1976

Carter jumped in the election and won the first democratic ballot. Ford’s previous presidency with the vietnam war, the scandal, and the bankruptcy hurt the nation and was underway of recovery. Only a little over 50% of eligible voters casted ballots in 1976 and Carter won the presidential election by a narrow margin of 57 electoral college votes with 297 to Ford’s 240. When Gerald Ford took office he declared,” I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances…. This is an hour of…

communication and therefore has a greater influence on one’s state of mind (Hartmann, 1936). In the same way, vivid and emotional personal experiences are greater influencers on an individual’s thinking than statistics (Nisbett, Borgida, Crandall & Reed, 1976; Nisbett & Ross, 1980; Hamill, DeCamp Wilson & Nisbett, 1980). Positive Emotions contribute to one’s frame…

Life or Death Death Penalty: death as a punishment given by a court of law for very serious crimes (Merriam-Webster). The death penalty has been around since the 1800’s. Since 1976 there has been 1,449 executions because of the death penalty. In 2016 twenty executions were carried on death row. The rate of executions has dropped dramatically since the 90’s in 1999 there was 98 executions. A total of 156 people have been exonerated from death row since 1973. The state of Texas has executed more…

Within 50 years, from 1949 to the end of the 20th century, the People 's Republic of China has gone from a poor, isolated, under-developed, overpopulated country to one of the biggest economies and most powerful countries in the world. That 50-year journey was long, difficult and different at various periods for the people of China. To elaborate, contradicted to the fact that the Communist Party of China has been the one dominant political regime, China has witnessed many changes within the…

Most of the studies on leopards have been done in Africa (Bailey 1993; Bertram 1982; Hamilton 1976; Jenny 1996). However, some information on different aspects of biology of Indian leopards is available (Edgaonkar, 2008; Sunquist 1981). Total effective global population of leopard has been estimated at greater than 50000 breeding individuals. Based…

She discusses the lifespan of Ebola since 1976 and how it sickened thousands making it the worst outbreak of a virus in history. Christina Murray, who wrote How Mass Hysteria about Ebola Is Violating Our Rights, discuss about the sudden outbreak of Ebola in West Africa and how this outbreak causes…

“Consumers Are Almost Like People”: Interpellation, Ideology and IKEA In 1976, Ingvar Kamprad produced his manifesto, “The Testament of a Furniture Dealer”. The intention of the writing was to give instruction to his IKEA co-workers about how “to create a better everyday life for the many people” through the adoption “of [a] framework of ideas” designed to “be a beneficial influence on practically all markets” (1976, pp. 2-3). By adopting such an ideological position, IKEA has been able to…

PHI 145 10 November 2015 Michael P. Murphy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a United States Navy SEAL officer, was a man who showed undeniable moral courage throughout his years of service. Michael, son of Dan and Maureen Murphy, was born on May 7, 1976 in Smithtown, New York (Moore). Michael went to college at Penn State University, majoring in political science and psychology (Moore). In 1998 he graduated from Penn State with honors (Moore). Despite being accepted to several law schools,…

Samuel Yochelson and Stanton Samenow More contemporary promoters of a particular criminal personality are the psychiatrist Samuel Yochelson and the clinical psychologist Stanton Samenow (1976), who, profess to have challenged persuading economic and sociological theories of crime causation, on the foundations of their fourteen-year remedial work with 240 intransigent criminals and offending cases at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the criminally certified in Washington D.C. In a comeback of initial…

Capital Punishment or death penalty is a government sanction punishment by death. Through Capital Punishment has been used since when Britain first settle in the colonies in early 1600s, Capital Punishment had been a controversial topic. While some thinks Capital Punishment serve as an unusual and cruel punishment that violate the 8th amendment, other thinks Capital Punishment is extremely effective because the harsh punishment can prevent future crime. The history Capital punishment in the US…