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Secrecy and the Family, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between social statuses, norms and expectations to family secrets.
1,551 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper explores the influence of secrets on the family. It discusses the relationship of social status to family secrets and describes the important distinction between secrecy and privacy. It also looks at how social statuses, norms and expectations contribute to family secrets. The paper presents a number of family stories that illustrate how secrets can affect a family as a whole.
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"Margaret Castle was raised by a middle-class black family in Barbados. The origin of her family, however, is very complicated. She was adopted by the Castles right after her birth. The Castles were distant cousins of her real mother Lucy. "Lucy's father, Michael Rose, was white Barbadian whose grandfather was a salve holder. Lucy's mother, Ruth, is black and descended from slaves. Michael Rose, a respected landowner and deacon in his church, fathered many out-of0wedlock children with several different women." Lucy whose skin was a right color was raised as white and Michael's favorite child. When Lucy got a pregnant of a working- class black man's child-Margaret, her father Michael pressured her to give up the baby. "Fearing her father's wrath and longing for his approval," Lucy gave the baby to the Castles. Margaret had never known her true background until an outsider talked about her real mother inadvertently. She says, "'For many years I never spoke to anyone about it. It was consumed by anger'"(Imber-Black, 1999;p.74-76)."
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"Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy", 2004.
Review and analysis of Karma Lochrie?s "Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy".
2,130 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper provides an overview of Lochrie?s book, how it is organized, the evidential sources used by the author, and an assessment of how the book was received critically. The book?s placement in the context of class is followed by biographical information about the author. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"From both feminist and poststructuralist perspectives, human sexuality has increasingly come to be seen not as biological but as a cultural construction, subject to fashioning and redefinition under pressure from social forces and juridico-political power (Nederman & True 1996). According to Carolyn Dinshaw (1999), gender violation, or the violation of active-passive roles, underwrites the condemnation of female sex acts without men as the worst problem among humankind; the hierarchical importance of gender over sexuality found in the castigation of female perversion is consistent with other representations of female-female homoeroticism found in the long literary tradition from Artemidorus to Ptolemy to Caelius Aurelianus to Cino da Pistoia to Shakespeare: ?Only sexual acts between women that violate gender hierarchy emerge into visibility; they are consistently represented in relation to masculinization, facts suggesting that gender rules are regarded as much more serious than rules for sexual behavior insofar as they can be separated? (Dinshaw 1999)."
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The Ethics of Government Secrecy, 2003.
This paper focuses on the Bush Administration's withholding of information from the public.
5,110 words (approx. 20.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 128.95
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This paper discusses the ethics of government secrecy in the Bush Administration. The paper discusses the Freedom of Information Act, the post-911 immigration detainees, government withholding information from the public post-911, and Cheney's refusal to disclose the names of those in his energy task force. The paper puts these actions into an ethical context by quoting Machiavelli and Hobbes.
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"United Nations analyst Ian Thomas tried to get a thirty-year old map of Africa from the National Archives in March 2002 in order to plan a relief mission. He could not get the maps because the United States government no longer makes them public. An environmentalist, John Coequyt, was denied access to an online database of listings of chemical plants that violate pollution laws from the Environmental Protection Agency. Kate Martin, a civil rights lawyer, asked for a court order the names of the foreigners detained since the September 11th terrorist attacks and was told by the Justice Department that that information was secret."
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Salary Information: Secrecy or Openness?, 2001.
An argumentative paper where the writer supports an "open" policy of salaries within a company.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines secret and open salary information policies. The author argues in favor of an ?open? policy. An attempt has been made to discuss both sides of the picture. The conclusions have been drawn after a thorough analysis of the arguments.
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"A case can be made both for and against a secret as well as an open pay policy. That is why we find almost an equal number of organizations that follow either of the two systems. There are surprisingly large numbers of organizations, particularly in the private sector, that not only keep the salary information of their employees secret but also require the staff to keep such data under wraps. Punishment for release of pay information in these companies is often severe and can even lead to dismissal. Although there is always some merit in a counter argument, I am convinced that an open salary information policy has greater benefits while a secret pay policy can lead to serious organizational and motivation problems."
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TV Talk Shows, 2008.
An analysis of the article, "Talk Show Telling versus Authentic Telling: The Effects of the Popular Media on Secrecy and Openness" by Evan Imber-Black.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper examines the argument presented by Evan Imber-Black, in her article "Talk Show Telling versus Authentic Telling: The Effects of the Popular Media on Secrecy and Openness", that television talk shows have greatly diminished our moral views of what consequences may arise from casually revealing life-changing secrets. The paper maintains that Imber-Black fails to provide enough substantial evidence to support her argument. The paper is of the opinion that this article is a simplistic, one-sided view of those who watch TV talk shows.
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"At first glance, and from Imber-Black's psychiatric view, this atmosphere of greater openness brought benefits. Patients were less reluctant to reveal secrets that once might not have been raised. None the less, a frightening cultural shift was taking place. With the rising popularity of "ambush" style talk shows, people began to correlate opening secrets with the belief such actions were virtuous and automatically healing. What was once deeply personal and unmentionable was becoming a popular spectacle on a grand scale and was simply assumed to be cathartic."
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AIDS in the Dance Community, 1994.
This paper discusses the reaction of the dance community to the problem of AIDS: Deaths, awareness & activism, benefits and reasons for delay in dealing with crisis (denial, secrecy).
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"AIDS has been especially devastating to the dance community, both in terms of personal lives lost and talent the world will never see. Well into the second decade of the AIDS virus, we tally the losses and wonder who will be next. The roster of victims reads like a who's who of incomparable talent from the fields of musical theater to classical ballet. New AIDS help groups are formed continuously, as each field rallies in support of its own membership. Professions allied to dance, such as theater, fashion, and music, have responded by creating their own support networks for artists terminated in their most germinal years.
Promoting AIDS awareness and activism are groups such as Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), and Community Health Project (CHP). They in turn have encouraged professions severely affected by AIDS to rally. Several groups have already taken steps to confront the epidemic. In the arts, the theater, fashion, and music .... "
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Swiss Bank Accounts, 1999.
Overview of Swiss society, government & economy, problems created by money laundering, bank profits and international challenges to secrecy laws.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 79.95
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"SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS
Through the middle of the seventeenth century, Switzerland was a part of the Holy Roman Empire (Hunter 1255-1262). From the late-thirteenth century through 1648, Switzerland was a part of a defensive league of three states within the Holy Roman Empire. In 1648, the league became independent of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1798, a united Helvetic Republic was formed from the cantons comprising the defensive league. In 1815, the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland, the successor to the Helvetic Republic, was guaranteed by Austria, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and Sweden by the Congress of Vienna. Switzerland?s present constitution was adopted in 1874, and the newest canton, Jura, was established by a vote of the electorate in 1978. "
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Harems in Egypt & Syria, 1999.
Examines portrayals of harems in Victorian era travel writing & English fiction. Analyzed in terms of history, culture, Arab patriarchy, polygamy, Western stereotypes, rationale for, secrecy and more.
1,552 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 35 sources, $ 135.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the harem in Egypt and Syria, reflected in Victorian travel writing in English literature. The plan of the research will be to set forth the historical and cultural context of the Victorian interest in the harem, and then to discuss, in turn, Victorian-era commentaries (chiefly, though not exclusively British) that formulated popular perceptions of the harem; Western women's interpretations of harem life vis-?-vis the position of women in Victorian culture; the response of Arab women to their English visitors as well as their own accounts of domestic life and marital arrangements; and social implications of the Victorian discourse of middle-class women compared to the Islamic perspective on the proper function and status of women."
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Mustard Gas Experiments, 1994.
An examination of military testing on soldiers between 1943 and the end of WWII. Includes secrecy, justification, effects, purpose, policy implications, government responses and recommendations.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 19 sources, $ 119.95
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"Problem Statement
Stedman (1950) reports that mustard gas, which is sometimes referred to as diplienylchlorasine, was used in warfare, although there is no mention of experimentation on military personnel. Pechura (1993) notes that mustard gas, which is sometimes referred to as sulfur mustard, was used during World War II. Smith and Dunn (1991) and Thomas (1985; 1952) further report that mustard gas is referred to as dichlorethyl sulfide, and that this gas was used during World War I and World War II. In addition, Pechura (1993) and Thomas (1965; 1952) note that lewisite, which is another form of poisonous gas that contains arsenic, was used in warfare. Thomas-(1985; 1952) as well reports that nitrogen mustard, which was generally used as a series of therapeutic mustard compounds, was also used during World War I and World War ..."
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Seamus Deane's "Reading In the Dark", 2007.
This paper reviews Seamus Deane's "Reading In the Dark", a complex novel about a child's reaction to reading a book about Northern Ireland.
3,205 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper relates that Seamus Deane's novel "Reading in the Dark" is part autobiographical and many of the recounted intricate events actually have taken place. The author points out that the text is partially a Bildungsroman because, in the first part of the narrator's life it recounts many obstacles; however, unlike in a Bildungsroman, the greatest part of these obstacles remain unresolved as the story comes full circle and the reader finds the narrator in the very same place. The paper concludes that "Reading in the Dark" is an excellent source of historical documentation on Irish culture because the history of the boy's family parallels the history of Ireland itself in its troubled past, full of violence and political secrecy. The paper includes several quotations.
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"The novel revolves around a mystery that makes it resemble a detective story to a certain extent: the disappearance of Uncle Eddie, who is supposed to have been an informer for the IRA. The truth emerges gradually, and the boy narrator who tries to make sense of his family's story is not fully aware of the whole truth until the last part of the novel. The maze of facts and secrecy that involve almost all the members of the boy's family, both close and distant, already plunges the reader into the troubled and heavy atmosphere that the novel is charged with from beginning to the end."
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Civil Liberties Post September 11th, 2007.
An analysis of the changes in civil liberties of American citizens and non-citizens post the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
1,950 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses threats to civil liberties in the United States following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The paper explains that these threats fall into three broad categories: secrecy, erosion of checks and balances, and circumventing long-standing personal privacy protections. The paper discusses the reasons for these changes and how they are affecting American citizens.
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Introduction
Secrecy
Erosion of Basic Checks and Balances
Privacy
Conclusion
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"The last major threat to civil liberties, since the advent of September 11th, is the reduction of privacy in America. Privacy is one of the most valued of civil liberties for Americans. When asked if they'd be willing to allow the monitoring of telephone and e-mail conversations as a means of increasing national security against terrorism, only 34 percent of respondents were willing to give up this civil liberty (Davis & Silver). The ACLU clearly points out that the blurring of the lines between traditional separation of criminal investigation and intelligence gathering has seriously eroded the public's right to privacy. This is a backwards leap from the progress the country has made over the last four to five decades, when the FBI used programs such as COINTELPRO to harass civil rights leaders and anti-war groups ("Threats to Civil Liberties")."
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Revenge, 2007.
This paper highlights the theme of revenge in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado."
814 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper portrays how Poe uses revenge to bring about many responses from the reader, including horror, fear and revulsion. The paper illustrates how by planting revenge so deeply within the plot and characters, Poe creates a truly terrifying tale that also makes many points about human nature. The paper discusses how Montresor's appetite for revenge is insane; it leads him to kill Fortunato. The paper shows how if Montresor truly regrets his hasty and bizarre revenge on Fortunato, Poe may be alluding to revenge even where we do not expect it. Perhaps, through a lifetime of guilt and forced secrecy, it is Fortunato who has actually taken revenge on Montresor in the end.
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"From the very beginning, Montresor is portrayed as the more petty and jealous man than Fortunato, even though it is Montresor who tells the story. Hearing the story from this point of view allows the reader to understand how Montresor justified his own actions in the murder of Fortunato. Fortunato's very name, meaning fortune and luck, implies that he is the fortunate one, a wide contrast to the unfortunate Montresor (Gruesser 129). In fact, when Fortunato refers to his wife as Lady Fortunato, he is saying that he is married to Lady Luck, a not so subtle metaphor (Benton 435)."
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John F. Kennedy's Assassination, 2006.
A discussion on fact and theories surrounding Kennedy's assassination.
2,394 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper researches, in depth, a few of the many conspiracy theories that surround the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The author discusses the Warren Commission's comprehensive report that states that Lee Harvey Oswald was the only shooter, and offers a personal opinion of the report. The paper shows the American government in a negative light and challenges the many cover-ups, misinformation and secrecy surrounding the assassination.
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" The problem with every theory, no matter how "far out" is that there is still a lot of secrecy about the assassination, about the autopsy, and related elements. There are documents which the Kennedy family has prohibited from being released for many more years. Then, recently, the announcement was made that, sometime in the 1960's the coffin in which JFK's body was returned to Washington was dropped into the ocean, so it could never be used as a "memento". All the more reason, now, conspiracy theorists say, that there is something secret that was in that coffin which the American Public will never learn about."
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Swiss Banking, 2005.
Examines the difference between Swiss and U.S. banks and explores the history of Swiss banking.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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In addition to the secrecy of Swiss banks, they differ from U.S. banks in two other significant ways, the variety of services offered and the quality of their loans. This paper examines the history of Swiss banking and compares it to the American banking system. The paper also discusses the billions of dollars belonging to Holocaust victims that were held by the Swiss banks for so many years, before a solution was found.
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"In 1996 US Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) brought this issue to the attention of the US government and hearings were held in the Senate. On February 6, 1997, three Swiss banks, following intense pressure form the US, announced they would create a humanitarian fund of 100 million Swiss Francs ($70 million US Dollars). Jewish organizations were critical, however, estimating that there could be billions unaccounted-for. Later that year, the Swiss government created a humanitarian fund of five billion dollars."
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Electronic Voting, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of electronic voting within the election system.
1,272 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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In this article, the writer notes that voting fraud has always been a concern in U. S. elections. However, the writer points out that during the last few years, concerns over electronic voting and the possibility of fraud has sparked heated debates that continue today. The writer discusses the two different types of electronic voting systems, the optical scan system and the touch-screen system. The writer maintains that the success of the system of elections is based on three premises: the secrecy of the ballot, safeguards against fraud, and safeguards against voter intimidation. The writer concludes that, while criticism still echoes concerning electronic voting machines, butterfly ballots, chads and other twentieth century voting technology have all but disappeared.
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"Internet voting is the process by which a voter casts his/her ballot on a personal computer that then electronically sends the ballot to the election office. While this system has the greatest potential for making election more convenient and accessible, it also presents major concerns surrounding the verifiability and security given the overall vulnerability of the Internet environment. Most agree that Internet voting is far too risky for general implementation, however as advances in encryption and other security measures are made, Internet voting will likely become more prevalent. The Defense Department is leading the way in resolving Internet security measures with several experiments and pilot projects. For example, to improve voting opportunities of overseas military personnel, the Defense Department conduct an experiment called Voting Over the Internet Pilot Project during the election of 2000, and planned another called the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment during the 2004 election, however this project was cancelled before the 2004 election due to unresolved security issues."
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