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- 14401: Studying Humanities
- ... foundation for this class. The driving force behind my final decision to apply myself to an advanced placement class is due to the fact that I want to be able to go into the real world with some understanding of how and why it functions as it does on a daily basis. Through the study of humanities, I hope to attain this goal. The past classes which have helped to prepare ... United States history. These classes have challenged me as a student to strive, achieve, and excel beyond my expectations. More importantly, the instructors of the classes have placed in me a better understanding of the world in which I live in and how it came to be. Beyond the classroom, many life experiences have prepared me for this course. In my seventh year of grade school I moved to Dallas, Texas ...
- 14402: Frankenstein 3
- ... Ingolstadt. His stepsister and fiancée, Elizabeth, is orphaned due to the death of her mother in childbirth. Justine, the nursemaid of Victor's brother, William Frankenstein, is wrongfully executed. Elizabeth herself is taken from the world just before her own marriage. The monster is motherless as well. Victor in male pride takes the role of the mother and the father of his creation. The Monster's introduction to the female comes ... 84) The death of Mary's mother undoubtedly contributed to the persistent theme of the absence and ill fatedness of the women in Frankenstein. There is no better example of the unconscious effects of a world without women than Victor's dream. " I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss ...
- 14403: Acquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome
- ... seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days before AIDS had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual (straight) men or women. In addition, it turned out that rectal sex was a particularly effective way to transmit the disease ... of this society looked on smugly, for both populations tended to be despised by the "mainstream" of society here. But AIDS is also spread by heterosexual sex. In addition, it is spread by blood transfusions. New born babies can acquire the disease from infected mothers during pregnancy. Gradually more and more "mainstream" folks got the disease. Most recently, a member of congress died of the disease. Finally, even the national news ...
- 14404: What Is History?
- ... aol.com What Is History? What is history? Where do I start? And who says it started there? I wasn’t there, does it matter? Can I accept whatever happens in another part of the world into my personal history, or just in the worlds history? What parts of history are most important? Who decides? What a question! The word history has many attached meanings to it, and the result is ... asking. But What is it? Dictionary.com states that, “history is a narrative of events; a story.” Everyone has stories. it goes without saying then that everyone has history. But what about looking at the world in a broader aspect. I think we could look at humans, in whole, and see that we all have a history; a social history. Also, what students mostly study in textbooks, and in lecture halls ...
- 14405: The Sun Also Rises By Ernest H
- ... in life. Jake is an example of a person who had the freedom to choose his place but chose poorly. This point of Jake s life is centered on readjusting himself to normal life after World War I. Jake is lost and doesn t know what to do. He has a few friends with whom he goes and drinks and eats with, but it seems at times that he doesn t ... Ashley says, We could have had such a damned good time together, and Jake responds by nonchalantly saying, Yes, isn t it pretty to think so? And since he is still as lost in the world as he was at the beginning of the book as he is at the end, this only furthers the proof of how disillusioned the lost generation was. If the book was, in fact, somewhat autobiographical ...
- 14406: The Solar System
- ... diameter is 3,476 km (2,160miles). As the moon orbits the earth we see different amounts of it due to the light from the sun. These are the different phases known to man full, new, crescent, half, gibbous, and new moon. The earth rotates in its axis once a day. The earth is a sphere shaped object. Its diameter is 12,750 km (7,923miles). It takes 23 hours and 56 minutes to rotate once ...
- 14407: What Is Marijuana?
- ... be denied the right to use it. Marijuana has been being used for years. Why stop people from using it? Bibliography 1. Annas, George. ¡§Reefer Madness -- The Federal Response to California's Medical- Marijuana Law¡¨ New England Medical Journal Vol. 337, No. 6 (August 6, 1997) p 19 2. Gorman, Peter. ¡§The Battle for Medical Marijuana¡¨ Hightimes (May 1999) p 20 3. Snyder, Solomon. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. Series 2. LEGALIZATION: A DEBATE. CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS. New York, 1988 Word Count: 1590
- 14408: The Widening of the Wealth Gaps
- ... the investment differences in stocks and bonds, and result of manufacturing companies cutting back on expenses and spending. This leaving the rich wealthier and the poor more poverty-stricken. Work Cited Jacobus, Lee A. A World of Ideas. Boston: Bedford, 1998 Galbraith, John. “The Position of Poverty” A World of Ideas. ED Lee A.Jacobus. Boston: Bedford,1998 Hausman, Tate. “Booming Economy Benefits the Rich, Busts the Rest”. San Franciso: Alter. Org,1999 Cohen,GeorgeD. “America’s Obsession with Wealth”. The Christian Science Publishing ...
- 14409: Eygpt
- ... when they were alive and sometimes it was only made for funerary use (they would only use it for funerals.) The Egyptians thought that the jewelry would protect them on their way to the next world. Broad collars were the most popular neck ornaments worn in Ancient Egypt. Broad collars were worn in the Old and Middle Kingdom. My necklace is an example of a Broad collar witch was made in ... a warm evening. (ew!) FOOD AND DRINK The egyptians were very secure in that the Nile valley always yeilded enough to feed the country, even when famine was present in other nearby parts of the world. The Egyptian's basic food and drink, bread and beer, were made from the main crops they grew, wheat and barely. There were many types of bread, including pastries and cakes. Since there was no ...
- 14410: Bureaucracy and Modern Organizations
- ... workers were considered as a single entity and not part of a team. Modern organizations are now dominated by the 3 F’s: fast, flexible, and flat. Flexible- able to adapt quickly and efficiently to new demands in the market. However, there is disbelief that the 3 F’s have led modern organizations to the 4 D’s: decentralization, disaggregation, disorganization and delayering. These 7 words can be said to define a modern organization. Modern firms are decentralizing and creating new and independent units with decision making power and some times as profit centers thus actually operating as if they were another company. The process of disaggregation is in fact the redistribution of power between the ...
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