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Oklahoma City Bombing, 2007.
A discussion of why Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
1,104 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of terrorism in America, specifically focusing on why Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The author also assesses whether this type of attack could occur again. The paper describes the actual attack, and then gives a detailed description of the perpetrators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. The author also examines McVeigh and Nichols' political ideologies and how they contributed to their extreme act of terrorism. The author concludes that an incident such as the Oklahoma City bombing could happen again.
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"Waco was not the only governmental standoff between anti-government sects and the FBI. Ruby Ridge, Idaho, was the scene of another violent confrontation between Randy Weaver and his family and FBI agents who overreacted and killed two members of the family over a minor weapons charge, which Weaver was eventually acquitted of. More importantly, on April 19, 1985, the FBI leveled an anti-government group's compound in Arkansas. In fact, even before the Murrah building bombing, in anti-government circles, April 19 has become known as the "Day of Doom." It is no wonder McVeigh and his cronies chose April 19 to bomb the Federal building in Oklahoma City. In their world, it was the only day possible to make their statement and "get back" at the government who was so often getting back at their friends and relatives. "
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Prohibition: New York and Oklahoma., 2002.
A look at the how the states of New York and Oklahoma viewed the Prohibition laws.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 27.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper examines and analyzes the differences in public support and enforcement of Prohibition between the states of New York and Oklahoma and how they viewed Prohibition during the nineteen-twenties.
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"Oklahoma!", 2002.
An analysis of the song "I'm Just a Girl who Can't Say No," from the musical "Oklahoma!"
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 13.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the songs from the musical "Oklahoma!" Specifically, it includes an analysis of "I'm Just a Girl who can't Say No." It asks how the song provides a transition from the text and what the song does for the musical. It also examines what the words and music reveal about the character.
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""I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" is one of the most humorous songs in the musical "Oklahoma!" In it, Ado Annie, a kind of sad character who does not seem to have much chance of catching a man, talks about how she cannot say "no" to kisses and romance. "Other girls are coy an' hard to catch / But other girls ain't havin' any fun! / Ev'ry time I lose a wrastlin' match / I have a funny feelin' that I won!" (Oklahoma!). Annie recognizes that she may not be the most attractive of the girls, but she is a little more adventuresome, and so, she probably will have more fun in the end. Of course, she wants to get married just like the other girls, but she is more forward, so she has more problems catching a guy. When she sings to Ali Hakim, the traveling peddler, in his buggy, she is letting him know she is ready for romance, but not necessarily with him. She is really trying to make her boyfriend Will jealous, and it works, because she ends up marrying Will, so she becomes a girl who can say "yes." "
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Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing: How Many Bombs?, 1995.
An in depth examination of the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Analyzes the evidence and expert claims concerning both the One Bomb Theory and the Multiple Bomb Theory.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, £ 45.95
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"Purpose Statement
The purpose of this analysis is to present an alternative interpretation of what actually happened in Oklahoma City. This discussion draws together the evidence that two or more explosions took place in the Alfred P. Murrah federal building. If such evidence proves to be credible then the federal government's one-bomb theory is thrown into serious question, and this terrorist act would have to be completely re-examined.
On April, 19, 1995, powerful explosions destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One hundred sixty-eight people died as a result of this terrorist attack (Quayle, 1995). Within hours the FBI had captured a suspect named Timothy McVeigh and within days they arrested an army friend of his, named Terry Nichols, as an alleged accomplice. The FBI and ..."
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The Spiro Mounds of Oklahoma, 2002.
PResents a look at the historical significance of the Spiro Mounds in Spiro, Oklahoma.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 36.95
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The Spiro Mounds exhibit several features that mark them as having extreme significance to archaeologists, yet the Spiro Mounds have a value simply in terms of their historical role in the development of the people in the Ouachita Mountains and among the peoples of the Great Plains. The Spiro Mounds have a high historical significance as they were constructed by many different groups of native peoples at the close of the prehistoric period, which makes the Spiro Mounds ideal for examining the cultural and social development of these many peoples immediately prior to the introduction of the Europeans in the New World.
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Did McVeigh and Terry Nichols Act Alone in OKC?, 2000.
A look at court evidence which suggests that the Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols did not act alone in the planning of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
1,140 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper discusses the widespread belief that Timothy McVeigh didn't act alone in blowing up the Oklahoma City federal building. The belief is that he and Nichols plotted the event with "others unknown". The paper looks at the evidence presented in court, including reports from eyewitnesses and the initial reaction from the government, that seems to back up this idea.
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"Timothy McVeigh was convicted of setting off the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and his ex-Army buddy, Terry Nichol, was convicted of assisting him. McVeigh was sentenced to death; Nichols, to life imprisonment and a third man, Michael Fortier is serving a 12-year sentence for not warning authorities about the plot. As plans are being made for McVeigh's execution debates and lawsuits ensue over the public's right to see the closed-circuit broadcast planned for victims and relatives, some argue that a pervasive reason for not executing McVeigh is the loss of the possible opportunity in the future that he might be persuaded to name other accomplices."
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Biangular Reflectance and Elliptometry on the Nano-Scale, 2006.
An in-depth discussion regarding the need for the broader impacts of a scientifically and technologically literate and diverse workforce, and a review of the University of Central Oklahoma's optical/thermal scattering facility research project.
5,846 words (approx. 23.4 pages), 35 sources, MLA, £ 72.95
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This paper discusses how engineering encounters many surfaces that posses vast quantities of irregularities and application of fundamental theories neither proves practical nor precise in obtaining true representations due to these irregularities. The paper further discusses how there exists a need for accuracy in thermo-physical property data in both industrial applications which demand a reliable method of determining data. According to the paper, this need can be met by the establishment of the optical/thermal scattering facility at the University of Central Oklahoma. The paper then reviews the advantages and disadvantages of this research program.
Outline:
Introduction
Importance of the Research
Review of the Literature
Scope of Academic Benefits
Research and Academic
Management Plan and Timeline
Dissemination and Sustainability
Evaluation
Summary and Conclusion
Methodology
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"This project also plans to augment the radiative heat transfer science behind this experimentation. The Hemispherical Scatterometer will be constructed based on the most widely used methods for solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) and the discrete ordinate method (DOM). Despite the fact that there has been a wide construction of similar apparatuses for BRDF determination [4,15,17,18,33-35,40,43-46] there has not been any device that makes use of the quadrature scheme of the DOM to obtain this property. By using the DOM theory, commercial computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software can be easily incorporated to develop new research and/or mathematical models. These involve heat transfer problems to be compared with standard or previous models. Another aspect where the PI's project will certainly have an impact on the community is in the surface and cataloging of pattern recognition of the mentioned surfaces. Many surfaces in engineering, specially the ones dealt in this project will perhaps contain roughness characteristics similar to the ones shown in Figure 4. Even though is a very smooth material (looked through one's eye) theoretical prediction of reflectance or surface properties is not feasible. However, performing cataloging and pattern recognition is a method that will allow us to recognize intrinsic features of materials and provide a deeper knowledge of material's use and extended applicability. At the same time possible complication while using textbook calculations comes from the fact that they take the surface to be an homogeneous material rather than, say, a layered structure without considering subsurface complications or they are too cumbersome to apply. Therefore, the result is that actual measurement of the reflectance function is the best way to determine this radiative property and measure it in such manner that could also be applied to radiation heat transfer solution method or any other industrial application. This is again, where this project takes the lead."
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Non-Fiction, 2006.
This paper highlights the non-fiction theme in "Talk of the Town: September 11, 2001" by John Updike and "Life in Oklahoma City" by Ralph Ellison.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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The paper considers the use of non-fiction in two pieces, one an observation and the other a recollection. The first is "Talk of the Town: September 11, 2001" by John Updike, and the second is "Life in Oklahoma City" by Ralph Ellison. The paper describes how the Updike piece is about his witnessing of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center from his window and the Ellison piece is about his development as a writer.
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"The two nonfiction pieces by John Updike and Ralph Ellison relate directly to the society of their time and to their own responses to that society. Each writer shows himself to be part of a community he values, and each community is tested by some of the forces of the time. The society described by Updike is more familiar to us all because it is more recent and because even if we were not in New York on 9/11, we may feel as if we were, because we saw on television the same thing he saw from his window. Indeed, he states at the outset that he saw the events of that day as if he were watching television, for television is a window on the world in some cases, making people who see real events experience a certain distance from the reality before them."
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"Rural Radicals", 2002.
A critical analysis of the book "Rural Radicals: From Bacon's Rebellion to the Oklahoma City Bombing" by Catherine McNicol Stock.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 22.95
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This paper is in the form of a book review of "Rural Radicals: From Bacon's Rebellion to the Oklahoma City Bombing", by Catherine McNicol Stock. The author provides a synopsis of the book, reviews the author's main ideas, and offers a critical analysis of them.
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Impact Of Wilma Mankiller On Feminism, 2002.
Discusses her rise to power in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to Principal Chief.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, £ 41.95
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Discusses her rise to power in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to Principal Chief. Her early impoverished life. Growing interest in tribal politics. Involvement with Naive Americans in San Francisco. How she helped bring self-sufficiency to her people and helped raise the status of women. Her contribution to the feminist movement in general.
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"The history of the women's rights movement is littered with trailblazers who led the way before women believed they would achieve equal rights with men in society. From the suffragettes of the early twentieth century to the "girlpower" divas of the new millennium, women have struggled to carve out a voice and message of their own. Significant strides have been made towards gender-equality in the past century, with the right to vote and the right to have an abortion signifying important milestones in the women's movement. And though the news is mostly good, there nevertheless remains a wide gulf in the way women and men are treated in our society. This fact is compounded by the deterioration of the feminist movement from its peak in the nineteen-sixties. As young women look to the new millennium, it is important that they identify leaders to emula..."
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Toni Morrison's "Paradise", 2004.
This paper discusses Toni Morrison's use of multiple perspectives and voices to reveal the truth about a mysterious mansion in the town of Haven (Ruby), Oklahoma in her book, " Paradise".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper explains that the format of the multiple views in "Paradise" is similar to the structure of the movie, "Rashomon", by Akira Kurosawa, in which four different characters present different views of what happened. The author points out that Morrison uses multiple voices to contrast the views of men and women on the convent. The paper relates that the primary advantage of the shifting point of view to readers is that we understand the differences among the characters.
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"In the first section, war veterans describe the inside of the convent. They describe the women who live in the convent as evil witches. This is the first time that the men are inside the convent; it seems like they do not belong in the convent. Everything that they notice including the calendar marked with blood is skewed from their perspective to be completely evil. Naturally, the veterans respect their own heritage in the town of Haven and violently defend it with guns. There is deep hatred in the men towards the women of the convent. In addition, the omniscient narrator describes the engraving of the brick oven built in 1890: "His name was Morgan and who knew if he invented or stole the half-dozen or so words he forged" (Morrison 7). The oven is a recurring object in the chapters. A feud arises in Seneca about what the engraving actually says."
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Laws to Combat Domestic Terrorism, 2002.
Examines the laws instituted in the United States to combat terrorism after the Oklahoma City bombing.
2,821 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper discusses the federal law proposed by Senator Bruce Wayne for the purpose of combating domestic terrorism. It explains how the law proposed that 1) visiting federal buildings be subject to a search of their person and belongings; 2) police detain any individual arousing suspicion of potential terrorist activity in or near a federal building; and 3) sentences be doubled and made mandatory for individuals convicted of terrorist-related activity. The paper examines the social ramifications of the threat of domestic terrorism in the United States.
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"In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, both press and public hastily assumed that the crime had Mideast origins. "John Doe," however, turned out to hail from the heart of Middle America. One of the lessons learned, as the terrorist's true identity slowly revealed itself, was not to jump to conclusions in assessing terrorism. This is a lesson that should yield even greater pause, as lawmakers eagerly rush to find a solution to the problem of domestic terrorism."
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Timothy McVeigh, 2001.
Sociological analysis of Oklahoma City Federal Building bomber. Examines his life & behavior from the perspective of sociological theory, incl anomie & alienation.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, £ 32.95
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"A Sociological Analysis of Oklahoma City:
Anomie and Alienation and Timothy McVeigh
The Oklahoma City terrorist bombing on April 19, 1995, represents a seminal event in recent American history; together with the earlier bombing of New York's World Trade Center, Oklahoma City demonstrated to Americans that as a people, we are not exempt from terrorist attacks. The purpose of this essay is to examine the activities and attitudes of Timothy McVeigh, the man found guilty of planning and executing the Oklahoma City attack, from the perspective of sociological theory. McVeigh's life and his behavior lend themselves to such an analysis, particularly with regard to the theory of anomie as described by, among others, Robert Merton (1957). McVeigh has been.."
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U.S. Extremist Groups, 1996.
Examines growth of radical groups & individuals, terrorism, political philosophies, govt. responses, examples (Unabomber, Freemen, Branch Davidians, Oklahoma City bombing).
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 11 sources, £ 32.95
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"Americans in the 1990s witnessed the advent of political terrorism on U.S. shores. Previously, terrorist bombings had been confined to foreign soil. What makes the recent American terrorism so insidious is that it was perpetrated by a diverse set of extremists--ranging from suspected Unabomber Ted Kaczynski to Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh to the Islamic militants convicted in the World Trade Center bombing. A common thread in this wave of domestic terrorism is contempt for the U.S. government.
Montana has emerged as a hotbed of extremist ideology. The state is home to Ted Kaczynski, the Freemen, and the Militia of Montana, known as the "Mother of all militias." But Montana's dubious distinction as the "Paraguay of the United States" reflects the woes that a handful of other Western states are..."
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