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Issues of Global Importance; Hunger
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This 5 page paper takes the form of a fictitious interview with an official from a charity working to provide food in the third world. The paper outlines some of the causes of hunger, the problems with food distribution, the impact of population growth and the potential of genetic engineering as a long term solution to world hunger. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEhung3w.doc

Issues Regarding Environmental and Trade Policies
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the issues involved in the federal and international environmental and trade policies. Although environmental policies are being accepted around the globe, trade policy negotiations still remained confidential and are not believed to adequately address most environmental issues. Countries and industry however are leading the way toward international environmental standards. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJenvir1.rtf

Jane Holtz Kay/ 'Asphalt Nation'
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A 5 page summation and analysis of Jane Holtz Kay's book 'Asphalt Nation.' In this book, Kay addresses the trend away from the auto-dominated public policy that has shaped the American landscape since the invention of the Model T. She argues that the time has come to move away from auto-centered transportation. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99asfalt.rtf

Japan and China: A Comparison of Environments
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A 6 page overview of the natural resources and ecological complexity of Japan and China. Summarizes the fact that since China is larger in terms of physical land coverage it encompasses more ecological diversity than does Japan. Concludes that each country shares the threat of overdevelopment and severe impact to their fragile ecosystems. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPchnJap.wps

Jerry Mander/The Indian Worldview
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A 4 page essay that summarizes and discusses a chapter from Jerry Mander’s 1991 text In the Absence of the Sacred, which is entitled “Indians are different from Americans.” In this chapter, Mander argues that the worldview of the native or aboriginal peoples of the world—that is, the so-called “Indians,” which is basically a misnomer coined by a lost European—is fundamentally different from the worldview of mainstream culture in industrialized Western society. The discussion of this chapter summarizes Mander’s principal points in making this argument. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmander.rtf

John McPhee/ "Control of Nature"
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A 5 page analysis of two of the stories that John McPhee relates in his book The Control of Nature. In this book, McPhee describes situations in which human beings are defying nature by living in areas where humans live at their own risk. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Johnston Atoll
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An 8 page research paper that investigates the varied history of this tiny South Pacific Island. The writer explores the entire history of the island, but concentrates on events in the twentieth century when the atoll was used for nuclear weapons testing and later for weapons storage. The destruction of US weapons, which was conducted on the island is also discussed, along with the fate of the personnel who carried out this mission and the island's possible future. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khjatoll.rtf

Joshua Tree
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An 11 page tourism and hospitality guide to one of the most incredibly spectacular sites in the United States, Joshua Tree National Park in California. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: RAjoshua.wps

Kathleen Norris’ “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography”
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This is a 5 page analysis of Kathleen Norris’ “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography”. Tutorial language appears throughout the text in square brackets as an aid for writers in their analysis. Kathleen Norris’ 1993 book “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography” relates the spiritual journey and shift Norris and her husband have experienced since moving to South Dakota twenty years ago to tend the family farm. Although a Protestant, she has become an oblate to the local Benedictine monastery and has come to appreciate their isolated and peaceful existence. Norris and the monks’ spirituality are heavily connected to the landscape which is beautifully described by Norris’ poetic and artistic hand but it is a landscape and an existence which must be chosen by an individual in order to be appreciated according to Norris. In a time when materialism and wealth seem to have become prevalent motivators in the world, Norris reveals to readers how spiritually satisfying her life has become as she has been able to center herself in relation to her landscape and the community she has adopted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TJKNorr1.rtf

Keekok Lee/The Natural and the Artefactual
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A 5 page essay that examines Keekok Lee's philosophical book The Natural and the Artefactual offers a comprehensive examination of how Western civilization has regarded the relationship between humanity and the natural world. While Lee traces and explains the origins and ramifications of this relationship – which is traditional, as indicated in Genesis, that humanity is intended to use and dominate the planet, Lee also offers an alternative perspective that argues that such a stance toward nature is innately immoral. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khklee.wps