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- 6471: Origin Of The English Laguage
- ... England over the next 3000 years Romans reigned England a more civilized culture and brought the cathoolic religion, meaning "universal religion." The Romans also brought roads, public buildings , and forms of law. In 449 A.D, England was being invaded by the Anglo-Saxons. With the arrival of then while the Roman Empire was dying out, the Anglo-saxons brought the start of the English language. At this time England was ... of people were the Vikings and the Normans. The Vikings began to envade Europe throughout the eighth and twelth centuries. During these invasions they destroyed monastaries, manuscripts, and stole sacred religious objects. In 871 A.D the king in reign during these invasions was Alfred the Great. Alfred was the only king to ever be known as "the Great." The contibutions he made included a Germanic laguage, civilized more than before ...
- 6472: Oregon Trail
- ... the trail extended from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon. Part of the route followed the Platte River for 870 km (540 mi) through what is now Nebraska to Fort Laramie in present-day Wyoming. The trail continued along the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers to South Pass in the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains. From there the main trail went south to Fort Bridger, Wyoming, before turning into the Bear River valley and north to Fort Hall in present-day Idaho. In Idaho the Oregon Trail followed the Snake River to the Salmon Falls and then went north past Fort Boise (now Boise). The route entered what is now Oregon, passed through the Grande Ronde ...
- 6473: Origins Of Distrust Between Th
- ... for the Jewish people(Field 44). Even though it didnt create a Jewish state, the Balfour Declaration set the framework. The British government was now obliged to support Zionism. Since 1919 till the present day, violence has been breaking out in Israel due to the immigration of Jews into Palestine. Later, the Jews began to mount attacks on the British when they recommended quotas on Jewish immigration. In 1929, there ... May 14, 1948, a month after militants slaughtered the Arab population of Dier Yassein. The state of Israel came into existence 6 PM EST. ten minutes later, the United States officially recognized Israel. The next day, Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Iraq sent 20,000 men to attack the newly created state. That attack proved to be a disaster for the Arab. The only state to come out on top was ...
- 6474: Macbeth - Tragedy
- ... He describes how life has become a succession of meaningless days, due to the carnage he has brought upon his world. "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death..." Macbeth [V.v.19-23] Finally in the last scene of Macbeth the audience saw how Macbeth ...
- 6475: Tobacco
- ... s with the prohibition of alcohol. That led to underground distribution and marketing of wine, beer, and other liquors. Based on common sense, more people would be likely to smoke a pack of cigarettes every day than drink a bottle of rum every day. What Im saying is that tobacco is used more than liquor. So you can only imagine what effect the prohibition of tobacco would have. In summary, both consumers and the industry are at fault ...
- 6476: Case for Legalizing Marijuana
- ... people do not become physically dependent on marijuana. The majority use it as others use alcohol - to relax occasionally and to indulge a festive mood. How can a mild intoxicant, taken less than once a day by most users, be seen as a public threat? Even those who are "hooked", or psychologically dependent upon their habit, should not be penalized by the law. Some people find any compulsive and unproductive behavior ... in the U.S. Today our laws and law makers should view it under the same light. As they do alcohol. Marijuana Status 1970: 11% of high school seniors said they were using marijuana every day. 1975: About 27% said they had used marijuana sometime in the previous month. 1978: The monthly users grew up to 37% then in 1986 dropped to 23%. 1979: 12 to 17 year olds reported using ...
- 6477: Oskar Schindler
- ... this principle is a woman from my country called Vivian Pellas. She has a lot of money and she is probably the richest person in my country. She owns a lot of companies but one day she had the bad luck that she was going to another country with her husband and her grandparents and the airplane crashed. She and her husband were lucky to survive this accident, but she lost ... what we did helped somebody else. Some days before Christmas my friends and I used to go to a nursing home in my city. We used to go and make that people spend a special day sharing things with them, making them laugh and giving them gifts. Usually, they gave us something they really appreciated. Generally, it was not very expensive, but it was very valuable for us. However, what they ...
- 6478: Deceptive Advertising
- ... expected. Deceptive advertisements have been a problem since the early days of media and consumers have needed to keep an eye out for them. Yet, with so many advertisements that consumers are exposed to each day, worrying about the truth of every line and every sentence of an ad is quite inconvenient. Advertisers must follow strict guidelines to stay clear of lawsuits resulting from deceptive advertisements. I will be focusing on ... through the leasing process. Hopefully, consumers wont have to worry about deceptive advertisements because advertising agencies and automobile companies will have to clearly state all the costs and conditions in a clear manner. One day I plan on purchasing a new car and it is very likely that I will lease it. This settlement between Grey Advertising and the Federal Trade Commission will put some ease to the consumer because ...
- 6479: Violence on Television
- ... I believe that television has helped our society alot more than it is normally given credit for. For example in my grandparent's generation it would have been a sin to talk about sex. These day we have a better understanding of peoples preferences whether we agree with them or not. The most important thing that deals with people understanding on subjects that used to be taboo is that people can ... choices unless you choose too. One can only be ignorant if one chooses a side because they have not been provided with factual information or just choose not to use it. I believe that the day we put to much control on our freedom on speech, we will jump back to the days of the dark ages in Europe, where we would be like sheep being lead by a greedy and ...
- 6480: Animal Farm
- ... life without man and with no more bad leaders: Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings, Of the golden future time. Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown, And the fruitful fields of England, Shall be trod by beasts alone. Rings shall vanish from our noses, And the harness from our back, Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall crack. Riches more than mind can picture, Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels Shall be ours upon the day...(p.22-23) After the song the animals were even more excited. They sing the song so loud it wakes Mr. Jones up. Mr. Jones starts firing his gun into the darkness. This quickly scatters ...
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