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- 2481: Nine Stories
- J D Salinger wrote Nine Stories with the same brilliance as Catcher In The Rye. His style is so unique and complex that all of his short stories are truly enjoyable. Two of those stories are ^A perfect day for a bananafish^ and ^For Esme with love and squalor.^ The main characters in both of these stories, Seymour and Sargent X, have served in World War II, and the fighting has taken its toll ... the war has caused is carried over into their lives, and it caused these men to search for new forms of comfort and security, in the respective forms of Sybil and Esme. In ^A perfect day for a bananafish,^ Muriel and her husband Seymour have different perspectives of life. Muriel is a carefree and complacent person, while her husband is quite strange and slightly paranoid. His paranoia is illustrated when ...
- 2482: Commander In Chief Franklin De
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President of the United States of America, held the highest leadership position in this country. What set him apart from other leaders is that he held this office during the most trying times ... or Stalin.(Pg. 1) During post-war reflection, it has been documented that in fact many of the great battle plans were born of his mind including the battle that is now referred to as D-Day. His subordinates knew what he was capable of and followed him for this reason. To them he was the Supreme Leader. So far the leaders I have discussed were held in close confidence with ...
- 2483: Csis
- ... Service and recommended that a civilian service would be in a better position to carry out security intelligence functions and the RCMP should deal with criminal matters only. Finally, in 1984 the government of the day passed Bill C-157 in June and the CSIS was officially born on July 16, 1984. The CSIS Act also created a Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) which is responsible for reviewing the CSIS and ... a threat to the country. Those departments and agencies have the responsibility to take direct action to counter these threats. Threats to Canada's security can be found in Section 2 a, b, c and d of the CSIS Act. In brief, the threats that CSIS is responsible for investigating are as follows: a) Espionage and Sabotage: Espionage is the acquiring by unlawful or unauthorized means information or assets on sensitive ... bombings or threats of bombs, assassinations are examples of political violence or terrorism. The act must have a political objective, (IE) to pressure a government into changing its policies on a certain issue or persons. d) Subversion: Activities intended to undermine or overthrow Canada's constitutionally established system of government by violence. CSIS POWERS In order to investigate and provide assessments on the above threats, the CSIS Act gave the ...
- 2484: Conversion To Christianity (pa
- ... a conversion it was merely a revelation, a transformation. "If Paul was 'converted' 'from' something 'to' something else, it certainly was not 'from' Judaism 'to' 'Christianity'. Paul continued to be a Jew to his dying day, a fact which most Christians nowadays choose to neglect and which many Jewish scholars find exasperating" (Wilson 61). Paul didn't really completely give up Judaism, he just realized that many of the practices were ... to play a large part in this. Bibliography Paul Bornkamm, Gunther. Paul. New York: Harper & Row, 1817. Deissmann, Adolf. Paul: A Study in Social and Religious History. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912. Freed, Edwind D. The Apostle Paul, Christian Jew. New York: University Press of America, 1994. Goodspeed, Edgar J. Paul. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1947. Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. Paul, A Critical Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Segal ... of Martin Luther. New York: A New American Library, 1950. Erikson, Erik H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1958. McGiffert, Arthur Cushman. Martin Luther, The Man and his Work. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1911.
- 2485: Constantine The Great
- ... Italy, Constantine is reported to have dreamed that Christ appeared to him and told him to inscribe the first two letters of his name XP in Greek on the shields of his troops. The next day he is said to have seen a cross superimposed on the sun and the words "in this sign you will be the victor". Constantine then defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, near ... people. Constantine, now looked upon the Christian deity as a bringer of victory. Persecution of the Christians was ended, and Constantine's co-emperor, Licinius, joined him in issuing the Edict of Milan 313 A.D., which mandated toleration of Christians in the Roman Empire. As guardian of Constantine's favored religion, the church was then given legal rights and large financial donations. A struggle for power soon began between Licinius ... scholars accept the sincerity of his religious conviction. His conversion was a gradual process; at first he probably associated Christ with the victorious sun god. By the time of the Council of Nicaea 325 A.D., however, he was completely Christian, but still tolerated paganism among his subjects. Although criticized by his enemies as a proponent of a crude and false religion, Constantine the Great strengthened the Roman Empire and ...
