Welcome to the Term Paper Galaxy!
  Search Papers  
 
  Site Navigation
    Main
       Home
       Instant Access!
       Members Login
       Questions
       Email Us

    Paper Topics
       American History
       Arts and Theatre
       Biographies
       Book Reports
       Business
       Computers
       Creative Writing
       English
       Geography
       Government
       Medical
       Legal
       Miscellaneous
       Music
       Poetry
       Religion
       Science
       Social Issues
       World History




Find Miscellaneous Term Papers

Peoples Lives
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1019

.... 1994 on a very sour note. During free practice, the Jordan of the new Formula 1 star, Rubens Barrichello, crashed at a speed close to 150 miles per hour, slamming headfirst into a wall of tires. The driver was knocked unconscious and transported to a hospital, where Senna, his countryman, was the first person Rubens saw when he came to. Next day, during the qualifying session, a promising Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger was killed when a wing on his Simtek ripped off on a speed of about 170 miles per hour. The car then hit a concrete wall, Roland suffering extensive da .....


The Short Board
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 499

.... he knew he had found a brilliant idea. He teamed up with a guy by the name of Steve Lis, and made the first short board design in the US. They called it the “Fish.” When the short board first started to become big, there was a big rejection from many surfers. Most of the older surfers refused to convert from the long board. This is because of all the extra paddling and movement required for the short board. The newer younger surfers were stoked on the idea of the short board, but because the older surfers wouldn’t convert, it caused a serious generation gap. There ended b .....


How Media Influences Women
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1082

.... be to admit they are perhaps older than they look or if we were to know their real age we might say something (hopefully to ourselves) like “jeez, she looks a lot older than that!” The media is really the one at work that shapes a lot of our attitudes and beliefs. They might not necessarily be healthy attitudes and beliefs but they are the ones that have been shoved in front of our faces from the day we were born. Believe me, they know how powerful and influential they (the media) can be. The most disturbing thing to me about advertising is the ideal female body they use .....


Engineering
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1017

.... development of computers began in the 19th century by British mathematician Charles Babbage (Eadie 3). Babbage designed, but did not build, a mechanical digital device capable of processing information as a modern computer does (4). In 1930 American scientist Vannevar Bush built a mechanically operated device, called a differential analyzer (4). It was the first general-purpose analog computer. Analog computers will be discussed later in this paper. The first information-processing digital computer actually built was the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or Mark I .....


Public Education Vs. Home Scho
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 959

.... before a child’s introduction to public school. In Washington, D.C., the principal of one elementary school banned regular recess due to drugs and violence. The children played outside only within an enclosed eight-foot concrete barrier. At times, play was allowed on a small section of playground monitored by the police (Klicka, 51). In the last ten years, research shows that infants raised in daycare "are more prone to behavioral problems as young children than their home-reared cousins (Klicka, 124)." Millions of dollars are spent on security for our nation's pub .....


Globalisation
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1207

.... ‘global cultures’. As we all know, it is a simple fact of history which is able to show that global cultures are where the best come from in order to revitalise local cultures. is historical, and was present in the vast past of the world. It is through the history that we can see did exist and took several forms, history, politics, economics, religion, capitalism, social behaviour, modernisation, and imperialism. These were all present in history from the beginning. There was the developing of ‘The West’ which did create dominance of local cultures from those who claimed .....


The Effect Of Media Images
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 853

.... using laxatives, or over-exercising, commonly known as purging. Women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia often experience fatigue and decreased energy, headaches, personality changes, and abdominal pain. If an eating disorder is left untreated, it can lead to serious health damage, even death. These eating disorders are usually brought on because a girl is unsatisfied with her own body image. Oftentimes she feels out of control, and restricting her intake of food is one way to regain control. The patient has a sense of power over food, and this makes her feel more secure a .....


Making The Corps
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2180

.... a marine you must shed all thinking as “I” and “me”, and think as “we” and “recruit”. In American society, striving for independence is a goal for most people, and instead of working as a group we tend to compete with each other to get what we want. As a Marine you must think as a group, learn how to move as a group and you are drilled until not a single action is left to individual improvisation (p.64). On Drill Sergeant states that a Marine “will accept nothing less than the very best effort from you at all times” (p.54). In American society, if someone is having a bad day .....



« prev  455  456  457  458  459  460  461  462  next »