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- 721: A Brief History Of Time: A Review
- ... unexpected implications. He reveals the unsettling possibilities of time running backward when an expanding universe collapses, a universe with as many as eleven dimensions, a theory of a "no boundary" universe that may replace the big bang theory and a God who may be increasingly fenced in by the new discoveries -- who may be the prime mover in the creation of it all. A Brief History Of Time is a landmark book ...
- 722: Poverty
- ... economic development of Ventura County is extremely uneven. Things that help these small towns are efforts like Oxnard. A variety of things were done to help lower the unemployment rate. One important item is the big industry, like automation, computer, that came into the area. The government has been doing a lot to decrease unemployment. They have been creating government jobs for the people, a program which began in the couple years ago. In fact, they set up work training and help people find jobs at EDD center. There are many big companies have entered the area since 1995. Many residents have been employees in industrial and research. million dollars were used to build more firms companies since 1994, which was raised by the federal government. The ... live and raise a family in the future. Finally, considering the fact I mentioned above, poverty is not just happen in the third nations or the countries without modernization. The poverty can happen in the big country like the United States. As old people today live longer but their physical are not able to work properly as demanded. I think that the most important thing for people and each country ...
- 723: Grapes Of Wrath - Jim Casy Chracter Analysis
- ... and everybody is holy, we are therefor equal. As Tom said, "one time he went out in the wilderness to find his soul, an' he foun' he jus' got a little piece of a great big soul." Once and for all stating equality, and universal holiness. Casy is also a harmonious man. He believes in unity and that because people are all part of something greater than themselves, we should help ... all on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'maybe it's all men an' all women we love: maybe that's the Holy Sperit- the human sperit- the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of." He thinks that people working in cooperation is holy: "When they're all workin' together, not one fella for another fell, but one fella kind of harnessed to ... withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken". Tom Joad also said, "maybe like Casy says, a fella ain't got a soul of his own, but on'y a piece of a big one. ... I'll be ever'where—wherever you look." Casy was a Christ-like, unprovincial, and harmonious man albeit he still had personal conflicts. Although Jim Casy has always seemingly been a man of ...
- 724: Transformation Power of Love
- ... like an uncooked barley pancake.” The only reason the mother wants to look attractive is to satisfy her visiting daughter. Apart from that, she has a very realistic and objective view of herself: “a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands.” She admires Dee and is proud of her. She considers Dee more mature than the her other daughter, Maggie, which is less attractive and less educated. The hero ... first mother is glamorizing Dee. She is impressed by her drive to succeed. In the end she understands the empty nature of Dee. She finds out that Dee is educated and well dressed, lives in big city with interesting people around her, but she is all empty inside. That’s why Dee does not have friends. Mother is not interested in the people around Dee. They are empty too. However there ... passing interest. Economic interests and despair are also an important part of the story by D. H. Lawrence’s The Horse Dealer’s Daughter. Mabel father was horse dealer and when he died left the big debt. The business, once prosperous, has disintegrated into a place where “everything was gone to the dogs, there was nothing but debt and threatening.” Mabel keeps the house for her brothers. When the story ...
- 725: Red Badge Of Courage
- ... his fears. All the soldiers are very anxious to fight in the war, and Tom and Henry talk about how they are not going to run away from war, and how they want to become big time war heroes. This is ironic, because in the end of the book their wishes come true. When the battle starts, all the soldiers get very anxious and nervous. Tom and Henry don’t turn ... walking next to Jim Conklin, a soldier that he knew pretty well. They are talking, when all of a sudden Jim runs away. He falls onto the ground and dies. This death has a very big affect on Henry. Jim was his first friend to be killed in battle. He feels guilty that Jim was put through so much pain, and he just ran away, like a coward. After spending the ... wound. The kind-hearted soldier leads Henry back to his regiment. The first person Henry sees when he gets to the group is his friend Tom. In order to save face, Henry makes up a big story about how he got shot in the head, and then got separated from the regiment. Tom takes great care of Henry, cleans him up and makes sure that he gets enough food, and ...
- 726: JFK: Was His Assassination Inevitable?
