Assignment 2 Erin Thrower POLS 1113 11/3/2007 Prof. Kelton The Worst President in History In the Rolling Stone article‚ "The Worst President in History"‚ Sean Wilentz evaluates the first five years of President Bush’s presidency. Wilentz is a well renowned historian and a professor at Princeton University. Wilentz begins his article by comparing Bush to the likes of worst presidents already in history. Those include Buchanan‚ Johnson‚ Harding‚ Hoover‚ and the only President forced to resign
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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Customs and traditions change over time‚ and over the course of hundreds of years‚ England has changed significantly. However‚ the country was still able to hang onto some of its roots‚ specifically through food. Some of the food that was served on the dinner table centuries ago can still be seen on the plates of modern people today. But like any other country‚ what you eat and your food choices depend on where you live‚ the climate‚ your religion‚ common social customs for that area‚ agriculture
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Newton Minow spoke about the power of television to influence the taste‚ knowledge‚ and opinions of its viewers around the world. Minow is correct in his assertion that television has “limitless capabilities for good – and for evil.” The good qualities of television include educational television and weather channels; however‚ the bad qualities are also relevant‚ such as violence and mind-numbing stupidity. Newton Minow accurately analyzes the influence of television on viewers around the world. Readers
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The History and Impact of Reality Television There are times when people wish that they could live the life of someone else. They may choose to do so out of stress‚ anger‚ sadness‚ or from being bored of their lives. In order to flee from their busy lives‚ they turn toward reality television. However‚ reality television can be seen in a positive or negative light. Reality television has become a bad influence upon its viewers‚ an escape from the challenges and difficulties of real life‚ and a
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best time in one’s life. Do you agree? Have you ever thought about the happiest part of your life? Many people will probably agree that childhood is the best time of one’s life. But not every childhood is happy. Some children may be born in a poor family or under such circumstances that make their lives bad. In my opinion‚ childhood is the happiest time of a person’s life in most cases. The first reason is when we were kids‚ we had no responsibility or problem to think about. We had more time to
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the cookie before putting into the kiln to get an idea of how much space it would require to put the cookie BUTTER CUTTER One Click Butter Cutter controls your portion as an important part of staying healthy. This ingenious butter cutter delivers one standard pat with each click of the handle. a Butter Cutter‚ and be able to squeeze off a couple of slices quickly before ones muffin might cool or maybe to add to the frying pan quickly while in the midst of doing all the other things that have to
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Vietnam War. A brief description of the Dua Tranh (meaning struggle) strategy is appropriate since it was the basis for North Vietnam’s success. The strategy consisted of an armed struggle and a political struggle. The armed struggle began with Stage One hit and run guerilla tactics to “decimate the enemy piecemeal and weaken then eliminate the government’s administrative control of the countryside.” In Stage Two‚ “the war becomes less guerrilla-like and resembles a conventional small-scale war.” Finally
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“NEW INVENTIONS OF SCIENCE”: Is science that has provided modern man a life of ease‚ leisure and pleasure. It has brought within the reach of common man comforts and luxuries that were available in the past only to the privileged few. Science has brought new & modern invention of marvelous machines and discovered energies that run these machines to take the drudgery out of man’s work. By doing much of his work and doing it fast‚ machines have provided man with a lot of leisure. The rosy dream
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There are many factors that can make someone a poor leader. The worst leader I ever had was my boss at the insurance company I worked for last year. My boss played favorites‚ did not do her work‚ micromanaged‚ lacked human skills‚ and recorded everything wrong that someone had ever done. All of these factors are what made her the worst leader I have ever had in my life. The first reason my boss was the worst leader I ever had was because she played favorites. First‚ my boss was only friendly towards
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