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- 11231: Male And Female Observation: T
- ... very standoffish towards her. A woman will usually be touchy with a man whether he is attractive or not, depending on his personality. Reacting to or interpreting the opposite sex's touches in today's world is extremely difficult seeing how we mix " up simple healing, warm touching with sexual advances " (Adler, 257). The results of this study were both surprising and confusing. It is surprising in the way that many ... Looking Out/Looking In: Interpersonal Communication.Ed. Christopher P. Klein. 8th ed. Fortworth: Harcourt Brace, 1996 City of Angels. Dir. Brad Silberling. With Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Warner Brothers,1998 Hoag, Tami. Night Sins. New York: Bantam, 1996
- 11232: Creationism
- ... the evolutionists have no spiritual background, that they must look at God through their intellect. Those that oppose evolution aren’t misinformed; it’s just that they don’t like the implications (Marlantes 2). The world is run by energy, and the Laws of Thermodynamics apply only to energy. The second Law of Thermodynamics states the energy will eventually become useless (Onken 1). This means that the Universe couldn’t have ... more of a “surface religion” (Sheler 4). Perhaps it isn’t even the fact that we come from something and somewhere, it’s just the fact that we are searching for answers. Works Cited “Creationism.” World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 4, 1994:1123. “Evolution.” World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 6, 1994:436-443. Graham, Charlotte. “The Eternal Debate.” SIRS. http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst- ar…&type=ART&sound=no&key=CREATIONISM. 22 Oct. 1994:1-3. Gould, Stephan ...
- 11233: Comparative Harms Of Legal And
- ... abused drugs alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and herbal medicines will be discussed. The illegal drugs that are commonly abused that will be discussed in this paper are, the most commonly used or abused drug in the world marijuana, cocaine, LSD and heroine. Of these drugs both the harms of the drugs themselves will be discussed and also some type of treatments that try and suspend the use of the drug will be ... manufacturer (Winslow 5). There is little reason for the manufacture of the herbs to conduct tests on these medicines because they are no required to, and it cost a lot of money to prove a new drug effective and is very hard for them to recoup any monies spent. Marijuana is the first of the illegal drugs that is going to be spoken about. There are many common side effects that ...
- 11234: Marketing 2
- ... a part of the adjustment and stabilization programs of the mid-eighties and the nineties. Privatization now frequently features in government policy statements and in conditionalities from donors. The past decade has also seen the World Bank and other donors get increasingly involved in lending operations towards parastatal sector reforms that included privatization components. African countries share a number of common features in relation to the drive towards privatization. For most ... in the dramatic rise of parastatal corporations, which were also used as vehicles for increased local participation in the economies. Many governments moved to nationalize existing foreign interests in their countries and also to create new state enterprises to carry out the various production and trading functions. Parastatal corporations rapidly dominated the extractive industries, manufacturing and financial sectors of their economies, and acquired important economic and political status, becoming major sources ...
- 11235: Corporate Development During T
- ... With one upward stride after another he organized the Standard Oil Company, which was the nucleus of the great trust that was formed. Rockefeller showed little mercy. He believed primitive savagery prevailed in the jungle world of business, where only the fittest survived. He persued the policy of "ruin or rule." Rockefeller's oil monopoly did turn out a superior product at a relatively cheap price. Rockefeller belived in ruthless business ... to the top. The success of the Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel company was credited to the fact that their owners ran them with great authority. In this very competetive time period, many new businesses were being formed and it took talented businessmen to get ahead and keep the companies running and make the fortunes that were made during this period.
- 11236: Cultural Synopsis: The Philipp
- ... population. Along with Pilipino, a language derived from Tagalog, English is one of the two official languages. The Philippines achieved full political independence in 1946, following four years of occupation by Japanese armed forces during World War II. The period since independence has been marked by repeated crises. The Philippines consists of 7,000 islands of only which 2,000 are inhabited. The two largest islands are Luzon and Mindanao and ... a unique mixed culture of foreign influences. Filipinos love to gamble. They exchange money frequently on basketball games and other sports. Improvisation is seen by the way the Filipinos converted the left over jeeps from World War 2 into taxis and other public transportation. Filipinos are strongly oriented to the outside world. Nevertheless, national pride is not to be underestimated.
- 11237: Computer Ethics
- ... another course. There are different classroom procedures for exposing students to the abstract subject of computer users ethical behavior. I prefer the presenting scenarios for discussion. However, most teachers do not like to experiment with new teaching methods, some prefer to stay with a teaching style that is comfortable and familiar. Therefore, what I believe is the most desirable approach may not be everybody's approach. Before listing the three methods ... follows: An employee at the metropolitan courthouse had access to all the records in the data base. Over the past weeks, she had become suspicious about her neighbor's current purchases. The neighbor had bought new lawn furniture, had her house painted and gotten a new expensive car. The employee decided to access her neighbor's records to determine how this neighbor could afford these purchases. Was the courthouse employee's action acceptable, or unacceptable? If the employee suspected that ...
- 11238: Computing
- ... computer handle instructions-the simple, one or zero, yes or no, true or false boolean logic necessary for computers. (Reid 122) Boolean logic was invented by George Boole, a poor British mathematician in 1815. His new type of logic was mostly ignored until makers of computers more than a century later realized his was the ideal system of logic for the computers binary system. Machine code is the only programming "language ... Fortran. Fortran became quite popular after its release in 1957 and is still used for some purposes to this day. Cobol is another high-level compiler language that has been used widely in the business world from 1960 until now. A compiler must be utilized before a program can be run. The compiler translates the program into the ones and zeros of binary machine code. There are many compiler languages used ...
- 11239: Confucius
- ... what is contrary to ritual, and make no movement, which is contrary to ritual.24 Poetry had broader humanistic values for understanding oneself and other people, and even increased one's awareness of the natural world. My children, why do you not study the Book of Poetry? The Odes serve to stimulate the mind. They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation. They teach the art of sociability. They show ... to help people to become good. The propriety, ritual, and the Way to be a Gentleman are just the first step of the Confucius' theory. "Self-improve, unionize family, rule the state, and conquer the world."35 These are the levels a superior man must go through. In order to become the superior man, self-improvement is the fundamental part of the success. Although Confucius might be not a modern Master, but his sayings and his encouragement of personality development will never be forget. As the Chinese people and the world stepping into the next millennium, Confucius will be in the minds of many people, as they think of the greatest teacher in Chinese history. Notes 1. Analects 7.24 Cf. A. Waley, The Analects ...
- 11240: Antigone
- ... lead to his downfall. His qualities of stubbornness, one-sidedness and authoritativeness did not serve him well as a leader. Antigone on the other hand possessed qualities everyone admires. She was defiant, strong-willed, rebellious, brave, loyal, and stubborn. Stubbornness became her downfall. Antigone believed that the laws of the gods were of greater importance than the rules of the state. Creon, however, believed that since he was the king, his ... Creon his loved one’s death. I found this play very interesting. Even though it was produced centuries ago, we could still easily relate with the themes it depicted. It encourages people of the modern world to stand up for what they believe in. It teaches us to be more open-minded and we learn that there are no set rules. We do not always have to do what we are ...
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