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A Personal Opinion on Choosing the Right Career (430 words, 1 pages)

English Essay 5 I believe that a career or profession should be chosen with great care and that it should not be taken lightly. A career or profession should be something that you enjoy doing because you will be doing it for many years to come. So I took time ... Read More

The Economies of South and North during and after the American Civil War (499 words, 1 pages)

Ever since the Civil War, economies were changed for the good and bad. North and South alike experienced these changes. The North had the greater amount of good changes throughout and after the war. The South had more of the negative effect on their economy. No matter what happened during ... Read More

Education in the United States Prior to the Civil War (2539 words, 4 pages)

Education had an emphasis on many different aspects during the time prior to the Civil War. There was a certain irony that set the mode of this time making things that were said irrelevant to the actions that were taken. The paradoxes of education in Pre civil war America, are ... Read More

Early Civilizations and the Dawn of the Medieval Age (4829 words, 9 pages)

EARLY CIVILIZATIONS AND THE DAWN OF THE MEDIEVAL AGE 1.0 Introduction History is an account of mans achievements during the last five thousand years. Though man has been on this planet for about 500,000 years, history only covers a part of this period. The reason for this is that history ... Read More

Governmental Civil and Criminal Investigations of Companies (4919 words, 8 pages)

Introduction It is late on a Friday afternoon. The Chief Executive Officer, or the General Counsel, of XYZ Corp. receives a telephone call advising that the local FBI, United States Attorney, or Regional Office of the SEC, is investigating serious charges of wrongdoing alleged to have been committed by Ms. ... Read More

The Rights of Passage in the Book Dune (1247 words, 2 pages)

Many people tend to believe Michael Jackson is a man who will go to any extreme just to receive a new degree of publicity. Although Michael Jackson was centre of attention due to his unusual behaviour, it was by no means what he wished for. Michael Jackson was in a ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Joining Civil Air Patrol (449 words, 1 pages)

Dreams of Aviation Ever since I was just a youngster I have always had a fascination with airplanes. When I took my first trip on an airplane I was really uneasy about it. Then they brought me into the cockpit and let me see all the instruments and we talked ... Read More

A Biography of Martin Luther King an American Clergyman and Civil-Rights Leader (487 words, 1 pages)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Martin Luther King was born in 1929 and was killed in 1968. He was an American clergyman and civil-rights leader. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1948. The then went on to the university of Boston to get his Ph.D in 1955. He led the ... Read More

The Legal Rights of Which You Ought to Be Aware Before You Open Your Door to the Local Police or the FBI (528 words, 2 pages)

"GOOD MORNING! My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a few simple questions?" If you open your door one day and are greeted with those words, STOP AND THINK! Whether it is the local police or the FBI at your door, you have certain legal rights of which ... Read More

The Right to Be Offended as a Decision (348 words, 1 pages)

Everyone in this world is different or diverse in some way, either by how they look, who they are, or what they think and believe. Do I have the right to complain or seek affirmative action when someone offends me based on our differences? Do I have the right to ... Read More

The Divine Right to Rule Concept throughout the History of Human Civilization (1312 words, 2 pages)

Divine Right to Rule--The Origin of Government The divine right to rule is one of the most important doctrines in history yet most people dont understand this concept. The first step in understanding the concept of the divine right to rule is to know its history. Once you understand the ... Read More

Shakespeare’s Macbeth: A Story of the Fall of a Hero (1005 words, 2 pages)

Macbeth is a tragic play, evoking the gradual deterioration of the hero, from good to evil, inevitably resulting Macbeth to lose his political supremacy and die a great catastrophic end. A source of evil present in the play is Macbeth himself, with boundless ambition to usurp the throne, yet it ... Read More

The Complaint Process and Attempt to Explain the Civil Litigation That May Follow of the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Cannot Settle a Complaint (938 words, 2 pages)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a Government agency, which exists to protect each and every one us from employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and disability. Individuals who feel that their employer has discriminated against them for any of these reasons have ... Read More

A Complaint Process and the Civil Litigation That Could Follow If the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Through Mediation Cannot Resolve a Charge (1073 words, 2 pages)

This paper will outline a complaint process and illustrate the civil litigation that could follow if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, through mediation and arbitration cannot resolve a charge. The complaint is based on a scenario of an employee, named John. John works for a private sector business and he ... Read More

A Flawed Hero in the Cider House Rules by John Irving (626 words, 1 pages)

The Flawed Hero Mark Twain once said, "If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes." In the novel, The Cider House Rules, author John Irving develops the idea of the flawed hero He takes the quote, "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Right to Bear Arms in the United States (442 words, 1 pages)

Demolishing the Constitution Few Policy debates have been as dominated by emotion as the one on gun control. Perhaps one reason why this issue is so heatedly discussed is because it tampers with our right to bear arms. The calls for gun restrictions or for bans on guns are calls ... Read More

The Pioneers of Rocket Powered Flight in the Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (746 words, 2 pages)

William Turner EN 102 American Military University Defining "The Right Stuff" In his novel "The Right Stuff", Tom Wolfe chronicles the early years of the United States' manned space program. Wolfe talks about numerous young military men devoting their lives to forwarding technology while mustering up the guts to do ... Read More

The Reasons Why Has Ned Kelly Been Glorified and Called a Hero in Australia (1260 words, 2 pages)

If you went into any Australian classroom and asked if anyone knew who Ned Kelly was, chances are you'd get an answer of something like "mm yeah, that bushranger who had the steel bucket on his head who got shot". Not many people know the real story, but it is ... Read More

Declaration of the Rights of the Child in the United States (1188 words, 3 pages)

Declaration of the Rights of the Child, G.A. res. 1386 (XIV), 14 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 19, U.N. Doc. A4354 (1959). PREAMBLE Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the ... Read More

The Current Security Crisis in the United States and Other Civilized Countries (786 words, 1 pages)

Much intelligent discussion of the current security crisis that the United States, and not just the United States, faces has centered on to what extent we and other civilized countries now find ourselves at war -- and if indeed we are at war what constraints precepts of natural justice and ... Read More

The Tragic Hero in the Film Dead Poet’s Society (746 words, 2 pages)

Dead Poets as Tragic Drama The character Neil in Dead Poets Society is a good example of a tragic hero. He is a character that is controlled by his passionate nature and by an insatiable desire to act in the theatre, against the wishes of his authoritative father. Neil is ... Read More

A Biography of Dante Alighieri, the Great Italian Poet and a Hero in His Own Right (808 words, 1 pages)

Dante Alighieri wrote when he was poor. Dante Alighieri wrote when he lost his loved ones. Dante Alighieri wrote when he was exiled out of Florence, Italy. How could he do it? Simple, he was prepared for challenges, independent, he had a focus, and always had a sense of higher ... Read More

George Armstrong Custer: The Hero at the Battle of the Little Big Horn (579 words, 1 pages)

George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer was born in Harrison County, Ohio on December 5, 1839. Although Custer is famous and remembered especially in folklore as a hero at the "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he did in fact achieve great fame during the Civil ... Read More

An Argument Against Women’s Right to Vote (747 words, 1 pages)

Women Rights For the last thirty years or so, women have made a mockery of the right to vote. The day the weaker gender was granted a say in local, state or national affairs was the day men lost control of the country in a moment of weakness. However, they ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of the Right to Bare Firearms (1277 words, 2 pages)

Control! Will it Help? Sometimes it seems that almost all news reports about firearms, gun control or crime should start out with that phrase. Those four short words tell us that while the story to follow will be presented as fact, it is really fiction, or better said, a myth ... Read More

The History of Accomplishments of the Islamic Civilization (577 words, 1 pages)

The Islamic Civilization contributed many ideas, discoveries, and inventions contrary to the hostile people who claim that Moslems only took ideas from others. The Islamic accomplishments in medicine were remarkable. Islamic physicians discovered the value of cauterization and of styptic agents, diagnosed cancer of the stomach, prescribed antidotes for cases ... Read More

Contract of Service, Contract for Services and Determening Workers Rights (1916 words, 3 pages)

Distinguishing between a contract of service (employee) and a contract for services (independent contractor) is vital in determining workers rights, and the obligations owed by their employers. Sometimes it is not clear whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor, which can lead to disputes between workers and ... Read More

Tragic Heroes in The Great Gatsby, Macbeth and Shoeless Joe (1663 words, 2 pages)

From Greek mythologys Hercules, to the Americans Paul Bunyan, myths perpetrating the quest can be found in all cultures and societies. Stories of the mythic quest express knowledge that is complete and coherent,1 thus the mythic quest exists to teach an idea or principle to its audience. Quests can be ... Read More

The History and Evolution of Civilization (722 words, 2 pages)

Civilization is the way of life that began by those who live in cities. Civilization comes from the word civis, which comes from Latin, and means citizen of a city. Civilization is characterized by everything that makes up the way of life in a city. This includes form of government, ... Read More

State of Delaware Opposed the Extension of Slavery During the Civil War (3288 words, 5 pages)

Delaware Politicians of the Northern states pressed to end it, both because it was considered immoral and because white labor could not compete with unpaid black labor. The North demanded for its industrial growth a protective tariff, federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements, and a sound banking and currency ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013