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- 1481: Dickinson vs. Whitman
- ... the metrical beat. Dickinson did this to fit her thought. Dickinson also started the wide use of off-rhyme. The subjects that Whitman and Dickinson used in their poetry are very different. There is a big difference because the things that each poet was interested in. Whitman often wrote about the Civil War. Dickinson often wrote about death and nature. The punctuation is drastically different as well. Whitman used mostly traditional punctuation in his poetry, but in the poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" he used a big amount of dashes: "Beat! beat! drums!-blow! bugles! blow! Through the windows-through the doors-burst like a ruthless force." Dickinson used a form of punctuation unique to her poetry as well as capitalization. She ...
- 1482: Death Of A Salesman -character
- ... into the night. In the same scene, Willy s wife Linda has come to make a peace with their two sons, Biff and Happy. Linda also suspects that Willy may kill himself. She made a big mistake by leaving the disturbed Willy alone. The rubber tubing that Linda found on the heater foreshadows Willy s suicide. Linda doesn t want Willy to kill himself, but believes that she cannot interfere with ... were free and clear of any more payments. Biff comes to realize that Willy had the wrong dreams . Biff is still going to go out west to fulfill his own dreams instead of making himself big in New York which is something he hates. Happy believes that his father was a great man. He wants to prove that Willy did not die in vain. He will justify Willy s dreams by ...
- 1483: Creatine
- ... advice to you is to take that $35 and buy bananas, potatoes, chicken, fish, rice, pasta, etc. You will be surprised how many bags of groceries $35 will buy you. If you want to get big, stay big and healthy for life, and not go broke buying useless supplements, here is how to do it: get enough sleep every night, make a habit of eating nutritiously, exercise regularly, don't drink alcohol or ...
- 1484: Fibonacci Numbers
- ... sequence is also used in the Pascal trianle. The sum of each diagnal row is a fibonacci number. They are also in the right sequence: 1,1,2,5,8......... Fibonacci sequence has been a big factor in many patterns of things in nature. One has found that the fractions u/v representing the screw-like arrangement of leaves quite often are members of the fibonacci sequence. On many plants, the ... you just subtract 1. This means all its powers are just whole multiples of itself plus another whole integer (and guess what these whole integers are? Yes! The Fibonacci numbers again!) Fibonacci numbers are a big factor in Math, The Golden Ratio, The Pascal Triangle, the production of many species, plants, and much much more.
- 1485: Personal Writing: The College Experience
- ... on my own, with new surroundings and new people. Needless to say, this was something like I had never experienced before. Generally, college classes aren't that much more difficult than high school courses. The big difference is that in college I have to do all of my homework outside of class. There's no study hall in college. I have to take it upon myself to get to the library if needed or ask the necessary questions. Another big difference between high school academics and college academics is the importance of the test. Unlike in high school, where daily assignments can help to pad a grade, the main source of grading in college is ...
- 1486: Why Do I Want to Attend College
- ... life was heading or even what I wanted to become. So after graduation I decided to explore my options at the University of Pittsburgh. Wow, was this a mistake. Not only was the college to big for my own well being, but the big University provided too many distractions. This is why I feel I have finally taken the right and first step in securing my future. Currently, I am attending Waynesburg college in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, majoring in computer ...
- 1487: Mistakes People Make With Ster
- ... thus resulting in short and long term side effects. The number one common mistake is using excessive dosages. More is not always better when is comes to using steroids. Using excessive dosages has become a big problem for teenagers especially. This practice is not only dangerous, but is proven to be ineffective. There are a number of health problems that can result from steroid use, and include fits of rage, cardiovascular ... drugs have the side effects of real steroids but not the positive effect. Using a fake steroid is like putting poison into your body. If a person is considering steroids they must look at the big picture. Taking steroids is not as simple as people believe. There are many aspects that must be put into consideration before taking the drug. When it comes to Steroids, the negative qualities far outweigh the ...
- 1488: Student's Rights
- ... other clothing: When I see someone with a tee-shirt advertising something, I think "Oh, that person likes beer, that person likes Marilyn Manson, that person likes having no fear and that person likes his Big Johnson! Great for him!" But not once have I ever thought "That tee-shirt makes me want to skip school, cause unrest, drink beer with Marilyn Manson or fearlessly play with my Big Johnson!" You know why? IT'S ONLY A SHIRT! The same thing applies to hats. If I wear a hat and someone decides to try to beat me up because of it, isn't there ...
- 1489: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... Phillips 27). Throughout his career he used the innocent man being arrested and imprisoned in his films, and claimed that forever after he had a fear of the police (Spoto 16). Fear was also a big part of his childhood, which later was evident in many of his movies. "Fear? It has influenced my life and my career." (18) explains Hitchcock, he also had a fear of being alone and of ... the beginning of Hitchcock's most productive and popular era. Movies like Dial "M" for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and North By Northwest (1959) were on the big screen and the Hitchcock name was everywhere. In 1955 the television program "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was also released. The style and reputation that came with the Hitchcock name was visible in every movie, in every ...
- 1490: Thomas P. O'Neill
- ... liberal who "would usually vote yes on any bill that helped people (he once voted to put money into an appropriations bill to study knock knees)." (Gelzinas 6) When Reagan came into office in 1980 big government began to feel the pinch and O'Neill's big hearted liberalism was on the way out. In 1980, O'Neill was a target of a clever Republican ad campaign that pictured him in a limo as a symbol of a bloated out of control ...
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