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- 371: Personal Writing: Jim Thomson's House
- ... this house that was limestone beheaded Buddha sculpture, was found in 6 th century. She led us to see a printing block for making sarong, the top of it was a ruler that made in China and below the block, there were Chinese a fish bow and a garden seat which can be the heater by putting hot coals inside the seat. Then she introduced "Benjarong" that consist of five primary colors, they are black, white, yellow, green and red.This thing was made for Thai royal in 17-19 century. Above the second shelf, I saw a lotus shaped wine cup that came from China. Another shelf, there were Chinese potteries; a white elephant and a ivory bird which symbolized to good fortune. Next, she suggested a door used to be the temple's shutter . In this section, I hate ...
- 372: The Joy Luck Club
- The Joy Luck Club is the stories of four families that migrated from mainland China in the last generation. It is the story of four mother-daughter relationships in the United States and the story of the four mothers lives in a repressive and sexist Chinese society. These stories are ... real life families as they go through the process of assimilation. The four women, Suyan, Lindo, Ying Ying, and An Mei came to America many years ago to escape the social and political turmoil in China. Now, however, Suyan has died and the three other members of the club invite her daughter June to take her place. June belongs to the new generation, to those of Chinese heritage who grew up ...
- 373: George Orwells 1984
- ... Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania consists of the Americas, the Atlantic Islands, Australia and South Africa; Eurasia is made up of Northern Europe and Asia, extending from Portugal to the Bering Strait; and Eastasia consists of China and the countries south of it, Japan, Manchuria, Mongolia and Tibet. Oceania, where the book is set, is run by a totalitarian government, led by the socialist leader, Big Brother. In this state, all thoughts ... Americas, Australia, and the Atlantic Islands (including the British Isles.) (Orwell) These countries were, and still are, democratic nations, and not, as Orwell had predicted, socialist totalitarian states. Although the U.S.S.R. and China were similar to Oceania politically in the 1980's, they form part of Neo-Bolshevist Eurasia and Death-Worship Eastasia, respectively, not totalitarian Oceania. Orwell's division of the super-states is more like that ...
- 374: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
- ... expressed both, through their poetry. Confucianism is based on the ideas of Confucius, the man who gave the school of thought its name. The main goal of Confucianists was to return a gentlemanly society to China. The core of Confucianism concerned social structure. Confucius taught that a man should respect and obey those of higher rank than himself, whether they be the father of a family, or the emperor of a ... ancient ideas in Chinese philosophy. The first known Taoist master was the ancient figure Lao Tzu. Perplexed by Chinese politics in his day, Lao Tzu planned to leave Chinese society for the wilderness of western China. But, before he could do this, he was stopped by a man who asked him to write down all of his ideas and beliefs. The result was the Tao Te Ching, or the Book of ...
- 375: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... present in only a few varieties of cannabis and in much smaller quantities. A native of central Asia, cannabis may have been cultivated as much as ten thousand years ago. It was certainly cultivated in China by 4000 B.C. and in Turkestan by 3000 B.C. It has long since been used as a medicine in China, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and India for malaria, constipation, rheumatic pins, absent-mindedness , and female problems , to quicken the mind, to induce sleep, dysentery and fevers. The medical use of cannabis was already ...
- 376: Welcome To The Monkey House
- ... story was "All the King's Horses". This story is the product of the Cold War of the early 1950's when Americans were becoming more and more suspicious of the Soviet Union and of China. The Sort describes a battle between a group of Americans, led by Colonel Kelley, and Pi Ying, a Chinese guerilla leader. The Americans were the victims of a plane crash in China. Ying brings Kelley, his wife, his 2 sons, and twelve American soldiers to a hideout where he offers the Colonel one chance to save all their lives. The chance is that he must uses the ...
- 377: Oscar Wilde
- ... wore long hair and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as his academic ability. His rooms were filled with various objets d'art such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china. Wilde frequently confided that his greatest challenge at University was learning to live up to the perfection of the china. Wilde won numerous academic prizes while studying there, including the Newdigate Prize, a coveted poetry award, for his poem Ravenna. In 1879 Wilde moved to London to make himself famous. He set about establishing himself ...
- 378: Conversation With A Doctor
- ... out to - - had left it as a gift. Then we saw that the wallpaper was gone, and they had painted the wall light blue, and everything else was changed. For example we had a big china cabinet with some antique dishes in it, and it was gone. There was a new table, sort of modern, and even the microwave was different. They left the stove, though. But they took away our ... there that I don't like. He wears contacts, blue ones. His real eyes are brown. They look honest, at first, but if you look hard enough at the veins they look like cracks in china. The iris are like wood and then the pupils are like a hole straight into his brain only you see nothing but there is something there, just there's no light to see it with ...
- 379: Historical Analysis On 1920s
- ... These hooded cowards were the cause of agony, torment, and death to many blacks and other targeted immigrants. The 1920's had a massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigrants were largely from Italy, Russia, China, and Ireland. There was mixed reaction to these incoming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of, and hostile towards these new groups. If there was one ... enemy soldiers). In one week in October, in Philadelphia, 4,600 people died. Despite the fact that it is called Spanish, this influenza, a type A disease, was a worldwide pandemic that probably originated in China. From there it hit Japan, then Europe, then America and Africa. It probably got its name in May of 1918, when a very large number of Spaniards died as a result of the disease. It ...
- 380: Business Planning
- ... one place in Cyprus for foreign and local students. Nicosia has over 20 colleges and 1 university. The foreign students are mostly from Arab countries, such as Jordan; Lebanon, Syria as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and a big proportion are coming from Russia. Most of the F&B operations and clubs are working mostly with the local market. In discussions we had with managers of the certain industry, the main ... ASSETS Our current assets, is the stock that will be left in the building after we take it over. These includes chairs and tables, 3 computerised cash dispensers, 3 air-conditions, kitchen equipment, glassware and china, wooden blinds, alcoholic beverages and other decorative equipment all coming to the cost of £15,600. TOTAL The total of our company's assets is estimated to be £115,800. At the end of the ...
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