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- 2251: Beowulf - Norse Mythology
- The Norse World In Beowulf, many beliefs had to do with Norse mythology, from the way they buried their dead to their thoughts on war and violence. In Norse mythology, a person’s honor depends on the way they die; a hero proves himself by dying while fighting the forces of evil, not by conquering it. (Hamilton, 444). Beowulf becomes a hero by dying while fighting the dragon. In most religions, Mythology is used to explain the world in which a person lives. For the Anglo-Saxons, the world was filled with war and violence. Norse mythology explains the world, and justifies the kind of people that they are. The gods and goddesses live in a hostile environment filled with war and violence. As Yves Cohat said, "Viking gods (Norse Gods), like the individuals who created them, were violent, ardent, and passionate. They displayed the qualities the Vikings valued in themselves-brutality, anger, lust, humor, ...
- 2252: Jane Adams
- ... Addams was "busy with the old question eternally suggested by the inequalities of the human lot."(Pg.47 Ch.1) There were not many inequalities in Cedarville, but even there were poverty and frustration: the war widows, the desolate old couple who had lost all five of their sons, the farmers who were victims of the postwar depression, and the newcomers who could never really get started. And when she visited ... He was also a local political leader who served for sixteen years as an Illinois state senator from 1854 -1870. A friend and admirer of Abraham Lincoln, John also fought as an officer in the Civil War. He was quiet and hard working and had a hatred of tyranny and injustice in the world. At the age of seven years old, a new woman entered the life of Jane Addams. Her ...
- 2253: What Went Wrong: An Examination of Separation of Church and State
- ... of Separation of Church and State By the middle of the 20th Century, the United States had emerged as a world power. It accomplished this through its leadership in defeating Germany and Japan in World War II. These two countries' main objective was to enslave the world and destroy political, religious, and economic freedom. In Germany or Japan, anyone who disagreed with these goals, or was different was destroyed. This was ... of Jesus' mission on Earth, and that the Declaration “laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity. Adams stressed that the major impact of the Revolution was that Christian principles and civil government were connected in an “indissoluble” bond. (Barton, America's p.17) Why is the Supreme Court blind to such evidence as this? John Quincy Adams was an extremely well educated man, so he is ... have vanished, because of their religious nature. For example, history textbooks for 150 years contained a story about George Washington that most adults today have never heard. It takes place during the French and Indian War, and a young colonel of the Virginia militia, by the name of George Washington, had joined forces with the British General Braddock. Their Goal was to march on Fort Duquesne, which is now Pittsburgh. ...
- 2254: The American Revolution
- The American Revolution “The Revolution was effected before the war commenced, it was in the minds and hearts of the people.” (Medvedev 1). There were many reasons that the colonists became so impassioned for their independence. Although these reasons were mostly rooted in economic issues, the war was fought over both economic reasons as well as political repression. The major issues leading to the war, however, were economic ones. During salutary neglect, the colonies basically had the freedom to govern themselves. This allowed them to develop their own economic system, and establish a trade system beneficial to the colonies. ...
- 2255: Beowulf And Norse Mythology
- The Norse World In Beowulf, many beliefs had to do with Norse mythology, from the way they buried their dead to their thoughts on war and violence. In Norse mythology, a person’s honor depends on the way they die; a hero proves himself by dying while fighting the forces of evil, not by conquering it. (Hamilton, 444). Beowulf becomes a hero by dying while fighting the dragon. In most religions, Mythology is used to explain the world in which a person lives. For the Anglo-Saxons, the world was filled with war and violence. Norse mythology explains the world, and justifies the kind of people that they are. The gods and goddesses live in a hostile environment filled with war and violence. As Yves Cohat said, “Viking gods (Norse Gods), like the individuals who created them, were violent, ardent, and passionate. They displayed the qualities the Vikings valued in themselves-brutality, anger, lust, humor, ...
- 2256: Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990's
- ... s saw the pendulum swing against the women's movement. Violent acts against women who sought abortions became common and the government was unsympathetic to the victims. There are parallels between the Southern Black's civil rights movement and the women's movement: Blacks have long been accustomed to the white government being unsympathetic to violent acts against them. During the civil rights movement, legal action seemed only to come when a white civil rights activist was killed. Women are facing similar disregard presently, and their movement is truly one for civil rights. A national campaign by the National Organization of Women began on 2 March 1984, demanding ...
- 2257: The Aviary, the Aquarium, and Eschatology
- ... world might start a chain reaction of panic, which could possibly serve as a trigger for the eschaton. On the other hand, people inside the government might be wanting to set up a kind of civil defense network vis a vis the eschaton, and so they would be looking for people on the outside who could much more freely network among the general public. An important link in the communication chain ... his Psi-Tech work, Alexander currently heads a research project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, focused on "non-lethal" military technology. "Non- lethal" in the conventional parlance refers to methods of eroding an enemy's war-making capabilities without the excessive death and destruction that could possibly harden an enemy's resolve to fight, or cause a moral revulsion in our own population that could weaken political resolve to continue a war until U.S. military objectives could be achieved. Wiping-out enemy radars and communication electronics through powerful electromagnetic pulses (EMP) is one type of non-lethal weapon, spraying roads and railroad tracks with a ...
- 2258: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... the region that it would remain pro-American. The Guatemalan adventure can be seen as another of the factors that lead the American government to believe that it could handle Casto. Before the Second World War ended, a coup in Guatemala saw the rise to power of Juan Jose Ar,valo. He was not a communist in the traditional sense of the term, but he ". . . packed his government with Communist Party ... control of the invading force. With its success in Guatemala, CIA had the confidence that it could now take on anyone who interfered with American interests. In late 1958 Castro was still fighting a guerilla war against the corrupt regime of Fulgencio Batista. Before he came to power, there was an incident between his troops and some vacationing American troops from the nearby American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. During the ... invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also the height of the cold war, to back out now would mean having groups of Cuban exiles travelling around the globe saying how the Americans had backed down on the Cuba issue. In competition with the Soviet Union, backing out ...
- 2259: The History of General Motors
- ... changed from a holding company to an operating company, with all divisions but Saturn already in place. In the same year, GM also incorporated General Motors of Canada Limited. 1919: POSTWAR BUYING SPREES During World War I, the auto industry halved domestic production in favor of an outpouring of weaponry and military vehicles. The new Cadillac V-8 became the standard military vehicle in the U.S. army, and GM delivered 90 percent of its trucks, along with many armored cars and other specialized military vehicles, for war use. In 1919, in response to pent-up postwar demand, GM set up a financing arm that would help buyers purchase cars in installments. By 1920, the General Motors Acceptance Corporation's installment plan helped ... the assembly line on January 11, 1940. But just as people were adjusting to prosperity after the Depression, auto production hit another roadblock. Early in 1942, a few weeks after the United States entered World War II, the U.S. government halted civilian car production. (The last cars produced before production stopped included chromeless "blackout" models.) GM turned all its operations, from Canada to Australia, into a vast international network ...
- 2260: Welfare In The U.s.
- ... resembled the English system. Social governments were responsible for helping the poor. But the colonies and later the states, sometimes helped the local government provide aid. The first federal welfare program, began after the Revolutionary War, they provided pensions to war veterans. During the Civil War these pensions were expanded to cover soldiers' widows and orphans. In the early 1900's, primary responsibility for providing welfare benefits shifted from local to state governments. During these years, states enacted programs ...
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