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- 2721: Ukraine
- ... Everyone is immersed in water on this day. St. Illia Day, August 2, marks the first day of autumn. Ukrainian Christmas Festivities are celebrated with a puppet theater. Everyone dresses in costumes and walks from house to house enacting the nativity and singing about the birth of Christ. DRESS Traditional dress in Ukraine shows a high degree of sophistication, elegance, and artistry. Components of Ukrainian dress are universal. These include skirts, shirts, and ...
- 2722: Ireland or United Kingdom?
- ... professions and in industry. Ireland is a democratically governed country. All citizens over the age of eighteen may vote. The National Parliament, or as they call it , the Oireachtas, is composed of the Dail Eireann ( House of Representatives), Seanad Eireann (Senate), and the president. There have been two main parties in the Dail since the beginning: Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Irish History may be said to date from the coming ... counties became a free state in the British Commonwealth. Six of the nine counties of Ulster remained apart as Northern Ireland, now a part of the United Kingdom. The treaty was accepted by the Irish House of Representatives, but many people were opposed to it, which resulted in a civil war between them. Eamon de Valera, who had been elected president of the republic in 1918, led the opposition of the ...
- 2723: Mexico
- ... six-year term and may never be reelected. The president appoints the cabinet, which is confirmed by the congress. The legislative power in Mexico consists of the senate and the chamber of deputies. The upper house is a senate, with 64 members popularly elected for six years. Two senators are elected from each state and from the federal district. The lower house is a chamber of deputies, made up of 500 members elected to 3-year terms. Three hundred are elected from single-member districts based on population, and the remainder are elected according to a system ...
- 2724: The Chinese Culture
- ... the way up to heaven's door. It goes on to tell a story of a man who had two children. One was a girl and the other was a boy. They lived in a house which had a huge very thick roof. The man had built the roof so thick because it rained almost every day. He hated the rain. He knew it had its benefits but too much of it ruined his crops, destroyed his livestock and every time it rained the roof of the house was destroyed. And every time the man rebuilt it, he made it thicker and thicker. He blamed all his misfortune on the Duke of Thunder. The Duke of Thunder was one of the gods who ...
- 2725: Huckleberry Fin 2
- ... ever-present. There is the threat of the raft being torn apart during storms. Thunderstorms on the river were particularly severe -- capable of breaking away at the shore and carrying away an entire "two-story house, and tilting it over, considerable" (44) -- and this threat was multiplied by the simple fact that they were on a small raft. After the storm and fog in which Huck and Jim were separated, Huck ... the vegetation would not grow which would cause me to have to find a different place to play. Another way that the river could effect me is if the river were to flood. Since my house is only a little over 200 feet away, any flooding could affect me. It could raise the water table that in turn would flood the basements in my neighborhood. Since the water table is a ...
- 2726: Hunger Of Memory 2
- ... citizenship. In How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent by Julia Alvarez, the separation is an effect from Antojo. Richard Rodriguez immediately recognizes the separations in his early life. He considers the inside of his house to be private and the outside of his house to be public. His family and the Spanish language belong to his private society. It contains a feeling of intimacy and a sense of belonging. The los gringos, school and the English language are associated ...
- 2727: Austria
- ... theater. Austrians have a great love for music, many of the greatest composers were born and played there, many like Beethoven and other popular composers. Operas are also very popular, and The Vienna State Opera House is the most popular for such an activity. Festivals play an important part of Austria. One festival takes place throughout the province of Tyrol, in the beginning of spring. People dress up and pretend to ... the western culture has been music. During the late 1700,'s and early 1800's Austria has released many Great Composers like; Joseph Hayan, Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Wolf, and many more. Austria's state opera house presents opera 10 months of the year. Architecture in Austria's has some of Europe's best examples of baroque architecture. This style has been dated back to the 1600's. Gold, marble, and wood ...
- 2728: Liberia
- ... constitution written on July 26, 1847. It was written like the constitution of the United States. The Country was lead by a elected president, a vice president, and a cabinet. It had a Senate and House of Representatives as the chief legislative bodies. The constitution, at first, only applied to Americo-Liberians and not to the African Tribes. William Tubman, who was president from 1944-1971, made a serious effort to ... Most people farm and grow only what they use. There is still trade in iron ore, diamonds, and timber. It had a constitution written for the country based on the United States constitution. With a House of representatives, senate, President, vice President, and Cabinet. Until it was overthrown. Monrovia, the capital is the industrial port for liberia. It is displaced. It has shays next to high rise buildings. It was named ...
- 2729: Indonesia
- ... of government. The president apionts a sheet of advisers consisting of top military leaders and civillians. In theory, the peoples console assembly is supposed to establish a general direction of the government's policys. A house of peoples Representatives is the nations parlament, however, in practice neither the assembly nor the house has real power. Instead, it is the president who makes all of the important decisions. The president is elected to a five year term the Peoples Consulative assembly. Te assembly has 1,000 members. It ...
- 2730: Canada - Of The United States of America
- ... an economic border we soon would not have a political border either.29 The best way to describe free-trade is to quote some of John Turner's detailed and moving speech delivered in the House of Commons. Mr. Speaker, we are here today to discuss one of the most devastating pieces of legislation ever brought before the House of Commons...a bill which will finish Canada as we know it and replace it with a Canada that will become nothing more than a colony of the United States. In this bill...we find ...
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