Essays Tagged: "remedy"

An Ethical and Practical Defense of Affirmative Action

ination.Affirmative action is, and should be seen as, a temporary, partial, and perhaps even flawed remedyfor past and continuing discrimination against historically marginalized and disenfranchised g ...

(6 pages) 525 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

America and Affirmative Action

ination. Affirmativeaction is, and should be seen as, a temporary, partial, and perhaps even flawed remedyfor past and continuing discrimination against historically marginalized anddisenfranchised gr ...

(4 pages) 291 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

"The Pearl" by John Steinbech

baby a white powder that made him go into convulsions. An hour later he came and gave Coyotito the remedy and immediately wanted to know when he was getting paid. The evil in the pearl had reached th ...

(2 pages) 42 1 4.7 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

African Salvery and Reparation

d, are not feasible under any system or economic tangent- indeed such an undertaking would only not remedy the situation, butit would sink Africa and her people deeper into the cycle of povertyand opp ... "apologize" for what we have done is nothing morethan a quick fix solution - it is not a long-term remedy for theunderlying structural damage. The very center of Africa has beenchanged, for better or ...

(6 pages) 265 2 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Analysis of "The Right to Bear Arms" by Jim Williams

Article: 'Bible offers remedy for nation's reaping what it has sowed', Rev. Jim Williams. Orlando Sentinel Tribune, Section ...

(4 pages) 76 0 3.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

2000 Problem

ditor of Windows Magazine, says ' . .. the problem could cost businesses a total of $600 billion to remedy.' (p. 1)The fallacy that mainframes were the only machines to be affected was short lived as ... iduals. The keyis to get informed and to stay informed. Effect the changes you can now, and look to remedy theone's that you can't. The year 2000 will be a shocker and thriller for many businesses, bu ...

(12 pages) 202 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch. describes his Philosphy on education in America today

.D. Hirsch believes that the literacy of American people has been rapidly declining. The long range remedy for restoring and improving American literacy must be to "institute a policy of imparting com ...

(4 pages) 116 0 4.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An Analysis of Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

o has beenmarried five times. She claims to have great experience in theways of the heart, having a remedy for whatever might ail it.Throughout her story, I was shocked, yet pleased to encounterdetail ...

(4 pages) 182 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tribulation and Comedy in Kingsley Amis' "Lucky Jim"

onship with Margaret is the source of considerable anxiety and distress; yet, he dodges the need to remedy this. Jim sees Margaret as a girl possessing 'minimal prettiness' (Amis, 1953, p. 105), a per ...

(9 pages) 45 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Sinclair's Purpose in Writing "The Jungle"

examples of theseconditions. Secondly, he attempts to show the advantages ofsocialism in helping to remedy the problems of a society such asthe one that exists in Chicago at this time.Sinclair accompl ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath

has been married five times. She claims to have great experience in the ways of the heart, having a remedy for whatever might ail it. Throughout her story, I was shocked, yet pleased to encounter deta ...

(4 pages) 173 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

Equity's concern for fairness can often invert it into its opposite. Courts of Equity - equity of redemption. English law

and sensitively to the need for fair dealing and just outcomes '. The courts of Equity were able to remedy the sometimes 'dogmatic' approach of the common law and to ensure that in an effort to mainta ...

(9 pages) 232 5 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

To Kill A Mockingbird (by Harper Lee) Eassay written as a diary by Miss Caroline

He kindly got me a glass of water and once I had recovered I sent Burris Ewell home and gave him a remedy to get rid of his cooties - I didn't want to other children, or even myself to catch them! Oh ...

(1 pages) 20 0 0.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

klin Delano Roosevelt and the business elitist Herbert Hoover both believed they possessed the best remedy for America's depression. The issue of these former president's political spectrum standing h ...

(2 pages) 73 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Ways the executive branch of the U.S. goverment, through various laws and acts, gained power over the legislative and judicial brances.

He stated, "In the republican government the legislative authority, necessarily, predominates. The remedy for this inconvenience is, to divide the legislative into different branches...[and] the weak ...

(7 pages) 202 2 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Tragedies in King Lear.

f Regan-Goneril is an example. But it ismore than a picture of chaos and impending doom. What is theremedy for chaos? it asks. What can avert the doom? Thecharacters who have mastered their passions g ...

(4 pages) 47 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Aicardi Syndrome: a rare yet intimidating X-linked genetic disorder.

in the past. From insulin, to treatment of cancer, to coding of the DNA, doctors seem to be able to remedy anything. Yet, a part of the human body remains as an unsolved puzzle to the scientists of to ...

(12 pages) 60 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Affirmative Action.

Affirmative Action -An Equal Society?Affirmative action is policy created to remedy past discrimination by increasing opportunities for minorities. From affirmative action's int ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Physcian Assisted Suicide.

suggestion to this effect. The oath also states that the doctor should not give a woman an abortive remedy. In support of this oath, it is morally objectionable to ask a physician to participate in a ...

(2 pages) 71 0 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

This essay is about the effects of the boubonic plague during European history.

dly. Contaminate by this mysterious illness, they are helpless and terrified. No medical support or remedy for this disease could be established in order to survive this period in history. The death o ...

(4 pages) 58 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History