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This paper reviews two films that deal with confronting the powerful to maintain one's dignity. In both "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" directed by Frank Capra, and "Matewan" directed by John Sayles, the protagonists must take on those with power. The reviewer also analyzes the differences in these two films, particularly in the ways the characters choose to overthrow the system. A brief plot summary is given for each film.

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""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is a classic Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra film that shows just how much political influence exists in Washington D.C. In this film, Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart) is appointed as a Senator after the man holding the office dies. He is a naive and trusting, honest man who the political leaders of his state feel they can manipulate and puppet in Washington. He has no idea he has been sent to Washington to ensure the state's political bosses profit from a dam the state does not need, built on land the politicians secretly own. When he finds out, his honor and honesty will not allow him to do anything but fight them for his own ideas, which include building a boy's camp on the very same land. He even finds that his own boyhood idol, Senator Paine, is corrupt and manipulated by the political bosses back home. "

Tags:Mr., Smith, Goes, to, Washington, Frank, Capra, Matewan, John, Sayles

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This paper reviews the book, "Criminal Justice: Confronting the Prison Crisis", by Elihu Rosenbalt; which is a collection of research done on the American prison system and the issue of abuse within it. The paper begins with a synopsis of the book's structure. The paper focuses on two articles in particular, "The Labor of Doing Time" by Julie Browne and "Gardens of the Law: The Role of Prisons in the Capitalist Society" by Joel Olsen. It summarizes and assesses the opinions of these two writers on the American prison system.

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"Two articles that caught my attention are written by Julie Browne and Joel Olson, entitled, "The Labor of Doing Time" and "Gardens of the Law: The Role of Prisons in the Capitalist Society," respectively. The piece by Julie Browne discussed the history of forced labor among convicts in prisons, and Browne provides historical and critical analysis of the said issue, citing different instances in history where human rights of the prisoners were violated, and where they are constantly exposed to abuse and poverty. Browne's article focused on the issues of inequality, economic profit to capitalist companies/businesses, and injustice to prisoners in US prison systems. Browne introduced us readers to the terms "convict leasing" and "chain gangs," terms that resulted from the Convict Lease System that was founded and implemented during the 19th century. Under this kind of system, companies team-up with prison administration on a business venture, with the arrangement that the former would provide greater funding for that particular prison, while the latter will provide the workers that will be needed for the production and manufacturing of the company's products or goods."

Tags:research, abuse, labor, convict, human, rights, poverty, inequality, profit, capitalist

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This paper compares how the characters in two different short stories face the experience of death. The stories are "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce and "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessen. This paper shows how both characters experienced time distortion and a heightened sense of awareness of their surroundings when they were in the grip of fear and confronted with death.

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"We often hear stories of people who have near death experiences and say that their "lives flashed before their eyes", or that "everything seemed like it was happening in slow motion". In the two short stories, the reader gets a real sense of what that feels like. "Greasy Lake", is a contemporary story about a group of young men who are bored and out drinking at the lake on evening become involved in a fight that escalates out of control and sets off a chain of events that will change the characters lives forever. In "Greasy Lake", when the unnamed main character thinks that he may have killed someone, time seems to go in slow motion."

Tags:near-death, dying, fear, time, distortion, awareness

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The paper discusses the indigenous peoples of the American southwest who have suffered various forms of racial discrimination since 1519. The author illustrates how historical materials have tried to tell this history in a substantially more even-handed and objective way.

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"One of the better sources of this material is a historical novel. Graciela Limon is a novelist of Mexican-American descent, who in Song of the Hummingbird, tells the story of the conquest of Nahua, as the indigenous peoples called Mexico. Her vehicle for doing this is the final "confession" of an aged woman living in a convent in Mexico in 1583. The woman uses the nominal form of a confession to a young priest to tell the story of her life, set against the trauma of the Spanish conquest. Appropriately, the priest, Father Benito Lara, is new to Mexico, and brings with him an understanding of the conquest and of the indigenous peoples based on Spanish propaganda."

