Essays Tagged: "waiting to happen"

The Donner Party. The mistakes and mishaps

Was the Donner Party a huge tragedy, or a fatal mistake just waiting to happen to anyone?When George Donner, and his brother Jake took the advice of a man they d ...

(9 pages) 56 1 2.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What is human suffering? How does humanity understand/cope with human suffering? How do you reconcile suffering?

Human suffering is universal and inescapable. When there is joy, there is pain waiting to happen. When there is pain, an individual always tries to escape it. Humans are faced wit ...

(7 pages) 270 2 4.3 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Does an essentially "black" nation have the ability to successfully obtain and maintain independence?

Is an essentially "black" nation, a disaster waiting to happen? I definitely do not agree with that claim, though historians and anthropologists ...

(2 pages) 64 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

An in depth look at 3 American Presidents: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. This essay describes these 3 presidents and how they impacted america during their presidencies.

t in order to expand. Herbert Hoover, was elected in 1928 and it was visable that he was a disaster waiting to happen, even from the start.After Harding was elected president in 1921, the American pub ...

(3 pages) 58 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Boston Teaparty and American Revolution: The Story of George Robert Twelves Hewes. About the book: "The Shoemaker and the Tea Party" by Alfred F. Young

desire to aid in chastising [the British]"(Young 55). The colonists were political activists waiting to happen. Politics had been relatively quite in the New World since its boom. In the Purita ... to place its own officials over the colonies. The colonists, especially those in Boston, were only waiting for the spark they needed to ignite a political, and later a military, war. For some, this s ...

(3 pages) 55 0 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Telecommuting: Three Communications Challenges for Businesses

r all of them at one time.Having identified that there are numerous possible communication failures waiting to happen, what are the three most important communication challenges that a business faces ...

(4 pages) 111 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Earthquake in Pakistan.

could sense the danger of the tragic events before they actually unfolded on them. The calamity was waiting to happen for many years and it left behind the wounds which would take a considerable span ...

(3 pages) 28 1 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

System Failure: Abandoning New Orleans - essay about whether or not it is worth it to rebuild New Orleans after the hurricane katrina.

back into New Orleans, is the contamination found in the flooded waters.New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen. Hurricane and flood preparation in the city of New Orleans has always been an iss ...

(4 pages) 62 0 4.7 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Analysis of "paradise package" By Geraldine Brophy

two different commitment ceremonies, one of which is supposed to be a surprise, which is a disaster waiting to happen when the unsuspecting victim lets slip that she was considering "opting out". It t ...

(7 pages) 12 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Apollo 13

mission control realized that what goes up doesn't necessarily come down.Apollo 13 was an accident waiting to happen, and the attempt to rescue three astronauts in a two man lunar module captivated t ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Araby

the bizarre which will the prove his desire for her. Before realization that this may be a disaster waiting to happen, he promptly starts to plan his escapade to the bizarre which not only will he hav ...

(1 pages) 1225 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Caesar

, that an increase of power may lead him to tyranny. The serpent’s egg is danger waiting to happen.4.) It says that if Caesar takes over Rome, all of the people will be forc ...

(2 pages) 918 0 0.0 Nov/2001

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