attention but is also significant is Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a covert CIA operation where the United States transferred over 1‚600 post-Nazi Germany scientists‚ engineers‚ and technicians into the United States. The objective behind Operation Paperclip was to covertly bring bright minds who helped Hitler and others succeed‚ to the United States and exploit their talents. This point in time the United States and the Soviets were in an intense battle to be the first to send a man
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Studying various aspects on business and financing activities in the Edwards School of Business‚ the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement was important to me as it related to business activities and ethics discussed in class. In September 2011 the Occupy Wall Street movement had begun its protests against social economic inequality. At first‚ it was hard to participate in the movement having been raised to believe that personal success is directly related to the amount of work‚ focus and dedication
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Perspectives on Critical Issues This Perspectives section features commentaries on the No Child Left Behind Act‚ one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in the history of federal educational policy making. David Karen provides an overview and a critical evaluation‚ Gary Dworkin focuses on issues of accountability and assessment‚ Richard Ingersoll discusses out-of-field teaching‚ and Joyce Epstein focuses on parental involvement. We thank our board members Alan Sadovnik‚ Kathryn M. Borman
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al‚ 2006). Recent political phenomenon such as Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street movements showed the power of young people in enforcing democratization and social change. The revolutionary war uprisings in Tunisia‚ Egypt and Libya depicted as the tremendous victory of young people in overthrowing the autocratic regimes and brought the wave of democratization in the Arab world. Inspired by the Arab Spring‚ the Occupy Wall Street is the manifestation of collective awakening‚ particularly anger
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Wall Street The 1987 film‚ Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas‚ is the story about a naïve Wall Street broker who desperately wants to make it big on Wall Street. But Bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen soon finds after being mentored by the Wall Street giant‚ Gordon Gekko‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ that being the best requires a lot more than he expected. A reoccurring theme that Stone threaded throughout the film was greed. Stone uses Gordon Gekko
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In Haitian-born writer Edwidge Danticat’s short story A Wall of Fire Rising‚ she uses the struggles of the world’s first black republic’s history as a backdrop for the story’s setting. In A Wall of Fire Rising the reader is introduced to a poor and struggling Haitian man named Guy‚ his wife Lili‚ and their son Little Guy who live in a shanty town where the only work available is at the local sugar mill. The events that take place in the story‚ while fiction‚ depict a narrative that could have easily
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The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is truly one of the greatest architectural achievements in recorded history. The longest structure ever built‚ it is about 6‚700 kilometers (4‚163 miles) long and made entirely by hand. This wall is said to be visible from the moon. It crosses Northern China‚ from the East coast to Central China (Karls‚ 1). This massive wall is not only one of the ancient wonders of the world‚ but it also has been the inspiration of many writers and artists. With
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This blue wall of silence can lend to a police culture where violations of a citizen’s civil or human rights become the norm for an officer or even for a group of officers. When loyalty among officers become the priority over doing what is right‚ a department may become more susceptible to deviant behaviors including violations of organizational policy‚ discrimination‚ misconduct‚ intimidation‚ sexual harassment‚ corruption‚ and excessive force. To overcome the blue wall of silence and bring
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The Great Wall of China was first built by the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty (221 BCE- 206 BCE) won the Warring States Period in 221 BCE‚ a war between all the states (dynasties) in China. Qin took over the entire land of China! Once the leader‚ Shi Huangti‚ achieved this‚ he took down all the walls separating all the dynasties from each other‚ but he kept the walls in the North. He built the first 2100 miles of the Great Wall in the North to keep out the barbarians. When he ordered the construction
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The Berlin Wall I decided to do my project on the Berlin Wall. I had previous ideas on what to do for my history project but I ended up not having enough time to do so. For my final project I decided to do a diorama of what the Berlin Wall looked like before it got torn down. However‚ I do find the Berlin Wall an important part and event that has happened throughout history in the recent years. The Berlin Wall was built on August 13‚ 1961 it was built by the Communist Government of the German
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