- 2486: Confucius And Confucianism
- ... disciples his ideas would probably still be unknown. Confucius never wrote anything down himself; his disciples wrote all of his sayings down in a collection of books called the Analects. These contain all that modern day man knows about Confucius. There existed two important Confucian philosophers-Mencius (390-305 BC) and Xunzi (mid 200's B.C.). They held beliefs similar to Confucius but they were somewhat different. Mencius's viewpoint ... to live in harmony with nature. Beginning in the 200's B.C. Buddhism and Taoism began to affect and reshape the standards of Confucianism, and things such as nature came into play. Around A.D. 200 to 600, there was a rapid decline in the Confucian Beliefs in China. This was partly because Confucianism now had to compete with Buddhism and Taoism, which were developed around this time. These religions were to Confucianism as night is to day, in other words, they were exact opposites. Buddhism and Taoism were largely concerned with the meaning of suffering and death, while Confucianism largely ignored these. The revival of Confucianism began around the 600's ...
- 2487: My Favorite Room
- My Favorite Room My Den is a great place to hang out, play some pool, or just get away from the stress of every day life. My Den offers superior sound and entertainment. It has no stress related items such as a telephone, computer, desk, and no pagers are allowed. This room represents fun and relaxation for all that enter ... so there are no interruptions. These are to insure a fun and relaxing time. My Den is a great place to hang out, play some pool, or just get away from the stress of every day life. It is almost impossible not to have a good time when you are in my den. Outline A. Introduction B. Why the den is a great place to hang out. C. Pooltable D. Get away from stress of everyday life. E. Closing paragraph
- 2488: Civil War 3
- ... as citizens of a common country. I want no one punished, treat them liberally all around. We want those people to return to their allegiance to the Union and submit to the laws." (Porter, David D., Campaigning with Grant. New York: The Century Co., 1897) Well with all of the formalitiesoutlined, the Generals and Admiral knew what needed to be done. Sherman returned to Goldsboro by steamer; Grant and Porter left ... was narrow; they (the soldiers) could see Richmond burn as they made their way across the JamesRiver and to the west. Grant had finally broke through and Richmond and Petersburg were finished on the second day of April. LINCOLN VISITS FALLEN RICHMOND On April 4th, after visiting Petersburg briefly, President Lincoln decided to visit the fallen city of Richmond. He arrived by boat with his son, Tad, and was led ashore ... Weitzel arrived, he asked the President whatto do with the conquered people. Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to say: "If I were in your place, I'd let 'em up easy, let 'em up easy" (Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4. New York: The Century Co., 1887). THE CHASE BEGINS ...
- 2489: Ovid The Poet
- ... of the time. Thus, at approximately at the age of twenty, Ovid launched into his career as poet. Up to this point, the poet's life was basically ho-hum. "Until the catastrophe in A.D. 8, when Augustus exiled him to Tomis on the Black Sea, Ovid's life appears to have been uneventful" (Luce 785). In the next years of his life, he married a total of three times ... by ancient critics, has not been preserved. His interest in mythology is reflected in his Heroides, or Epistulae Heroidum, 21 fictional love letters, mostly from mythological heroines to their lovers" (Redmond). "The commentator of his day, he presented most of his findings in the form of love elegies on themes from seduction to abortion, and distilled his professorial wisdom into the witty and comprehensive art of love" (Godolphin xxvi). Ovid's ... the time and the attitude of its people. His poems and writings left an impression in history that, maybe not completely accurate, was entertaining. In his middle period Ovid wrote The Metamorphoses in 8 A.D., his greatest poetic achievement. Using Greco-Roman mythology as the material of his 15 books and change as his theme, he particularly isolates love as the agent of change, love now seen in its ...
- 2490: Handgun Control in the United States
- ... protect themselves. V. Charts and Figures. A. Where Americans are spending all their money on protection. Handguns should be outlawed in the United States with the exception of law enforcement purposes. Two weeks before Christmas Day, 1987, 17 year-old Kendall Merriweather was shot and killed a few blocks from his high school in southeast Washington, D.C. Police arrested two teenage students who they believe killed Merriweather while trying to steal his "boom box" radio. A few days earlier, in Pasadena, Texas, a 14-year-old eight grader at Deepwater Junior ... who was permanently disabled in John Hickney's attempt to assassin-ate Ronald Regan in 1981 ( Morganthau 33). The Brady Bill is a common sensical and an ad-mittedly modest attempt to impose a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns, and to require local police agencies to make a "reasonable" effort to ensure that the buyer does not have a criminal record (Morganthau 34). But the bill ...
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