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- 16241: Michael Jordan
- ... that he was the best to step foot on a court. Recently, His ‘Airness’, as he was dubbed, retired from the game of basketball. This development could mean any number of things to the basketball world. One thing that could happen is that with the loss of its most talented player, the NBA could crumble, but that is what they said would happen when Larry Bird and Magic Johnson left the ... on a golf game now an again. Since his retirement, the public has been adorned with the articles and publications all saying the same thing over and over again. They all wonder what the sporting world will do without Michael Jordan, what will become of basketball and how will the sport cope with the loss of it’s most influential star. But that is not what this article is truly about ...
- 16242: Hemophilia
- ... or fresh frozen plasma. This way was not completely effective because the body cannot hold the large amount of fluid that was needed to provide enough clotting factor. But in the early 1970's a new way of treatment was made available. The clotting factor became widely available in a new concentrated freezed form (factor VIII and factor IX). This led to hemophiliac's being able to give self-infusions at home, work, school, or anywhere else. Earlier, hemophilia wasn't easily treated, but recent advancements ...
- 16243: Stephen Crane
- ... as object for sympathy from the reader, but rather as a display of non-popular foreign ideas and actions. The Swede's inability to adjust and blend into "society" as a whole brings him a world of troubles, which reach their exciting end in a place that, ironically, was established for the “society” of the town. The transformations used in “The Blue Hotel” reveals some interesting facts about how the dramatic ... sense of the cruel realities that each of us faces. Thus, it is only through trusting "the God of [one’s] inner thoughts” that one can hope to cope with and survive in this brutal world.
- 16244: Woodstock 2
- ... original idea was to promote a rcording studio. To promote the idea they would have a concert. After a search for a big enough space they rented a field from a local dairy farmer. Upsate New York was ready. The city, the country, and the state officials knew what to expectand felt confident the could handle traffic, crowd control, sanitation, medical emergencies and unexpected problems. Woodstock Rock Festival took place near Woodstock, New York, on August 15, 16,and17, 1969. Woodstock became a sybol of the 1960's counterculture and a milestone in rock history. Among those attending were members of the counterculture, who were often referred to ...
- 16245: Crystals: Does Surface Tension Affect the Process of Crystallization?
- ... Encarta 95, Microsoft, Seattle, 1995. "Crystals", Encarta 95, Microsoft, Seattle,1995. http://www.hamptonresearch.com/crystalgrowth.htm "Surface Tension", Encarta 95, Microsoft, Seattle, 1995. Smoot, Robert C., Richard G. Smith, Jack Price, Chemistry, McGrawl-Hill, New York, New York, 1998.
- 16246: Elizabeth
- ... house of Tudor, begins her rule of the English Empire on a wobbly footing. With the likes of the Duke of Norfolk and up even to as high as the Vatican itself, plotting against the new Queen, and Elizabeth’s personal endeavors complicating her rule, Elizabeth must choose wisely in her actions so not to lose her throne or her head. Biding by the advice of her trusted counsel including her ... part period piece, part power struggle, part love story. This film has the elements of a classic film. It is, as a whole, riveting, accurate, and educational. Play the Role of a Reviewer for the New Yorker: Consider: (a) What was left out? Much of Elizabeth’s latter rule was left out, instead the film opted to tell the story behind her rise to power, and he she eventually gained a ...
- 16247: Animal Farm
- ... pig who is very old. He has seen the lifestyle the animals live and is dissatisfied with it. He creates a government ideology called animalism which represents communism. He is the Karl Marx of this world. Napoleon He is a large, fierce looking Berkshire boar, who is not much of a talker. He uses animalism only to increase his power and the dogs to terrorize the other animals. Napoleon symbolizes the dictator Joseph Stalin in this world. Snowball He is a pig that fights with Napoleon over the power on the farm. He is a very energetic, eloquent speaking, brilliant leader who organizes the defense of the farm. Napoleons jealousness of him ...
- 16248: Growing Up GAY
- “The unprecedented growth of the gay community in recent history has transformed our culture and consciousness, creating radically new possibilities for people to ‘come out’ and live more openly as homosexuals”(Herdt 2). Before the 1969’s Stonewall riot in New York, homosexuality was a taboo subject. Research concerning homosexuality emphasized the etiology, treatment, and psychological adjustment of homosexuals. Times have changed since 1969. Homosexuals have gained great attention in arts, entertainment, media, and politics. Yesterday ...
- 16249: Daily Life of the Aztecs
- ... and droughts. In Tenochtitlan every man was either a warrior or wished to be a warrior. A boy was dedicated to war at his birth. He was told that he was brought in to this world to fight. When they were ten years old, the boys had their hair cut off with a lock left on their necks; they were not allowed to cut this lock off until they caught a ... The Aztecs would sacrifice people in order to keep the sun rising everyday. Human sacrifice was used because it was said that the blood from a human was the only thing that could save the world and the people in it. The god Quetzacoatl would not allow human sacrifice, so his followers would sacrifice snakes and birds instead. There were differences in the kinds of houses in this society. The emperors ...
- 16250: Sacraments According To St. Th
- ... common, visible symbols or sacraments were shared. Although the sacraments are external practices, they signify and invoke spirituality in man8. The salvation of man is determinant upon the sacraments: man can only grasp the spiritual world through what he perceives with his senses of the physical world, God is the principle agent of a sacrament's interior effects9. Aquinas argues that baptism was instituted after Christ's Passion, citing Romans 6:3: All we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized ...
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