Sociology Essay How useful is the concept of elite' for understanding the distribution of power in either Britain or the United States? ... Moreover, the concept of natural aristocracy, or meritocracy, has a powerful resonance even in the United States of America. Historical Antecedents In understanding the usefulness of the term elite in American society, late 19th and 20th century history provides the pretext for what was called a " fluid society ". ... According to World Investment Report 1994, published by the United Nations, TNCs indirectly employed another 77 million people. ...

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After the defeat of the French by the Prussians in 1871 the Prussian diplomats met with French offcials in the "Hall of Mirrors- and hammered out an agreement. ... The leaders were David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.(1) The purpose of forcing this treaty upon Germany was the hope that the treaty would bring peace to Europe, which had just endured the bloodiest war of history. ... The basic German understanding of the treaty was that if they knew before the cease-fire was called how harsh it was they would have held out ...

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The history of the Cannabis plant and the outcomes associated with the use and abuse of marijuana is the major focus of this paper. ... Common in the United States, marijuana is called pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane, bud, etc. ... At various times in the nineteenth century, large hemp plantations flourished in Mississippi, Georgia, California, South Carolina, Nebraska, and other states, as well as on Staten Island, New York. The invention of the cotton gin and of other cotton and wool machinery, and competition from cheap imported hemp, were major factors in the decline in United States hem...

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Taylor once said, "Nothing has been normal in German history except violent oscillations." ... The Great Depression was not only in the United States, but it affected the entire world. ... Article 12 was amended to say, "The United Kingdom, United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall possess supreme authority with respect to Germany. ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had control of the West. ...

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Given this our populous may safely say that an ozone hole in the arctic cannot hurt us in any way shape or form since an arctic hole should not effect the cancer rates in the United States (or any other populated continent for that matter), and it can not go beyond the arctic(Sin! ... Why does it matter when these volcanoes spewed more "destructive" gasses than the whole population did in the whole history of man kind? ... The human population of all time cannot amount to the gases released from one volcano let alone all the volcanoes in the whole history of our earth! ...

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American literature has been apart of our history since our settlement. Throughout our history, America has generated many great authors. ... He wrote unoriginal poems and stories for popular magazines and made political speeches, for which Tammany Hall democrats rewarded him with the editorship of various short-lived newspapers. ...

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In his classic 1912 study of the Paiute Native American Nation of the Southwest United States, Sapir argued that "people name details when their survival depends directly on their environment" (Bonvillain, 2003, p. 48). ... It is no accident that the subject of the current essay is to investigate whether lexicalizations related to the "Chesapeake" a lexicalization in and of itself loaded with history, and often attributed to the Susquehanock/Susquehanna and Algonquin native peoples – a word meaning "great shellfish bay" (Rountree and Davidson, 1997) are still prominen...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page------------------------------------------2 Presentation Order----------------------------------3 Introduction----------------------------------------4 Growth of Coca-Cola---------------------------------6 Staffing/Recruiting--------------------------------...

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One reason for the increased risk is that now probation is being granted to offenders whose criminal acts, prior records, and drug abuse histories are more serious (Petersilia & Turner, 1990). ... In Colorado, as in many other states, the probation officer is defined by statute as a peace officer and has "the authority to enforce the laws of the state of Colorado while acting within the scope of his or her authority and in the performance of his or her duties" (C.R.S. 18-1-901[IV], 1997). ... The association sought data from all states and territories and all jurisdictions, bot...

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