1972 Essays

Following the Watergate Scandal of 1972, a subpoena was filed by the Special Prosecutor representing the United against President Nixon and those associated with him, ordering the release of tape recordings from meetings between the President and his cabinet that were believed to contain incriminating material of which would confirm or at least provide evidence supporting the claims of White House involvement in the scandal. Nixon refused to comply with the demand, citing protection through the executive

Education Amendments of 1972 Historical Context Following the Civil Rights success from the previous decade, the Education Amendments of 1972, commonly known as Title IX, were passed in 1972. Primarily, Title IX prohibits discrimination based on gender, in public education institutions that receive federal compensation. Introduced by Birch Bayh, Title IX was first introduced as one sentence attached to the Education Amendments. After initially failing, it was reintroduced as part of the Education

In particular, the 1936 Berlin Games and the 1972 Munich Games were very divisive. Both of these games had significant racial controversy surrounding them. In this essay, I will address the history, controversy, and cultural impact of the 1936 Berlin Games and the 1972 Munich

Janaiya Quinerly is the next big thing. Only in the 8th grade but watching her on the court you would think she was entering her last season of high school. The offers are still coming and don't seem to stop anytime soon. Her father John Quinerly gladly gave us some insight on the young star. “Janaiya is so humble, being so young she doesn't understand everything that's going on fully but she is not letting it go to her head. I do my best as a father to keep her focused but also with the help of

The Aboriginal Embassy protest of 1972 has great historical significance. When looking at why it has such significance it is important to understand some of the driving factors leading up to the protest to provide a bit of context. One of these factors was that the Embassy managed to gain a multitude of international headlines, from areas like china all the way to Europe. It also incited change in the way Australian politics and especcially the ALP at the time thought about assimilation as a policy

Agricultural runoff resulted in the erosion of 2.25 billion tons of soil and the deposit of large amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen into many waters. In addition to this water treatment plants only served 8 million people. The Clean Water Act of 1972 was created to better control water pollution in the United

muddy water, bottles floating everywhere, fish dying, and smelly lakes. These were the descriptions of the U.S’s waterways before 1972. We were in serious trouble. Some waterways became wasteland of smelly water and floating sludge. All over the country people were troubled about how we employed water and they let the government know. The effect was the Water Act of 1972 and its goals were to make water "fishable and swimmable." Ask yourself how many times you use water. If you say none, well, let’s

psychiatry, as a psychiatric resident, he was expelled from the University of Pennsylvania on account of his homosexuality (Drescher and Merlino, 2012). Dr. Anonymous rose to speak; “I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist.” Dr. Anonymous’ speech to the 1972 APA general meeting holds a position similar

June 17, 1972. Five men were caught breaking into the Watergate Hotel and into the Democratic National Committee . These five men were caught, tried, and questioned in court. What the courtroom heard shocked all of America, and the shock is still felt today. The shocking event these five men were a part of was the great Watergate Scandal of 1972. From the five burglars all the way up the political “food chain” to Richard Nixon, there were many people involved in one of the biggest scandals in U.S

The Watergate scandal took place between 1972 and 1974. It began with an early morning robbery involving five men who were connected to President Nixon’s administration in the office of Democratic National Committee office located inside of the Watergate building. For the next several months, Nixon took steps to ensure that the scandal is covered up and that the Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wouldn’t investigate the crime that his own committee members were involved in, such as paying the robbers

Have you ever day-dreamed about how you would fare in a survival situation? For the passengers of the 1972 Andes Flight Disaster, this was a cruel and grueling reality. The people of the Andes Flight Disaster were forced to resort to wretched survival tactics, else they die of starvation. In the story “The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster” the author constructs the central idea that conveys how the survivors lived through their intense determination and persistence. The hardships that these poor survivors

Nixon once again vetoed this version. On the third attempt, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was finally passed. The law had promised equality to the disabled community, but it was not the Civil Rights moment they had hoped for. The Rehabilitation Act of 1972, implemented vocational training programs, and vowed to create programs within the Departments of Health and Education for the disable. Most importantly, Section 504 of the law, which was originally only compromised of forty words, outlawed disability-based

Terrorists like to cause great fear among people to use the situation to their advantage. An example of a terrorist attack would be the massacre in Munich. The massacre in Munich was when Palestinian terrorist killed Israeli Olympians at the 1972 Games, they had tortured many victims and had even castrated one of the victims while his teammates watched. Eleven of the athletes had been killed by gunman. Terrorists are like

The Watergate Scandal of 1972 is considered to be particularly significant in the history of America; it encompassed an array of illegal activities including the bugging of offices, break-ins, cover-ups and a serious abuse of presidential power, all of which led to the first and last resignation of a U.S president. Although Watergate is typically remembered as a political scandal, it was also a defining event for the media, and more importantly in this case, the relationship between president Nixon

While wetland loss is happening globally, the destruction is most severe in the forty-eight conterminous United States where almost half of the wetlands were lost by the middle of the 1980’s. Over the past thirty years “the wetlands have been recognized as complex, diverse ecosystems whose functions provide an incredible range of beneficial functions and services within the landscape” (BenDor et al. 342). Areas where wetlands were once located were considered wastelands and little was done to protect

This part of the book focuses on when Jassim kills a teenage boy in a terrible accident and Salwa becomes hopelessly entangled with a shadowy young American, their tenuous lives in exile and their fragile marriage begin to unravel. Once in a Promised Land is a dramatic and achingly honest look at what it means to straddle cultures, to be viewed with suspicion, and to struggle to find safe haven. America has traditionally been referred to as a "melting pot," welcoming people from many different countries

What topic did I pick, and why did I choose to research it? While contemplating a topic to choose, I knew I wanted to research something about World War 2, but I knew World War 2 was a vast topic. So, I incorporated something I liked into my thought process, sports. From there it was pretty easy to find something that not only interests me but also is something that is fairly engaging to research. The 1936 Olympics hosted in Berlin, Germany was perfect. What did I already know about my topic?

The survivors in the 1972 plane crash demonstrated a group of great leaders. They used leadership strategies in order to save the lives of themselves and others. Being placed in critical situations does not always give you an opportunity to incorporate a plan. Some situations come uninspected. It is totally up to the individual to able to establish a contingency plan when problems are so risky and drastic. The team took gambles on their lives in order to survive. People had begun to become psychotic

Moratorium on Death Penalty Isaac P. Martinez United South High School(3rd)  Abstract The 1972 US Supreme Court case, Furman v. Georgia, discusses how the appellant and defendant claimed that Georgia was in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments due to the death penalty, and how moratorium started in this case. Along with Gregg v. Georgia another where the US Supreme Court 1976 convicted murder and robber Troy Gregg, appealed the sentence. Therefore, the federal court ruled that the

service to be placed outside of politics, with senior public servants in control of the service. This fostered the idea that power was not in hands of politician’s but in anonymous public servants. The status of public service is again changed during the 1972-1975 Whitlam government. Questions as to the minister-public