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Racial Division And Conflict
Sen. Barack Obama, hoping to silence the firestorm over race that has engulfed his presidential campaign since his pastor's anti-American sermons began circulating Friday, today called for America to "move beyond some of our old racial wounds" to unite around issues. In what was billed as one ...
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John Grisham
Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby writing his first novel.
Born on February ...
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Animal cloning
Background
Cloning has been going on in the natural world for thousands of years. A clone is simply one living thing made from another, leading to two organisms with the same set of genes. In that sense, identical twins are clones, because they have identical DNA. Sometimes, plants are self-pollinated, ...
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Animal cloning
Introduction
Dolly the Sheep was a phenomenon that spread through the world like wildfire. She was born on July 5, 1996 and was the first mammal to be effectively cloned from an adult somatic cell. Dolly was such an amazing discovery because before her creation there was no evidence that ...
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Conflicts Involved Within The American Films
American History X
American History X is in no way a comprehensive look at racism, hatred, or inner city violence. Instead, it examines the various ways these elements tear at the fabric of a family. The film emphasizes that actions have consequences, and that attaining ...
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SCHOOL LUNCHES
School Lunches Evolution
School Lunches Evolution
Introduction
As childhood obesity rates climb, attention is increasingly focused on the importance of improving the healthfulness of school meals. The prevalence of childhood overweight could double over the next two decades, according to a recent study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
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JACK WELSH
Jack Welsh
Jack Welsh
Jack Welch's leadership aggressive, demanding and effective management style as articulated in his four (4) strategic initiatives namely:
Globalization by acquisition of foreign corporation and divestiture which in turn made GE earn global revenues which are three times higher than its domestic US sales.
Services Business reduce ...
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UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Karimov carries the critical paternalism of his government in his publication Uzbekistan on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century.The preamble of Uzbekistan's constitution (adopted 8 December 1992) states that one of the prime goals of the individuals of Uzbekistan is to "create a humane and well liked direct ...
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WHITE COLLAR CRIME
White Collar Crime
White Collar Crime
The term white-collar crime only dates back to 1939. Professor Edwin Hardin Sutherland was the first to coin the term, and hypothesize white-collar criminals attributed different characteristics and motives than typical street criminals. Mr. Sutherland originally presented his theory in an address to the ...
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Rachel Carson
Introduction
For post-World War II America, scientist and writer Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964), born in Springdale, Pennsylvania on May 27, popularized the idea that ethical discussions of science and technology should consider environmental concerns. Using the insights of ecology, Carson pointed out that humans and nature were inextricably, even physically ...