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- 2291: Skaters and Stereotypes
- ... own band called "The Surfers". "The Surfers" consist of Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and Peter King (Sullivan118). Kelly is also an owner of a longboard/skateboard company "Sector 9" based in Florida. At the "Longboard House" in Indialantic Beach, Florida they sell on average four "Sector 9’s" daily (Tee Interview). Which comes out to over 480 dollars a day. The reason Florida has the biggest "Sector 9" sales, is because ... of the most dedicated skater’s in the world, not to mention a very successful businessman. Finally, Tony Hawk is the clean-cut kid who turned professional at the age of fourteen, bought his first house at seventeen, and today is a very successful entrepreneur. (Hawk interview) Gravity-defying Hawk was 10 years old when his older brother gave him his first skateboard. He quit plauing little league a year later ...
- 2292: To Kill A Mocking Bird ----
- ... main supporter in the Finches' family and he remains responsible as a supporter. He makes sure his children are healthy and happy. Atticus also has a good nature because he never does anything in the house to the children that are not appropriate to do outside the house. He treats them just the same at all times. Atticus will never love his children less anywhere. The children really respect Atticus for his admirable characteristics. The Finches' family is a very good example of ...
- 2293: Curfews, and Other Limits
- ... often spend many hours on the telephone. I used to spend a lot of time on the phone. One solution to this problem is to get a separate telephone line for the teens in your house, or at least a separate telephone line for the computer. When setting up rules and regulations the best things to do are make sure your teen understands the reasons for the rule, remember to follow God's standards when making rules, and be fair. Proverbs 24:3,4 Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
- 2294: The Yellow Wallpaper 2
- ... in the backcountry and forcing her ignore all others forms of life, is a form of abuse that needed to be expressed thought this short story. A woman that looks within the depths of a house and characterizes it as "haunted" is not evidence to lock her up and diagnose her with an illness. "A colonial mansion I would say haunted house but that would be asking too much of fate," shows the narrator's superstitious characteristic that places her outside the walls of society. By moving into a bedroom, the narrator feels a form of solitude ...
- 2295: The Yellow Wall-paper
- ... real problem until the end of the story -- at which time he fainted. John could have obtained council from someone less personally involved in her case, but the only help he seeks was for the house and baby. He obtains a nanny to watch over the children while he was away at work each day: "It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby." (164) And he had his sister Jennie takes care of the house. "She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper." (163) He does talk of taking her to an expert: "John says if I don't pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the ...
- 2296: The Whipping=evaluation=1200 W
- ... she was confessing her sins. She seems to be making a show, a production out of this beating. She is trying to humiliate her son even more by beating him outside, instead of inside the house. A simple, four- lined introduction creates a perfect image of the event that is unfolding. In stanza two, the setting and the mother s physical appearance is revealed in further detail. The setting is in front of the house in a garden of some sort, full of lush plants, greenery, and bright flowers. In contrast, the boy is being viciously thrown and beaten into this delicate foliage. Wildly he crashes through elephant ears, / pleads ...
- 2297: Nontraditional Tradtions
- ... home to spend time with his family. His family knows that they can depend on this, and they celebrate with a special dinner at home every Monday night. My friends Brian and Andy have a house that has both a living room and a family room. I have never seen them in their living room. Once I admired its beautiful decoration and said, "But you never use it, do you?" "Oh, yes!" they said. "Every Sunday, we read the paper in here." My neighbor decorates the windows on her house for the season. Valentines, snowflakes, pumpkins, and fireworks are drawn by her children and taped into place. I get reminded of upcoming holidays that way. My friend Vinh gives his son Jackie "horsy rides." Everynight ...
- 2298: Political Policies Between The
- ... and events. In researching these events the varying opinions from both world superpowers which would establish the failure of détente in history, as a breakdown in communication and talks between the United State's White House and the Soviet Union's Kremlin with the collapse of détente marking the end of the 1970's. During the 1976 presidential campaign, the tension between the objective of transformation and the importance of coexistence ... towards détente. Zbigniew Brzezinski's "hard line" approach resulted in serious problems for the détente by 1978. The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks established in 1972 were not yet completed. The Soviet Kremlin and the White House were no longer having diplomatic talks with both sides feeling the other was to blame. The United States critiqued the build up of the Soviet armed forces and the Soviet/Cuban involvement in Africa placed ...
- 2299: Stay Tuned: The Exploitation Of Children In Television Advertisements
- ... the child viewer (Pediatrics 295). The second area of regulation prohibited host selling. Host selling is when a character from the program promoted products either directly or adjacent to their show. For example a Barbie Doll commercial could not be seen during a Barbie Doll television show. And thirdly, program-length commercials were prohibited at this time (Kankel 62). In the early 1980's during the time of the Reagan administration, the advertising industry basically deregulated itself. Mattel and other ...
- 2300: Poetry 3
- ... exemplifies the long-term effects of the devastation of war, and the attitude that prevails even today that whomever causes that devastation will not have to answer to those who will suffer from it. This house is a wreck Your papers are all over the place, the chairs are covered with books, and look, brown leaves are pilled on the floor under the wandering Jews. This stanza illustrates what happens when matters get out of control. For example, the house is a wreck due to the uncontrollable effect of war. Your face is a wreck There are lines all over your face, your necks like curious turtles. Why did you let yourself go? Where are ...
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