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…. An example of the defensive attitude towards the atomic bomb in 1984 can be seen in a letter from President Ronald Reagan speaking about the Defense Initiative on December 28, 1984. The letter clarified the defensive position of the United States on atomic…

…this general pattern (Walton, 1984): 1.<Tab/>Most people believe that a claim, X, is true. 2.<Tab/>Therefore X is true. This line of reasoning is fallacious because the fact that many people believe a claim does not, in general, serve…

…characteristics and problem-solving strategies (Heppner, Neal, & Larson, 1984; Hopper & Kirschenbaum, 1985; Myers, 1980), with Jung's (1971) theory on psychological type serving as the basis for much of this work, especially as measured by the MBTI (Myers &…

…band has their rise and fall, but unfortunately, their rockumentary had to be filmed in their "post-downfall." In 1984, Spinal Tap created a rumble through America. The band eventually toured the United States in character, because of such a demand from…

…By close examination of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' and E. Annie Proulx's 'The Shipping News' compare the ways in which the Orwell and Proulx, develop their main characters '1984', as a science fictional dystopia, depicts a totalitarian…

…for a National Book Award. ·1983: Her first collection of essays In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is Published ·1984: Her third collection of poems come out, Horses Make a Landscape More Beautiful. ·1984: Her publishing company,Wild Trees Press is begun with her…

…. Mistretta v. United States (1989) 488 U.S. 361 Facts: In 1984 Congress passed the Sentencing Act to neutralize the fairness among sentencing for those accused of the same crime. In December of 1987 right after the Act was imposed John Mistretta was indicted…

…, Martha Powell and Russell Fazio (1984) reported that if we repeatedly convey attitudes or positions on issues, they would come to the forefront of our minds more quickly. In another study, Russell Fazio (1990) noted that attitudes that do come more quickly…

…and stores. But when the fifty-years of the treaty that the British government had the Chinese sign in 1984 is up, whom knows what will happen? The treaty says that Hong Kong would stay the same for the fifty years after the takeover. Hong Kong has a good…

…to develop software for Apple Macintosh before the release of the first Mac in 1984. Reed College in Portland, Oregon presented Bill the Howard Vollum award in 1984 for his outstanding achievements in the fields of science and technology. In 1985 People magazine…