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electoral choices - not only in New York City but across the nation - away from jobs and the economy, which might have been expected to be priorities during a recession, toward a concern for physical safety, national security, and patriotism" (6). George W. Bush was president at this time, and the attack really gave him a chance at re-election in 2004. Up until the incident, he was not perceived as a president who had done a lot to help the country,…

Design & the 2000 Election Introduction In the year 2000, the United States (U.S.) presidential election between the Republican and Democratic representative, the two dominant political parties, captivated a nation. The Republic candidate George W. Bush held the incumbent title of governor of Texas and the son of a former U.S. president while the Democratic candidate Al Gore held the incumbent position of Vice President of America. In the midst of the election process, Palm Beach, a county…

For as long I can remember, my political identity was none existent. In my country, Puerto Rico, there are three primary political parties, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), the New Progressive Party (NPP) and the Puerto Rican Independent Party (PRIP). It is common knowledge among Puerto Ricans that the first party listed believes that the government should maintain its political status as a commonwealth while the second party would prefer the island would become the 51st state in the United…

The Gulf War, also known under the code name of Operation Desert Storm, is the effort of a war waged by coalition forces from thirty four nations led by the United States in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The 1990s event sparkles the long lasting tension following a history of friction between Iraq and the United States in the modern chapter of the world history. According to statistical data reported by CNN, the U.S. Department of Defense has estimated the cost of the…

History tells many stories, such as important events, victories, failures, and mistakes that should not be repeated. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston Smith, a man who is 39 years old, lives in a totalitarian state called Oceania, where he is forced to erase the past from his memory and believe what he is told by an unjust leader named Big Brother. Similar to Winston’s situation, the Penn’s State football team was stripped of their past wins and forced to give up their future wins to their…

“Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity,” was once said by Stephen King. Symbolism is very effective as it allows writers to add many layers of meaning to their work, by making their characters and themes more universal, and by sparking the reader's interest. In his literary work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. First of all, he uses dreams to show the…

George Soros, a non-practicing Jew hails from Hungary, Budapest. He was born in 1930 and he fled away from his country during the Nazi’s invasion. George Soros lived in Budapest with a foster family after his father paid for him to be claimed a Christian godson to a Hungarian government official named Baumbach. He and his family went to England, where he attended the London School of Economics as he worked as a railway porter and waiter. Later on after his graduation, he joined the London…

Saddam Hussein was accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. This made the United Nations and other countries including the United States uneasy. Saddam Hussein was told to get rid of these weapons of mass destruction he supposedly had and had been building for a purpose for years. The US was right to go to war with Iraq to take down Saddam Hussein, but it came with unintended consequences. The long war with Iraq was a war which had many reasons. The United States did not want for Saddam…

supporters…The dark clouds of conspiracy never left the administration, and the disputed election severely weakened Adams” (Marquis 2008). Anytime there is not a clear winner of an election, the losing side will usually claim something unfair went on. That is really bad for the country and for the president elect because it hurts the amount of support he will receive. If there is a way to prevent confusion like in this election, it should be done. During the time from 1824 there have been to…

Pay equity means eliminating sex and race discrimination in the wage-setting system. The existence of the gender wage gap in the American workplace is a distinctly debated issue in today’s society. There should not be an employer who bases their paying wage off of gender, but establish equal work on jobs requiring performance of skilled assets to create equal earnings. More so, a women’s education must add professionalism to their resume instead, to create more opportunities. The Paycheck…