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- 14661: Antigone Was Right
- ... Antigone was justified in her actions and that she acted on the side of divinity, can help to visualize the text and the culture that produced Antigone. Work Cited Sophocles. Antigone. Trans. Richard Emil Braun. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. Bulliet, Crossley, et al. The Earth and its Peoples. New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
- 14662: Veterans People To Remember
- ... our behalf. Veterans' Day is also an opportunity to recognize the challenges faced, and sacrifices made, by those who serve during what passes for peacetime in today's, and tomorrow's, ever-changing the unstable world. The men and women who serve in our American Army are among our best and our brightest. The many soldiers who have risked their life toward the benefit of our country have earned our respect ... use at our willing. Without our veterans, we would not enjoy the rights that we so often take for granted. Finally, I hope all of us will honor Men and Women in Vietnam, Revolution, the world wars, and others not mentioned. Everyone should set away some time, for a few moments on Veterans Day, and every day, to remember those millions of service members, not with sorrow or regret, but with ...
- 14663: Premature Specialization
- Premature Specialization A medical doctor in today s world is educated and trained in a traditional manner that seeks to insure the well being of his or her patients. Practicing medicine requires a strong science background and rigorous training; it is in the interest of clients and medical boards across the world to assure this. Thus, education in the science field is extremely important, even at the undergraduate level. Being a doctor is not just a job, nor is it solely a career. The medical profession is ...
- 14664: Flowers For Algernon 2
- The story Flowers for Algernon depicts the meaning of intelligence in a very deep sense. The narrow definition intelligence is the capacity to learn, to understand, or to deal with new or trying situations. It is a concrete definition in such a way that it also means the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria as tests. Yet the story goes beyond this concrete explanation of what intelligence really is. It shows a whole new perspective of the meaning intelligence. The novel gives a theory of the more intelligent you become the more problems you will obtain. As a result your intellectual growth is going to outstrip your emotional growth ...
- 14665: Jefferson Davis
- ... Senate. On February 18, 1861, the congress of the Confederate States made him president. He was elected to the office by popular vote for a 6-year term and was inaugurated un Richmond, Virginia, the new capital of the Confederacy. He failed to raise enough money to fight the Civil War and could not obtain help for the Confederacy from foreign governments. One of the accomplishments of Jefferson Dacis, was the raising of the Confederate army. Davis had a difficult task to preform. He was the head of the new nation in the beginnings of a major war. The South had inferior railroads compared to the Union, no navy, no gunpowder mills, and a reat lack of arms and ammunition. "The South's only resource ...
- 14666: Hamlet - A Comparison To Human
- ... mind, and the power that a person's mental perspective can have on the events of his life. --- Works Cited Cahn, Victor L. Shakespeare the Playwright: A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, and Romances. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. Knight, L. C. Some Shakespeare Themes & An Approach to Hamlet. San Francisco: Stanford University Press, 1966. Scott, Mark W., ed. Shakespeare For Students. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992. Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995. 1129-1230.
- 14667: Killer Bees
- ... km (300 mi) per year. By the 1980s, Africanized honeybees had reached Central America and soon colonized Mexico. In 1990, the first swarm was found in the United States. The bees spread from Texas to New Mexico and Arizona and then into California by 1994. The bees reached an apparent climatic limit to their southern range in the middle of Argentina, and their range is expected to be similarly limited to ... expected to have the same impact in the United States because of advanced beekeeping technology and climatic limitations on the spread of the species. Africanization of beehives can be prevented by the annual introduction of new European queens to each colony. Africanized honeybees have increased the number of human deaths due to bee stings in Mexico and Argentina and probably in other countries. In the United States, however, although more people ...
- 14668: Animal Captivity
- ... tank/habitat cost "$7.3 million to build and $9 million for staff, veterinarian, care, food, utilities and other costs for the first two years alone" (Oregon Coast Aquarium). With all the problems in the world with humans and animals, it is hard to see this much money going to help just one whale. There are different types of animal stories that people hear about. There are the wonderful stories about ... living conditions at other places. Some of the animals taken in had been abused at one time. At the Mirage, "no expense is spared" and "they aren't forced to perform." Another example is Sea World, which only takes in animals that need rescuing, "from strandings," or some other reasons that caused them to need rescuing and care (Watson). After being rescued or born in captivity, these animals learn to depend ...
- 14669: Marbury vs. Madison (1803)
- Marbury vs. Madison (1803) As his final presidential act, John Adams appointed 42 new Justices of the Peace, the appointments were officially certified by Marshall, then Secretary of State, but all of them were not delivered before Jefferson took office.Jefferson then directed Madison, the new Secretary of State, not to deliver the remaining commissions. Marbury was one of those who did not receive a commission. He filed a suit with the Supreme Court, (under the provisions of the 1789 Judiciary ...
- 14670: The Purpose Of Minor Character
- ... of Willy Loman's ideals. He is a very realistic character who attempts to convince Willy that his goals are all wrong. An example of his attempts is "The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell"(97). Willy believes that in order to be a success, one must be well liked; therefore, Charley explains to Willy that good business will make someone prosperous. The failure of ... when he is fired by Howard. Howard tells Willy that "it's a business, kid, and everybody's gotta pull his own weight"(80). Howard explains to Willy that, contrary to his beliefs, the business world is a harsh environment void of compassion and preference. Howard increases the mood of the play when he reveals the desperation of Willy's situation. He tries to sell his recorder on the table and ...
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