Essays Tagged: "ordinary citizens"

Theater of Dionysus

laimed 50 of the 67 front row seats, then came the officials, the guests of honor, then finally the ordinary citizens of Athens. Beyond the front row, stood a circular space called the orchestra where ...

(4 pages) 94 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The War America Can't Win

crowding of prisons, the expansion of law enforcements ability to encroach on the personal lives of ordinary citizens, and paranoia and distrust. If its not obvious already, I am referring to the war ...

(5 pages) 188 1 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Propaganda

al candidates were all millionaires, but they have gone togreat lengths to present themselves as ordinary citizens. Bill Clinton eats at Mc Donald'sand read a variety of spy novels. Bob Dole pre ...

(2 pages) 60 0 1.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Gideon's Trumpet to discuss the various powers in the US Government.

example of how law is made/changed. It illustrates the interactions between many political actors: ordinary citizens, lawyers, Supreme Court, the states and interest groups. Through exploring the sto ... d States Supreme Court. And this is how the story started.Gideon, the star of the story, is just an ordinary individual, but this ordinary individual "can take his cause to the highest Court in the la ...

(10 pages) 84 0 4.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The History of American Academics

s back where they belong, which is in the "broad history-making continuum linking intellectuals and ordinary citizens in the struggle to make sense of their lives, communities, and the world around th ... ring, Kuklick (and other intellectuals) found that the middle landscape had never disappeared among ordinary Americans as opposed to great writers of that time. Susman is supporting this difference wh ...

(7 pages) 57 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Arrest the Racism; Racial Profiling on America's Roadways

in early American society when court officials in cities like Philadelphia permitted constables and ordinary citizens the right to 'take up' all black persons seen 'gadding abroad' without their maste ...

(4 pages) 168 3 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

How A Bill Becomes A LAW?

uld become a law? Ideas for laws come in many ways. Members of Congress present ideas for new laws. Ordinary citizens may call their senator or representative with an idea. Special interest groups sen ...

(4 pages) 71 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Guns Cause Crime Like Flies Cause Garbage My teacher mainly had problems with details. He wanted more specifics. I do not have the graded essay. This was one that I had on my computer.

Guns have made great contributions to our society. They were the backbone of our independence when ordinary citizens took up arms against the British in the American Revolution. Guns have technologic ... government there is tyranny." Some people argue that the second amendment was not intended for the ordinary citizens. They say that it only applies to the National Guard. The main goal for the second ...

(8 pages) 142 4 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Essay: What type of Government and Environment did the ancient romans have?

hey were rich citizens and had important jobs, like working in the government army. Then came along ordinary citizens much poorer than the senators or knights. Many were shopkeepers or farmers.After t ...

(1 pages) 49 1 2.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Tim O'Brien: Bibliography

tful pride in the great national achievements. One was the anti-war movement of tens of millions of ordinary citizens, a movement in which Vietnam veterans and active duty soldiers eventually played a ...

(3 pages) 30 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

A Wel-rounded Perspective of Jonathan Kozol's "Savage Inequalities"

extremely controversial issue. Educational Inequality is a familiar topic in most sociologists' and ordinary citizens' thoughts and conversations. Some people, most likely those who are subject to the ...

(15 pages) 121 1 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Get A Hold of Yourself!

existing system needed, not so much to be abolished as taken over by, and run in the interests of, ordinary citizens, the debate cut through Cold War rhetoric and attempted to focus on questions of f ...

(6 pages) 33 0 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Account for the rise to power of Josef Stalin to ruler of the USSR by 1929.

actually lead the party. This oversight was to end in death for his adversaries and for millions of ordinary citizens of the USSR.Stalin's rise to power began in inauspicious circumstances with a deca ...

(9 pages) 49 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Sacco and Vanzetti

ur history, justice has not always resulted in fairness, but instead in the denial of the rights of ordinary citizens. In the 1920's, a tumultuous decade of social unrest, numerous Americans were disc ...

(9 pages) 68 2 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The reality of globalization

eeping away cultural boundaries. Global entertainment companies shape the perceptions and dreams of ordinary citizens, wherever they live. The growing integration of economies and societies around the ...

(1 pages) 33 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Noise Pollution

sphere in their homes or cars. On reason why environmental sounds are big business is the fact that ordinary citizens-especially city dwellers are bombarded by noise pollution. On the way to work, on ... f blessed silence.Traveling home form work provides no relief form the noisiness of the office. The ordinary sounds of blaring taxi horns and rumbling buses are occasionally punctuated by the ear-pier ...

(2 pages) 33 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Prince And The Pauper

oles they end up in, one in the gutters and one in the palace. The reader also learns about life of ordinary citizens in England during the time of King Henry VIII .The main message and theme behind t ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"GDP in Ireland and Bolivia"-written in a Macroeconomics class

uctivity. Ireland’s favorable corporate tax structure and broadband access to the internet for ordinary citizens is a result of the new technology. A program named Enterprise Ireland was develope ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

What are some of the themes explored in "The Incredibles"? Use specific moments, aspects, details of the movie to illustrate your ideas. List TWO themes.

lawsuits directed at Bob. According to the law, they have to change their identity and live amongst ordinary citizens. They have to maintain a low profile, and live just like any ordinary family, with ...

(2 pages) 16 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

John Locke- Second Treatise of Civil Government

ights by the brutish. Locke states that government is necessary to protect the life and property of ordinary citizens, only because without it, the people cannot be free. Locke also advocated a strong ...

(3 pages) 45 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory