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- 4501: The Australian Outback
- ... town in the Outback, which is very dry and has desert like surroundings. The Outback is behind times from the modern world, activities are very limited, for example, television is only on four hours a day and the park is miles away from the town. Most of the time children have to make up games or use their imagination to entertain themselves. They are far behind the modern world but the ... most people. It can be very relaxing, calm and a safe place. To visitors, Australians seem like the most laid back and friendly group of people. If some Americans could slow down and take life day-by-day, perhaps they would be as happy as the people from the Outback.
- 4502: Rome
- ... the Danube (117 AD)."(1:721) " The original republican government, with democratic features added in the fourth and fifth centuries BC, deteriorated under the pressures of empire and class conflict (Gracchus brothers, social reformers, murdere d 133,121; slave revolts 135,73). After a series of civil wars (Marius vs. Sulla 88-82, Caeser vs. Pompey 49-45, triumvirate vs. Caesar's assassins 44-43, Antony vs. Octavian 32-30), the ... and literature were derivative of Greek models. Innovations were made in scul pture (naturalistic busts and equestrian statues), decorative wall painting (as at Pompeii), satire (Juvenal, 60-127), history (Tacitus, 56-120), prose romance (Petronius, d. 66 AD). Violense and torture dominated mass public amusements, which were suppo rted by the state. "Rome was first settled around 800 BC. Most of the streets in the time of the Roman Empire were narrow and crooked. Some were very dirty. Some parts of the city were wide and beautiful with white marble buildings, great columne d pourches, and triumphal arches. Anciant Rome had the population of modern Rome. The centers of Roman life were open places where public meetings were held. Such a meeting place was called a forum. One ...
- 4503: Discover Italy
- Discover Italy A view at night, a view at day. It's spectacular anyway. From the Grand Canal in Venice, to the Fabulous stores in downtown Milan, Res-Nick International Tours will take you there, with 110% of our effort. We have established a goal ... years R/I/T has been creating exotic and exciting tours to Italy and thus have acquired the experience and professionalism placing us top of the list of specialists to Italy. With our latest 21 day trip, we have organized a top notch itinerary from our past remarks of elite attractions, and zipped it up into a magnificent 3 week tour of Italy's best sites. This semi-escorted trip takes ... conversion is about 1,046.95 lira to one Canadian dollar. The time zone there is GMT+1, which is 6 hours ah ead of Eastern Standard Time (Toronto). The total cost for that 21 day trip would be around $7000 in the high season, and $5500 in th e low season. (Courtesy C.I.T tours) The country's main language is Italian (94%). 98% of the ethnic groups ...
- 4504: "The Baltics: Nationalities and Other Problems"
- ... Soviets, on a pretext, began pressuring the Baltic states to meet a series of demands to satisfy claims they had been making. On 15 June, 1940, Molotov issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, and the following day did so to Latvia and Estonia. He accused them of colluding in December, 1939 and March, 1940 in Foreign Minister's meetings and breaking the pacts by these meetings, publishing the Baltic Review, and "plotting ... demonstrations were occurring in Lithuania in Vilnius and Kaunas, offering Lithuanian patriotic statements and shouts of "Long Live the Hungarian Heroes." Toward the end of November, similar outbursts occurred in Riga on Latvia's Remembrance Day. Party leaders in both countries blamed the behavior on bourgeois nationalists. (40) The de-Stalinization that occurred at the 1956 Party Congress and the disturbances in Poland and Hungary were indications that the peoples of ... ran through the streets shouting "Freedom!." Riots occurred in Lithuania in 1956 and in 1960, but in May, 1972, a student named Romas Kalanta poured gasoline on himself, set himself ablaze and later died. The day of his funeral began the rioting, as several thousand youths battled the KGB, police and paratroopers, and 500 were arrested. Within days, three more self-immolations happened in other cities in Lithuania. (56) In ...
- 4505: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... think of one thing, that Mary should lead him to a place to say mass on Christmas. Now, instead, the Lady has drawn him away from Mary and made him forget the significance of the day. The bedroom, however, is the true testing ground. From the first day of their bedroom sessions, the Lady subtly establishes a bargain of her own with Gawain; one based on his prowess in courtly love. By becoming her knight Gawain has entered into another bargain, but now ... suggesting certain moral associations to the reader; she is a real temptress testing his chastity and a real object of courtly love, testing his courtesy. As she presses him more and more aggressively as each day passes, the conflict between his spiritual love and courtly love becomes apparent, for he is "concerned for his courtesy, lest he be called caitiff, But more especially for his evil plight if he should ...
- 4506: A World Without Freedom
- ... With no freedom and no identity, there would be no reason for me to sit and think about what is to become of my life. Rather, I would be forced to stress about the next day when my struggle again repeats itself as it did the day before. The only challenge I face then is whether or not I can redeem myself at the end of the following day. I think about the stories of my parents’ pasts without freedom and regret taking my life that is filled with freedom for granted. If I were to be forced to live my life without ...
- 4507: Staples' “Just Walk On By”: Prejudice and Intimidation
- ... Ours.” I grew up in a house that had a basis in prejudice. My Grandfather was prejudice toward the entire black population in the fact that he felt they were trying to take over. Every day there would be a saying or two about how the “God damned niggers were going to take over” or the ever popular “blacks are okay, I think everyone should own one.” Those were just two ... come out of my Grandfather’s mouth. Other items that just popped out during conversations were names, such as, Porch Monkey, Lackey, Jigaboo, or even calling Brazil nuts “nigger toes.” All this was a common day to day occurrence for me while growing up in my predominantly white neighborhood. As a matter of fact, there were only about five black kids in my grade school. Don’t get me wrong, my Grandfather ...
- 4508: Chances
- ... the broken pieces of her heart. Yet, she couldn’t help but fall in love. Her mind was racing and her heart was pounding. All her life she thought it would never happen. Until one day a boy walked into her world, and changed the way she perceived love. She tried to fight these peculiar feelings, but every time she’d look into the depth of his eyes these impalpable feelings would subjugate her mind and win. Love found it’s way to her, and wouldn’t pass her by. He was shy, known to keep ...
- 4509: Odysseus: Metis Is His Most Important Quality
- ... no understanding; You would have thought him a nasty man and nothing but a fool. But when his great voice arose from his chest, And his words fell like the snowflakes on a winter’s day, Then could no other mortal man rival Odysseus. (III, ll. 210-220). In addition, Agamemnon expresses his anger towards Odysseus’ deceptive nature during a battle by addressing Odysseus as “you crafty-minded Odysseus, excellent in ... in that Odysseus is able to see through the transparency of Polyphemus’ actions. ‘Tell me, where was it, now, you left your ship— around the point, or down the shore, I wonder?’ He thought he’d find out, but I saw through this, and answered with a ready lie: ‘My ship? Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land’s end. (IX ...
- 4510: Thanatopsis
- ... Communion with her visible forms, she speaks; a various language; for his grayer hours, She has a voice of gladness and a smile....”. Indicates that nature has a peculiar way of speaking, whispering in the day and night with great force and direction. It speaks through the wind, birds and trees. He also has an amusing way to refer and use words(“And eloquence of beauty, and she glides”). These lines ... is also demonstrated when he says that over the spirit, and sad images are present. A constant effect of nature is shown in line 14. Here nature is predictable and the same throughout its surrounding. Day in and day out it remains as it was before. “ To Nature’s teachings, while form all around - Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, - Comes a still voice - “. Nature here has many different languages. ...
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