1959

Constitution of India, Petroleum in its common state in the Regional Waters and the Mainland Rack of India is vested in the Union of India. The Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 (53 of 1948) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas rules, 1959, made there under (hereinafter alluded to as "the Guidelines") make procurements, entomb alia, for the Regulation of Petroleum Operations and award of licenses and leases for exploration, advancement and production of Petroleum in India. The…

The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, ruled the country from 1959 to 2006. He stepped down due to health problems which were affecting him crucially and needed treatment. He handed control to his younger brother Raul Castro, in which during 18 months governed and continued with the communist party that Fidel had built until now. Subsequently, he was formally elected as the new president of Cuba. Within time, he started changing slightly the way Cuba was formed, from a very communist…

Steven Truscott was , in 1959, the age of 14. He was convicted for murdering his 2 year younger classmate, first being sentenced to death, to life in prison, and finally exonerated nearly 50 years later. Truscott was an immediate suspect due to the fact that witnesses saw him and Lynn harper cycling together before her body was found 2 days later. Truscott claimed to be giving Harper a lift to the highway being he was the last one to see her alive. It was believed Harper was trying to hitch a…

only one year. Even though there had been a lot of resistance by the Congo people to Belgian rule since the 1800’s, the people did not seriously consider gaining independence until the 1950’s. The independence movement officially started in January 1959. This period in history was a perfect time for the people of the Congo to stand up to Belgium. This is because after World War Two Belgium was not in a good condition because of the Nazi invasion and having over 85,000 Belgian casualties in World…

Believing in something bigger then oneself is a basic human nature, and this is where spirituality comes. It may imply that believing in something bigger and stronger than oneself helps people to live on. In the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz faith plays a major part throughout the whole novel. Walter M. Miller Jr. put a strong emphasis on developing the importance of the Church even in the times of world destruction. It is important to note that faith is strongly linked with the knowledge that…

Modern Adaptation of “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” (Essay 3) In the year 1959, sociologist Erving Goffman wrote his sociological classic “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life”. In his book, Goffman discusses his views on identity and what he calls the dramaturgical perspective. Under this perspective, Goffman argues that the life of an individual is a performance and the people who we surround ourselves with become the audience to this performance. Being that this book was…

Mattel’s Barbie was first introduced to the world in 1959 by Ruth Handler. Ruth came up with the idea of Barbie by watching her daughter and friends play with paper dolls that mimicked adults. She thought to herself that there were no teenage and adult dolls on the market, she then took her idea to husband Elliot Handler who was one of the co-founders of Mattel Toys. He was skeptical at the idea because there were lots of baby and toddler dolls on the market but there were no adult dolls. Even…

The development of our minds is a complex and complicated process. This long drawn out process starts when we are still in the womb. It is a very interesting process, how are brains develop; how we learn things so quickly, how we adapt to situations around us. There are many different people who have different ideas on how our minds develop. Erick Erickson, John Piaget, and John Watson. For the most part their theories are completely different. The most logical theory is Erick Erickson’s he has…

As a leader in a law enforcement agency Detective Doe has a lot of social power from many different sources. French and Raven’s 5 sources of power are very effective in describing the source Detective Doe’s social power in the workplace (1959). It is extremely important for him to use the appropriate power sources and not to abuse his power in any way as both a leader and representative of justice. Another thing he must ensure is that his team is motivated to work and not distracted by material…

the faith in science as an unmixed good, the demand for popular education and the faith in its political meaning for democracy-all these ideals of the enlightenment have rested upon the happy assumption of the inherent relation of and freedom” (Mills 1959). Therefore, people who can rationalize have freedom and that the enlightenment promised that it can happen. For example, in the works of Marxist, he discussed how men are caught in the…