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- 4741: Beowulf: Heroism
- ... our Father in heaven, Ruler of the earth- for all of this, that his grace has given me…I sold my life for this treasure, and I sold it well." (Raffel, line 2794). Death in war was common and respected. This poem presents other examples of heroism, but at the same time it also contains the exact opposite, those who fell short; cowards. After the dragon has been defeated, the eleven deserting soldiers return to bear witness to the outcome. Wiglaf’s fiery speech displays the disgrace that cowardess brings. "..your lord gave you gifts…hunted across the world for the best weapons. War came and you ran like cowards…should Beowulf have boasted of your strength? With God’s good grace he helped himself…won his own revenge. The help that I gave him was nothing, but it ...
- 4742: Beowulf Society
- ... all things evil. The monster is a descendant of Cain, a bloodthirsty avenger of man and an outcast. Beowulf confronts this evil figure without any fear and without the aid of any manmade weapons of war. The strength of the wickedness is outmatched by the goodness and purity Beowulf. Only because Beowulf displayed no fear and used no weapon was he able to destroy this wicked force of destruction. The hero ... elements of a modern Hollywood film. The most important aspect of the poem, though, is the insight it gives us into middle age life. This poem most likely began as a tribute to a noble war hero, but it has become one of the greatest epics of all time.
- 4743: Floating Exchange Rates: The Only Viable Solution
- ... crises in Europe and elsewhere haven't ceased just because Hitler is no longer alive and the Berlin Wall has fallen. Overwhelming problems will at some point strike the system--we haven't advanced beyond war, mayhem and natural disasters--and there will be no solution but to leave the monetary regime, as has happened before (notably in World War II). People with money in the currency market know this, and knowing this, help to make it inevitable. One misconception about fixed exchange rates ought to be noted here: the difference between real and nominal ...
- 4744: Economic and Monetary Union of Europe
- ... into Swiss Francs. So far Switzerland has done quite well by not taking place in all events available. One reason why they are better off is that they didn't take place neither in World War I nor in World war II and therefore didn't have to rebuild everything. Some people expect that in a Unified Europe the standard of living in the richer countries will decrease while the people in poorer countries will fare ...
- 4745: Cola Wars
- ... be very complex. Many issues have to be resolved before a company can even consider entering uncharted foreign waters. This becomes very evident as one begins to study the international cola wars. The domestic cola war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi is still raging. However, the two soft-drink giants also recognize that opportunities for growth in many of the mature markets have slowed. Both Coca- Cola, which sold 10 billion ... country's market. Coke patriarch Robert Woodruff realized this 50 years ago and unleashed a brilliant ploy to make Coke the early bird in many of the major foreign markets. At the height of World War II, Woodruff proclaimed that Awherever American boys were fighting, they'd be able to get a Coke. By the time Pepsi tried to make its first international pitch in the 50s, Coke had already established ...
- 4746: The Bubble Economy of Japan
- The Bubble Economy of Japan The Economy of Japan had experience a tremendous growth since the end of the Korean war. The growth of GNP in 1967 and 1968 was above 10 % (double digit growth period) which exceed countries such as Britain, France and Germany. The economy experienced a boost is due to many reasons, such ... two distinct groups of company and it was very unhealthy for the white collar. This period of high exchange rate continues until the bubble burst. The decline of the bubble economy occurs during the Gulf war period, the economy in Japan was very quite and at the same time the government had tighten their policy. (Both tax policy and restriction in loans) As a result, the land speculation market and land ...
- 4747: A Pharmacist
- ... was twenty, he borrowed twenty dollars, and moved from Dixon, Illinois to Chicago. Throughout pharmacy school, he worked for pharmacies in the day and went to school at night. When the United States went to War with Spain in 1898, Walgreen was enlisted as a private. There were many diseases in Cuba, and Walgreen fell sick. The doctor was so sure that Walgreen was going to die, that he put Walgreen's name on the casualty list, and newspapers told of his death! When Walgreen returned from the war, he worked as a pharmacist for a man by the name of Isaac W. Blood. He later bought out Blood's pharmacy. Customer service was very important to Walgreen. Often, he would answer the phone ...
- 4748: First Amendment
- ... was the strongest objection to the ratification of the Constitution. Less than a decade after the Bill of Rights had been adopted it met its first serious challenge. In 1798, there was a threat of war with France and thousands of French refugees were living in the United States. Many radicals supported the French cause and were considered "incompatible with social order." This hysteria led Congress to enact several alien and ... 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove it, stating that, "The schools are no place for demonstrations." If the student refused ...
- 4749: Doublethink In 1984
- ... to society. Jurors decide guilt or innocence and putting guilty people in jail helps society by keeping people who ruin society off the streets. Some examples of doublethink in 1984 are the principles of ingsoc. War is Peace for example. To illustrate War is Peace we must look at the term keeping the peace. America, the world s savior, has a nasty habit of keeping the peace in foreign lands. What this really means is that we send ...
- 4750: Booker T. Washington
- ... William Howard Taft. Washington kept his white following by conservative policies and moderate utterances, but he faced growing black and white liberal opposition in the Niagara Movement (1905-9) and the NAACP (1909-), groups demanding civil rights and encouraging protest in response to white aggressions such as lynchings, disfranchisement, and segregation laws. Washington successfully fended off these critics, often by underhanded means. At the same time, however, he tried to translate his own personal success into black advancement through secret sponsorship of civil rights suits, serving on the boards of Fisk and Howard universities, and directing philanthropic aid to these and other black colleges. His speaking tours and private persuasion tried to equalize public educational opportunities and to ...
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