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New York City/Bonfire of the Vanities

incredibly shallow, supercilious and caught within such a fierce atmosphere of competitiveness that they use the millions at the d...

Ecological Management and the Role of Fire

In twelve pages management of the ecosystem is discussed in a consideration of fire's role with emphasis upon the fire effects on ...

Becoming New Yorkers

the facts revealed by Lopez concerns the way in which speaking Spanish is punitively regarded in the high school that was the focu...

Reducing Overtime For Officers Appearing In Court

no one who has been issued a citation will know if his or her officer will be called to show up in court or merely file a statemen...

Rampart Independent Review Panel Report and What Can be Done to End Deviance within Law Enforcement

to cooperate with LAPD officials in exchange for a five-year prison term. Perez charged that several members of the CRASH unit en...

The Biological, Psychological, and Social Obstacles to Understanding Transsexuality

the treatise Feminization of males and masculinization of females (Meyerowitz, 2002). Meyerowitz (2002) claims Steinachs research...

History of New York Gangs

This research paper presents a brief overview of the history of New York gangs, beginning in the early nineteenth century, discuss...

Firefighting and Labor

In a literature review consisting of twenty five pages this paper considers various labor issues concerning civilian fire casualti...

Society and American Pop Art

In five pages this paper examines pop art as featured at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art in terms of history and th...

NYC and Public Transportation

In twelve pages this paper examines problems and various issues that have existed throughout New York City's public transportation...

Legalized Slavery in Colonial Times

Slavery in America was held in place by a complicated network of legal precedents. This paper analyzes the history of the practice...

New York and Capital Punishment

In eight pages capital punishment in New York is examined in terms of history, morality, statistics on crime along with the views ...

A Latin Jazz Exploration

In ten pages the history of Latin jazz is presented with a discussion of locations such as New York City and important musicians s...

New York City's History and Impact of Immigration

parts of the city (1997). Upon arrival, the Jews formed groups and associations (Sarna, 1998). Today, the city has a great many m...

Microsoft and Applicability of Antitrust Laws

that could serve the governments purpose. Roosevelt was committed to big government and providing it with the role of protector o...

New York City Draft Riots of 1863

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

The Gambino Family

Luciano would bring the Mafia into the modern age, putting the group into organized crime. Out of the ruins of the Masseria and Ma...

“The Gates of Fire” by Steven Pressfield

on history, on ancient people and cultures. Pressfield has obviously researched the types of weapons the people used, the struggle...

The Park and the People A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar

4) Redefining Central Park; 5) The Nineteenth-Century Park in the Twentieth-Century City; and, 6) The Past Fifty Years, in additio...

A New York City Subway System Social History

of the tunnel in order to arrive at an exit point. Through its history, people have been pushed off platforms which had bystander...

New York City and the Problem of Animal Overpopulation

companion animal overpopulation in New York City is readily apparent. Many people, and especially animal lovers, do not see a pr...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

Sonnets and Poems

are not red as coral; her breasts are not white but dun colored; her hair is coarse and wiry (on her head; Shakespeare being Shake...

Adult Literacy and the New York City Public Library

potential" (National Assessments of Adult Literacy n.d.). An individuals literacy level cannot be defined by a single skill, such...

New York Retailer Barneys

eyed a nondescript storefront at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 17th Street, in the lowbrow Manhattan neighborhood known as Chel...

Schools That Are Failing and How to Fix Them

better. In a study, voucher students had been compared with public school pupils and it was found that those who had the vouchers ...

Arguing for Urban Area Decentralization

can do. Community Board #6 is attached to Park Slope and is responsible for things like community services, sanitation matters, t...

New York City's World Trade Center

the firefighters coming up the stairs as we were going down," said one worker from the New York Daily News(Dispatch 2001,B9). So i...

Martin Shefter's Political Crisis Fiscal Crisis

success, at least in retrospect. However, the author tends to bash Moses for several actions. Koch however was also a successful m...

2003 New York Smoking Ban and its Constitutionality

there are a lot of other things that people do not like such as talking loud on cell phones or wearing an extraordinary amount of ...