In the world we live in, vast impersonal forces are making for the centralization of power and a regimented society" (Huxley, Education for Freedom, para. 2). ... Unfortunately, many sources like these go unquestioned by the general public, which leads to a misinformed world. ... Therefore, society must take the responsibility in confirming the authenticity of everything that is distributed through the news in order to prevent the centralization of power and ultimately a misinformed world. ... Huxley quoted Hitler in his essay, "Propaganda in a Dictatorship", where he said, &q...

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Drake throughout the book portrays Galileo as a mechanical genius, a spiritual man with an incessant drive to explain the world through science. ... Introduction In 1572 a new star appeared in the heavens and was proved by Tycho Brahe a Danish astronomer to be a fixed star in the heavens. ... This new star today known as a "Nova" occurred once again in 1604 during the time Galileo was writing about falling objects to Sarpi. ... Drake explains, "to understand something of Galileo's early upbringing, here is a quote from his father, Vincenzo Galileo: "It appears to me that they who in pro...

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Businesses in labor-intensive industries charged that the Industrial Workers of the World and socialist organizations were undermining the economy. ... That this consensus view as generally correct is supported by the facts that first the most important demands of labor and social activists made during the strike have been recognized and passed into law by the government, and second the political successor, the New Democratic Party, to the forces behind the Winnipeg General Strike has emerged as a political force in Canada. In the aftermath of WWI, Canadian Prime Minister Robert Border (Tor...

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