Essays Tagged: "Washington, D.C."

Emily Dickenson

College. The turning point in Emily's life occurred while she was on a business trip in Washington D.C. with her father. There, Emily met a Presbyterian Minister. Soon enough, she deeply fell in love ...

(3 pages) 194 1 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"Gun Control"

17 year-old Kendall Merriweather was shotand killed a few blocks from his high school in southeast Washington, D.C. Police arrested twoteenage students who they believe killed Merriweather while tryi ...

(4 pages) 252 0 3.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

A notice on Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens

St. Louis. He moved up in the ranks of printing and moved to New York and eventually to Washington D.C. Clemens remembered how much fun he had had on the riverboat and how glorious it must have been ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

TERRORISTS: TO DESTROY OR TO NOT DESTROY?

world forever. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center of New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. have caused Americans to step back and take a look at what patriotism really means. ...

(5 pages) 226 0 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

EUTHANASIA. SOME HISTORY AND BACKGROUND, AS WELL AS CURRENT ISSUES ON THIS VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC

EUTHANASIAAARP Bulletin Feb. 1997, Vol. 38, No. 2, Washington, D.C.Is euthanasia1 the right way to die? Everyone's life comes to an end in due time. We ... ns prescribe pain-killing drugs that nurses given when needed. The National Hospice Organization in Washington, D.C. is against legalization of euthanasia, aid-in-dying, and physician-assisted suicide ...

(11 pages) 398 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Telecommunication, Describes history of telecommunication from Telegraph to LAN's

when Samuel Morse sent the famous message 'What hath God wrought' from the US Capitol in Washington D.C. across a 37 mile wire to Baltimore using the telegraph. The telegraph is basically an electroma ...

(14 pages) 327 0 4.3 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Million Man March

s wake up early that morning to go on an assignment. These reporters were asked to go to Washington D.C. to report on a peaceful rally that was taking place on the Mall. They willfully took the assign ... religion, or ethnic background.The reporters reached a Metro station on the outskirts of Washington D.C. and decided that it would be best if they parked there and rode the Metro into downtown DC, whe ...

(4 pages) 37 0 4.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

looks at how we see weed amercan people

hy is it not legal? The majority of the reason why it is not legal speaks very loudly in Washington D.C. Politicians have been running this country for a number of years and to legalize something that ...

(2 pages) 67 1 2.7 Sep/2002

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

Television Violence

effect the way peoplethink and behave.In a survey given in 1978 at an unnamed college in Washington D.C., when askedif what was seen on T.V. effected the way they acted ,2% thought it did ,7% didn't k ...

(6 pages) 187 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Tainted Administration

emocratic National Committee Headquarters at the prestigious Watergate office complex in Washington D.C.. I will primarily concentrate on the negative impact that media coverage had to the publics eye ...

(5 pages) 94 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy

yWithin days of the devastating attack by Japan at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 an investigation on Washington, D.C., and the high levels of the War Department took place. This supposed misguidance, a ...

(4 pages) 116 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

"From Romeo and Juliet to the Present"

for me. I chose the year 2000 for the year I was going to. When I did the time travel I ended up in Washington, D.C, the capital of this country called the United States of America. When I got out of ... ide back in Verona.I have also noticed some similarities between the 16th and 20th century. Here in Washington, D.C, they have parties with a lot of people showing up to a house just like they did bac ...

(3 pages) 19 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

The Electoral College Should be Abolished for many Clearly Defined Reasons.

rs that is equal to the number of house and senate representatives serving that state in Washington D.C. Whichever candidate wins the majority in a specific state receives the number of electors assig ...

(4 pages) 140 1 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Federal Reserve in a nut shell.

s and the Federal Reserve Banks.MeetingsBy law, the FOMC must meet at least four times each year in Washington, D.C. Since 1981, eight regularly scheduled meetings have been held each year at interval ... asis; the other presidents serve one-year terms on a rotating basis. The FOMC meets periodically in Washington, D.C., and determines policy with respect to purchases and sales of government securities ...

(14 pages) 652 0 4.5 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

The American Government.

ives has one representative per 30,000 people in a state, currently 435, not including the one from Washington, D.C., who is not allowed to vote. This is called the "great compromise" because when the ...

(7 pages) 312 3 4.1 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Gangs and our Society.

ed and her 2-year-old brother wounded. Two FBI agents and a police sergeant are murdered inside the Washington, D.C. police headquarters by a gang member. A Pittsburgh police sergeant walking home wit ...

(5 pages) 160 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Importance of Arts and Humanities.

irst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, D.C. February 25, 1997.What are arts and humanities? Is it simply history, philosophy, l ...

(3 pages) 307 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

September 11.

g I kept the TV on wondering what could happen next. The Pentagon was on fire, a mall in Washington D.C. was bombed and a plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. I began to feel very unsafe even t ... ople have changed and they are proud to be Americans.Overall, not only New York City and Washington D.C. were attacked but all of America was attacked. The people have changed, the young and the old. ...

(2 pages) 53 1 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Importance of the Federal Market Commitee

nors who are responsible for coming up with the policies. They typically meet eight times a year in Washington, D.C. At these meetings they discuss the outlook for the U.S. economy and monetary policy ...

(1 pages) 28 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

A review of All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.

igation, they were both reporters for the Washington Post. As the story was unfolding in Washington D.C., they were in a prime position to write about the investigation in great detail. No other repor ... rnment.The book takes place in many different areas of America. While the focal point is Washington D.C., where the major portions of the story takes place, Bernstein and Woodward go as far as Florida ...

(4 pages) 176 2 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History