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The Lost Art Of Typography

... development of the telegraph and the development of the television. Postman argues that American society in particular is in danger since it relies so much on television. Postman's book is divided into two parts. Part one documents the development of communication in Western civilization. The main course of his documentation is that the oral and printed methods of communication tend to be held in higher prestige because they take more "brain power" to learn and perfect. If a person wants to learn in an oral or printed communication based cult ...

Number of words: 1129 | Number of pages: 5

The FBI And Its History

... the early period of the FBI's history, its Agents investigated violations of some of the comparatively few existing federal criminal violations, such as bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime, and neutrality violations. During World War I, the Bureau was given responsibility for espionage, sabotage, sedition, and draft violations. Passage of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction. The Gangster Era began after passage of Prohibition in 1920. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and bank robbery, which ...

Number of words: 320 | Number of pages: 2

Aids--Cause And Effect

... disease with no known cure, that quickly became an epidemic. When high-profile victims began to contract the virus, such as basketball star Magic Johnson, the feeling spread quickly that anyone, not just particular groups of people, could be at risk. AIDS impairs the human body’s immune system and leaves the victim susceptible to various infections. With new research, scientists think that the disease was first contracted through a certain type of green monkey in Africa, then somehow mutated into a virus that a human could get. AIDS is a com ...

Number of words: 752 | Number of pages: 3

Body Piercing And How Society

... get piercing to fit into a certain group that they want to be included into. Some teenagers get piercing to be rebellious against their parents. Others get it done because they see a piercing as something beautiful and want to add that beauty to their own body. Some people even get it done simply for sexual stimulation of that particular body part that is pierced. The main age group that seems to get piercing is 17-25 even though there are some grandmas out there getting all pierced up. In today’s society people judge people by ...

Number of words: 766 | Number of pages: 3

Education In America

... absorb or bank, to put it in words of Paulo Freire, the information given or taught by the teachers. According to Paulo Freire we take information given to us by teachers and categorize the information away for later use. Freire contends that when knowledge is passed vertically from teacher to student in the banking concept the knowledge is stored in the brains and cataloged away. An inefficient way to learn that holds us back from reaching our full potential. We, the students, never question the validity of the information. We simply underst ...

Number of words: 927 | Number of pages: 4

Chinese Immigration Into America

... information pertaining to the Chinese immigration into America. China is one of the world's oldest civilizations. It influence have reverberated throughout Asia. It's presence is felt in many of the surrounding cultures. The Chinese people have tried to keep their society pure from outside sources. When foreigners entered their homeland and poisoned the population with drugs, the culture could not stop the imminent alteration of their ways. China was weakened severely and was taken advantage of by many countries. Chinese came ...

Number of words: 1454 | Number of pages: 6

Censorship In Schools

... mother kisses you on the cheek and scurries out the door to join your father already waiting in the car outside. The nightmare begins. His slimy hands casually slide an ebony cartridge into the VCR as he smiles at you seductively. You can feel his eyes worming their gaze through your clothes every time that he looks at you. You feel dirty and violated every time you think about what he does to you when you are alone. He walks over to the couch and sits down next to you. His hand slithers it way onto your knee and you cringe in revulsion. ...

Number of words: 2174 | Number of pages: 8

The FAA

... advance in safety on older airplanes because the costs may not be able to be recovered by the end of its service life. “The cost-benefit rule has served as a roadblock to safety and an excuse for inaction. The time has come to revoke the Reagan order and try a different, more rational approach to airline safety.” (Nader and Smith, 317) The FAA's policy of problem solving has also hindered the advancement of airline safety. The FAA has not tried to solve a problem until after a problem has already occurred. They have not tried to prev ...

Number of words: 1095 | Number of pages: 4

Homeless Youth

... streets today. Leaving home at an early age can be devastating to the teenager, the cities they live in, and our society, in general. Teens are often victimized and exploited fairly easily while they are out on their own. Due to this, crime rates skyrocket in cities with a large homeless teenage population. Teens often turn to drug trafficking, prostitution, and other forms of criminal activity in order to survive. In turn, this also causes a wide range of physical and mental health problems, including substance abuse. Although the ...

Number of words: 1150 | Number of pages: 5

Has Political Islam Failed In Algeria?

... of the generation of such movements. The Algerian case is the best case one can see as a direct application of Roy's theoretical analysis of the Failure of political Islam. The Islamic movement started in Algeria by the end of the 1980's, after a long era of the corrupt regime and it's economic in efficiency that led the country to live under extremely harsh standards of living for the average individual. While most of the Algerian citizens are under 30, namely 75%, which means a huge number of people in need for a high rate of c ...

Number of words: 3545 | Number of pages: 13

Aids In Africa

... that more people will die off AIDS, in the next decade than have died in all the wars of 20th century. The Clinton administration is wise to use its monthlong leadership of the Security Council to put this devastating crisis, too often hidden by secrecy and shame, at the top of the word security agenda. The sheer scale of Africa's dais epidemic defies comprehension. South of the Sahara, more than 14 million have died these far. In some countries one in four adults infected, the majority under the age of 25. In South Africa, which has th ...

Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2

Presidential Candidates: Division And Classification

... convinced) run for our amusement. Clinton, Powell, and Dole have a decent chance at the Presidency. President Clinton remains the only democrat running. His experience and prominence will aid him in the 96 election. He spouts many unique, interesting ideas. For example, he realized, "We¹ll never get everybody¹s income up until we educate everybody." Clinton is full of brilliant revelations like, "Racial diversity is our great meal ticket to the future if we can figure out how to get along and how to lift each other up." His bits of ...

Number of words: 652 | Number of pages: 3

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