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  • A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict

    A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict

    Book Review Analysis Part I. A “Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict” by Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall is a book that highlights revolutionary events and notable individuals in history. The book concentrates on strikes, boycotts, demonstrations, sit-ins, and civil organizations throughout a century. The principal argument of the book is that “nonviolent sanctions, if used effectively, can end oppression and liberate nations and peoples, and they can do so with less risk

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    Essay Length: 630 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Rise of the United States as a World Power

    The Rise of the United States as a World Power

    The Rise of the United States as a World Power Over the course of the nineteenth century the United States became one of the world's greatest powers. Many factors prompted their rise to power. To obtain their power they had to go through many things such as war and immigration. As a result of their power they faced many problems but they were able to withstand those problems and prevail in the long run. During

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    Essay Length: 702 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Max
  • Captive Power Project - Pune Model

    Captive Power Project - Pune Model

    1. THE POWER SCENARIO IN INDIA To sustain the projected growth of the Indian economy, the country needs to meet its rising power demands within the shortest timeframe. Since India’s independence in 1947, generation, transmission and distribution of power were almost wholly the preserve of the Central and State governments. In 1991, the Government decided to allow private sector participation in the sector, both Indian and foreign, creating tremendous investment opportunities. a) Supply Projection: The

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    Essay Length: 5,593 Words / 23 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Monika
  • Cause and Effect the Indian-Pakistani Conflict and the Prospect of Nuclear War.

    Cause and Effect the Indian-Pakistani Conflict and the Prospect of Nuclear War.

    Nuclear war is something that we have all heard about. It seems to be overdramatized in movies. But perhaps the movies are right. Maybe we are on the brink of a chasm so dark and ominous that it drowns out all faith and light. A nuclear holocaust occurring would wipe out all of civilization as we know it. We would be essentially thrown into a dark age. Never in the history of the world has

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    Essay Length: 639 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Artur
  • Reasons for Hitler's Rise to Power

    Reasons for Hitler's Rise to Power

    REASONS FOR HITLER'S RISE TO POWER The consequences of the First World War, especially the harsh terms imposed by the Versailles Treaty on Germany and the blame of these consequences on the Weimar Republic were key reasons for Hitler to gain support and eventually rise to power. The German army and the right wing promoted the "stab in the back" theory, to protect the reputation of army leaders. The Weimar Republic politicians were considered responsible

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    Essay Length: 1,012 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Starbucks Buys Wind Power to Reduce Climate Impact

    Starbucks Buys Wind Power to Reduce Climate Impact

    Starbucks Buys Wind Power to Reduce Climate Impact - Case Study Starbucks Coffee Company committed recently to purchase wind power to offset a portion of the energy used in its operations. The commitment puts the company in the top 25 U.S. purchasers of renewable energy. Mitigating climate change is the driver behind Starbucks' decision to buy renewable energy certificates, which allow any size company to support renewable energy. Denis Du Bois June 01, 2005 A

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    Essay Length: 1,293 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Jack
  • Moral Risk and Nuclear Weapons

    Moral Risk and Nuclear Weapons

    Moral Risk and Nuclear Weapons See the Cat? See the Cradle? "'See the cat?' asked Newt. 'See the cradle?'" (Vonnegut- 183). The day the atomic bomb dropped, August 6, 1945, was the day in which Newt Hoenikker's father tried to play a game with him. Felix, one of the scientists who had helped create the weapon, wanted to play cat's cradle. It is a game played with string looped over the fingers. After a series

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    Essay Length: 1,288 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Judicial Power

    Judicial Power

    Section 1 The resources of our court system are finite and for this a potential plaintiff must satisfy a number of requirements. Before an individual can argue their case before a judge he must show standing. He must show that he has personally had his rights violated, and further that he has sustained some kind of loss. If the victim has a legitimate complaint the matter must be resolved by a judge, or a

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    Essay Length: 3,406 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Power and Influence

    Power and Influence

    Power and influence normally reside in a company’s Board of Directors. The people who get to sit in the Board have the power to decide on the company’s present problems and future plans. However, it is also not unusual that specific members of the Board hold more power and exhibit more influence due to their positions in operating and running the business/company. In the case of Rural Bank of Galvez, it appears that three members

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Fatih
  • How Much Power and Liberty Did the Constitution Give to “the People?”

    How Much Power and Liberty Did the Constitution Give to “the People?”

    How much power and liberty did the constitution give to “the people?” The constitution is the document that has framed and shaped the United States from inception. It is the document that is defended by all new presidents and also the document which affords the citizens of the United States freedoms and rights that cannot be removed. In its drafting it shaped the formation of a new country and a new style of governance. It

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    Essay Length: 2,186 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Janna
  • Which Is More Powerful

    Which Is More Powerful

    Boliva or Mongolia Did you know...“in Bolivia the voting age is split based on your marital status? You are allowed to vote at 18 if you are married, but if you aren’t, you have to wait until you’re 21?” (Encarta Encyclopedia) “Mongolia only has about 6.5 telephones for each thousand persons.” (CIA World Factbook) * * * For the facts and figures… As reported from the CIA World Factbook, the population of Mongolia consists of

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • How Do Creon from “antigone” by Sophocles and Bernarda from “house of Bernarda Alba” by Frederico Lorca Respond to Challenges to Their Power?

    How Do Creon from “antigone” by Sophocles and Bernarda from “house of Bernarda Alba” by Frederico Lorca Respond to Challenges to Their Power?

    Creon, the King of Thebes, and Bernarda, who is the head of her household are the most powerful characters in their plays. Both characters want to have complete control over everything and everyone around them; however both suffer losses as a result of their attitudes and use of power. The main difference between Creon and Bernarda is how they react to these losses and to the challenges to their authority. It is this aspect which

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    Essay Length: 1,449 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Power and Passion of Love and Hate

    The Power and Passion of Love and Hate

    The Power and Passion of Love and Hate The themes of love and hate permeate Romeo and Juliet, and they are always connected to passion, whether that passion is beneficial or destructive. Love, in Romeo and Juliet, is a grand passion, and as such it is blinding; it can overwhelm a person as powerfully and completely as hate can. The power of hate is illustrated in the first scene by the exhibition of enmity between

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    Essay Length: 406 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Artur
  • Will to Power

    Will to Power

    The "Will to Power" Nietzsche believed the will to power to be the fundamental causal power in the world, the driving force of all natural phenomena and the dynamic to which all other causal powers could be reduced. I believe Nietzsche in part hoped the will to power could be a theory of everything, providing the ultimate foundations for explanations of everything from whole societies, to individual organisms, down to simple lumps of matter. The

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Power of one

    Power of one

    In the historical novel Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens displays a masterful ability to write and grasp various writing techniques. Dickens' style can be accurately described as descriptively symbolic with a flair for carrying themes throughout his novel. His style can be divided into the various techniques that he used. The predominant techniques were symbolism, multiple perspective, and a strong character contrast. Dickens had a major emphasis on certain themes and carried them throughout

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Power and Politics Paper

    Power and Politics Paper

    Power and Politics Paper MGT331 Mr. John Soltys November 2, 2004 Office politics " in the work place begins when the number of employees in an organization becomes greater than one" (Sciacca). Employees who have the desire to gain something greater for themselves often become involved in office politics. When the employee who desires power uses the political influence of the office to catapult themselves to the top, office politics is given a negative pallor,

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Influence of the War Powers Act of 1973

    The Influence of the War Powers Act of 1973

    I. The Influence of the War Powers Act of 1973 The United States of America holds the position in the world as a nation in which foreign policy is focused and debated as a matter of embittered public outrage and controversy. This is the reality not only among the party in office and their equivalent opponents but mainly within the very party themselves. It is much truer within the party that is controlling the executive

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    Essay Length: 1,292 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jon
  • Hitler’s Rise to Power

    Hitler’s Rise to Power

    Ananth Pandian Term Paper Western Civ, 2 Hitler's Rise to Power "Instead of working to achieve power by armed coup, we shall hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the opposition deputies. If outvoting them takes longer than out shooting them, at least the results will be guaranteed by their own constitution. Sooner or later we shall have a majority, and after that- Germany. (Heiden, 142)" Adolf Hitler spoke these words in 1920, soon

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Einhard and Charlemagne’s Palace School: A Mechanism for Wealth, Prestige, Power and Success

    Einhard and Charlemagne’s Palace School: A Mechanism for Wealth, Prestige, Power and Success

    Einhard was a courtier in Charlemagne's Frankish Kingdom. During Charlemagne's rule/life (768-824), he dedicated a vast amount of time and energy into supporting the notions of classical learning. He went so far as to start a school comprised of many scholars within his palace. Their role was to educate the nobility, the priesthood and the people, as well as hold counsel with the king. This is where Einhard and Charlemagne first encountered each other. Einhard

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    Essay Length: 1,252 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Steve
  • Power Shifts in Law Enforcement

    Power Shifts in Law Enforcement

    Departmental Implementation of a Powershift Many police departments both across the country and throughout the world have found themselves struggling with manpower resource issues. Having enough officers on call to effectively meet the needs of the community must always be the priority, but it is a priority that is often overlooked by those who delegate financial resources to these departments. Being tasked with performing a job more efficiently and still using the same levels of

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    Essay Length: 495 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jack
  • Elitism and Institutional Powers

    Elitism and Institutional Powers

    Elitism and Institutional Power Wealth and Power in America Elitism and Institutional Power Most scholars would acknowledge that all societies are governed by elites in some form or another. Political scientists Harold Laswell and Daniel Lerner elaborate further by stating, “The discovery that in all large scale societies the decisions at any given time are typically in the hands of small number of people confirms a basic fact: Government is always government by the

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    Essay Length: 1,785 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The Scope of the State's Power in Matters Affecting Health: the Case of Jacobson V. Massachusetts 1905

    The Scope of the State's Power in Matters Affecting Health: the Case of Jacobson V. Massachusetts 1905

    The Scope of the State’s Power in Matters Affecting Health: The Case of Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905 The federal government does not have the explicit power to regulate public health so it bases its regulations on the federal government's exclusive ability to regulate interstate commerce. As an illustration of this power, there is a famous case - we will call it the fried chicken case - where the federal government was able to end

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    Essay Length: 1,511 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Price of Power

    The Price of Power

    The Price of Power By: Maria Huellas We all know that humanity has a dark side, the part which everyone has but many fail to recognize. In today’s society, everything seems to revolve around how people view themselves and also the people around them. Backstabbing and false faces structure �Macbeth’ and I believe that Shakespeare made the characters of Macbeth represent themselves as model citizens, but for those who can see right through their false

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    Essay Length: 1,185 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Nuclear Weapon

    Nuclear Weapon

    The nucleus of an atom can interact with a neutron that travels nearby in two basic ways. It can scatter the neutron - deflecting the neutron in a different direction while robbing it of some of its kinetic energy. Or it can capture the neutron, which in turn can affect the nucleus in several ways - absorption and fission being most important here. The probability that a particular nucleus will scatter or capture a neutron

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    Essay Length: 560 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Nuclear Weapons: Scars on the Earth

    Nuclear Weapons: Scars on the Earth

    Sean Anthony Pulsifer Mrs. Karen Yeager Advanced Composition 12 3 December 1999 Nuclear Weapons: Scars on the Earth Nuclear weapons have a long-lasting and devastating effect on the world for many years after an initial explosion. Fallout from United States atmospheric testing from 1945 to 1963 killed an estimated 70,000 to 800,000 people worldwide. People who have worked in the early nuclear weapons programs have been exposed to significant amounts of radiation (Schwartz 395). When

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Tasha

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