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- 3531: Japan
- ... large islands and thousands of smaller ones make up Japan. The four major islands- Hokkaido,Honshu,Kyushu and Shikoku form a curve that extends for about 1,900 kilometres. Topography Japan is a land of great natural beauty. mountains and hills cover about 70% of the country. IN fact, Japanese islands consist of the rugged upper part of a great mountain range that rises from the floor of the North Pacific Ocean. Jagged peaks, rocky gorges, and thundering mountain waterfalls provide some of the country's most spectacular scenery. Thick forests thrive on mountansides, adding ... mid-June to early July and from September to October. Several typhoons strike the country each year, mainly in late summer and early Autumn. The heavy rains and violent winds of these storms often do great damage to houses and crops Family: The Extended Family Family life has always been important in Japan. Before 1945, many Japanese lived in large family units that included grandparents, parents, children, and sometimes uncles ...
- 3532: Ku Klux Klan - The History
- ... America's society today. The Ku Klux Klan began almost accidentally during the reconstruction period after the civil war in the Southern United States. The southern people had suffered greatly from the effects of the great war. Many of them lost their homes and plantations. Many also lost friends and loved ones to the war. The people needed a release from the sorrow of everyday life. In 1865, six men from ... most feared "hate group" in the country. The men decided to make a club to help release the stress of the times. The men were all poor and could not afford to make gowns or great costumes for the group, so they decided to use linens. They wore the linens over their backs and put pillowcases on their heads. They also draped the linens over their horses. The Ku Klux Klan ... cause, he was very ill and could not handle the task. Their next choice was a man named Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, although he wasn't as well known as General Lee, he was a great leader. He was born in Mississippi and owned a plantation. He fought for the confederate army for a long time before they recognized his abilities. Although he didn't arrive early enough to greatly ...
- 3533: Institutions That Facilitate Economic Segregation
- ... in the educational system severely limit opportunities for some students, while opening up windows for advancement for others. Even with a high I.Q., a child born in South Central LA would have to overcome great obstacles to get on a path to college. On the other hand, the superior educational environment at a rich school would tend to promote and foster a desire for higher education among the students, thus ... class. Basic social graces such as a proper speech pattern are picked up from parents and others in a family. An individual's dress and other similar mannerisms contribute to his presentation of self. Bearing great weight in the work place and other daily relations, these and other key attributes are usually instilled throughout a child's development. Others are likely to make negative attributions for an individual with a poor ... help the school on the whole, and their individual student. If a child comes home and both parents are at work, who is there to motivate him to do his home work? This leaves a great deal of responsibility on the student, and more often than not, the child fails to reach full potential because of his family situation. Therefore, a family is critical in both the aspect of cultural ...
- 3534: Current State of the U.S. Economy
- ... what is taking place now during the era of Bill Clinton. I doubt that deflation is a reasonable goal or for that matter if it is something that we want to strive for considering the Great Depression but I would like to see inflation stay around the one or two percent mark. You will never hear an argument from me when you tell me my buck will go just as far tomorrow ...
- 3535: Elizabeth 1
- ... for absolutely certain. She did bring many aspects of Italian culture to France, including the Commedia dell'Arte, ballet, fine cooking and table manners, and Italian bankers. Her political maneuvering, while not winning her any great popularity, kept the throne of France intact for 30 years, long enough for the Bourbons to inherit it. Her life-long rival, Henri IV, paid her this tribute after his victory was complete and his ... Sept. 13, 1598), is king of Spain and rules a vast domain that includes Spain, its possessions in America and Italy, the Low Countries, and Portugal. Philip rules his vast lands from Madrid (and the great monastery-palace that he has constructed at the Escorial) with hard work, attention to detail and a suspicious eye. At almost 70 years old, he is still a formidable figure. Revolt broke out in the ... reign took England through one of its greatest periods. It produced such men as Shakespeare, Spenser, Francis Bacon, and Walter Raleigh. It saw the country united to become a first-rate European power with a great navy. It saw commerce and industry propser and colonization begin. Her Tudor concept of strong rule and need for popular support helped her select excellent counsellors. She reestablished Anglicanism and measures against Catholics grew ...
