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  • History of the Cmsaf

    History of the Cmsaf

    Air Force Magazine Online – September 1997 Vol 80 No 9 In 1966, the Air Force launched a search for "the best qualified and most impressive individual" in the service to fill a new position, that of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. It said that candidates had to have at least 22 years of active-duty service and two years as a chief master sergeant. Each had to have "the highest standards of integrity

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Role of the American Teen in the 50’s and Now

    Role of the American Teen in the 50’s and Now

    The Role of the Teenager in America Then and Now Teenagers in the 1950's were a lot different from the teenagers today. It was a beginning of a transformation into what they are today. The influence of teenagers on America’s economy has changed greatly, Teenagers have gone from not being able to speak their mind to freely expressing almost anything they feel. It seems large companies are now only focusing on teens, whereas before they

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Will Sky Captaun Make History?

    Will Sky Captaun Make History?

    A movie that brings back nostalgic memories of the old classics; it must be worth seeing! Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film full of action, adventure, animation, mystery, and suspense. A pertinent sub-genre that the movie seems parallel to is: Film Noir. It involves detective work, has a beautiful but stubborn reporter, a mad scientist, and a hero. To top it all off, there was even a previous romance between the

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    Essay Length: 910 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • American Culture of Pop Music

    American Culture of Pop Music

    I.Invasion of American Popular Music After World War I, American popular music -- blues, jazz, and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain, much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music, Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community

    Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community

    Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community Causes, Preventions, and Treatments Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to the dysfunctional conditions of the heart, arteries, and veins that supply oxygen to vital life- sustaining areas of the body like the brain, the heart itself and other vital organs. Since the term cardiovascular disease refers to any dysfunction of the cardiovascular system there are many different diseases in the cardiovascular category, and many of these diseases are strongly

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    Essay Length: 252 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Sociological History of Boston Massachusetts as It Relates to Work and Culture

    The Sociological History of Boston Massachusetts as It Relates to Work and Culture

    Boston is both the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is considered the unofficial capital of the New England area, and one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most expensive places in the country to live. Its citizens are known as “Bostonians” and their city is home to the nations first school, first college, and has been called “The Athens of America” for its great intellectual and cultural influence and

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    Essay Length: 1,773 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Is There a Distinct Subculture in American Policing?

    Is There a Distinct Subculture in American Policing?

    There is a very wide variety of jobs to choose from in the working world. Some jobs are made for certain types of people. Police work calls to a certain type of person, the type of person that would put his or her life in danger for the good of another. There is a debate on whether or not there is a distinct subculture in American Policing. I feel that there is a distinct subculture.

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    Essay Length: 522 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Language, Gender and Bias in American Culture

    Language, Gender and Bias in American Culture

    Language, Gender and Bias in American Culture Through language, bias has proliferated in our culture against both women and men. Language expresses aspects of culture both explicitly and implicitly. Gender expectations, behaviors, and cultural norms, are determined through language. A divide between the sexes has developed which includes language usages, intention, and understandings. This has created obstructions to communication between the genders. When anthropological linguists look at a language, he/she takes into consideration the “world

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    Essay Length: 1,569 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Analyse the Relationship Between African American Cinema and Hollywood Exploring the Effect on Ethnic Representation in 2 Key Films

    Analyse the Relationship Between African American Cinema and Hollywood Exploring the Effect on Ethnic Representation in 2 Key Films

    Analyse the relationship between African American Cinema and Hollywood exploring the effect on ethnic representation in 2 key films Today on the surface at least it is possible to say that black actors have reached stardom comparable to and in some instances well beyond their white counterparts. Will Smith is the current favourite for the blockbuster action movie moving away from his ethnic buddy movies such as Men in Black and Wild Wild West. There

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    Essay Length: 3,057 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History Capital Punishment - History There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion, gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. It is not intended to inflict any physical pain or any torture; it is only another form of punishment. It

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • An Historical Perspective of the Accounting Environment: A General Outline of A Western European and North American Linkage

    An Historical Perspective of the Accounting Environment: A General Outline of A Western European and North American Linkage

    AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT: A GENERAL OUTLINE OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGE Berith Bronger Siemers Dongbei University of Finance & Economics Dalian, PR China Working Paper 05-22-2006 ABSTRACT It is recognized that the usefulness of accounting information is contingent upon its (1) neutrality, (2) relevancy, and (3) reliability. Given that all socio-economic systems are comprised of participants and institutions, it would seem that the attainment of those three

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Artur
  • History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden

    History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden

    History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden During the seventh and eighth centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their trade. In the ninth century, Nordic Vikings raided and ravaged the European Continent as far as the Black and Caspian Seas. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden slowly became a united Christian kingdom that later included Finland. Queen Margaret of Denmark united all the Nordic lands in the "Kalmar

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    Essay Length: 660 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • The History of Bowling

    The History of Bowling

    The sport of bowling has a lengthy history packed with an evolution that has comprehensive rules; and is an indoor activity that has become one of the most popular sports in the world. It can easily be said that over 50% of Americans have bowled once in their lifetime, whether it was for a birthday party or on a date. However, many people bowl routinely without knowing anything about the interesting history of the game.

