Essays Tagged: "three decades"

A Thematic Analysis of Psycho

ll horror films that followed its 1960 release. The mass appeal that Psycho has maintained for over three decades can undoubtedly be attributed to its universality. In Psycho, Hitchcock allows the aud ...

(6 pages) 288 3 3.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Sexual Harrassment

ormanagement." There can be no doubt that we have progressed a long way fromthese ideas in the last three decades. However, it is also unquestionable thatwomen in the work force are still discriminate ... alified.The decision was based on the fact that the agency's affirmative actionplan met the court's three criteria for fairness. The plan was flexible,temporary, and designed to gradually correct the ...

(8 pages) 464 6 3.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

OZONE DEPLETION

onment and the ecosystem, on the other hand, are just beginning to receive attention. Over the last three decades, there has been a growing recognition that pollution poses a serious threat to human p ... one is. The ozone is a protective layer that absorbs UV-B. Ozone is a simple molecule consisting of three bound oxygen atoms forming a triangular shape. It is created both naturally and as a result of ...

(12 pages) 331 0 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Cystic Fibrosis

and the lungs, leading to problems with breathing and digestion, infection, and ultimately, death. Three decades ago most babies born with cystic fibrosis died in early childhood, but advances in dia ...

(4 pages) 141 1 4.2 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Sexual harassment. Speaks of the cases of Muriel Kraszewski and Ann Hopkings

management.' There can be no doubt that we have progressed a long way from these ideas in the last three decades. However, it is also unquestionable that women in the work force are still discriminat ... lified.The decision was based on the fact that the agency's affirmative action plan met the court's three criteria for fairness. The plan was flexible, temporary, and designed to gradually correct the ...

(8 pages) 84 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

U.S. and Swedish Trends in Tax Reform

these governments are trying to cope with the growth in social welfare programs throughout the past three decades. In this paper I shall discuss two nations which dramatically overhauled their tax sys ...

(4 pages) 74 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

The Dark Conspiracy Behind The CIA the early 1950ties into the mid 1960ties

American Government. It was a conspiracy. Noone would ever guess that it was being supported by all threegroups.During this time a number of experiments involvinghallucinogenic, along with what some m ... er inhuman methodsof psychiatry, were performed on patients. This wasn't the end ofthe story. After three decades through endless court battles, amysterious death of one of the world's most famouspsyc ...

(9 pages) 100 1 3.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Thesis paper on anabolic-androgenic steroids.

bolic effects) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic effects). In the past three decades, steroid use has increased almost 75% among adolescents this past year. I believe that ... 1999, when 2.0 percent of 10th graders said they had taken anabolic steroids at least once. For all three grades, the 2000 levels represent a significant increase from 1991, the first year that data o ...

(5 pages) 131 0 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

an opinion paper on whether or not we should return to the moon

Opinion paper on returning to the moonOver the last three decades one of the most talked over and questioned subjects has been whether or not to return ...

(3 pages) 208 8 4.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

The need for healthcare reformation in America.

eral factors that have affected the cost of health care coverage over the course of the past two to three decades. One of these factors is the introduction and rapidly increasing enrollment in managed ... transformed the health insurance market in the United States. Virtually nonexistent in most markets three decades ago, managed care health plans covered 63 percent of the nation's employees by 1994. M ...

(8 pages) 619 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Gun Control Rights.

Gun control has evolved into a tremendous socio-political issue over the last three decades. Endless lobbying on the behalf of both proponents and opponents continues to take pla ...

(4 pages) 176 1 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Research paper about the effects of divorce on children.

ome more painful and troublesome over time. The impact of divorce steadily increases over the first three decades of children's lives (Children & Divorce, 2001). And, although the effects of divor ... ng and of the father's involvement in parenting (Simons et al., 1999). On the other hand, there are three factors that serve to increase the probability that boys will experience internalizing problem ...

(11 pages) 649 3 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Advantages of Bilingual Children.

was carrying two or more languages in their head. Consensus has changed considerably over the past three decades, with the development and use of new testing. Children with bilingual ability offer an ...

(10 pages) 234 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Satellite Networks.

INTRODUCTIONFor three decades, satellite communications have been used for public switched telephone network (PSTN) ... test. The frame loss events in the public network lasted less than one minute per event with two to three events occurring per day. For networks behaving in this manner, overlying TCP connections are ...

(10 pages) 195 1 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Native Culture.

a women with child has been around for centuries, it has only become widely recognized in the past three decades. The Old Testament warned women of the use of alcohol prior to intercourse or during p ... lcohol use during pregnancy has been proven safe.The "timing" of fetal exposure is broken down into three stages: first trimester, second trimester and third trimester. It is during the first trimeste ...

(6 pages) 89 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

This essay is about Affirmative Action and what Affirmative action is. It talks about the politics of affirmative action and how I feel about affirmative action.

mination that benefited whites and men.What is Affirmative Action?Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special considerati ...

(5 pages) 391 0 2.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Microsoft and Foreign Governments

ENTURE22D. OFFENSIVE BUSINESS STRATEGY23E. FIGHT PIRACY23BIBLIOGRAPHY26I. IntroductionOver the last three decades, technology has transformed the way we work, play, and communicate. Today, we can acce ... and, and Orange. This makes it likely that they will reach the 28% annual growth rate over the next three years that is predicted (Goddwin, 2003). Furthermore, they have been able to join up with comp ...

(26 pages) 455 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

One,Last,Time abortion speech

e 1973 we have been silenced but no longer can we be held down by debauchery. For the first time in three decades we have been given that spark to light the path leading back to morality. For the firs ...

(2 pages) 38 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Errors of Vietnam.

ere is no possible way to pinpoint what went wrong in Vietnam. The Vietnam War pushed on for almost three decades. It lasted through the terms of five American Presidents and more than and handful of ... enerals moved into action and seized key military locations then murdered Diem and his brother Nhu. Three weeks later Kennedy himself was assassinated. His successor now inherited a problem even more ...

(16 pages) 165 1 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The UK Government Position on Energy Efficiency and Conservation the Past Thirty Years

energy consumption with a long term goal to reducing carbon emissions.Campaign HistoryFor the past three decades the UK Government position on energy efficiency has changed reflecting the immediate p ... the immediate political concerns of the day. The various Government positions can be separated into three campaignsCampaign 1 - Save EnergyThis campaign was bought about due to the oil embargo by OPEC ...

(4 pages) 65 1 2.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science