- ... to consider the FBI as prime suspects. As if President Kennedy didn't have enough foreign enemies, or enemies from his own government, he also had many domestic enemies. Two of the biggest were the big businessmen and the "rednecks". Both of these groups were intimidated by the Kennedy administration. Kennedy tried to find a middle road between black and white radicals. His human-rights activities earned him the hatred of all racists. And as for big business, he angered them by obliging steel manufacturers to reverse price increases, as well as introducing a tax-reform legislation that would end unfair tax practices and would abolish the profitable oil reduction allowance. International ... may be noteworthy that Lyndon B. Johnson was a strong ally of Texas oilmen who despised Kennedy, and that it was rumored that Kennedy was about to drop Johnson from the 1964 election ticket. Could big businessmen along with Lyndon B. Johnson and friend J. Edgar Hoover, who also might have wanted Kennedy dead, plotted to kill Kennedy? The last major group that would have wanted JFK out of the ...
- 727: The Abstract Wild
- ... is sacred. He reminds us to cherish our anger and use it to fuel rebellion. Turner criticizes the cowardice of modern environmentalists in the following passage: "The courage and resistance shown by the Navajos at Big Mountain, by Polish workers, by blacks in South Africa, and, most extraordinarily, by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square makes much of the environmental protest in America seem shallow and ineffective in comparison(21)." Maybe if ... the connection between the peculiar behavior of the white pelican and the nature of wild animals. He questions their love for soaring as a logical choice for enjoyment. Within this chapter Turner also raises another big issue. He discusses the influence humans have on wild animals when they try to study them, and he explains some of the detrimental effects that occur upon human interference and control of wild animals and ... Turner discusses the importance of Doug Peacock. Turner comments on how unique Peacock’s message about wildness is and how different it is from most nature literature. Through Peacock’s Grizzly Years and Faulkner’s Big Two Hearted-River, Turner describes the wild as a place of healing. He also explain some of the rituals, traditions, and experiences that help restore the wild within humanity. Chapter eight offers more ideas ...
- 728: Adolf Hitler
- ... was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. 3. The Nazi Party Since there were not many chances for employment Hitler stayed in the army. Hitler was assigned the ... race from the European continent. It is interesting to look and see how a small time boy from Austria with no education, money or political background could become within a few years the leader of big nation such as Germany. Historians believe that Hitler saw a great opportunity to get his views across to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support ...
- 729: Donkey
- ... heavy and beastly. If one was to take a trip back to a logging camp around the turn of the century one would see various tools such as: heavy jack-screws, a light ratchet screw, big seven-foot saws, axes, and heavy chains for chaining logs together. A logger's typical work day, as Grainger describes it, would start before the break of dawn by getting in one's rowboat and ... purpose to trap the cut logs so that no logs could wander of to sea(72). A logger's daily tasks consist of: carrying their heavy, awkward tools up the hillside, chopping and sawing, felling big timber, cutting up logs, barking them, and using their heavy jack-screws to coax the logs down toward the shore to be placed inside their boom. Once the boom was filled, usually with approximately 300 ... steam donkey must have to haul a water-bogged ship ashore. After the acquisition of the donkey, Carter's men used a majority of the same tools they had used before the arrival of his big investment. Although most of the tools remained the same, the donkey terminated the use of the loggers' heavy jack-screws; the main tool used in coaxing the logs down to the water. The process ...
- 730: Jobs Are Not For Everyone
- ... these things he would always take me to isle seven to yell and scream at me. Why couldn’t he take me into his office where it would be private? Instead he would make a big scene in front of all the old women shopping for those lovely canned foods and completely embarrass me. I never understood that. There was another reason why I knew my boss wasn’t the brightest ... One time I can recall where my job really interfered with my life was when I had tickets to go see a concert. Unfortunately I had to work that day. I did not see any big problem with this; I would just take the day off. Not with Bob around. To someone like him, groceries are life and they should be for everyone, especially me. Well little did he know that this little situation would end my employment with that wonderful shopping facility. I told him I wanted to see this show and he pulled out the big gun; he said “ Son, I don’t want to be a jerk but if you’re going to miss work for some concert, I’ll have to ask you to leave, for good.” I ...
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