In his book, "In Defense of the Bush Doctrine,"" Robert Kaufman discusses how the founders of the United States embraced an isolationist strategy in the years 1776-1830. ... As Kaufman notes, "if the United States became embroiled in the French Revolution, the young nation would become perilously vulnerable to France's British and Spanish enemies sitting athwart its vital flanks " (Kaufman 8). ... In his book, Flight of the Eagle, Conrad Black summarizes the thinking of Washington and the United States when he writes, "in the sage beginning of what would become a vastly successful policy ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Until 1983, the only things that evoked its existence were a note in Cole's list of topics, an entry in the Cole memorial exhibition catalogue and the existence of a small draft and a few drawings. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is amazing to note the amount of self-confidence that is gained from knowing how to get around in a city. ... We did not discuss genre painting and American art in a classroom using a book to look at the artwork. ... Instead of having discussion from the book on what some other person had experienced, and instead of discussing someone else's opinions, we were introduced to a man who was actually a refugee. ...

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The following day, before the United States could respond to the first note a second note was sent by Khrushchev to try and negotiate terms. ... It started in 1962 with the publishing of Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." ... Her book attacked the use of chemical pesticides. ... It began by the publishing of a book. The book was The Feminie Mystique, by Betty Friedans. ...

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It is important to note that these people control large amounts of money and are often referred to as "clients" by some government officials (Bean 119). ... A book by a man named Charles Lewis and others from the Center for Public Integrity titled, The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers-and What They Expect in Return listed the now bankrupt company Enron as one of President Bush's biggest contributors. In fact, in the book it states, "Enron's employees and Political Action Committee have given over $600000.00 to Bush over...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a pharmacy book written by the emperor Shen-Nung about 2657 B.C., he recommends marijuana as a cure for "gout, rheumatism, malaria, beriberi, constipation, and absent mindedness (Stwerka 5)." ... Marijuana was first mentioned in an American book in 1843 where it was recommended as a treatment for gout, tetanus, hysteria, depression, and common insanity. ...

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In contrast to the modern day woman, the traits shared by the women in Fitzgerald's book are somewhat disturbing, sometimes laughable, but more importantly, are indicative of Fitzgerald's view of what the consequences of achieving the American Dream held for Americans. ... During the party at the apartment, Nick notes Myrtle's behavior: "The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. ...

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In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. ... In his book, Dangerous Society, Taylor points out several gang-prevention strategies on which we might focus. ...

• Word Count: 4105
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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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Author Irene Guggenheim Navarro wrote in her history of hairwork that One social historian has observed that the Industrial Revolution brought about an emotional revolution as well, . . . noting that in the eighteenth century emotions such as grief were expressed communally and thus were diffused amongst members of a church or community. ... Helen Shumaker in her book, Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America, describes the fashionable rise of hairwork jewelry made at home with love. ...

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Propaganda among other sorts of techniques are used in three ostensibly opposed forms of governance to achieve similar goals. Bernays equated what propaganda is to a democratic society to what force is to a dictatorship. Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Three New Deals and John Garraty's New Deal, National S...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. Some refer to family situations. They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather th...

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However I quickly found that doing any justice to this subject would require much more than time would allow, nothing less than a book. ... It was this book in particular that helped me to realize that scope of my research must be wider. ... I think it also important to note that Lincoln and McClellan met at Antietam on October 4 1862. ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts...

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MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? It must first be state that neither Canada nor the USA is considered a socialist state. For the purpo...

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Being physically active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Individuals who participate in moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity can reduce their risk for disease and premature death (USDHHS, 1996). Physical activity has been shown to have the following health benefits: Reduces t...

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The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study Executive Summary Introduction and Background America's burgeoning elder population has affected every segment of the social, political, and economic landscape. Public debate of the issues surrounding the special needs of the approximately 44 million persons in this country age 60 years and over has heightened national awareness and concern. As a result, public policies relating to issues such as retirement security, affordable long-term care, and quality of life are changing to meet the unique needs of the aging population. Yet, as the pu...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States his...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate