparedness Response
It pursues from this form those contingency performances a substantial function in the emergence of political violence. The creation of persona, and the subsequent formation of an action or an association, counts on the emergence of political entrepreneurs, a method that is nearly random ...
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GENDER INEQUALITY IN AMERICA
Gender inequality in America
Gender inequality in America
In exploring the essay title, it would seem wise to explain the terms "Gender" and "Inequality". Within this essay, "gender" refers to the socially defined differences between men and women. As the word suggests, "inequality" means unequal rewards/opportunities for different individuals ...
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I'M COLOR-BLIND BUT, WHAT ARE YOU, ANYWAY?
I'm Color-blind but, what are you, anyway?
I'm Color-blind but, what are you, anyway?
Believers in color-blindness argue that “race should not and does not matter. They say that blacks and whites should be viewed, described, and treated simply as individuals rather than members of particular ...
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Second Great Awakening
Second Great Awakening
Through his research and his teaching, the philosopher William James sought to mediate between two concepts of middle-class manhood that developed in U.S. culture from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The first concept, rooted in antebellum intellectual, religious, and reform movements such as the ...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
In making the case for American independence, Jefferson employed the language of 18th-century logic and rhetoric. The argument of the Declaration is in the form of a syllogism, with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Jefferson supplemented those basic components of the syllogism with corollary ...
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Westward Movement
Westward Movement
Ever since the Europeans' early explorations of the New World in the sixteenth century, the frontier had always been a site of persistent white colonial encounters with racial “others”— most often Native Americans. The Indian, indelibly associated in the popular imagination with the western frontier, exercised a ...
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EDGAR ALLAN POE
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was mostly known for his analytic and criticising analyses. It was them which gave him respect as a critic. Poe was influenced by the British 18th century's romantic horror short stories. That is why he wrote those. He was ...
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The Great Person Theory: Is It a Valid Interpretation of History?”
The Great Person Theory: Is It a Valid Interpretation of History?”
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The Great Man Theory is associated most often with 19th-century commentator and historian Thomas Carlyle, who commented that "The history of the world is but the biography of great ...
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Community Colleges Student Success
In Life there are roads and there are choices. The right or left turn you make along the winding path throughout your life is and should be the one that makes you happy. Furthering your education may be your best and only way to make that right ...