A robber baron is deemed a powerful industrialist who was viewed as having used questionable practices to amass their wealth. A captain of industry was a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way. Ford was greatly admired‚ but he was also feared for his ruthlessness. At
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The prince was written to the Medici family by an ex - diplomat as a final plea to have his job back. Niccoli Machiavelli’s questionable morals rocked the world at the time‚ where before political philosophy was extremely theoretical and courtly. Machiavelli‚ on the other hand‚ believed in whatever means necessary to achieve power‚ and the stability that came along with it. A strong state is a secure state‚ according to Machiavelli. So‚ Machiavelli encouraged deceit and violence in a ruler‚ but
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and cultural upbringing. Chances are‚ if you were brought up in Australia or the USA you identified with this form of imagery. Yet both pigs and dolphins are living creatures. Both are intelligent warm-blooded mammals. And both are subject to questionable butchery practices. In the end it comes down to a learned cultural affinity. The dolphin has won our hearts. The pig has
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Animal rights is an actively debated topic with many viewpoints for and against which can be seen throughout history and remain visible to the present day. Many stand points exist based on matters such as human-animal dependency‚ morality‚ biology vs. rationality‚ and sentience; however although heavily debated the outcomes are more or less inconclusive. Commonly argued points in opposition to animal rights include that it is the human ability to reason which sets us apart from other animals‚ that
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In Alexander Hamilton (2004)‚ Ron Chernow tackles the errand of depicting America’s most questionable Founding Father. The book gives an expansive perspective of the scene of early America‚ with unique accentuation on Hamilton’s accomplishments and his relationship to certain Founders.Before understanding this book‚ my contemplations concurred with the prevalent picture of Hamilton as a splendid however tyrannical man who was as often as possible required in outrages or in clashes with different
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The Brazilian’s political system need to be reformed as quickly as possible. The political parties are not representing the popular aspirations. On the contrary‚ they are corporations that represent just themselves. We can exemplify this with two basic examples: the corruption system of the Brazilian company oil Petrobras‚ that was responsible‚ in many political parties‚ for the campaign’s financing of the last elections; and the way that the candidates are chosen for the parties: who chooses the
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behaviours effect the way they communicate. The research found was mostly based on observations of certain behaviours in various popular Disney movies. The topics brought up by the articles were that Disney portrays sexist and racist behaviours‚ questionable gender roles‚ indirect aggression‚ negative body images‚ and plenty more. The argument is that these movies display these topics to our children which causes them to learn to adopt the mindsets and behaviours that come with them through the social
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the formation of the nationalism in the early period. The main points of this work are summarized in the following outline that the second part is the key in the contents especially‚ verifies the early modern intellectual history of Japan as ‘a questionable history’ with a point of view of ‘how to consider or base the feudal social system of Japan’‚ was proved by both the first and third
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United States began to send troops to Vietnam‚ during the following 25-year period‚ the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Almost 3 million US men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight for what was a questionable cause. In total‚ it is estimated that over 2‚5 million people on both sides were killed. This site does not try to document the entire history of the Vietnam War but is intended as a picture essay‚ illustrating some of the incredible conditions
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Snail Evolution Snails are tiny slimy creatures. Mainly recognized by their characteristic shells‚ weirdly strange ability to stick to anything‚ and their odd questionable ooze that they leave behind. There are many different types of snails ranging from tiny too large. The smallest snail is called Daphniola eptalophas. The largest snail species is called the Giant African Land Snail (ALGALS). The most know relative of the snail family is the slug. A snail without its shell is just
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