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- 1321: Crabs For the Crabber
- Crabs For the Crabber Would you like to learn how to make around two hundred dollars a day for going out in the boat and crabbing for a few hours? Once you gain the experience of a commercial crabber, you can earn as much as you want. All it takes is a little ... not used often, so that the public will not rob a few of your traps for their dinner. After you feel that all of your traps are in good places you can retire for the day. The next day, you should get an early start. Make sure that you have plenty of gasoline, boxes to put the crabs in, your overalls, and gloves. I would also recommend that you bring bait to put ...
- 1322: Violence And Pornography
- ... society saw it as perverted and sinful, it was still considered relatively harmless. Today there is one case studie, standing out from the rest, that tends to shatter this illusion. The study done my Monica D. Weisz and Christopher M. Earls used “eighty-seven males . . . that were randomly shown one of four films”, by researchers William Tooke and Martin Lalumiere: “Deliverance, Straw Dogs, Die Hard II, and Days of Thunder”, for ... point by her boss, who threatened her with death (Itzin 22). Ms. Marchiano did escape and when her story was told, it was repeated by a number of women in the pornography business. According to D’Arcy Jenish many children are lured into the pornography industry by choosing first to model. These young teen’s egos are boosted when they are told “[they have good bodies]”, and are asked “if they ... life(125). comment? Of all the studies and examples from real life situations connecting pornography with violent behavior and sexual aggressiveness, none are more concrete than the activities the Serbian military are part of every day now in the Bosnian war. Part of the “ethnic cleansing” process the Serbs are practicing in Bosnia involves the gang-raping of all Muslim and Croatian women. Andrea Dworkin states that it is mandatory ...
- 1323: Kate Chopins The Awakening
- ... nurse. Leonce smokes a cigar and watches as his wife, Edna, and young Robert Lebrun, Mrs. Lebrun's son, slowly stroll from the beach. He urges Edna to swim at a cooler time of the day after he notes her sunburn. He invites Robert to play some billiards at Klein's hotel, but Robert prefers to stay and talk with Edna. Edna is handsome, engaging woman. Robert is a clean-shaven ... the cool water. The lady in black reads religious literature on a bathhouse porch. Noting Edna's thoughtful silence, Adele implores her to reveal her thoughts. Edna replies that the sea reminds her of a day when she walked through a large meadow in Kentucky, spreading out her arms to touch the waist-high grass. Edna imagines that she was avoiding her father's stern Sunday Presbyterian services. She conformed to ... business with a broker. Adele promptly returns home because her husband hates to be left alone. Robert bids her good-bye after the put Etienne to bed. Edna remarks that they have been together all day. Waiting for Leonce to return, Edna realizes that she is different from the person she was before the beginning of the summer. She wonders why Robert did not stay with her because he did ...
- 1324: Hinduism
- ... A man named Chaitanya came into power and claimed to have a god reincarnated inside of him. In the 19th century, movements to reconcile traditional Hinduism with the social reforms and political ideas of the day took place. Many people where sent out to Europe and Asia preaching and spreading the religion. Throughout all these periods of time, the religion mutated and changed to fit with the times and as it ... they must offer food, flowers, and incense to the deity, as well as say the appropriate recitations of sacred words or text. Festivals Certain festival days are celebrated throughout the Hindu society on a fixed day according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar. One festival is Dipavali, the "Festival of Lights" occurring in October and November. On this day lamps are placed around the house to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. Holi, a spring festival in February and March, is a day of fun making, involving temporary suspension of a persons class ...
- 1325: John Kennedy
- J O H N F I T Z G E R A L D K E N N E D Y Throughout the history of the United States there have been few great presidents. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of these great presidents, maybe even the greatest. He led an extraordinary life and influenced the ... president. JFK won his election in November 1960. At age 43 he was the youngest man ever elected president. He was also the first Roman Catholic President. John was inaugurated in January 1961, succeeding Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kennedy won the Electoral College Vote by three hundred votes to Nixon's two hundred nineteen. Senator Byrd won fifteen votes. John was also the first Television President. In his Inaugural Address Kennedy ...
