Henry F. Phillips Essays

  • My Life is a Cluttered Drawer

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    a semi blue grass band with a song for every mood. At the far back of my cluttered drawer there are several tools. The tools you would find in my drawer are common tools. The tools needed just for the basic workshop. Both kinds of screw drivers, Phillips head and a flat head. A hammer, and last but not least needle nose pliers. With this set of tools I feel I can fix, or “rig” almost anything I own to a certain extent. This set of tool would also cure the boredom of everyday life. Scratch up some

  • Ernest Hemingway's Lost Generation

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    depression also changed American's outlook (Phillips 213). Furthermore, traditional beliefs were bombarded by powerful new philosophies and movements such as Marxism and psychoanalysis. An alarming message, "I have seen the future and it works," was sent from Moscow by the American writer John Reed (Anderson 521). These disillusioned expatriate American writers, residing, primarily in Paris during the 1920s and '30s, are known as the "Lost Generation"(Phillips 213). The term was coined by the American

  • Ford History Essay

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    History of Ford Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, in Michigan. In 1903 Henry Ford set out to change the automotive industry by creating Ford Motor Company and the assembly line. In 1896 Henry Ford invented the Quadricycle. It had four bike tires and a rear engine. It couldn’t go faster than twenty-eight miles per hour, and weighed 770 pounds. In 1899 Henry Ford joined a group of other investors and helped to found Detroit Auto Company. He left within the first year of the company starting (Company

  • Pros And Cons Of The Separate Car Bill

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    For over 50 years, the southern states of the American enforced a policy of separate accommodations for blacks and whites on the buses and trains, and in hotels, theaters and schools. In 1890, the Louisiana State Legislature proposed the Separate Car Bill which segregated Blacks from Whites in separate but equal conditions on train cars. Violations of the law were considered as a misdemeanor crime that would give punishment by charge a fine of at most $25 or twenty days arrest in jail. Even though

  • A Walk to Wachusett by Henry David Thoreau

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    “It not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” once stated Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was not famously recognized while he was living; however, as his work matured he was noticed more and more as a prominent writer and is now cherished by millions of readers today. Thoreau's work reflected his rugged individualism and living close to nature, protesting America's move from an agrarian society to the Industrial Revolution, people who shared his concerns of a changing world were inspired

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    This was the time of diversification of insects and reptiles, with the expansion of conifers. (Klappenbach,N/A,) Triassic comes after the forth extinction about 248 - 246 million years ago and was divided into seven epochs.( Asaravala, Lam, Litty, Phillips and Wu, 1998) This brings the first dinosaurs the diversity of bony fish, reptiles, many insects and conifers. (Klappenbach,N/A,) The Jurassic period brought dinosaurs roaming the earth, the first of birds and mammals, more insect, conifers and

  • The Battle of Vicksburg

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    The Battle of Vicksburg The Civil war cut our nation in two, Americans fighting Americans, brother against brother. A key battle fought westward was the turning point in the war: the Battle of Vicksburg. (Williams 3) Grant began to make plans for a campaign against Vicksburg. The campaign in the American Civil War culminating in the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. General Ulysses S. Grant with the largest force, about 67, 000

  • The Coffee Industry's Effect on the Brazilian Economy

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    Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1962. Print. Kipling, Rudyard. "São Paulo and a Coffee Estate." Brazilian Sketches. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940. 65-76. Print. Pendle, George. "Coffee." Uruguay. London: Oxford UP, 1963. 103-04. Print. Phillips, Henry Albert. "Forty Billion Cups of Coffee for Uncle Sam." Brazil, Bulwark of Inter-American Relations. New York: Hastings House, 1945. 104-12. Print. Zweig, Stefan. "A Visit to King Coffee." Brazil, Land of the Future. Trans. Andrew St. James. New

  • Mexican Revolution

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    was put on New Spain. Political figures such as Miguel Hidalgo, Juan Bautista de las Casas, and Iturbide all lead the political revolution to gain Mexico’s independence. Noteworthy, these historical events also gave birth to skirmishes in Texas. Phillip Nolan in 1801 was caught in Texas supposedly looking for mustangs, but Spanish officials believed he was spying for the U.S. government. Dr. James Long another man tried grasping Texas away from Mexico in 1819, so what evidence suggests is that these

  • Traditional Midwives

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    de, & Strong, M. (1996). Why did maternal mortality rates decline in Matlab? Studies in Family Planning, 27(4), 179-187. Mcrory, F. (1995). HIV testing and pregnancy. [Electronic version]. Midwifery Matters, 67, 10-13. Nasir, K., & Hyder, A.A. (2003). Violence against pregnant women in developing countries. European Journal of Public Health, 13 (2), 105-107. Phillips, J.F. & Hossain, M.B. (2003). The impact of household delivery of family planning services on women’s status in Bangladesh. International

