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- 3251: Sophocles
- In 495 B.C. there was a child born about a mile outside of Athens. This child was to be named Sophocles. He was a boy whose father was a wealthy merchant. He now had the opportunity to enjoy all of life's greatest expectations in the Greek empire. Being that he ...
- 3252: Money And Information
- ... sell it. Richard Stallman identified this anti-authoritarian stance; when asked if he thought that some hacking was undertaken in a spirit of political rebelliousness he replied: I dont see a connection directly with abuse of power by governments, but abuse of power on a smaller scale by sysadmins (system administrators) seems directly relevant (Stallman: email interview). He emphasised as a contributory factor behind hacking the behaviour of grass-roots system managers and administrators, and he ...
- 3253: Greek Tragedies
- ... people of the forest might be in turn helpful mischievous or sinister. In "Henry IV Part I", the king relates a folk legend that "some night-tripping fairy" might steal babies and leave a fairy child or someone else's child. People may have believed, or half-believed, in the fairies. They might also have been imaginary figures of fun that personify nature. Another kind of medieval play in contrast with Midsummer is Everyman it refers ...
- 3254: The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Oppression
- ... it (p. 630). This shows that from the beginning, the narrator can see something is wrong with this house. Her husband responds to her discomfort of the house as a father would respond to a child. John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in a marriage. This shows that women were not taken serious and their opinions were merely laughed at. One part of the house that could ... This along with the fact that he is her husband makes any opposition from the narrator seemingly impossible. To make matters worse, John treats the narrator not as his wife, but more as a helpless child. The narrator eventually acts childlike when she states, Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able,- to dress and entertain, and order things (p.632). This statement suggests ...
- 3255: Beethoven
- ... them get in the was of his kindheartedness and compassion, as he is quick to apologize when he is made aware of the situation. It is said that Beethoven was a very happy-go-lucky child. He often played tricks along with the other children of the Palace of Bonn. Beethoven s main family influences come from his Grandfather and his Mother, as he spoke of them very highly. Although his ... Ludwig. , Beethoven rarely spoke of him. Possibly because, despite the boy s needs, his father pushed him as a performing musician and therefore a source of income.(Cooper, 40) Even though Beethoven was not the child prodigy that Mozart was, he did exhibit an early expression of musical talent on the clavier. Beethoven s first concert is said to have been on March 26, 1778 in the musical academy room in ...
- 3256: The Industrial Revolution
- ... impossible. One relied on the other for subsistence and therefore this dependency gave the property owners an upper edge in terms of negotiating income and support. Since the proletariat owned nothing but his labour, his abuse was imminent at the hands of some ruthless bourgeoisie. Clearly, this revolution was not aiding all the citizenry of Western culture. Since European man had found a way to increase the amount of products being ... country life into a cornucopia of bustling cities filled with polluted factories is evidence of the influence of Industrialization. An influence so profound that the benefits were buried behind an avalanche of pain, poverty and abuse.
- 3257: El Nino La Nina
- ... Pacific's warm water flows toward the Americas. This giant mass of warm water flows over the colder water of the eastern Pacific. As this occurs, we get what is called El Nino, or the child. Its name ("the child") is derived from its arrival during the Christmas season. Typical weather patterns of El Nino include an increase in surface temperatures as well as an increase in cloud cover over the equator. Also, for unknown ...
- 3258: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... the use of all kinds of drugs. One of the detriments of tolerating drug use, according to this theory, is that is encourages the use of more and different drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse;s 1984 report to Congress cited no evidence to support the idea that drug use is hurting economic productivity. It said: "The fact is, very little is known about the complex relationship which undoubtedly exists between drug abuse, worker performance, and productivity, or the lack thereof.... Simply put, the number of unanswered questions currently far outnumbers the available answers." Nor is there any strong evidence that legalizing marijuana would increase use of the ...
- 3259: Crime and the Death Penalty
- ... The death penalty is also called for punishment of for: attempting to kill anyone investigating or prosecuting his or her activities; advising, directing, authorizing or assisting in the murder of someone. Also, The Anti-Drug abuse act of 1988 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. Along with that, The bill amending sec. 848 to controlled substances act calls for the death penalty or life imprisonment for certain ... put together it would be more painful then any kind of punishment. In 1995 Hart Research Associated Poll asked law enforcement officers what they thought would help the deteration of crime. 31% said reduce drug abuse; 17% said better economy and jobs; 16% simplify court rules; 15% longer prison sentence; 10% more police officers; 3% reducing guns; and 1% expand death penalty. There is some evidence, however that the death penalty ...
- 3260: Jury Nullification and Its Effects on Black America
- ... black defendants, the legislature's action might also have been viewed as a laudatory attempt to provide enhanced protection to those communities - largely black, according to the court's own statistics - who are ravaged by abuse of this potent drug... [I]f dealers in crack cocaine have their liberty significantly restricted, this will afford greater liberties to the majority of citizens who are the potential victims of drug dealing and associated ... black homicides were committed by other blacks."21 This phenomenon is only strengthened by the segregation which Butler reports. "In concentrating poverty, segregation acts simultaneously to concentrate anything that is correlated with poverty: crime, drug abuse, welfare dependency, single parenthood, and educational difficulties."22 It is only logical that if Blacks are surrounded by Blacks, when Blacks commit crimes, they will victimize Blacks. Although this segregation might be ascribed to whites ...
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