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- 131: The Importance of the Press
- ... rule of a "royal" family. The king and/or queen have the power to make decisions without question from anyone. The series of revolutions which included the English Reformation, the American and French Revolutions, and to a lesser extent the revolts in Upper and Lower Canada, were all confrontations over who should hold political ascendancy. Moreover, they were clashes of ideology ... strong ties to the revolutionary cause. However, the question of the role that the press actually plays in a revolution still remains. It is obvious that during a revolution, the newspapers do more than just report on the facts. The facts, while still important, are not what the people want to hear or what they need to hear. There are three ... pamphlet was too limited a medium to satisfy the demand for the news and ideas that the calling of the Estates-General had created.9 The relative advantages of daily newspapers were recognized early in the revolution. Two men in particular, Jacques-Pierre Brissot and Honore-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, realized the power that newspapers could give to the ...
- 132: Wyatt Earp
- Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp was an American frontiersman and law enforcement officer, born in Monmouth, Illinois. As a young man Earp was a stagecoach driver, railroad construction worker, surveyor, buffalo hunter, and policeman, and in 1876 he ... a Wichita police officer. While some debunkers such as Ed Bartholomew in "Wyatt Earp, The Man and the Myth", claim that Wyatt was generally hated and despised by most townspeople, newspapers of the time seem to paint a much different picture of how the public perceived Wyatt. "Wyatt Earp is an excellent officer, who's conduct has been exceptional." Wichita Weekly ... probably why Wyatt and Morgan took time to go try to make some money digging gold while the cattle season was down. When Wyatt returned to Dodge in 1878, the newspapers were singing his praises immediately. When the Dodge City Times heard that Wyatt was back in town, they reported, "Wyatt Earp, who was on our police force last summer, ...
- 133: Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-Ho
- ... in the open city of Dresden, where he helped produce vitamin supplements for pregnant women. Sheltered in an underground meat storage locker, the Hoosier soldier managed to survive a combined American/British firebombing raid that devastated the city and killed an estimated 135,000 people - more than the number of deaths in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. After ... took him more than twenty years, however, to produce Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death. The book was worth the wait. Released to an American society struggling to come to grips with its involvement in another war - in a small Asian country called Vietnam - Vonnegut's magnum opus struck a nerve, especially with young people ... senior years edited the Tuesday edition of the school's daily newspaper, The Shortridge High School Echo. His duties with the newspaper, then one of the few daily high school newspapers in the country, offered Vonnegut a unique opportunity to write for a large audience - his fellow students. It was an experience he described as being "fun and easy." "It ...
- 134: Walter Whitman
- ... lawyer, where he learned the printing trade. Whitman would soon take up teaching at various schools in Long Island. He also engaged in carpentry and house building while he edited newspapers. His early years seemed to show an active interest in working with the public. Whitman at one time accepted a job with a New Orleans newspaper, and in doing so ... 1855. He was thirty-six years old, not yet a published writer, and could not find any company willing to take a chance on his unusual style. His experience in newspapers allowed him to help publish his work himself, even setting up some of the type and distributing the first edition. To get a decent start, Whitman even went so far as to write complimentary unsigned reviews of his book which he had placed in the newspapers- "An American bard at last! "- his own words of his first work, showing his audacity to be well thought of. Whitman wrote only one book- Leaves of Grass- but ...
- 135: Ethics In Business
- ... important are business ethics? In what ways are business ethics defined? The ethical standards of businesses shape America and are key to a business functioning. Ethics are the backbone of American industry, well, they should be. Whether an organization has good or bad ethical standards, ethics is an issue for all people. Ethical problems arise not only from the difficulties experienced ... one to conclude that businessmen are only ethical to make themselves look good and all is fair when it comes to making a dollar. The popular image of today s American businessmen includes the notion that they are relatively unethical. The standard consensus seems to think that most businessmen will do anything, honest or not, for a buck (Wong 17). An ... a dog-eat-dog proposition. The sources of this popular image of businessmen are, of course, personal experience, but also, the stereotype is produced by communications media (television, radio, daily newspapers, and weekly magazines), plays, movies, and political speeches. Unfortunately for businessmen, their wrongdoings and shortcomings are what most often make the news. This negative press gives the overall impression ...