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Victor
  • Americans Views

    Americans Views

    A stereotype is the creation of an unfair opinion or view; an individual will take the behavior of one person and state that all people belonging to that particular group behave in the same manner. Stereotyping encourages people to react and behave in a manner that is both judgmental and prejudiced. The perception of Arabs and the Islamic religion has created a system in which prejudices and stereotypes worked their way so thoroughly into literature,

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • African Americans

    African Americans

    Context Today, Anne Moody is famous for two things: being one of the students who demanded service at the famous Woolworth’s lunch-counter sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi, and her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, which stands out as one of the classic autobiographies of American literature. Most leaders of the civil rights movement, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and W. E. B. Dubois, were middle-class or even wealthy. Moody is unique in being the

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    Essay Length: 531 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The American Revolution: A Last Resort to A Liberalist Ideology

    The American Revolution: A Last Resort to A Liberalist Ideology

    Liberalism was a fundamental ideology of the colonists that became a principle catalyst for the American Revolution. Guided by years of financial and cultural independence and stability, the American colonists were becoming increasingly distinct from their English counterparts thousands of miles across the sea. With the English empire struggling to maintain dominance over the colonies, it was merely a matter of time before the colonists pursued a government on the basis of individual liberty. Liberalism

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    Essay Length: 772 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Vika
  • African American Heritage in Chicago

    African American Heritage in Chicago

    A History of African American Heritage in Chicago The massive exodus to the north began in 1915; a population of people weary of pervasive hostility and constraint in their former lives, fleeing a social system comprised of miserable oppression and repeated violence. The primary cities for resettlement became New York and Chicago, metropolises humming with the vigor of big-city life and the excitement of a new beginning. When the Chicago Commission asked African American migrants

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    Essay Length: 710 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Max
  • Illegal Immigrants of American Society

    Illegal Immigrants of American Society

    Illegal Immigrants of American Society A Realistic Approach At present, the U.S. immigration system is burdened both by policy and implementation challenges. It is barely able to meet the commitments required by law and policy and is ill-prepared to address new challenges and mandates. Agreement that the system is broken may be the only point of consensus among many diverse stakeholders. The Task Force believes that immigration laws and policies are broken in four

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    Essay Length: 354 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Fonta
  • History of Rave Culture

    History of Rave Culture

    The idea that "techno usually has NO message, no image etc. it is faceless" is certainly not one that is embraced by enough of a majority for it to be considered an intrinsic property of techno itself, but rather an indication of what Mr./Mrs./Ms. ALLES NAAR DE KLOTE is getting out of it. This is an important distinction that needs to be made, I think, when discussing exactly what the nature of the state of

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Anna
  • Clara Barton and the American Red Cross

    Clara Barton and the American Red Cross

    Clara Barton was an amazing woman and a true humanitarian according to Burton (1995). Born on Christmas day in 1821 to a middle class family in Oxford, Massachusetts, Barton would someday be famous and honored for her contributions to society and for laying the foundation of the American Red Cross. Barton began her career at a young age; she began teaching school in her late teens. She taught school for 14-years in New Jersey before

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: July
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream Willy Loman is a man on a mission. His purpose in life is to achieve a false sense of the "American Dream," but is this what Willy Loman really wants? In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller analyzes the American Dream by portraying to us a few days in the life of a washed up salesman named Willy Loman. The American Dream is a definite goal of many people, meaning something different to

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Colonial American Settlement

    Colonial American Settlement

    The point of view that encompasses all of the American Colonists, in particular the Puritans, as possessing one “mind” as expressed by even our own modern day politicians is a convoluted theory which needs to be thoroughly dissected. In other words, to say that American Colonists presented a monolithic point of view which is accurately portrayed by modern day politicians would ignore all of the events in American history which have clashed with this philosophy.

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Top
  • Pocahontas and the Mythical Indian Woman: Reforming the Image Through Native American Fiction

    Pocahontas and the Mythical Indian Woman: Reforming the Image Through Native American Fiction

    POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful, Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan,

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • Treaties Between Native Americans and the U.S. Government

    Treaties Between Native Americans and the U.S. Government

    When the first Hispanic colonists came to North America in 1769, the population of the Native Americans dropped critically. There used to be over 300,000 Native Americans in California. The Hispanics forced the Native Americans into slave labour and in no time, European diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and typhus which the Spanish and French settlers brought from Europe to America broke out and killed over 100,000 Native Americans in California alone. The first

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    Essay Length: 2,149 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Anna
  • American's International Knowledge

    American's International Knowledge

    American's International Knowledge In the last century international affairs has become increasingly important and critical to U.S. politics. The importance of education with respect to foreign affairs is rising, and is becoming more and more imperative that everyone become familiar with its effects on everyday life. In our project we wanted to research how the level of knowledge about international affairs influences the subject's involvement in government. We believe that a large portion of Americans

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    Essay Length: 1,588 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Venidikt