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GangsOriginally the word gang had no negative connotation. In Old English, gang simply referred to a "number of people who went around together-a group." Today a gang can be defined in four basic ways:
• an organized group with a leader
• a unified group that usually remains together during peaceful ...
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Affirmative Actionas defined by the Meriam Webster's Dictionary is an
active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members
of minority groups or women.
In 1961 John F.Kennedy issued an executive order calling for Affirmative
Action as a means to promote equal opportunity for racial ...
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Internet The Advantages And Disadvantages"Beam me up, Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story, Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living ...
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The Computer UndergroundDepartment of Sociology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(5 March, 1990)
THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT:
A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ...
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Is There Such A Thing As The American Dream??
People always ask me, how can a patriotic Bahamian be so much into American history? I find Americans fascinating, actually, and I will not say to much in case I hurt anyone's feelings, but I find the United States to be a strange, self-destructive nation, clinging to long ago exploits while ...
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Exploring The Career Of A Computer ProgrammerA. Role of Computer Programmer
B. Nature of Work
II. Educational Preparation
A. High School
B. Postsecondary Education
III. Potential Earnings
A. Lowest Paid
B. Average ( Median )
C. Highest Paid
IV. Possible Benefits
A. Discounts
B. Use of Company Equipment
V. Possible ...
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Is The Internet Bring A New Era Of American Cultural ImperiaThe Internet has emerged as the most rapidity adopted communication medium in history. The Internet by design is de-centralized, inexpensive, uncensored, and accessible from anywhere in the globe. Bill Gates contends that the Internet is first step along the “Information Superhighway”, which will ...
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Dreams And Dignity About A RaiThe American Dream, although different for each one of us, is what we all aspire to achieve. In the film A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family, who are black, all have a dream to better themselves and to have what all other American families want ¾ a shot at the American Dream. The American ...
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Bolshevik RevolutionThe occurred in November of 1917, its aim was to create a workers paradise and a dictatorship of the proletariat. By 1930, the Bolsheviks had imposed a totalitarian rule over Russia. This period can be divided into two distinct eras. Firstly, there was the period from 1917-1924, which included ...
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Illuminating The Path Of ProgressThomas Alva Edison is the most famous inventor in American History.
Edison designed, built, and delivered the electrical age. He started a
revolution that would refocus technology, change life patterns, and create
millions of jobs. He became famous for his scientific inventions, even though ...
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Regulating The Internet: Who's In ChargeThe internet was started by the military in the late forties, and has since
grown to an incredibly large and complex web, which will no doubt effect all of
us in the years to come. The press has recently taken it upon themselves to
educate the public to the dark side of this web, a network which ...
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Effects Of World War II On JapanWorld War II drastically affected the Japanese culture, economics, and
politics.
Japan is considered one of the most important and powerful
countries in the modern world but this accomplishment has been reached by a
lot of work and changes made in the Japanese society. During World War II
the ...
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Gambling: Losing The GambleAbout nine years ago, I was out on the town doing some gambling. It was my night out; the wife already had hers. I did okay for awhile–up some and down some. As the night wore on, I started drinking and gambling more and became unconcerned with time. Oh, I knew it was getting late, and I was ...
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Avarice In AmericaWhen the topic of American economics arises, the infamous Robber Barons of the 19th Century often springs to mind. They are often glorified as "Captains of Industry" for their money making strategies and enterprising methods. Those who hold this view probably do not know the evils of the ...
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What Is Fascism And Why Does It Emerge??
The purpose of this essay is to explain what fascism is and why it emerges.
Fascism is a political ideology that consists of an all powering totalitarian
government, which has total control of the people, the nation and the economy.
The fascist economic system creates an upper class for the ...
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Animal FarmIn writing , George Orwell had two main goals in mind. His first goal was to write this novel as an attack on what he perceived as Soviet Communism. His other goal was to write it, as a satire on those who yearn for a utopian society, which he felt, was difficult, if not impossible to reach. He ...
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Chinese Communist InfluencesTo say that the Chinese Communist revolution is a non-Western
revolution is more than a clich‚. That revolution has been primarily
directed, not like the French Revolution but against alien Western
influences that approached the level of domination and drastically
altered China's traditional ...
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Unemployement - The Unavoidable Consequence Of New TechnologTechnology – as defined by the US National Academy of Science (cited in Jones 1996, p.17) –
is a perishable resource comprising knowledge, skills, and the means
of using and controlling factors of production for the purpose of
producing, delivering to users, and maintaining goods and services, ...
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The Fall Of CommunismCommunism is a term that has several meanings. It is a form of government, an economic system and a way of life. Communism is believed to be one of the most powerful forces in the world. The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. It was a powerful ...
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Franz Kafkawas different, a man bent on portraying changes everywhere. Kafka was also a man consumed by death, consumed by the fact that he might eventually die. One man who was greatly affected by his fathers negligence of him, and a social deviance about him which held him back from interaction. Such a ...
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