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- 7181: Standardization of the English Language
- ... of legal documents in place of Latin. The formal rules intended to keep the use of French in official capacities were not enough to combat the effects of the Black Death and the Hundred Years War between France and England, which both contributed greatly to the rise of English and fall of French. By the fourteenth century, English was again known by most people, although French was not forgotten, and the ...
- 7182: Definition of "Power"
- ... Germans, because of the control he had. People were either scared to stop this, or were brainwashed into believing it. Finally the U.S. had to step in and try to stop Hitler, and World War II broke out. But power is not all bad though. As was stated earlier, it is necessary in any group of people, and there will be struggle to achieve it--be it a country, a ...
- 7183: The Question of Equality
- ... the condition of their lives; all the rhetoric did not give them the sense of equality that they have now. This is something that cannot be taken away from them in the name of the civil liberties of the old establishment. Having known political equality, all the freedoms, let alone the freedom of expression, which were distorted in the old society, our people henceforth demand that all freedoms be considered under ...
- 7184: Building of Dwelling Houses in Estonia
- ... manage with the simplest things. That reminds me an article in the EE some time ago about a Finnish lady (naturally in Finland) completing or taking her doctor's degree. She was examining Finnish post-war modern house, it's morphology, the structure of the Finnish family, the connections between them and making conclusions which extend to this day. Those observations about architecture were much more smarter than those that the ...
- 7185: Basketball and Its History
- ... became standard. The game rapidly spread nationwide and to Canada and other parts of the world, played by both women and men; it also became a popular informal outdoor game. U.S. servicemen in World War II (1939-1945) popularized the sport in many other countries. A number of U.S. colleges adopted the game between about 1893 and 1895. In 1934 the first college games were staged in New York ...
- 7186: Viking Sailing Ships
- ... on the wind and the ship's large woolen sail for power. On rivers, rowers powered the ship. A Viking warship had between fifteen to over thirty pair of rowers. Not all Viking ships were war ships. Some were used to carry livestock or large cargoes of other merchandise to trade. They carried a crew of fifteen to twenty men. These ships were deep and wide and fifty- four feet long ...
- 7187: Native American Masks
- ... Cherokees maintained their use into the 20th century . Masks with human faces were used for several kinds of performances. Men wore warrior masks during ceremonies to strengthen them before battle , or to celebrate success in war. Human faced masks were also worn in the "Boogerman" dance . The Boogermen were a group of dancers that demonstrated unproper behavior through clothing and behaviors , in their performances . The snake mask was very important to ...
- 7188: The Christian Coalition: A Small Grassroots Organization or A Large Political Threat?
- ... Representatives in 1994. During this time he received a 100% rating from the Christian Coalition, based on a voting record which was affront to the separation of church and state, the environment and individual and civil liberties. This information plainly states that the Christian Coalition is a partisan organization who, to avoid losing their tax-exempt status, hide the real message and pretend to be non-partisan.
- 7189: The National Tobacco Agreement
- ... agreement and those made by the general public. But before we investigate these highlights, it is interesting to know just what began this compromise that has enveloped the nation in suspense and skepticism. Post World War I, smoking became popular with most individuals as there was a steep increase in tobacco sales. This can be accredited to various reasons with in the society of that time. A survey in 1950 revealed ...
- 7190: El Dia de Muerto
- ... the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, ritually presided by the "Lady of the Dead", and dedicated to the children and the dead. The rituals during this month also featured a festivity dedicated to the major Aztec war deity, "Sinister Hummingbird". In the Aztec calender, this ritual fell at the end of the Gregorian month of July and the beginning of August, but in the post-conquest era it was moved by Spanish ...
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