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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Machiavelli’s View Of Human Na
Number of words: 575 - Number of pages: 3.... to them, and while a prince shows them his benefits, they are devoted to him. He also contends that because of this sad condition of man, it is alright for a prince to break his word when such fidelity would damage him or when the reasons that made him promise are no longer relevant. This advise would not be sound if man was upright; but because he is treacherous and would not keep his promise, a prince should not consider himself bound to keep promises to him.
He asserts that it is necessary for a ruler, when he is with his army, to not worry about being c .....
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Mafia
Number of words: 1363 - Number of pages: 5.... of many federal investigations and by the end of the 1980’s, four unions, the Teamsters, Longshoremen, Laborers, and Hotel and Restaurant Employees union, had all been identified as mob dominated. Not only does the mob find money makers in the United States, they finds ways to bring money to them from other countries. Alien smuggling generates more than $3 billion a year for the mob. Mobsters will kill without remorse and threaten anyone who won’t go along with what they are doing. To keep free from the arm of the law "corrupters nullify the law-enforce .....
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Aristotle And Virtue
Number of words: 1229 - Number of pages: 5.... the definition of philosophy in his love and pursuit of wisdom and knowledge. In this paper I would like to explore Aristotle's explanation of happiness and how happiness relates to his explanation of virtue.
Happiness, in its current definition, is a somewhat abstract concept. Its pursuit is one of our constitutional tenets, yet to most of us happiness seems to remain slightly out of our grasp. (If only I had more money, more love, more purpose...) We have a tendency to measure our happiness in conjunction with what we possess. Aristotle, on the other .....
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How Should The Indian Mutiny B
Number of words: 2218 - Number of pages: 9.... had gone unheeded. This type of attitude was typical of the British who constantly underestimated the importance of Indian religion, and the failure to do so here was to have disastrous consequences.
In January 1857 a labourer at the Dum Dum arsenal near Calcutta, a low caste Hindu, taunted a high caste Sepoy who had offended him that “You will soon lose your caste, as long as you will have to bite cartridges covered with the fat of pigs and cows” . The news of this incident spread. As it was against Muslim and Hindu religion to come into contact with these m .....
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Why Are The Chicago Bulls So Good?
Number of words: 479 - Number of pages: 2.... down by two
the floor general will always make the basket to pull the team ahead. He also
keeps the team focused and helps bring the younger players around. The leader is
Michael Jordan, a player who everyone knows. Michael Jordan is the most
recognizable athlete in the world. He is not only the top player of his era but
is quite possible the best player ever to wear the uniform of an NBA team. What
amazes me about Michael is he was not good in college. He worked harder then any
other player to become great, and his career stats prove that fact. Michael
walks on .....
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Witchcraft 2
Number of words: 3301 - Number of pages: 13.... one must know a little bit about the religion itself. There are many different definitions of witchcraft. In Webster’s Dictionary, it defines witchcraft as. The Christian definition of witchcraft is simply “devil-worship” or just plain sin. However, the secular definition is somewhere along the lines of “cool,” “trendy,” and “new.” Although these are the main meanings of the term “witch craft,” there are also some other definitions within different cultures, such as Indian medicine men, .....
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Political Socialization
Number of words: 381 - Number of pages: 2.... is the Mass Media. Today more and more people are spending more and more time watching television. The average grade school student spends more time watching tv than he or she does at school. The media has been called the "new parent" by some. However, the programs that would influence political opinion the most, such as the news, are rarely watched by the youth of today.
The final major influence of people is their formal education or school. Countries have historically had government classes in their schools to "preach" the goodness of their particula .....
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Microsoft The Company
Number of words: 850 - Number of pages: 4.... Gates was a student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Allen
had enrolled at the University of Washington, where he studied computer science. Gates left Harvard after just two years of education, and planed on programming for many personal computers. He and Allen later founded the Microsoft company --a name which Gates had picked -- in 1975 (Cusumano and Selby 24).
When Microsoft started out, there were only three employees--Gates and
Allen included. The gross revenue totaled sixteen thousand dollars. By 1978,
Gates and Allen had employ .....
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