- 136: Ray Bradbury
- ... wild stories of great fantasy? He stated that "When people ask me where I get my imagination, I simply lament, God, here and there, makes madness a calling" (Bradbury I). American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920, the third son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie ... Los Angeles High School in 1938. His formal education ended there, but he furthered it by himself -- at night in the library and by day at his typewriter. He sold newspapers on Los Angeles street corners from 1938 to 1942. Bradbury's first story publication was "Hollerbochen's Dilemma," printed in 1938 in Imagination!, an amateur fan magazine. In 1939, 11Bradbury ... 1941 to"Super Science Stories." In 1942 Bradbury wrote "The Lake," the story in which he discovered his distinctive writing style. By 1943 he had given up his job selling newspapers and began writing full-time, contributing numerous short stories to magazines such as "Black Mask", "Amazing Stories" and "Weird Tales." In 1945 his short story "The Big Black and ...
- 137: Athletes and Domestic Violence
- ... but not until the OJ Simpson trial has domestic violence become "the issue du jour." When Simpson was arrested on New Years Day for beating his wife, none of the newspapers reported it. When he pleaded no contest five months later, there was a small brief in the second page of The Los Angeles Times' Metro Section (Cart). In the last ... domestic violence than others (quoted from The L.A. Times and Sports Illustrated)." Marriah Burton Nelson, author of The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Like Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports, is one of the many people who disagree with Lapchick. She believes that sports create an aggression found in men who beat their wives. She says, It ... Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence, agrees with Nelson. He thinks, "Athletes are taught to hurt people. Empathy has been knocked out of them" (qtd in American Health). Most coaches do not allow their players to have a real relationship because they are afraid that a female influence will "soften" a player. The athletes are taught ...
- 138: Mafia
- ... There are other less “glamorous” stories as to where the word originally formed. The most likely reasoning says that it came from the Arabic word mahias, meaning bold man. The American Mafia has become infamous due to its leaders, its method of operation, and its impact on the economy through illegal means. In 1903, Nicola Gentile, a native of Siculiana, Sicily ... revolt of the second-generation Americans against the Old World attitudes of their elders, the so-called “Mustache Petes.” (Hank Messick and Burt Goldblatt 22). Soon the competition of selling newspapers became incorporated with the Mafia. McBride and Ragen allied together, both being in charge of large newspapers in Cleveland. In 1940, Moses Annenberg founder of the national wire service for bookies, went to prison, McBride and Ragen took over, renaming it the Continental Press. After Ragen ...
- 139: Uses And Abuses Of Information
- ... rewritten to say that they had predicted a cut some time in the future and eventually that the ration had been increased. Once these articles had been rewritten, the old newspapers were destroyed, new issues printed and used as historical records. All documentation of the past had been tailored to say exactly what the government wanted it to. No other records ... is believed by its viewers. The history of the Vietnam war has probably altered since it ended. It may be hard to write an objective history of it from an American perspective, as attitudes toward the conflict seem to be ambiguous. When the war ended, American vets were seen by their country as failures, now they are honoured officially. It is unclear who is writing the history of Vietnam. During the conflict, news coverage was ...
- 140: Cyberspace Offers A Revolution
- ... e-mail), reading the works of Shakespear, instantly talking to people on the other side of the world just by typing, listening to music, ordering food & products, paying bills, reading newspapers, and so on, the internet offers a world of information available at the users fingertips. It is an elaborate source of education, information, entertainment, and communication. Users are able to ... given people the tools (in the way of information) to challenge ideas that are presented in the usual mediums. For example, in the past it has been mostly television and newspapers that report on national and international issues. But each television station or newspaper usually only shows one angle of the issue. For example, the media coverage during the Vietnam War ... they are in traditional contexts. The right to speak and publish using a virtual pen has its roots in a long tradition. With the passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, American Congress has prepared to turn the Internet from one of the greatest resources of cultural, social, and scientific information into the online equivalent of a children's reading room. ...
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