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company to get going. This was something the government tried to push before the war, but their efforts fell short. The big push came with the case against Paramount Picture, which was later name the Paramount decision. This was the Supreme Court case of 1948 that threatened the system, production of, distribution, and the financial base of the film industry (Lewis193). The government controlled the purse strings, the studios needed that money to produce their movies. Thus movies were not being…

To determine whether Nike’s action is morally right or wrong, we apply consistency, human dignity, and universality. In applying consistency, we would say that Nike is morally wrong since if we apply poor working conditions, such as substantial long working hours and overtime to everyone, there will be a lot of pain for every worker affected. In applying human dignity to the same working conditions, Nike is also morally wrong. Human dignity of ethics of duties, according to Kant’s theory,…

Thirty-third United States President Harry S. Truman entered office on January 20, 1945, when the climate of expectation was high. Since they were engulfed in the chaos of the Second World War and depressed by the passing of their President, the people required a powerful leader. The nation looked to the new president for reassurance, a feeling that everything would be alright. They needed a strong leader to provide a sense of progress and action when directing the country; it had to be…

The Doctors’ Trial was the first of twelve trials for war crimes of German doctors, held by United States authorities, they came as a result of the crimes and atrocities committed during the Holocaust against not only Jews, but also Poles, Russians and Roma Gypsies. It took a while for these criminal proceedings to actually be set up and put in motion because trials like these had never really been done before. A few different methods were discussed including Joseph Stalin’s proposal to execute…

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

experiments in “The Behaviour of Organisms (1938)” after obtaining his doctorate degree. Skinner became chair of the psychology department at Indiana University in 1945, but left two years later to return to Harvard as a lecturer, received a professorship in 1948, and remained for the rest of his career at Harvard. Skinner developed interest in education as his children grew older, leading to the design of a teaching machine to study learning in children, published in “The Technology of…

is engaged in civil activities like square dances and the Halloween program (Jackson 1948), and has a coal business. They…

territory under international law. In fact, Israel's seizing the land in 1967 was the only legal acquisition of the territory this century: the Jordanian occupation of the West Bank from 1947 to 1967, by contrast, had been the result of an offensive war in 1948 and was never recognized by the international community, including the Arab states, with the exception of Great Britain and Pakistan. This fact was admitted by Stephen Schwebel, who headed the International Court of Justice in the Hague…

offensive with advanced weaponry and aircraft. The Pakistani forces started their retreat within days, but small skirmishes continued until Indian Prime Minister requested the United Nations (UN) intervene. The UN declared a cease-fire line on December 31, 1948 which both nations agreed to after 3,000 soldiers had been lost in the war. The UN’s terms forced Pakistan to completely withdraw its forces from Kashmir while the Indian military was allowed to keep a minimal presence. Pakistan was given…

about its identity, whereas the Tamil separatists could begin a guerilla warfare campaign by waging first war on terror. However, a declared objective of this group was recreating an independent state to Tamil’s minority population in Sri Lanka. In 1948, the Sri Lanka government became independent to the British, which led the Tamils favoring the Britain colonial rule, into practicing discriminations against Sinhalese. The Sri Lankans can be broken down into 82% of Sinhalese, 9.4% of Tamils,…