Essays Tagged: "White House"

The Lost Kennedy Brother - Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.

eir to the Kennedy throne who met a similar fate as his older brother. Ted.Never quite reaching the White House, he has nontheless made a name for himself as amajor politician in the Senate. Wh ... Jr. was his favorite son, molding him tobecome President to compensate for his failure to reach the White House. The spittingimage of his father, Joe Jr. was destined for greatness. The intense rivalr ...

(3 pages) 85 1 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Grapes of Wrath

people in the dust bowl imagined California as a haven of jobs where they would have a nice little white house and as much fruit as they could eat. This dream was far from the reality the migrant far ... reality of the actual situation in this land of hate and prejudice.The Joads dream of owning a nice white house and being overwhelmed with fruit was quickly put to end after their first night in Calif ...

(5 pages) 85 0 4.2 Feb/1997

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

My own expirience visiting a buddhist community

199, I finally decided to get out the car and seek for it walking. I found the building, a typical white house, around four floors tall. Then I noticed that this place was nothing like I expected to ...

(5 pages) 69 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Capital Punishment on Trial

t has been argued over from the dinner table inthe average American home the the oval office in the White House for countless amountsof years. The opposing sides each state their claim on why we shoul ...

(7 pages) 142 0 3.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Nixon vs. The United States of America. Explains all aspects of the case and the reasons why the Supreme court decided as they did

apartment complex in Washington DC, apparently in search of political intelligence. Attempts by the White House to stop or frustrate the ensuing investigations ultimately failed when Nixon's own White ... committee held by Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., to look into the growing scandal. Amid the disclosures of White House involvement in the Watergate break-in and its aftermath, Nixon announced the resignation ...

(3 pages) 101 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

JFK Assassination

John F. Kennedy was the bright future for the American people. He brought youth to the White House for the first time in our nation's history. Not only did John F. Kennedy bring youth, bu ...

(13 pages) 232 0 4.8 Jan/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Tainted Administration

ican president.The history of the events at hand is as follows. The Nixon Administration financed a White House Special Investigative Unit called the plumbers. This unit was initially established unde ... stigative Unit called the plumbers. This unit was initially established under John Erlichmann a top White House aide, to "plug" leaks from the White House to the press and consisted of former FBI and ...

(5 pages) 94 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

critical analisys on doris´lessing´s to romm 19

describes the different views the character has of her surroundings - such as the starkness of her white house, the big and "wild" garden, and finally "Room 19" to demonstrate how these settings infl ... fluence her troublesome emotional status.At the onset of the story, Susan Rawling lives in a large, white, and gardened house. Although one may possibly infer her husband and she lead a wealthy life a ...

(4 pages) 71 0 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Watergate

WATERGATE:Was The Nixon White House Involved?What was Watergate? "Watergate" is a term used to describe a complex web of pol ... Richard M. Nixon had become the thirty-seventh president of the United States. As Nixon entered the White House, he was "full of bitterness and anger about past defeats, and about years of perceived s ... were sentenced by Judge John Sirica. Although Nixon was worried about the break-in, he advised the White House press secretary, Ron Ziegler, to dismiss the incident as "a third-rate burglary" (Cannon ...

(13 pages) 308 0 4.4 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Watergate & Nixon: A Political Chameleon

ameleonThe 1970s was a decade of tumult with the war in Vietnam and the Watergate conspiracy in the White House. Many people probably still wonder how five men could break into the national headquarte ... mood of the Seventies.Nixon's career in politics began a long time before he even had dreams of the White House. In 1947 he began his career when he was elected to the House of Representatives by the ...

(5 pages) 104 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Franklin Delano Roosevelt What is this about? Everything FDR did during his presidency.

air most of his life but in spite of that he was one of the strongest men ever to set foot into the white house.The Great Depression was a horrible time for the nation and for capitalism itself. In ot ...

(6 pages) 140 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

three branches of the government is about just that, the 3 branches of the US government

es of government present themselves.One branch of the government, the Executive Branch includes the White House and Office of the President, plus offices that work directly with the President in prepa ...

(2 pages) 237 3 4.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Jacksonian Democrats.

ican" like no other president before him. At his inauguration, he gave the common man access to the White House and riotous behavior ensued. The locals complained that "barbarians" had invaded the Whi ...

(6 pages) 110 2 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

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

the United States, but because of a system called The Electoral College, George Bush was given the White House. The Electoral College is a system of voting based upon population of individual states: ...

(4 pages) 140 1 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Off year election and why it is important that Bush has established the majority in the two houses in this election.

the stakes and lengthen the debate on our dealings with Iraq, to press the Democrats to accept the White House version of a Department of Homeland Security (and hammer them if they opposed it) and to ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Watergate: Cause and Effect.

f the Vietnam War. Reports of bombings in Cambodia reached the New York Times through a leak in the White House. President Nixon became worried and had four reporters and thirteen government officials ... nt officials secretly tapped for a period of over 22 months (Kilian, 8). In the summer of 1971, the White House sent agents to break into Daniel Ellsberg's office at the Brookings Institute. Ellsberg ...

(3 pages) 195 1 3.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The assassinations of john f kennedy and abraham lincoln.

concerned with civil rights. Sadly, both presidents' wives' lost children both while living in the White House, and after living in the White House. A coincidence with years is that Abraham Lincoln w ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Vietnam War.

on the American side.But why did this happen? Why did the Americans intervent in this war? Was the White House and its policy really prepared for this kind of war? What were the causes of the defeat? ... ential advisors, and there appears to have been little systematic debate outside that group."5" The White-House was primarily for action or reaction and not a place for reflective thought on difficult ...

(14 pages) 222 0 4.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Is Adultery Moral?

almost impossible not to see it. No matter where you turn, there is evidence of adultery. From the White House to the house next door, you see either see it, or you hear about it.When former Presiden ...

(8 pages) 144 5 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Biograpy of Dwight David Eisenhower, before president, commander of WW2, problems he faces, and during presidency

e man or woman does not know these things.The highest office of the land would also be known as the White House, or down to the power of the White House, the President. What would make an ordinary sol ... he President position should be not more powerful than Congress itself. He believed that all of the White House should be equally as powerful as him.Not all Presidents are identical. All Presidents ha ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents