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independent entities (Uddin 144). Many researchers and practitioners also consider microcredit a strong mechanism to create positive social change in developing a collective spirit for women in impoverished communities; estimates suggest that women occupy 93% of the 92 million clientele of microcredit in the developing world (Uddin 143). Microcredit…

become a major concern as the Revolution reached its peak. Industry uses coal or oil to power machines, and in 2010, less than five percent of the world's population used almost a quarter of the world's fossil fuel resources to run factories (Cleary 93). Smoke pollution and industrial runoff from factories affect plants, animals, and even the air used for breathing. The runoff reaches the streams and bodies of water and cycles into the soil used for growing crops, or damages the habitats of…

by members of the terrorist group Al Qaeda. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania (FAQ). After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many people were killed, the United States went to war in Afghanistan, and national security was increased. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many people were killed, and families were left to mourn…

remember" the pain inflicted upon her by the children on the bus (93). lemorah's ability to identify her "strange name" and "darker skin" as markers that set her apart from the other children on the bus familiarizes readers with the ways in which racism is experienced by minorities in the United States. lemorah's inability to face her tormenters leads to her recognition that there "was no one to bear witness" to her pain (93). Instead of confronting her tormenters, Jemorah chooses to…

and experienced manpower necessary to crew the vessels comprising the commercial merchant fleet and the skilled shipyard workers needed to build and repair both Navy and commercial ships” (America’s Maritime Industry). There are 93 shipyards in the United States; of those 93, 11 are military and the rest are privately ran (Seidman). “Both…

lives lost, but the aspects of Athenian society which these men died for. Three significant notions he mentioned were their Democratic approach to government, warfare, and the way they practice economy; some of these exact attitudes can be seen in the United States today. Pericles makes reference to all the wonderful things about the Athenian society. Starting off with his mention to having “a form of government that does not emulate the practices of our neighbors... its name is Democracy”(92).…

D.C. Many people people were astonished by these attacks. It all started on September 11, 2001, at 8:45 am 19 militants linked with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Over 3,000 people were killed during these attacks including more than 400 police officers and firefighters. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden the leader of al-Qaeda terrorist organization, they were supposedly…

On September 11, 2001, a day many people will never forget, Osama bin Laden, with al Qaeda, took action on his hate towards American soldiers, the American government, and American citizens that has changed this country in 102 minutes. It all began as four separate flights took off. At 7:59 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport with ninety-two people on board heading toward Los Angeles. Then, just twenty minutes later at 8:19 am flight…

injured thousands is the reason this event is still relevant today. A series of catastrophic events transpired on September 11, 2001, when nineteen militants associated with al-Qaeda strategically planned suicide attacks against the United States. “The attackers simultaneously hijacked…

book, “The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World.” Slaughter describes the international system as a web and the world as networks instead of states with boundaries. The main claim of her essay is to promote the United States to adopt a grand strategy of building and maintaining an open international order based on three pillars: open societies, open governments, and an open international system. Slaughter describes open as participatory type of networks,…