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- 20311: Sociology Essay
- ... from the coke bottle. Cultural traits and patterns start to change by using the coke bottle. The Bushmen now use the bottle to flatten animal skins, where before they used rocks and sticks. They create new sounds and symbols from the bottle. Their entire culture is beginning to change right before them. The Bushmen notice the development of hate and violence and decide to bury the bottle. With the bottle no ...
- 20312: WWII: Why did the U.S. get involved in the war?
- ... Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S., and the congress replied with its own declaration of war. At this time, the United States of America were full-fledged belligerent in World War II.
- 20313: Crucible Term Paper
- ... told us the stories of the lives of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams and others during the 1692 Witch Trials in Salem Massachusettes. The quiet Salem community was living happily in their own sleepy world, until several local girls fell ill as their sickness was blamed on witchcraft. John Proctor was a farmer in his middle thirties. He did not have to be a partisan of any faction in the ...
- 20314: Endangered Species
- ... bald eagle, pelicans, and roseate terns, lay thin-shelled as a result of ingesting degradation products of and some other chlorination hydrocarbon insecticides that make their way into the food chain. Species of salamanders in New England are dying out because the ponds in which they breed and the moist soil in which they must live are watered by acid rain (water that combines with pollutants in the air to form ...
- 20315: Jurassic Park
- ... with wildlife from the correct time frame. The only problem is that Hammond and the other creator of the island didn't think bout the effects of introducing extinct plants and animals into today's world. "If planting deadly ferns at poolside was any indication, then it was clear that the designers of Jurassic Park had not been as careful as they should have been." (86) The designers never considered what ...
- 20316: Archimedes
- ... the construction of a series of giant lenses used to magnify the sun^?s rays and set Roman ships a blaze. The theorems that Archimedes discovered and worked on raised Greek mathematics to a whole new level. He undertook difficult problems in both mechanics and mathematics with great preserverence. Archimedes^? theorems, postulates, and inventions are still part of society today. These are some of the reasons that some scolars rank him ...
- 20317: Arnold Schönberg
- ... modern music by establishing the 12-tone technique of SERIAL MUSIC as an important organizational device. After the end of the war, Schönberg founded the "Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen" (society for private music performances), a new forum for modern music. The goal was to create ideal preconditions for the performance of contemporary works. After Hitler's take-over in 1933, Schönberg was dismissed from the Berlin academy. He emigrated with his ...
- 20318: Arthur C. Clarke
- ... marriages in his books showing fluctuations in stability, though most marriages in his books do not end. In 1998 Clarke was knighted, an honor reserved to those who have made a significant impact on the world in some way. (www.lsi.usp) Clarke also is the chancellor of the University of Moratuwa. (www.slt.lk) There are many applicable quotes to describe Clarke and his work. But, the best quotes seem ...
- 20319: The Atrocities of the Vietnam War
- ... reality American soldiers had no larger purpose than amassing high body counts. The brutalizations that took place, because of the need for a high body count, are among the most atrocious the eyes of the world have ever seen. During the Vietnam War, the body count was the most important statistic to the U.S. Military command. The efforts to quantify the complexities of the war into simple numbers pervaded every ...
- 20320: Asher Lev
- ... Torah. He sent out a message that his first love was no longer the Master of the Universe, but rather art. Asher Lev's choices in this novel serve to estrange Asher from the only world he knew growing up, the Jewish community. The take him from being a boy who liked foolish drawings, to a man who would sacrifice anything to do what he loved.
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