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- 9061: Greek Gods
- ... example of this trend is in book XXIV. Achilles, angry over the death of Patroklos brutally disgraced Hektor's body. Tethering Hektor's corpse through the ankles, Achilles dragged him around Patroklos's tomb every day for twelve days. This barbaric treatment was uncalled for and displeased the gods greatly. Achilles mother, Thetis, was sent by Zeus to tell him to ransom the body back to the Trojans. One may think ...
- 9062: Napoleon
- ... to export goods, which had been imported before the French revolution. France s industries improved with her exports of silk and cotton increasing (2). Under Napoleon, France produced more corn, meat, butter and cheese. However, D.G. Wright claims that French economic progress was in fact unspectacular due to France s lack of industrial and commercial innovation compared to Britain . Communications was another improvement brought by Napoleon. Three canals three ports ...
- 9063: Excalibur
- ... and berserk behaviors were the everyday duties of men during the Middle Ages. Becoming a knight was the ideal manhood during this time. Every aspect of a mans life revolved around their desire to one day serve their king as a knight. The yearning aspiration to become a knight is portrayed in several ways in John Boorman's movie, Excalibur. Arthur's responsibility as a squire (before he was king), Lancelot ...
- 9064: Vinegar
- ... reason. It was in the kitchen, so I concluded that it must be some sort of, rarely used, cooking staple. I would never have guessed then that vinegar had so many uses. Just the other day, I was in the mall visiting a friend that works at Frankincense and Myrrh. While there, I happened upon some bottles that caught my eye. They were attractive looking ornamental bottles. Each one was filled ...
- 9065: Analysis of the Free-Throw Shot
- ... increase my performance, and through this I was able to narrow down what muscles to concentrate on to improve my performance. References Dayton, William. Sports Fitness and Training. Pantheon Books: New York, 1987. McArdle, William D. Exercise Physiology. Lea & Febiger: Philadelphia, 1981. Wirhed, Rolf. Athletic Ability, The Anatomy of Winning. Harmony Books: New York, 1984. Analysis of the Free-Throw Shot by Shane Stocks Kinesiology Paul Bruning April 07, 1997
- 9066: A Method to Memory
- ... has notes and her book. Now being the nice guy I am, and having just completed learning about memory in my Intro to Psych class, I turned off the T.V. and told her I'd help her learn to memorize things. The first thing I told her about was a method called rehearsal. I explained that rehearsal involved repeating the information time after time to keep it from fading from ...
- 9067: Sustainable Development
- ... and environmentally there is little or no pollution, certainly nothing like that in Sibe ria. Siberia may also be the place for trying a new method of sustainable development. This new method created by George D. Davis hopes to be a, "rational compromise between the economic needs of a people and the ecological needs of their land." It employs a method of zoning an area or region as to it's ...
- 9068: Napoleon 4
- ... the fortress of Stettin...When I arrived with several from the regiment, we were placed three stories high under the roof in the hospital. Here twelve to fifteen of the men about me died every day, which made me sick at my stomach...In this fortress of Stettin the Würzburg soldiers were stationed and were all dressed in uniforms of white and red, that is, like Austrian soldiers. This stronglhold had ...
- 9069: Napoleon 5
- ... and nationalist attributes are characterized in his political reforms. At first Napoleon favored the republic established by the French Revolution and he supported the Jacobins. Soon after he joined Abbe Sieyes in a successful coup d etat to overthrow the Directory. In overthrowing the Directory, Napoleon issued the Constitution of the Year VIII. The new constitution was established universal male suffrage that suggested democratic principles, a complicated system of checks and ...
- 9070: Standardization of the English Language
- ... 1640). However, none of these achived anything like the stabilizing effect on orthography which ultimately proceeded from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755) whose spelling has become the 'normal' spelling of Present-Day British Standard English. The orthographical reformers of the seventeenth century were soon joined by grammarians. Aims at 'regularizing grammar' became more and more pronounced in the latter part of the seventeenth century and completly dominated ...
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