  • Lewis Henry Morgan Research Paper

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    LEWIS HENRY MORGAN Lewis Henry Morgan has been credited as being the founder of American cultural anthropology or more broadly as the father of “American Anthropology.” Many anthropologists at the time were called “arm-chair” academics, meaning that they studied anthropology from a distance while sitting in chairs, reading and thinking; Morgan was not an “arm-chair” anthropologist. He went out into the field to learn about other cultures. As noted by Kinton, Jacob Bachofen and John McLennan influenced

  • White Settlers Vs Aboriginals

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    feelings originated from numerous aspects of the aboriginal culture and lifestyle, including their looks, how and what they ate, and how they behaved. In comparison to the well clothed British, the aborigines were nearly naked in comparison. Arthur Phillip noted they had “not even to have made an attempt towards clothing themselves” (107http://www.murschhauser.net/documents/australien/Banner_Landrecht.pdf) This combined with their supposed “hideous” appearance, aided in the belief that these savages

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

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    Plessy vs. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson , a very important case of 1896 in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legality of racial segregation. At the time of the ruling, segregation between blacks and whites already existed in most schools, restaurants, and other public facilities in the American South. In the Plessy decision, the Supreme Court ruled that such segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. This amendment provides

  • Examining the Vietnam War: Causes and Impact

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    The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy

  • What Makes Algernon Criticize Men

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    Hearn, Jeff. “Theorizing Men and Men's Theorizing: Varieties of Discursive Practices in Men's Theorizing of Men” Theory and Society 27.6 (1998) 781-816. JSTOR. Web. 19 March. 2017. Hearn’s article overall suggested ideas of men and how they “theorize” their dominance. For example Hearn states “One of the dominant ways men theorize has been through absence…as dominant purveyors of rules, experiences, objectives, and knowledge. Such absence may obscure implicit centerings of men.”(pg.786)

  • Aging, Death, Dying and End of Life Care

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    The purpose of this essay is to analyse various theories on ageing, death, dying, and end of life issues from different perspectives such as: biophysiological theories, psychosocial theories; and taking in consideration the cultural, historical, and religious implications around the aforementioned life stages. One will also discuss important issues relevant to social work practice such as dignity, autonomy, and their relationship with the concept of a successful ageing and a good death. One considers

  • Truth and Memory

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    such as marijuana and heroin can a... ... middle of paper ... ... Psychology Today." Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness Find a Therapist. Sussex Publishers, 26 Apr. 2009. Web. 08 Nov. 2011. Rendell, Peter G., Timothy J. Gray, Julie D. Henry, and Anne Tolan. "Prospective Memory Impairment in “ecstasy” (MDMA) Users." Psychopharmacology 194.4 (2008): 497-504. SpringerLink. Web. 7 Nov. 2011. Roberts, Reverend Mark D. "Oprah, James Frey, and the Question of Truth." www.markdroberts.com

  • The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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    through his artwork, leaving the world with irreplaceable pieces of literature and insightful history of Shakespearean society. Distrust of men towards women rooted in the Shakespearean era began with the horrendous failed marriage of Mary I and Phillip II of Spain. During Mary’s ruling she tried to revive Roman Catholicism in Englan... ... middle of paper ... ...r Reference to The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra." Http://uzspace.uzulu.ac.za/. University of

  • Larry Flynt: Confronting Sex and Politics in America

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    18 January, 1999, 3612. Pg. 2. Lehrer, Eli. "Larry Flynt’s Porn-Again War." Insight on the News. 8 February 1999. Pg. 12. Munro, Neil. "Larry Flynt’s Relentless Campaign." The National Journal. 9 January 1999. Vol. 31, No. 1-2. Pg. 44. Phillips, Andrew. "Sultan of Sleaze." Maclean’s. 25 January 1999, World. Pg. 38. Walsh, Bill. "Digging Up Dirt Hardly Novel in U.S. Politics; Flynt Latest Practitioner in Long Time." The Times-Picayune. 31 January 1999. Pg. A1. Weinraub, Bernard. "Hustler

  • R v Maglovski

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    R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16 (4 February 2013) The Case DONE On the the 15th of November 2012, Dragi Maglovski was convicted guilty of the murder of his wife, Rosa Maglovska. This conviction was made after a 7-day hearing in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Mrs. Maglovska’s murder was the result of 10 stab wounds and 37 slash wounds, all inflicted by Mr. Maglovski. The wounds were inflicted with a knife taken from the couple’s kitchen. Mr. Maglovski pleaded not guilty to the charge