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Lou Gehrig's Disease, 2002.
An overview of the symptoms and effects of the motor condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 12 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper assesses amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor condition most commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware not only of the symptoms and the general physiological condition of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - hereafter referred to as ALS - but also the problems that this motor condition has on the patient. A review of the applicable data is used in order to better define and describe the symptoms and the physiological effects of ALS. This data is incorporated into the structure of the paper, rather than presented as an independent chapter.
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Fannie Lou Hamer, 2001.
This paper looks at the life of civil right activist Fannie Lou Hamer through an examination of the book "For Freedoms Sake, The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" by Chana Kai Lee.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 17.95
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In this paper we are given some insight into the lives of African-Americans in the South during their fight for civil rights and equality. There were many women who joined the struggle and this paper looks at the contribution of one of these women.
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"The deplorable injustices experienced by blacks in America prior to and during the civil rights movement era were intolerable. Racial equality reform was sorely needed. Many civil rights advocates surfaced to better the conditions for blacks, but were met with a tide of persecution. One of these activists was Fannie Lou Hamer. The compelling story of Fannie Lou Hamer is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit. The book, "For Freedoms Sake, The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" by Chana Kai Lee offers an insightful chronicle into the life of this brave fighter for equality."
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Lou Gerstner Jr, 2002.
A biographical business study career of Lou Gerstner Jr., CEO of IBM.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper is a short look at the life and career of Lou Gerstner Jr., current CEO (retiring soon) of IBM. It describes his views on business, technology, and education, as well as illustrating his personality with information about his biographers, speeches, and dreams for the future of the digital age.
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Fannie Lou Hamer, 2007.
This paper discusses the life and achievements of Fannie Lou Hamer.
2,404 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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The paper looks at Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights speaker and political activist who was a grass roots leader of the southern Civil Rights movement. The paper provides a biographical sketch about Hamer and explains that the differences between her and other prominent civil rights activists are based on the fact that Hamer was an ordinary person. The paper describes the violence, coercion and many trials Hamer faced as a poor, dark black woman with little education.
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"One of the most striking figures associated with the civil rights movement is a black woman from rural Mississippi that left a lasting impression in the minds of the nation. This woman was an outspoken and vital asset to civil rights for blacks in the south and especially with regard to the right to vote and the right to representation. Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights speaker and political activist was a grass roots leader of the southern civil rights movement, beginning her career as an activist by making a bold attempt to register to vote in a region of the United States where countless legal and social obstacles were placed in front of her, as she was black and she was a woman."
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Lou Cannon's "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime":, 1994.
This paper discusses Lou Cannon's biography of Ronald Reagan, "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime": Critical review of work on presidency, leadership and character.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 20.95
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"This review will discuss Lou Cannon's biography of Ronald Reagan, "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime". The discussion will examine Cannon's interpretation of Reagan's presidency and character. It will also examine Cannon's interpretation of Reagan's life in view of Cannon's own relationship to Ronald Reagan. The review will also critique the book as a historical study of the Reagan administration.
The Role of a Lifetime is Cannon's third book dealing with the life of Ronald Reagan; the first two dealt in more detail with Reagan's early life and his terms as Governor of California. This book, however, focuses upon Reagan's two terms as President of the United States, including events from his earlier years in order to explain certain facets of Reagan's character."
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Euthanasia: An Inidividual's Choice, 2001.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, £ 33.95
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This paper discusses Noel David Earley's fight against Lou Gehrig's disease and his public fight against Rhode Island's law forbidding assisted suicide. The paper defines both passive and active euthanasia and thoroughly discusses the advantages of both, touching on the reasons one would want to commit assisted suicide.
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"Bow-sprit - n. Nautical. A spar, extending forward from the stem of a ship, to which the stays of the foremast are fastened. This simple sailing term would be the first indicator of the disease that would try to take Noel David Earley's life. In the spring of 1995 when Earley wanted to look up this word in the Mariner's dictionary, he noticed he couldn't go up on his toes when reaching for the book. A few weeks later the diagnosis came: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A neurological disorder, ALS causes progressive motor loss of the voluntary muscles due to destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As all voluntary muscle action becomes affected, patients in the later stages of the disease become totally paralyzed. The disease is progressive, relentless and fatal, with no treatment to stop or reverse it. Earley knew this grim prognosis. Ever since the day the doctor broke the news, he was logged on to a computer at a hospital library, absorbing all he could from medical texts and journals."
