Essays Tagged: "terrorist attack"
September 11th: An incident charged with strong emotion such as love, fear, anger, hate, joy, quilt, embarrassment or jealousy.
That's when I sat back and thought for a minute. This was no joke; it was some kind of attack. A terrorist attack perhaps!I immediately began to listen to the radio, so that I would be informed. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Global Marketing: Case Study on Effects Of 9/11.
n this topic, focussing on a detailed discussion of what the effects were and the reasons why these terrorist acts have had the impact they have.IntroductionAmerica suffered the worst terrorist attack ... were grounded. Politicians around the world condemned the attacks and promised help in finding the terrorists. President George Bush promised to hunt down the perpetrators of what he called "an act o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The Tragedy of September 11 Reminiscence can be sweet or solemn, but either way, it is only the cry when September 11 comes in one's mind.
sting impacts on the minds of the American people and on humanity as a whole.The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack (colloquially referred to as Nine-eleven and 9/11 for the US date format) was the d ... ingle events of asymmetric warfare in history. In the morning, beginning at about 8:45, a series of terrorist attacks destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center and severely damaged the Penta ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
SouthWest Airlines Case Study.
service among 58 cities in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the terrorist attack of September 11th, the company is still holding strong; while other airline compani ... tor: 65.9 percentTotal operating revenue: $5.5 billionThe airline industry has been hit hard by the terrorist attack of September 11th. There is a 13% insurance raise for the airlines and the governme ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Flannery O'Connor and the gruesome September 11th.
ENC 1101 HDecember 4, 2002Willin' GraceIn an instant, the gruesome September 11th terrorist attack placed ordinary people trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center at the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Intelligence oversight issues both prior and after an incident has occured.
thin the intelligence community on what could have been done and what hadn't been done to avoid the terrorist attack. While there is no doubt that the attack was an intelligence failure, there is no d ... e pointed to exact the blame on an individual agency or intelligence department. As a result of the terrorist event, there have been countless meetings about updating the intelligence oversight commit ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Small Pox vaccine and why we shouldn't have to take it unless we choose to.
Small Pox and Its DangersThe recent cases of anthrax due to bioterrorism and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have led to an unexampled degree of concern and urgency reg ... ials have been making public announcements that it is not a matter of if, but when' another foreign terrorist attack will occur in the United States. The government said they have credible "intelligen ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The Ripple Effect of September 11th
The ripple effect of September 11th's terrorist attack upon the World Trade Center and the Pentagon has created an enormous void in Americ ... before then"(Ripple Effect).The stock market confirmed every fear when it reopened a week after the terrorist attack. With people selling and trade plummeting, Wall Street barely hung on to its life b ... before the final bell rang that Monday. Running scared has become one of many watchwords from this terrorist attack, inasmuch as America's economic solvency still remains in question. According to Ca ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
September 11.
ay, September 11, 2001 has gone down in history. It is the day when the United States experienced a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and various other locations. The terrorist ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
This is an essay about the internment of the men at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the court proceedings which took place afterward
With our ongoing "war on terrorism," Americans have become ridiculously paranoid to terrorist attack. We go to extreme measures to keep ourselves safe, even if it means that we are giv ... cement of further restrictions on immigration, and the internment of foreign nationals on counts of terrorist involvement. As these foreign nationals pursue claims brought under the U.S. Constitution, ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Are today's terrorists more likely to use chemical and biological weapons?
March/April 1998Vol. 54, No. 2Terrorism's New BreedAre today's terrorists more likely to use chemical and biological weapons?by Jose VegarIt could be any American ... of a summer disaster movie, but it is the increasingly common sight of a U.S. city preparing for a terrorist attack involving chemical or biological weapons. In 1997 alone, more than 20 cities staged ... 0 million to train and evaluate emergency personnel in 120 U.S. cities.In recent years, the fear of terrorists using chemical or biological weapons has moved from thriller-novel fantasy to front-page ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
Persuasive Essay ~ Why the Three Gorges Dam in China Should Not Be Built.
reaks there won't be anyone around to use the power. Also, the dam could be the site of a potential terrorist attack. It would be so easy to kill all of those people. The natural reaction to this thre ... ke the dam bigger and better, but you can't do that. It would hold even more power behind it and if terrorist do manage to knock the dam down, it would kill more people, destroy more towns and add to ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Talking with Children About Terrorism
hildren and how to talk to them about terrorism! GOOD LUCK!Talking with Children About TerrorismThe terrorist attack on America Tuesday, September 11 has captured the attention of the nation, and it s ... d the help of the adults around them.So what is a parent, teacher, or other caring adult to do when terrorist violence fills the airwaves and the consciousness of America?Assume the kids know about it ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Case Study - EasyJet
merged and that is the no-frills airlines which used regional airports. (Piercy, 2000)Following the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, a number of major airlines filed for bankruptcy, including c ... ssues, structural changes in the world economy, technological breakthroughs, and also the threat of terrorist attacks, had create significant changes in the airline industry, affecting all the aspects ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Guns in the cockpit, the argument of having guns in the cockpit.
that guns shouldn't be allowed on an airplane no matter who is carrying it. First, since the terrorist attack on 9/11 pilots have been requesting special permission to carry a firearm onto a pl ... ew carrying guns. "Opponents of allowing pilots to be armed have horror-movie visions of pilots and terrorists shooting it out in the aisles of airliners. But the main reason for arming pilots is not ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Why vote Bush?
t same day, in an interview with the Associated Press, FDA Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford said terrorist "cues from chatter" led him to believe Al Qaeda may try to attack Americans by contaminati ... food or drug supply." The Administration had brazenly used Americans' justifiable fears of a future terrorist attack to parry a routine criticism of its policies.How did it come to this?Crawford's com ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Citizenship Now: Will Anything Change? quick essay on post 9/11 citizenship
In the course of a few weeks in the autumn of 2001, everything changed. A devastating terrorist attack occurred. It wasn't in Syria. More than 3,000 innocent people perished. It wasn't i ... descent. According to CBC news, the UN issued a report in August 2002 stating, "As a result of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Muslims and Arabs face greater scrutiny at home and wh ... , who had entered the US on non-immigrant visas in the last two years and come from countries where terrorist activities are known or believed to occur" (Strossen). They were specifically picked out d ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Citizenship Now: Will Anything Change?
In the course of a few weeks in the autumn of 2001, everything changed. A devastating terrorist attack occurred. It wasn't in Syria. More than 3,000 innocent people perished. It wasn't i ... descent. According to CBC news, the UN issued a report in August 2002 stating, "As a result of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Muslims and Arabs face greater scrutiny at home and wh ... d, who had entered the US on non-immigrant visas in the last two year and come from countries where terrorist activities occur" (Strossen). They were specifically picked out due to their country of or ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Airline safety
too many ideas to even list. Improving security both on and off the plane can help prevent another terrorist attack, but certain proposed measures are taking it too far.Use of biometrics has already ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Strategic Management case study in the Hotel industry
IntroductionHaving experienced the SARS, July 7th, 2005 terrorist attack, and the Bird Flu, which have slowed down the UK economy and had an adverse effect ... service into other income streams.Weakness* Profit has been minimised resulting from 9/11, July 7th terrorist attacks* No control on external factors e.g., FMD, SARS, Bird Flu* Unpredictable British w ... stic travel due to weakening pound against the euro* Increase room rates to prior of 9/11, July 7th terrorist attacks* More business from people with higher disposable incomes* Expected increase in in ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies