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- 15861: The Mystery of Area 51
- ... Blackbird, and the F-117a Stealth fighter spy plane (Misage 15). According to many Americans, these are not the only flying machinery which exists in Area 51. On July 7, 1947, two ranchers in Roswell, New Mexico, observed something that would be the beginning of what might be one of mankind's most unexplained phenomenons in history. According to these ranchers, (who asked to be anonymous) a flying object came out ... else that goes on in our lives, I believe we need to know what goes on in theirs. Whatever lies in Area 51 effects every single life that occupies this nation. The government is making new laws every day to “protect our health” and help us to reach the “ American Dream”. Knowing that the government is hiding from several hundred million people, is enough to make anyone sick. Whether it be ...
- 15862: Frosts Use Of Everyday Subjets
- ... into the United State when she was 12 years old. Frost was born a year after his parents had gotten married. After Frost's father had died in 1885, he moved with his family to New England where he attended Lawrence High School. "Frost had published several poems in the school magazine and was named class poet." (Bloom p.12) "He graduated in 1892, sharing valedictorian honors with Elinor White, to ... p. 13) As Frost was continuing to write poetry, he began to pursue what would be a life long career as a part-time college teacher. He and his family moved between teaching posts in New Hampshire, Vermont, and many other places. "In the course of his lifetime, Frost was recognized with more than 17 honorary degrees from prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and England. He continued to ...
- 15863: Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
- ... been linked statistically to the use of other illicit drugs....Most observers have concluded that the link is sociological rather than biological and...marijuana is a marker for individuals who are more prone to seek new experiences even when these violate social norms and local laws." Andrews related that "sensational newspaper stories relating...to crime is generally held to be accountable for the sudden enactment of a law prohibiting its use ... is considered a hallucinogen, a Schedule 1 drup, under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (O'Brien, Cohen, Evans, and Fine, 177). A Schedule 1 drug means there is no known medical use. Recently "a new drug application was approved for THC (Marinol) to be used therapeutically for control of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy" (Jaffe, 663). This moved THC from Schedule 1 to 2 (medical use despite potential ...
- 15864: Reverence
- ... abortion and by seeing God's plan through his daughter. Reverence is the attitude which can be designated as the mother of all moral life, for in it man first takes a position toward the world which opens his spiritual eyes and enables him to grasp values. Therefore, it is the mother of the moral life inasmuch as it allows a person to recognize what is good and worthy of honor ... German poet Goethe, for whom "the soul of the Christian religion is reverence." From this story I learned that reverence allows us to escape the dreary preoccupation of being a truncated self inhabiting the cramped world of self-interest. I also learned that there are two kinds of irreverence. The first involves pride and the second springs from lust or selfish desire, what the Scholastics referred to as "concupiscence".
- 15865: Can Manufactured Bands Ever be Classified as 'Good' Art? The Effect of the Market on the Construction of Music
- ... have invested. And when that sum is reached, will they still be around or will the public have gone crazy about another four or five sexy-looking boys who are essentially no different, just something new? Apart from the dubious financial situation, the band have absolutely no say in what they want their sound to be like. After the recording of the single (which, incidentally the band had no hand in ... in this venture lies not in the music but in the management. The question is, is management an art.? References: BBC Omnibus Documentary on the Process of Manufacture of Upside Down, 1996 LEDA Circuit on New Opportunities for Employment Creation through the Cultural Sector, 1995 Phil Saxe's Notes on Marketing Strategies
- 15866: Family, Marriage, and Gender Roles
- Family, Marriage, and Gender Roles At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. The individual's identity, his or her dreams, in large part depend on the family of origin or a family of choice. The individual is shaped through beliefs, values, and assumptions that the family holds about the world and that are based on family member's experiences and collective memory. The family itself, in turn derives its values from the social, cultural, political, and philosophical assumptions and beliefs of the larger, and more ...
- 15867: The Sound of A Voice
- ... man’s life than the women would be left alone again and not have any love in her life. She constantly begs the man for his companionship. She talks about all the sounds in the world and how they keep her happy. We find that everyone believes she is a witch and wants to kill her. The woman is desperately trying to reach out to someone. She needs to be loved ... gives up trying to make herself happy and find love. She knows that she is a prisoner just as the flowers and the flute. They too are seeking to reach out to someone. However, the world is cold and negligent. Everyone’s ignorance drives her to finally hang herself. Only then does the man discover the true meaning of the need of love when he enters a lonely dark room. The ...
- 15868: Who is Amelia Sedley?
- ... aimed at. It is a tale of two heroines, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, who have just graduated from a school for young ladies. They are heading in the same coach to finally explore the world. Becky is rebellious and low-born and is set to make her way by her wits. On the other hand, the innocent, gently-reared Amelia has been perfectly finished for her entry into society. She ... novel without a hero refers to two heroines with a respective capacity to twist men around their little finger. Vanity Fair has served a purpose to make love and devotion ridiculous, to laugh at the world and to tear away its many masks of different people. Thackeray did not intend to make Amelia perfect in any way, but instead to create her as a normal human and give her faults and ...
- 15869: Thailand: My Perspective
- Thailand: My Perspective Visiting countries in different regions of the world was something I experienced while serving in the U.S. Navy. I was given the opportunity to observe diverse cultures and religions as well as frolic with the natives during my port visits overseas. Furthermore ... an exciting place to visit. The Monsoon forests play a big part in the humidity in the climate in Southeast Asia that gives you the remarkable jungle-like atmosphere. Traveling to this part of the world opened my eyes to the reality of preserved culture I wasn’t aware still existed today. The Population of Thailand is primarily rural. This village, or moonban, is typical of the kind of community in ...
- 15870: Gattaca The Movie And Discrimi
- ... tested on their skills or knowledge but on their physical and mental possibilities. The same society also used derogatory terms for people like Anton. Just because his parents decided that he would come into the world naturally instead of through gene therapy or alteration. Terms like faith birth and invalid were used against Anton. I think gene therapy has it promises, but when used in the fashion as it was used ... to be a social outcast in friendships also? The second rate swimmer so depressed by being second in a race almost committed suicide, what about him? The movie never revealed how poor nations around the world dealt with eventually becoming a nation of an inferior human race. The movie pretty much shows how Hitler s plan of creating a perfect human race would be like. The movie does show some positives ...
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