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The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

The Evolution of the Americas

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...

Japanese and American Comic Books

Another difference between the two is the character development found in the Japanese comics (2001). The worlds that are created f...

Are Americans Selfish?

are compassionate and although they are not perfect in the handling of needy children, or needy people, they are clearly a nation ...

Television Depictions of Gender and Ethnicity in the Workplace

researcher that suggests that these differences relate as much to socioeconomics as they do to biology. She emphasizes that the i...

Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

Are Americans Selfish?

part of a type of culture that invest heavily in thinking first about themselves and their own survival before thinking about thei...

Foreign Policies of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan: Fighting Communism at the Expense of Freedom

us against them mentality that usually enabled the President to secure public support for any military action presented as promoti...

The Accuracy of American History Books

faced. Foner explains that by the time the Savannah Colloquy would come around, slavery was already an institution3. He explains t...

Gambling Interventions for Chinese-American Men

as "submission to the new culture or changing to the old" (Li, 1993, p. 99). Instead, by working out the conflicts, "a new awarene...

Study Proposal/Will Placing an NP in EDs Help Overcrowding?

concerns the how NP practice has been implemented in countries other than the US. The majority of research articles available in v...

Jay Gatsby and the American Dream

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

Healthcare Problems in America and the Proposed Solution of 2008 Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain

very different plans to prospective voters. Obamas healthcare plan focuses on expanding coverage to Americans that are presently ...

Social Security Versus The American Dream

public transportation or carpooling with friends. To fill up the tank of this older model, low mileage car costs $75. Moreover, ...

The European Perception of and Impact to Native Americans

the Native Americans had with the lands in which they made their homes. Their lifeways, indeed even their spirituality, had evolv...

Advanced Practice Nursing/Legal Requirements in Tennessee

recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

African Americans in Early America

(Laughter Genealogy, 2008). Another region, Pennsylvania, saw an African American history that was essentially one of slav...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

Irish American Influence on American Culture

society, so much so that the Irish ultimately became "more American than the Americans in their appreciation for the blessing of c...

Marva Collins Model for Discipline

She also advocates the use of proverbs and poetry, as students to copy and memorize them, as these inspirational tools deliver "cu...

Muslim Customs

Muslim extremists and the discussion becomes heated with the American getting a bit angry and slamming his right fist into the pal...

Children: To Spank Or Not To Spank

The main contention resides with the fine line that separates harmless yet effective swats with an open palm and heavy-handed stri...

Demography Of Aging: Impact Upon Life, Job And Society

both generations; their lives by having to virtually give up themselves and their interests, passions or aspirations just to have ...

Program/Aiding Adult Female Victims of Childhood Sex Abuse

research shows that the majority of women, and also a percentage of men, who seek treatment for substance abuse disorders indicate...

Importance Of Head Start Programs

understanding simple directions or being self-motivated, which ultimately leads to a significant sense of failure. Combine that w...

Runaway Mothers: Reasons For Leaving

sent them scrambling to revise the law to include only infants. This was also a lesson for other states offering or considering t...

Mental Health Counseling: Child Abuse And Neglect

the opposite lessons required for living within a civilized society, which can influence them to the point where they ultimately i...

Ishmael Beah/A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

verge of being reunited with his family, only to have this chance taken away by another rebel attack. He is changed by his experie...

Standardized Testing In Kindergarten

being used in todays state accountability programs-mandated standardized achievement tests-are causing educational harm, perhaps i...

Piaget/Preschoolers' Capacity for Reading and Math

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...