In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, there is evidence of parallels between the Salem of 1692 and America of the 1950's, the American Government of the 1950's and its misuse of power, and the high court depicted in the play, using its power to impose a misguided ju! ... He did not give up easily; once he decided someone was a witch he would not rest until a confession was made as is evident in the following quote: Will you confesss yourself befouled with Hell, or do you keep that black allegiance yet? ... Danforth may have had too much power also; being the Deputy Governor of M...

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"Charles I, who succeeded his father James, in 1625, proved even more stubborn about royal power. He disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640 and levied taxes by decree".3 This quotes shows the political turmoil that England was in during this time period. ... This quote explains the new way of leadership after the restoration of Charles II. ... The following years presented a fight to gain power between Charles II and King James II. ... The French and Indian War was the first time that the colonist became united as a nation being able to fight a major power in the world and win. ...

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The paper was developed from a simple yet very powerful quote that was said by one of the fellow students in this class. ... From this quote, I derived many reasons to explore women's role and break down and analyse this quote. ... With both comparisons, I was able to analyse the quote, who said and why it was said. ... Returning back to the main concept of this paper (the quote), being any kind of women is not a shameful demeanour specifically when its related to their different cultural assignments to survive. ...

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In the article by Luthans and Stajkovic, they quote a manager at Boise Cascade as saying, "Capital and Machinery make it possible, people make it happen". (1999) What that manager was saying is people make the difference. ... But, just giving the employee the power, without the knowledge on how to use this power is as useless as giving teeth to a cadaver. ... So far, the biggest improvements have been seen in communication, networking and computation power, but the best is yet to come. ...

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Washington is quoted, "we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the productions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labour" (41). ... In America, the Court ruled that, "segregation laws have been generally, if not universally recognized as within the competency of state legislatures in the exercise of their police power" (853). ... Because of the Populists, in some places the black vote over powered the white. ... In his address he quotes, "In all things that are purely social we can be a...

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An explosion of this size would be of unprecedented power. ... A fusion reaction is customarily started with a fission reaction, but the fusion bomb gets its power from the fusing of nuclei of various hydrogen isotopes in the formation of helium nuclei. ... Testing began with three different types of bombs, the smallest, a ten-kiloton bomb, then a one-megaton bomb, and finally, the largest, a twenty-megaton bomb. 10 KILOTONS 1 MEGATON 20 MEGATONS Airburst: 1,980 FT Airburst: 8,000 FT Airbu...

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This intriguing quote by Aaron Powell really sparks a fire in me and gets my thoughts turning. ... In an effort to end racism, people of power have implemented many policies including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments. ... " As we all well know, this famous quote comes from the constitution. ...

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Though technology is already keeping people alive who otherwise would have died with little debate, the rising trend of cryonics is perhaps the next big step for mankind "giving anyone the power to play God. ... Not only are results not guaranteed, the cost of this procedure can be quite a deterrent; freezing the entire body starts at a lofty $80,000 according to the Milwaukee Journal "so many settle by just freezing the head at a more affordable $30,000 (price quotes are from 1985 and have grown considerably since then). ... Though humans may not yet have the power to control life...

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A favorite quote for any child from a favorite movie of every child. ... With the farmer's extra earning power they could now afford to buy industrial goods, thereby helping to stimulate the economy from the bottom up. ... That message states that no matter what happens, we all have the power within ourselves to change the times into favorable outcomes, and live the lives our ancestors dreamed about when coming to the nation of opportunity. ...

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Imagine if the power grid of the United States were to crash or get attacked by North Korea because they're fed up with the U.S. ... The track people are on now with technology is not beneficial even if the power grid doesn't crash. ... Kennedy quoted, "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all human forms of poverty, and all forms of human life....

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Reich opens up with stating that "If an economy is to function well, people need incentives to work hard and innovate. " And with " at what point do these inequalities become so great as to pose a serious threat to our economy " This is essentially Reich outlining what capitalism is in the first quote and outlining at what point capitalism may turn into a form of elitism that could end up controlling our whole economy. ... Why is something like this not being put under control, it is outrageous how much power the 1 percent have. ... With all the money they have, they have the power to inf...

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, as quoted so eloquently by Professor Hoffman. ... By limiting their exports on oil and or military imports of buying weapons from other countries our ability to control countries are left out in the cold, not because the United States excludes them but because they are over powered economically and their economic structure does not allow for advancement in growth and prosperity. ... The United States in the past has had a say so in foreign elections, and have even removed presidents and governmental officials from power. ...

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Hip-Hop is the love child of the Civil Rights Movement, an innovative, provocative and candid voice reminiscent of " power to the people. ... The Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA contends that Hip-Hop is not just a genre of music but also a complex system of ideas values and concepts that reflect newly emerging and ever-changing creative correlative expressive mechanisms including but not limited to song, poetry, film and fashion (quote). ... She goes on to say that the history of Black power movement talk and its impact on the development of hip hop, located it as a musical f...

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For why declare that things shall be done for which there is no power to do"(The Constitution that Delicate Balance page 13). ... On June 8th Madison quoted; "It cannot be a secret to the gentlemen in this House, that, notwithstanding the ratification of this system of government yet still there is a great number of our Constituents who are dissatisfied with it We ought not to disregard their inclination but conform to their wishes and expressly declare the great rights of man kind."...

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When most people think of the Mafia they think, murderers and gamblers. But in fact the Mafia is more than just a bunch of "wise guys" sitting around gambling. For years organized crime families have provided for many and brought wealth to their communities. In the early years of America, organiz...

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Organized Crime Organized Crime When most people think of the Mafia they think, murderers and gamblers. But in fact the Mafia is more than just a bunch of "wise guys" sitting around gambling. For years organized crime families have provided for many and brought wealth to their communities. In th...

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Assault rifles are high-powered guns that can eliminate many targets (even those at great distance) in seconds. ... My closing argument will be some quotes on gun control: QUOTES FOR GUN CONTROL "Waiting periods are only a step. ...

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This quote puts it nicely: Of the twenty-two heads of state between 1843 and 1915 only one served out his president term in office, three died while serving, one was blown up with his palace, one presumably poisoned, one hacked to pieces by a mob, one resigned. ... Democracy combined with capitalism, harnessed the power of self-interest in the social and economic sectors respectively. ...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

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The growing power of the civil rights movement was demonstrated on August 23, 1962 when more than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators marched on Washington, D.C. ... There is nowhere that such a quote is more evident than in the American Social history. ...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

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But, we're under serious attack, and Congress is well within its power to pull back on individual rights when national security is at stake" (Bravin, WSJ). ... Senator Leahy has been quoted, "Since we provided you [Ashcroft] with new statutory authorities in the USA Patriot Act, I have felt a growing concern that the trust and cooperation Congress provided is proving to be a one way street" (Brune, A22). ...

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Scientific polls indicate that most people oppose the costly restrictions of firearms, the distribution of power to police to decide who should or should not own guns, and the decision that they, as citizens, must rely on self-defense from criminals. ... John Adams, a member of the NRA himself, was quoted as saying, "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense" (NRA 27). ...

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Child Abuse: An Exposition Imagine for one moment that you are not yourself any longer. Visualize instead that you are a young girl; old enough to know right from wrong yet still young enough to be terrified by the dark shadows in your room. It is a cool autumn night and your par...

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The Right to be Free Freedom. Webster's dictionary defines freedom as the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action as well as liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another. American history has been, in essence, a huge struggle for those very principl...

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