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- 3141: Happiness In Brave New
- ... accomplishes this by mind conditioning throughout the process of maturing, keeping a caste-based society, and obliterating problems. The government thus defines happiness as the absence of all conflict. This differs from happiness as the American society sees it: the ability to pursue and enjoy individual desires. The conditioning of minds allows the government to impress its ideas upon maturing children. The process used is hypnopζdia, or repetition of sayings during ... meet the savage, John. Bernard gets a taste of power after bringing the savage home to London and becomes satisfied and happy as defined by Brave New World, a complete turnaround from his previous, almost American ideals. Lenina finds love and joy, as an American would define it after being content for so many years in the society of Brave New World. Before he finds the savage, Bernard is unhappy with his surroundings, With eyes for the most part ...
- 3142: Honduras
- ... take your Spanish class and fly or drive down to a friendly neighbor Honduras! Now lets learn about our travel. "Size And Population" About 90% of the population is mestizo (people of Spanish and Native American ancestry); the remainder are Native Americans, blacks, and whites. The population is about 60% rural. In 1995 the estimated population was 5,968,000. "Physical Landscape And Location" Except for two coastal strips, Honduras is ... valleys, and traversed by mountain ranges in a northwestern to southwestern direction. Most of the country's rivers drain to the Atlantic Ocean. Forests cover about 31% of the land. "Culture And Customs" The Native American and Spanish strains in Honduran cultural history is visible in the awesome architecture. Fine Arts in Comayagua, the old capital has long been a custom to our southern neighbors. in northwestern Honduras is a ceremonial ... the past. "Education" In this country education is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 7 and 12. Although the literacy rate stands at 73% the government pledges to raise it. The Pan American Agricultural School, financed by the United Brands Company of the United States, is near the capital. "Language" Spanish is the official language and is spoken by nearly all the Honduran people. English is spoken ...
- 3143: Cold War Propaganda
- ... and the U.S soldiers also fought. "Communist victory in 1975 had profound ramifications for the United States; it was not only a setback to the containment of communism in Asia but a shock to American self-confidence." (Bernhard, 16) The United States citizens disagreed with going to war in Vietnam because we really had no business in the war. The reason we went into the war was because we were ... communists kidnapped Gorbachev, and then, on August 19 of 1991, they announced on state television that Gorbachev was very ill and would no longer be able to govern." (Hixson, 58) The attempt of the communist revolution when Gorbatschow was kept hostage in his vacation home on the krim was fortunately unsuccesful and didnt stop the process of Perestroika in the Soviet Union. It is also safe to say that his ...
- 3144: History of Computers
- ... invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people's lives for the better. The very earliest existence of the modern day computer ... for many other tasks (Osborne, 146). In 1971 Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., an engineer at the Intel Corporation, invented the microprocessor and another stage in the development of the computer began (Shallis, 121). A new revolution in computer hardware was now well under way, involving miniaturization of computer-logic circuitry and of component manufacture by what are called large-scale integration techniques. In the 1950s it was realized that "scaling down ...
- 3145: Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
- ... cancer chemotherapy. So does a standard dose of Zofran, the best legally available treatment, which costs $30 to $40 - at least 100 times the price of marijuana. According to a 1995 poll conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union, 85 percent of Americans think marijuana should be available as a medicine. Interest in medical marijuana is becoming so great that physicians in California and elsewhere may soon be asked to assume ... century doctors were more sophisticated about marijuana than contemporary ones. Between 1840 and 1900, more than 100 articles on the therapeutic use of the drug then known as Indian hemp were published in European and American medical journals. When medical use in the United States was effectively outlawed by the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, the American Medical Association, to its credit, opposed the ban. Since then, unfortunately, the medical community has become largely ignorant about marijuana and has been a victim and an agent in the spread of misinformation. This ...
- 3146: Jaguars 2
- ... who pulled the jaguar down and pulled it apart." The jaguar is almost hunted to extinction because of hunters. Most jaguar information is studied from zoos where they're in captivity. It is the largest american wildcat. It's the symbol of royalty to the south american indians. It's also the world's largest spotted cat. El Tigre is what the south americans call the jaguar. The soth american indians call it jaguara meaning: "carnivore that overcomes its prey in a single bound." The jaguar is strictly a carnivore, and it is more dangerous than a lion or leopard. Unfortunately, they might not ...
- 3147: Henry Ford Essay
- ... investors including John and Horace Dodge raised $28,000 and in the first 15 months produced 1700 Model A cars. These cars were known for their reliability, yet were still too expensive for the average American. Over the next five years Ford and his engineers produced models with the letters B through S, the most successful of which was the Model N (priced at $500) , and the least successful was the Model K (priced at $2500). It was obvious from the Model N that the key to the companies success lay in inexpensive cars for a mass market. The answer that Ford and the American consumer were looking for was the Model T. The Model T, a small, sturdy four-cylinder car with an attractive design and a top speed of 45 mph, hit the market in 1908. Its ... hometown. He died a rich man; his fortune ranged somewhere between $500 and $700 million. Yet more importantly he died an accomplished man, who had left an imprint on the very definition of the word American.
- 3148: History of the Computer Industry in America
- ... invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people's lives for the better. The very earliest existence of the modern day computer ... for many other tasks (Osborne, 146). In 1971 Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., an engineer at the Intel Corporation, invented the microprocessor and another stage in the development of the computer began (Shallis, 121). A new revolution in computer hardware was now well under way, involving miniaturization of computer-logic circuitry and of component manufacture by what are called large-scale integration techniques. In the 1950s it was realized that "scaling down ...
- 3149: Causes Of The Civil War 3
- ... that slave owners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. Many Southern preachers proclaimed that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible. After the American Revolution slavery died in the North, as it became more popular in the South. By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. During this time a surge of democratic reform ...
- 3150: Imagery Of The Supernatural In
- ... s "The Fall of the House of Usher" interesting and suspensfill in his treatment of the house's effect on its occupants. Works Cited Abel, Darrel. "A Key to The House of Usher." Interpretations of American Literature. Ed. Charles Feidelson, Jr. and Paul Brodtkorb, Jr. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959: pgs. 51-62. Magill, Frank N. Magill's Survev of American Literature. Vol.5: Olsen-Snyder: New York: Salem Press, Inc., 1991. Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Fall of the House of Usher." The American Tradition in Literature ei~th edition. Ed. George and Barbara Perkins. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994: pgs. 1511-1523. Walker, I. M. "The Legitimate Sources of Terror in 'The Fall of the House ...
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