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Contract With America In the historic 1994 midterm elections, Republicans won a majority in Congress for the first time in forty years, partly on the appeal of a platform called the Contract with America. Put forward by House Republicans, this sweeping ten-point plan promised to reshape government. Its main theme was the decentralization of federal…

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the author chronicles his own story as a holocaust survivor who endures many hardships during his time in the concentration camps. One theme that Wiesel incorporates throughout the novel is dehumanization. Kapos, SS Officers, and even Jews themselves behave in ways that dehumanize the prisoners around them. They…

                                                 Introduction Until recently my perceptions on the geographical composition of most parts of the world was virtually the same, however, this completely changed during my stay in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While there I toured the northern Saudi Arabia region, the Rub al Khali or simply the ‘Empty Quarter’, one of the largest sand…

The reading from the above source has 2 different chapters which include cultural vitality and cultural shock. The majority of chapter 4 is interpreting the potential rules and regulations inside the Aboriginal community structure. The topic was raised from a very basic topic which is the decision making among families and communities in order to…

“The Problem of Place in America” and “My Neighborhood”: The Breakdown ofCommunity”The Problem of Place in America” and “My Neighborhood”: The Breakdown ofCommunityWR 121 Paper #2In Ray Oldenburg’s “The Problem of Place in America” and Ishmael Reed’s”My Neighborhood” the authors express thier dissatisfaction with the community. Oldenburg focuses on the lack of a “third place”…

The project designed for Master student of Financial Economics visiting West Coast of America is expected to be successful. Overall the project is relatively simple to manage until it comes to the financing stage. At the beginning stage, all need to be done is defined the scope of the project, such as which sites participants…

GEOGRAPHYChina is located in East Asia. Ancient China is surrounded by Gobi Desert in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Himalayan Mountains in the southwest, and the Taklimakan desert in the west. This land has a wide variation of animals because of the different habitats provided for them. Most farming was done…

A Magnificent Catastrophe was written by Edward J. Larson. In the book, Larson retells the story of the presidential election of 1800 between sitting president, John Adams, and Vice President Thomas Jefferson. The book takes you on a journey back in time to when both Adams and Jefferson worked together to as members of the…

African Americans have had a rough time trying to participate in major athletics in the past. Some sports, such as baseball took large aspirations for the athletic community to integrate black athletes into their major league sports. African Americans have made great strides in the world of sports in the United States. Sports in America…

The work of Adrienne Rich is varied but substantial. Her career began with a proper and young female poet writing about the acceptance of certain traditions associated with the divisions of power according to sex and evolved into the radical lesbian feminist fighting for political and social change. Since Rich began writing in the late…