Triumph of Western Civilization In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, the historian and New Guinea anthropologist Jared Diamond argues that the geography and the environment of the West played the major role in determining the dominance of Western civilization of the modern world. According to Diamond, although geography and the environment do not automatically lead to dominance over other civilizations, these two factors do make major contributions to the

Triumph of Hope over Self-Interest, by David Brooks. Specifically, it will identify the central point of the article and respond to the idea in some way. Americans are eternally hopeful, and much of that hope is based on increasing their wealth and moving up the rungs of the income ladder. This is why so many Americans seem to vote according to their hopes, rather than their economic realities. THE TRIUMPH

Pelosi's leadership skills and character. The article substantiates the initial sarcasm, negating any confidence the reader may have gained regarding the leadership issue. Despite the competence of the leaders chosen for congress, Ms. Tumulty's article ends with only slightly less sarcastic words than in the beginning: "That's hardly a formula for compromise -- or for getting much of anything done. 4. Rhetorical Techniques The author uses several rhetorical techniques in order to

Similar to becoming a Board Certified Physician, credentialed nurses bring a far higher quality of professionalism to the field, and allow the public and medical community a standard by which staff must be held. Do think it is important for clinical nurses to obtain certification in their specialty areas? If so, why? If not, why not? Yes, I actually do, for many of the same reasons as above, but actually

Yet, the townspeople clearly disapproved when Miss Emily began to be seen with Homer Barron, a man considered to be beneath her. Barron was charismatic, loud, and rough, and he would have been a mismatch for Miss Emily because of his socioeconomic status, never mind that he was a Northerner and a dark-skinned one at that. The townspeople still felt sorry for Miss Emily; the only explanation for forgetting her

Cesar Chavez and Lilly Ledbetter versus �The Triumph of the Right�As noted in The American Yawp�s �The Triumph of the Right,� for decades America had been torn between two polarizing forces. On one hand, there was an increasing drive to offer Americans comprehensive social programs (as manifested in The New Deal and Lyndon Johnson�s Great Society) and to expand social enfranchisement to racial and economic minority groups. On the other