- 1326: Mccarthyism
- ... race would be for the primary. Joe's campaign used lots of money, along with a dash of luck. He sent letters and postcards to almost everyone in Wisconsin, made half a dozen speeches a day, and attacked La Follette ruthlessly. Luck happened to be on his side when his opponent chose to sit on his laurels, and only campaigned for a few weeks. McCarthy just barely won the GOP nomination ... subject to put his name in the headlines and to use as a base for his reelection in 1952. He found his next subject one night in early 1950, at the Colony Restaurant in Washington, D. C. Among his dinner guests was Father Edmund A. Walsh. McCarthy talked with his guests for a while, before bringing up the subject of the need for an issue. The group discarded quite a few ... unedited clips from the hearings to show the fraud in McCarthy. Over the span of thirty-six days and testimony was heard from thirty-two witnesses. Joe kept up his attacks, which gradually weakened. Every day, millions of viewers tuned into see McCarthy pointing his finger yet again at another man. McCarthy was obviously slipping, but he didn't give up. Then, when he was attacking an associate of Joseph ...
- 1327: Coca-Cola and its Evolution
- ... and answer session, a history of Coca-Cola, and many other elements(Oliver 131). The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970's, "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke"(CokeMANIA). The change to the world's best selling soft drink was heard by 81 percent of the United States population within twenty-four hours of the announcement. Within a week of the change, one thousand calls a day were flooding the company's eight hundred number (1-800-GET-COKE). Most of the callers were shocked and/or outraged, many said that they were considering switching to Pepsi. Within six weeks, the eight hundred number was being jammed by six thousand calls a day. The company also fielded over forty thousand letters, which were all answered and each person got a coupon for the new Coke. A retired Air Force officer, explained in a letter to the Coca- ...
- 1328: Go Ask Alice
- ... te meet her. Alice has also trouble with her weight. When her father gets a new job, she's very excited because they're going to move to a different town. But as the moving day draws near, she feels afraid, and sorry to leave the house she always lived in. It takes Alice a long time to make friends at her new school. First she goes out with a girl ... at her school who does not use drugs. On her birthday (September 20) Joel surpri ses her by coming to see her. She feels that, together with Joel, her future will be happy. The following day she decides to stop keeping a diary. Epilogue Three weeks after the last entry in the diary, Alice dies of an overdose drugs. Nobody knows exactly what happened. 5. The book is about a girl ... of a diary, so you see everything through the eyes of Alice. It's a very good book, because it so realistic. The book is written chronological. She writes every evening what was happen that day. D Go ask Alice is based on a real diary of a girl who died at the age of 17, probably of an overdose of drugs. She is not named in the book, but ...
- 1329: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - Character Study of Walter Mitty
- ... his wife to get some things done. Throughout this story Walter Mitty shows that he is very forgetful and a really stubborn man with a vivid imagination. He is constantly being distracted, and starts to day dream often. There are a few hints in this story that show Walter Mitty is very forgetful. Most of this is probably caused by his constant day dreaming throughout this trip into town and not concentrating too hard on what he's doing. Once Walter Mitty had dropped off his wife for her hair appointment, he began to do his shopping. Walter ... him to put his gloves on, then Walter Mitty puts them on, but when his wife is out of site he took them off immediately. The most obvious trait of Walter Mitty is his constant day dreaming. Throughout the whole story, Walter Mitty is being distracted easily by everyday events. His dreams turn these simple events into wild fantasies such as being a surgeon, bomber pilot and a captain of ...
- 1330: Anorexia Nervosa
- ... restoration. All Anorexic sufferers should also undergo long-term psychotherapy (Matthews 36-38). Anorexia Nervosa is a very real disorder and I believe it results from both roles of parents and social interactions. If we’d quit trying to get people to fit this perfect mold, maybe disorders like Anorexia wouldn’t be present today. I know first-hand that this disorder is real, for I’ve known someone who’s ... weight. I do not believe the psychological symptoms ever fully go away. Even though my friend is perfectly normal weight again, she frequents the doctor often. Anorexia Nervosa is an unusual disorder and to this day is still not fully defined in medical terms. Who can really know if we’ll ever find the origin and reason for this disorder? I think the only thing we can do as society, role models, and parents is to be accepting of all people and not set unrealistic goals. We need to allow ourselves to break the mold of this devastating disorder. Works Cited Alexander-Mott, L., & Lumsden, D.B. (1994). Understanding Eating Disorders. Washington, D.C.: Taylor & Francis. Gordon, R.A. (1990-1992). Anorexia and Bulimia: Anatomy of a Social Epidemic. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers Inc. Matthews, J.R. (1991). Library in a ...
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