- 3536: JFK And The Warren Commission
- ... background and most predominantly the hard evidence there was against him. In fact, there was a substantial amount of evidence that linked Oswald to the murder weapon and the crime scene which, undoubtedly helped a great deal in his conviction. The main evidence against Oswald was a unique Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, which was recovered on the sixth floor of the school depository building and had allegedly been used for the shooting ... had been sent to his PO Box, which he had recently rented. Experts later also verified that the signature on the on the order form had been in Oswalds handwriting. This strengthened the investigation a great deal, as it was almost certain that the murder weapon had belonged to Oswald. Some thought that Oswald had purchased the weapon using a false Id and had rented a PO Box in order to ... Castro's. Despite all this hard evidence and information that the Warren Commission had compiled against Oswald, there was still an abundant amount of evidence that remained inconclusive. However, the Warren Commission were under a great deal of pressure from the public to come up with a verdict about Kennedy's assassination. Therefore they did not feel the need or have the time to investigate any further and as a ...
- 3537: Black Holes
- ... sources which have all the properties described above. Unfortunately it is impossible to distinguish between a black hole and a neutron star unless we can prove that the mass of the unseen component is too great for a neutron star. Strong evidence was found by Royal Greenwich Observatory astronomers that one of these sources called Cyg X-1 (which means the first X-ray source discovered in the constellation of Cygnus ... than that of an ordinary galaxy. The first radio galaxy had been found. Now that the technology was in place, more and more of these galaxies were discovered and they began to be studied in great detail. The results troubled astronomers; radio galaxies had two lobes of radio emissions with the dim optical galaxy in the center. These lobes stretched out millions of light-years, indicating a stable source of emission ... other AGN. To correct this would require a flattened cloud of gas that would either hasten the death of the cluster and it would collapse into a black hole, or the luminosity would be so great that the resulting wind of radiation would drive the gas into space, thereby destroying the model entirely. Other models involve the rotational energies of massive uncollapsed bodies. Known as super-massive stars, magnetoids, or ...
- 3538: J. Edgar Hoover
- ... about Edgar (Summers 29). Many people helped Hoover to become what he was. Many of the people who helped him, made drastic changes in Hoovers life. Because of the way Hoover turned out, a great majority of the people who helped him, regret ever knowing the man. J. Edgar Hoover knew a lot of private information about a lot of different people. Edgar used the Bureau to spy on lawyers ... the greatest con men the country has ever produced, and that takes intelligence of a certain kind, an astuteness, a shrewdness" (Summers 25). Hoovers intelligence and his cunning demeanor helped him to control a great portion of the United States. J. Edgar Hoover created one of the most powerful organizations in the United States, in some troubling ways the most powerful of all (Summers 45 and Powers 1-2). He ... the CIA and FBI in 1975 (Summers 438). "The lesson we learn from this history," he said, "is that we cannot keep our liberty secure by relying alone on the good faith of men with great power" (Summers 438). I think that a very important lesson is taught by the life of J. Edgar Hoover. His life teaches that being powerful is not necessarily a good thing. If power is ...
- 3539: Katherine Anne Porter
- Rejection in Life Katherine Anne Porter is regarded as one of the leading modern writers of short stories. Born on May 5, 1890 in Indian Creek, Texas as the great-great-great- granddaughter of the famous American frontiersman Daniel Boone, Porter was educated at various schools. In the 1920's and 1930's, she contributed articles to several newspapers while living in New York City, Louisiana, ...
- 3540: Kerouac
- ... was exactly what Kerouac had been fumbling toward himself in his grandiose plans to be a writer (Deck 23). Kerouac had many influences, but it was mostly his originality which led him to become a great writer. Jack Kerouac had a long lasting effect on America for years to come, because he enlightened people in different ways to think and live. Kerouac created a new style of writing known as spontaneous ... new nation through music, art, literature, and social behavior. Jack Kerouac and the Beatniks created a cultural revolution which changed America forever. During the 1960 s most critics did not consider Kerouac to be a great writer, and did not like the message he had to convey. They thought Kerouac s subject matter was lewd and influenced people in a negative way. When his work was condemned along with the movement ... of forty-seven, feeling neglected and scorned, never suspecting that he would become one of the most widely read writers of his generation (Kheridan 136). It is a shame that Kerouac never knew what a great impact he had on society and literature. Kerouac opened up new doors for people to express their true feelings and beliefs through literature. Jack Kerouac s creativeness and inovativeness have changed the literary, musical, ...
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