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- 2331: The Praying Mantis
- ... the end of the document for more information CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE The word "mantis" comes from ancient Greece and means "diviner" or "prophet". Many cultures have credited the mantid with a variety of magical qualities: France-French peasants state that If a child is lost, the mantids praying-stance points the way home. Turkey & Arabia-The mantid always prays toward Mecca. Southern U.S.-The brown saliva of the mantis will make ...
- 2332: Frogs
- ... frogs, but most frogs eaten today are taken from their natural habitat. People in South America, the South Pacific, Philippine Islands, and parts of Africa savor frogs, and consider them a delicacy. The Chinese and French are lovers of frogs legs. One of the reasons frogs legs are so expensive is the great demand for frogs in scientific and medical laboratories. Because their skeletal, muscular, digestive, nervous, and other systems are ...
- 2333: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... disagreed with the measures suggested and stopped the plan. Castro overthrew Batista in 1959. Originally Castro was not a communist either and even had meetings with then Vice-President Richard Nixon. Fearful of Castro's revolution, people with money, like doctors, lawyers, and the mafia, left Cuba for the United States. To prevent the loss of more capital Castro's solution was to nationalize some of the businesses in Cuba. In ...
- 2334: Who Is Jesus Christ
- ... that which reason cannot account for, the miraculous and the supernatural, and to build a religion within the limits of reason alone. But it was with the German Enlightenment that the seeds of the biblical revolution were being sown. Under the influence of Deism, radical criticism of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity as enshrined in the gospel story of Jesus formed. Many theories arose pertaining to the belief of Jesus. Apparently ...
- 2335: William Butler Yeats
- William Butler Yeats. William Butler Yeats was the major figure in the cultural revolution which developed from the strong nationalistic movement at the end of the 19th century. He dominated the writings of a generation. He established forms and themes which came to be considered as the norms for ...
- 2336: Sacred Cow, Holy Bull
- Sacred Cow, Holy Bull The word cattle comes from the Latin word capital. It means wealth or property. At one time, capital meant all types of domestic animals. Through English and French usage it has come to refer specifically to bovines. A bovine is an animal whose stomach is divided into chambers. They have an even number of toes on their hoofs and their horns are hollow ...
- 2337: History of Catholicism
- ... was inducted into the NAACP in 1919 where it was renamed the Committee For The Advancement of Colored Catholics. Since then the National Catholic Interracial Conference has emerged. The 1960s were a time of revolution for practically all of North Americas underclass. Latinos had finally found a secure identity as a people without which they could not organize in the church and preach their own unique message. African-Americans ...
- 2338: Taoism and Confucianism
- ... of humanity. To accomplish this divinity, five relationships must be honored: ruler and minister, father and son, husband and wife, elder and younger brother, and friend and friend. These relationships led a push for a revolution of the political system to adopt the methods of Jen. Confucius sought to revive the ancient Chinese culture by redefining the importance of society and government. He described a society governed by reasonable, humane, and ...
- 2339: Rockefeller
- John Davison Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller is part of the family of American Industrialists, bankers, and philanthropists. Corporate development during the Industrial Revolution was made in part by entrepreneurs who were the people who took responsibility for the organization and operation of a new business venture. Rockefeller was born in 1839 and died in 1937. He established an ...
- 2340: William Bradford
- ... Action; and hence, notwithstanding the Difficulties through which he passed in his Youth, he attained unto a notable Skill in Languages; the Dutch Tongue was become almost as Vernacular to him as the English; the French Tongue he could also manage; the Latin and the Greek he had Mastered; but the Hebrew he most of all studied, Because, he said, he would see with his own Eyes the Ancient Oracles of ...
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