On Tuesday‚ January 12 at 16:53‚ Haiti‚ the poorest country in the western hemisphere‚ suffered the worst earth-quake in two centuries. It first hit just south of the capital‚ Port-au-Prince‚ with two additional strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude quickly following and more than thirty significant aftershocks of a 4.5 magnitude or higher throughout the night and into the early morning (Smith 1). The resulting death toll was estimated at over 230‚000; decapitating the country’s government
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Public Enemies People magazine gave it four stars and critics choice. The Washington Post says‚ “A wild and amazing story‚ and Burrough tells it with great gusto... It is hard to imagine a more careful‚ complete and entertaining book on the subject‚ and on this era.” Newsweek proclaims‚ “A rollicking yarn whose prose bounces across the page like a getaway car through a wheat field.” All of these nationwide publications have high praise for Public Enemies‚ America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the
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unreasoning families. I was filled with the admiration for their bravery to challenge the social ideas and defend their romantic love. Such stories always end up with”They lived happily together ever after” in my naïve mind. However‚ after reading My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather and Shangshi by Lu Xun‚ I started to reflect on the real sense of elopement. Generally speaking‚ two lovers elope as a result of their fervent love being objected by their families or the society. The lovers believe by running away
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Europe since World War II. Mainly perpetrated against Bosniaks by the Serbs‚ the Bosnian War left the country of Bosnia in ruins and left millions displaced and thousands killed. John Moore’s Behind Enemy Lines portrays the final days of the war as an American navigator attempts to get out of dangerous enemy territory. Due to the fact that this film focuses on the experiences of US soldiers and that slight differences are made between this movie and the historical event‚ the connections between the two
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Public Enemies Public Enemies apprehends perfectly the political condition of our time. A film that talks about the tumult and disarray of the Great Depression released at a time when America had entered an unusual recession. The film tells the story of John Dillinger‚ a bank robber who had little prospect of finding employment because of the economy’s downturn‚ and decided to rebel against the failed economic system of democracy. Dillinger knew what he wanted‚ and was willing to
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Center in Reducing Recidivism Jason Everson Criminal Justice Department University of Cincinnati INTRODUCTION Guantanamo Bay is the oldest and most infamous American overseas detention facility. In 2002‚ the facility started housing enemy combatants and terrorist‚ even after being declared unconstitutional in 1993. The detention center underwent many Supreme Court decisions and created many case laws. Eventually‚ in January‚ 2009 President Obama issued an executive order declaring the
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thing- destroying the enemy. Many people soon imagine the enemy as a lower- type of animal in order to dehumanize the enemy to attack the enemy and shoot at him/her. In the video‚ “Faces of the Enemy‚” Doctor John Dower even claims that “Psychologically‚ this process of dehumanization facilitates killing.” People must first visualize their enemy as an enemy and not a human being. Within the same video‚ Sam Keen States‚ “Before we make a weapon for war‚ we make an image of the enemy. First‚ we think
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Written by Henrik Ibsen‚ An Enemy of the People is a prominent example of a text that incorporates universal topics which are those of integrity and environmental damage. Similarly‚ the film Erin Brockovich‚ directed by Steven Soderbergh‚ reflects these themes. Due to the variant mediums the techniques used to portray these themes to the audience are vastly different. Integrity is essential if corrupt forces in society are to be constrained or abolished. In An Enemy of the People‚ the protagonist
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different. Most people who are different suffer through many punishments that are not very fair. People who are different consider themselves as normal and find nothing wrong with themselves. In the short stories The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ The Enemy by Pearl Buck‚ and The Bully by Gregory Clark‚ being different is a key issue. Many people‚ societies‚ and countries consider some people different because of what they believe in or their appearance or their life-style. For being different‚ these
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generations before them. Puritan philosophy was rooted in the search for spiritual perfection. Witchcraft was viewed by Puritans as evidence of the man ’s spiritual weakness. Therefore‚ Puritan philosophy‚ as later reflected in The Crucible‚ was the natural enemy of witchcraft.<br><br>A Puritan ’s first responsibility was to serve God. The Bible was a Puritan ’s road map toward that duty. While Puritans respected authority‚ they did not revere tradition or ritual. Their churches were plain and unadorned. Prayer
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