Setareh Salehi Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos‘‚ Cop in The Hood‚ is the story of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy‚ becoming a cop and working for over a year. The book follows Moskos chronological journey‚ from the academy to the street and the last part of the book is dedicated to a pretty thorough analysis of the War on Drugs. The first interesting observation from Moskos’s work is his analysis of the police academy as relatively useless for the job:
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Winston Churchill had many major influences on Europe and the United States‚ especially during World War II. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom two different times. Born and raised in Ireland‚ Winston Churchill grew up to be a major figure in history‚ on the account of the efforts and effects he had on the Second World War. He not only aided the European war efforts‚ but also the American efforts‚ and thus caused many points of World War II. Winston Churchill was born in Dublin
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Winston Churchill was a famous historian and very powerful world leader during two World Wars. As a child Churchill was not very good in school. Infact‚ after two failed attempts‚ he finally was accepted to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst (“Foster”). After college he had several military assignments overseas. He then entered into politics. To truly understand Winston Churchill‚ one must understand how his military and political life influenced him as a man and his writings. Winston Leonard
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1984: Winston Smith The book 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ was written to poke fun at the idea of totalitarianism and utopias. A utopia is a perfect society in which there is no hate or displeasure‚ but because it is impossible to achieve‚ it is thought of as imaginary. A dystopia‚ which is 1984‚ is the opposite of a utopia and is a place with oppression‚ human suffering‚ and famine. The main character‚ Winston Smith‚ is initially against the party and big brother‚ which is totalitarianism.
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Winston Churchill had many accomplishments during his life. He was a remarkable politician but also a great solider‚ speech writer‚ and artist. He was considered one of the best politicians and speech writers of both his time and ours. He was born into the upper class but was able to sympathize with the poor and working class too. Churchill was loved and respected by all. Of all his great accomplishments‚ Churchill was best known for his two terms as prime minister. Winston Churchill was the son
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from the pockets of urban and commercial growth. Demographic and economic factors have caused a dramatic increase in banking activity. This is due in large to a population growth and increases in the economy in the state of Texas‚ generally life in Dallas is progressive and prosperous. Anticipated changes in the Political-Legal environment have the potential to transform the banking industry. Due to an attempt by a Thrift Institution to circumvent the prohibition of offering chequing accounts in
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In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston dreams portrayed a lot of his real life experience. Everything that happened to him in his subconscious most likely happened in the near future. Winston dreams told the readers what was going to happen before it even happened. For Instance‚ when he had a dream that he saw Julia in the Golden Country. Then‚ later on in the book Julia gave him directions to the golden country. The insight that is given is kind of like The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the giver
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Somewhere in Dallas there two best friends. They both think ball is life. Both of them are in the CBA. On the school basketball team. They both hate school and are bad students. The only reason they go to school is because the law and friends. Basketball is the second most important thing to them. Family first‚ then basketball second. Frist‚ Dirk‚ and Steve are players in the CBA. In Dallas‚ Texas there is a court. There is a rusty rim‚ and there are huge holes in it. Steve is a great point guard
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becomes a revolutionary act.” Winston Smith‚ the main character of the novel titled 1984 written by George Orwell‚ is a humanist who believes freedom should dictate the life of a society. He lives in a society called Oceania. This society is very similar to a North Korean society‚ where the government controls the city with a figure called Big Brother. This leader is a godlike figure to the society. Everybody looks up to him because “he” makes all of the decisions. Winston believes he isn’t real‚
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Homicide or Not Guilty? Would you take your daughter to the doctor if she had a cyst the size of a wallet? In the article “Trust in God” by Winston Ross‚ he explains how the Worthington´s family lost their child due to bronchopneumonia and sepsis. Unfortunately‚ they never took their daughter to the hospital. They tried the faith healing‚ recommended by the church. It all started with a bump on her neck‚ and as she got older it grew slowly choking her to death. This wasn’t the only tragic death
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