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- 5191: Hellen Nellie McClung: A Canadian Feminist
- ... either, to show their legs."(2, Wright) As many great philosophers do, Nellie would always ask: Why? It seemed as though she always had to get an answer. She loved to think, dream about one day seeing men and women as equals. Nellie was always trying to make everybody equal. During her teaching days, she would organize football (as well as other sports) and let the girls participate along side with ... attacks. She unfortunately passed away in 1951, at age 78. Right up until the end of her life Nellie remained interested in women's rights. Shortly before her death she said confidently: "I believe the day is coming when all bars will be let down and all opportunities thrown open to women." (68, Wright) Nellie McClung proved women were capable of being responsible, useful members of society while still remaining loving ...
- 5192: The Hobbit Bb J. R. R. Tolkien Review
- ... Bilbo. He informs Bilbo that he is looking for someone to go on an adventure with him. Although Bilbo is tempted he declines, but not before inviting Gandalf for tea the next morning. The next day Bilbo hears his doorbell and he recalls inviting Gandalf for tea, but instead of the wizard at the door, there is a group of dwarves... thirteen in all. Thorin son of the dwarf king starts ... a swash buckling adventurer. I would highly recommend this book for children of all ages as well as adults. It has a certain appeal that makes the reader want to continue reading the book all day. I am certainly going to read the other books about the Hobbits by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 5193: Gimpel the Fool: Golde vs. Elka
- ... can say is, youre talking like a madman, God help us! (Aleichem 17) He laughed off her temper and sarcasm to her being a typical Jewish housewife. Elka did whatever she wanted during the day, forcing Gimpel to work incredibly hard to support her and the children that were not even his. He even stole at times to make sure the family was maintained in a comfortable fashion. Golde did ... t stand their being scattered from east of the sun to west of the moon a minute longer. So tell me, she would say to me, what will I have left to live for one day when there wont be a mouse in the house? Why, even a cow grieves when her calves are taken away
(Aleichem 98) Elka was described as an orphan, whereas Golde was said to have ...
- 5194: Coputers In Modern Society
- ... going to bed on a computerized television. All of these computerized facets of our society help to increase our daily productivity and help us to do whatever it is we need to accomplish in the day. The computer age is upon us and it will continue to grow in influence until society revolves around it daily without need for improvement. In personal computers, the industry has began to create faster machines ... a constant upgrade of performance, and it is not uncommon to find hard drives about 8-9 gigabytes on the market. Along with technology, an ease of use factor has been instilled in the modern day PC's. The most notable ease of use enhancement is a GUI(Graphical User Interface), which allows the user to see a choice instead of reading about the choice. This is accomplished by using pictures ...
- 5195: Religion
- ... the bickering of the two groups can confuse a child and bring bitterness toward this God that Christians believe is all-loving. School is an area where temptations are thrown in people's faces each day. Many people are challenged each day in these situations; children may be challenged in their home or in school because of the issue of salvation and trying to maintain a strong-willed mind as a young Christian. Catholic children are taught ...
- 5196: Algeria
- ... and by the end of the year most colonials had evacuated what was once, French Algeria. A current issue facing Algeria today is the intense spell of violence that continues to worsen. The population each day is drawn further into conflict, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The victims are men, women, and children have been slaughtered, decapitated, mutilated, and burned alive in their own homes. At the same ... countrys most militarized region, however the armies and security forces havent intervened to stop these massacres. In the past 6 years executions, killings, torture, abductions, and death threats have become part of every day life. To date no investigations have been carried out into these human rights that are being violated. It seems like the Algerian government has no control over their country and they hope this problem just ...
- 5197: Ellis Island
- ... treated through the new depot were 654 Italian passengers who had crossed the Atlantic on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Right after this came passengers from Victoria the Vincenzo Floria, and the Umbria. On the first day 2,251 immigrants passed through the portals of Ellis Island. For the next 15 years until the outbreak of World War I, men, women, and children of many ethnic and national backgrounds filled the center ... a year. A new reception center had to be built to hold the numbers of people who landed in the New York Harbor. For more than 30 years an average of 5,000 people a day passed through the huge central registry room on Ellis Island and more than 23 million between 1880 and 1920. Many of the people who came were illiterate. Causing the transition from one life to this ...
- 5198: Diego Maradona
- ... family was very poor, there was always food on their table. Maradona received his first soccer ball from his father at the age of three. His father encouraged him to play soccer. Diego practiced all day and slept with the ball all night. Maradona was soon playing for Argentina s best youth team, Los Cebollitos (the Little Onions). His team was able to win 140 straight games and Maradona was given ... the World Cup. But they were knocked out by Bulgaria. Off the field Maradona lives with his wife, Claudia Villafane, and three daughters in Buenos Aires. Maradona hopes to coach the Argentine soccer team one day when he is retired from soccer.
- 5199: Human Cloning- Should It Be Ba
- ... of your spouse), it is hardly the full clock-zeroing experience. Anyway, that is self-indulgent fantasy. It is one thing to clone an ordinary, nice, harmless person like you or me; or somebody we'd all like to see more of, like David Attenborough. But isn't it more likely that, if cloning became practical politics, politics itself would rear its ugly head? Who is most likely to get himself ... who has nothing to commend him except power, influence and money? Suppose society managed to outlaw general, free-for-all cloning of just anybody who could afford it. How might we then decide whom we'd like to clone? Nobody has come up with a good solution to the "playing God" problem (which arises, say, when there's a shortage of kidney machines, and doctors are accused of playing God when ...
- 5200: John Steinbeck
- ... at boxing, just to make up his small size. George tries to keep Lennie out of harm's way and pace himself as well. His only wish is to save money so they can one day get their own place and settle. The ideal appeared unattainable to him, but Candy, a disabled farm hand, offers him his savings, asking to become his partner to a scheme. The dream now comes closer to the reach. One day Curley's fury is directed against Lennie, because he found his wife making eyes at the men. Lennie of course is forced to defend himself against the boxer, but as he gets hold of one ...
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