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Prion Disease in Humans, 2005.
An overview of Mad Cow Disease and how it has benefited the medical world.
1,636 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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Ever since Mad Cow Disease sparked terror in international headlines, the public has been concerned about eating beef. Mad Cow Disease is not, however, the first or only prion-caused disease. Several others, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and kuru in humans and a host of agricultural animal disorders join Mad Cow in both cause and effects, the major effect being horror. This paper argues that, while the presence on the planet of a disease that literally lays waste to human brain tissue is frightening, there are two probabilities that can be seen as reasons not to be terrified. Instead, people could be hopeful that research sparked by the publicity surrounding Mad Cow Disease will eventually bring answers to such sociologically and medically devastating diseases as Alzheimer's Disease, and other lesser known but just as deadly diseases such as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The paper shows that these two probabilities are first, that prion-caused diseases are much less prevalent than media hype would indicate and, second, that a cure or vaccination is relatively certain to be discovered in the near to medium term.
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"Questions have arisen regarding why these particles are not attacked by the body's defense mechanisms, and the answer, Mahy noted, is that they are so odd, they are simply not recognized and therefore cannot be neutralized. Prions contain no nucleic acid and are therefore extremely " extremely resistant to inactivation by chemical or physical interventions that would inactivate viruses" (Mahy 1998) because there is no vector through which to deliver the 'poison'. Even more so than viruses, then, it is reasonable to wonder whether prions are, in fact, alive. And if they are not alive, then how can they infect an organism? Do they replicate like bacteria and viruses, or what?"
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"Tuesdays with Morrie", 2004.
An analysis of Mitch Albom's narrative about his relationship with his dying mentor.
1,189 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 20.95
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In "Tuesdays With Morrie", Mitch Albom uses a personalized narrative strategy to link the reader to his own story of triumph over the mundane and courage in the face of death. This paper shows how, through his descriptions of his mentor, Morrie Schwartz, Albom portrays a sensitive and highly intelligent man whose mind remains active while his body is being ravaged by Lou Gehrig's disease. The paper also discusses the underlying message of the narrative, that of the necessity of deep self-actualization within a superficial society.
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"These lessons take place in an insular, emotionally-charged world created and inhabited by the two men, in which the author remarks that he is at last "really listening to someone - without trying to sell them something, pick them up, recruit them, or get some kind of status in return - how often do we get this anymore?" (Albom, p. 137). The two discuss life in general and try to create a paradigm of emotional and spiritual success in life. They come to the conclusion that regrets are only natural, and that living life should include a universal embrace of both the good and bad that comes their way."
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The African-American Freedom Movement, 2007.
This paper examines the achievements of Fannie Lou Harner and other women who were active in the African-American Freedom Movement.
1,897 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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The paper looks at the African-American Freedom Movement, also referred to as the Black Freedom Movement, a movement based on the African-American desire to be afforded the most basic of civil rights. The paper discusses the life of Fannie Lou Harner who was a pioneer in the rights of black women to vote and other women, including Ella Baker, Amy Garvey and Septima who were active in the African- American Freedom Movement between the 1950s and the 1970s. The writer illustrates how these women bravely worked for the betterment of life for black females residing within the USA.
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"The relatively modern women's rights movement captured worldwide attention when women began to demand equal pay for equal work and other equal treatments. While that movement was the center of media attention for many years, it was not the first "human rights movement" that women had been involved with in modern history. The African American Freedom Movement, also referred to as the Black Freedom Movement was a movement that women joined years before the women's movement ever evolved in recent history. The Black Freedom Movement was a movement based in African American desire to be afforded the most basic of civil rights, which for many years they had been denied."
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African-American Female Social Reformers Of The 19th Century-20th Century, 1995.
Describes the lives and careers of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Fanie Lou Hamer.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, £ 37.95
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"The role of individual personalities in a social movement is often recorded in disproportion to the individual's achievement. Minorities have received short shrift in the past. Women in particular are apt to be slighted by historians who, until recently, were generally composed of educated white males viewing the past through a perspective that was sorely limited by lack of imagination and empathy. Needless to say, women of African-American heritage have been more likely lost in the shuffle of such opinion than white women and black men. As Arican-Americans in America moved from slavery to freedom, from segregated minority to still-being-attempted integration into the mainstream society, there has been a none-too-subtle discount of the black woman's accomplishments in the field of social reform. Nevertheless, there has been a strong spine of African-American ..."
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American Express Case Study, 1989.
Analyzes the successful management changes instituted at American Express in the 1980s by CEO Lou Gerstner.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, £ 33.95
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"Much of the success of American Express during the mid.1980s was attributed to the entrepreneurial management philosophy of Lou Gerstner, chairman of American Express TRS. He himself indicated that it was not his original intent to come in to American Express and institute corporate entrepreneurship. Nonetheless, his background and management style seemed to challenge the people who were already there and developed into something that was considered entrepreneurial, or intrapreneurial.
American Express Company was an appropriate venue for this kind of management. During the late 1970s, as an organization, it set aggressive goals for itself. Rather than accept static growth, or attempt a defensive posture in the face of growing competition, (...)"
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'White Noise', 2007.
This paper studies five different journals that analyze 'White Noise' by Don DeLillo.
1,038 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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In this article the writer looks at various journals by different authors that examine Don DeLillo's work 'White Noise'. The different writings studied are Thomas Peyser's "Globalization in America: The Case of Don DeLillo's White Noise"; Arthur M. Saltzman's writing in Modern Fiction Studies "The Figure in the Static: White Noise"; Mark Conroy's "From Tombstone to Tabloid: Authority Figured in White Noise"; critic Noel King's writing in Critical Quarterly "Reading White Noise: Floating Remarks" and critic Lou F. Caton's writing in English Language Notes "Romanticism and the Postmodern Novel: Three Scenes from Don DeLillo's White Noise".
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"As hard as it might be to imagine a man who is a professor of "Hitler Studies" at a midwestern college serving as the believable and substantive narrator of a novel, with author Don DeLillo anything seems possible, and there is always a message to his madness for those readers who are truly "listening" as they read. Is DeLillo suggesting that America is on the road to fascism? Is the media leading American down the road to all people seeing and hearing the same repetitive propaganda, like barns that are famous because they are said to be famous? That is clearly one of the author's intents."
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Giving America Away, 2008.
This paper discusses the repercussions of US multinational enterprises "giving America away" to foreign countries such as China and India.
809 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 14.95
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The paper discusses the closing of multinational companies in favour of China, India or another country where labour costs are low, setting a trend of eroding manufacturing across America. The paper explores whether the trend is to the ultimate benefit or detriment of the American economy. The paper looks at Lou Dobbs' opinions in his book "Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed is Shipping American Jobs Overseas" and discusses the movement against "exporting America". The paper concludes that American economists foresee the globalization trend as inevitable with the developing giants gaining at the expense of America.
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"Many believe the globalization phenomenon is much more of a threat to America than a positive step. The most common example brought up to demonstrate this fact is the closing of multinational companies in favour of setting up shop in China, India, or another country where labour costs are stunningly low. Other critics cite the increasing number of imports from China to America, giving the giant nation a growing edge on the American economy. In fact, one must remember that although China is a developing country, it is the fourth largest economy in the world and is now also the world's fastest growing economy. India, too, traditionally a developing nation, is seeing a sudden surge in economic growth owing to the American trend of outsourcing jobs."
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Ernest J. Gaines' "A Lesson before Dying", 2006.
This paper discusses relationships in Ernest J. Gaines' novel "A Lesson before Dying".
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper explains that, in Ernest J. Gaines' novel "A Lesson before Dying", race is the obvious issue in the story with which the author and the main character Grant Wiggins struggle; however, equally important to the novel is the issue of gender. The author points out that the relationship between Grant Wiggins and the women in his life -- Tante Lou, Miss Emma and Vivian -- can be examined in terms of how men and women understand each other and what the expectations were for black men in the South. The paper concludes that, in the end, Grant learns, through the amazing example of Jefferson's actions, that it is possible to be a man even under the most miserable conditions imaginable.
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"Even though Grant's relationship with Tante Lou and Miss Emma is at times hostile, he still respects them as elderly women in his society. In chapter twelve upon returning from visiting Jefferson in jail and having a bad experience, Grant does not want to tell Miss Emma what has happened. He tries to protect her by thinking of a good lie to tell her so her feelings won't be hurt. He is also respectful of his aunt's feelings throughout the novel because he lives in her house and she raised him."
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