Tags:injustice, dignity, native

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This paper reviews the novel "Ceremony" by Lelsie Marmon Silko and the poem "The Idlers" by E. Pauline Johnson. The paper compares how different Native American authors reinforce common images and stereotypes about their people, their history and their culture in varied and conflicting ways.

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"Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony" is about the struggle of the Pueblo Indian's to retain their culture and heritage which is threatened by the incursion of the White man's world into their own. In the years following World War II, in which some of their own people served this struggle, it became more difficult as returning soldiers tried to fit once again into reservation life and the old ways."

Tags:native, Americans

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This paper offers research that examines Australia's policies and practices for dealing with terrorism. The paper explains that over the course of the second half of the 20th century, terrorism has become a method of choice for political orientation by armed groups airing grievances over territory and governmental determination. The paper discusses the attacks of September 11th, 2001, in New York City and Washington, DC, and the bombing of the Bali nightclub on October 12, 2002, and how these attacks changed the policies of the affected nations. The paper concludes that though Australia's bilateral engagement of its neighbors has produced a positive diplomatic atmosphere, it will be necessary for the new generation of Australia's foreign policy leaders to dramatically alter the conservative and pandering relationship that the Howard administration had developed with the United States. Furthermore, the paper adds, though the U.S. remains a valuable ally to Australia, its recent policy misappropriations should be considered cautionary rather than exemplary to the development of Australian policy.

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"Failure and success of counter-terrorism policies are difficult to gauge, especially in the short run. However, it would be fair to mark Australia's policy of bilateral engagement with regional partners to be a successful deconstruction of the U.S. approach of unilateralism. Nonetheless, the support which Howard placed behind Bush for a war policy in Iraq that is most certainly a failed one has tainted the whole of the Howard administration's foreign policy legacy, leaving Australia deeply implicated in a qualified quagmire with no apparent or declared end yet in sight."

Tags:foreign, trade, militia, crisis, antiterrorism, Bali, 9-11, attack

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The paper looks at the poem stanza by stanza as it speaks directly to Thomas' dying father. The paper describes the power of the language as Thomas urges his father to fight the onset of death. The conclusion of the paper addresses the reader as well, reminding us of Thomas' message to everyone to relish life.

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"Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is a poem written to his father, who was dying at the time Thomas wrote the poem. Instead of telling his father to accept his death with graciousness and thankfulness for a long life, in this poem, Thomas urges his father to fight against his own death. Each stanza of this poem shows a different view of death from people who differ in every way but one: they all have struggled to hold on to life."

Tags:poetry, values, struggle, life, awakening

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This paper explores the meaning of both poems separately. Only then is it possible to compare each poem's similarities and contrast their differences. Given the fact that the subject matter is seemingly identical, studying each poet's different approach to examining this "inner self" evokes a compelling discussion.

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""Desert Places" by Robert Frost and "One Need Not Be A Chamber To Be Haunted" by Emily Dickinson portray inner darkness from different perspectives. While Frost describes an acquiescent internal descent into vacancy, Dickinson depicts the plight of escaping the enigmatical unconscious self. Although these poems have contrary standpoints, both coalesce on internal dissent and self-seclusion. The similarities and differences between the two angles originate from their mood, theme and imagery."

Tags:poetry, exploration, poet, frost, dickinson

Abstract
Identifying social problems and determining methods to reduce or eliminate their impact is the goal of the social researcher. Environmental racism is a social problem that involves complex issues of class, race and environmentalism and can be investigated through various research methods. Predominately, qualitative (statistical) analysis and quantitative (accounting) analysis are used as the research methods of choice. To reach the largest audience, a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods is recommended.

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Describes how a manager interacts with others. Examines the strategies executives employ to resolve dilemmas and the effect on long-term performance of the executive, the organization, and the roles subordinates play.

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"Five dilemmas have been identified which confront executive leaders during the course of their work. These include clear and precise versus general and flexible, top-down versus bottom.up, substance versus process, conflict resolution through..."