.... crashed was spotted in southern Iraq. This jet did not appear to be one of the jets involved in the confrontation. British warplanes, which were also patrolling the area, were not involved in the confrontations. There has been conjecture that Iraq continues to disregard the no-flight-zones so that they may be pursued by U.S. warplanes, in hopes to perhaps capture a U.S. pilot in an elaborate blackmailing plot. This military clash was just one of the three military clashes which has happened in the past two or so weeks. Despite the close encounter, President Hussein stated that he would continue to send warplanes over the no-flight-zones .....

.... for the war. The Sugar Act, passed in 1764, increased taxes on imported goods. The Currency Act took the right to issue their own money away from the Colonist. This enraged the industrial and agricultural colonists. Britain took it too far when it passed the Quartering Act. The act gave British troops the right to stay at any colonist house. Colonist where not only to house the troops, but provide food as well. British General Thomas Gage asked the New York assembly to convince colonists to agree to these terms. The assembly refused the General's request. "If England had the right to pass tax laws for them, it could pass any other sort of .....

.... rigid discipline promotes positive behavior. (Clear, 1997) (Cowels, 1995) Since their beginning in 1983 in Georgia, boot camps have spread to half the States and have gained wide popular appeal for their "get tough" policies. Proponents of boot camps cite their potential for rehabilitating offenders and curbing future criminal behavior. Opponents caution that more information is needed on a variety of issues including costs and the potential for abuse of power. Research into boot camps began with a 1988 study of Louisiana's boot camp program and continued with a multisite evaluation in 1989. (Cowels, 1995) Fueled primarily by growth in th .....

.... her ambassador husband, Waris moved to England with them. When her uncle’s term was up, she stayed in England where a photographer, who eventually put her on the cover many major magazines, discovered her. In describing her remarkable journey through life, Waris demonstrates examples of a masculine culture with elements high uncertainty-avoidance, and her own individualism amongst such a collectivistic society. Waris’s description of life in Africa is a perfect definition for a masculine culture. She explains, “Women are the backbone of Africa; they do most of the work. Yet women are powerless to make decisions.� She recalls .....

.... aid from France. One of the main reasons the Americans won the war was because of their unification. For example we can see their unification with the Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence where they agreed upon an action which was benefiting for the country. The use of propaganda was another way to create unity for the American cause. An example of this is the book Common Sense by Thomas Paine. It helped encourage the issuance of the Declaration of Independence and pointed out the economic benefits if they continued fighting against the British. Events such as the Boston Massacre were depicted by Pa .....

.... the function of replenishing that root. The first section of this paper will illustrate three myths centered around the sun. The proceeding section will show how these myths helped structure the Aztec society. I. Myths Of The Aztecs In order to understand the Aztec civilization as a whole, it is necessary to look at the role myths played in developing and maintaining the Aztec way of life. Myths are a mixture of historical fact and fiction which can be used to explain the structure of social and political organization, and the significance of warfare and human sacrifice among the Aztecs. Myths will provide a gateway into the complexit .....

.... to suppress women. The Yuan Dynasty introduced binding into the central and southern parts of China. It may have been emphasized to draw a clear cultural distinction between the Chinese and their large footed conquerors, the Mongols. Footbinding was most popular during the Ming Dynasty, if parents cared for their sons they would not go easy on their studies and if they cared for their daughters they would not go easy on their footbinding. One recent study estimated that there are still one million women in China with bound feet. The last Chinese women, still living with bound feet was in Hawaii in 1994. There are many legends of how foo .....

.... They needed to keep the people’s interest in concern at all times. Roche said that the “Founding Father’s” relied on experience not reason. He argues that even though the politicians wanted something else, they still had to conform to the general population. If they did not, then the public would not accept anything that came out of this convention. Roche also says that there were those that wanted a monarchy or a different type of government other than what the Articles of Confederation provided. Some representatives wanted a more centralized form of government, meaning that, more power would be given t .....

.... no reason to pass any laws about the affair. As you can see the compromise is virtually useless to the Southerners. If I were a Northerner, however, the compromise wouldn’t exactly fit the bill either. The problem with the compromise to me as a Northerner is that it doesn’t offer that which I want. As a person of the North, I am interested in the abolition of slavery. I will not be fooled by a so-called compromise that doesn’t include that which I really want. As an abolitionist, the only good part of the bill is that California is admitted as a free state. While this does strengthen the abolitionist movement, it does not ba .....

.... students were sent to Central High School in Little rock, but instead of having troops to protect the first batch of integration, Governor Orvil Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the student from entering the school. The guards were literally lined up, guarding the door while hundreds of angry protesters attacked the students. Students and parents were shouting obscenities, spitting on the black students, and beating them. When word spread of what Faubus was doing the Presbytery of Ouachita comprised of ministers and lay representatives of several Presbyterian churches in Arkansas started a “strong protest� .....