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- 7411: Bonds and The Bond Market
- ... and, if investing internationally, you also have a wide range of interest rates. Bonds, like many other forms of investment, require potential investors to be aware of current economic conditions. I would stress that a great deal of money can be made if investors consider selling their bonds before they reach their maturity. As with stocks, previously issued bonds are traded every day. The price they are sold for is determined ...
- 7412: Cubans
- ... have changed very slowly. Publicly, a man is considered the head of household although within the home, the woman usually has control. One very important aspect of sexual equality has been dealt with to a great extent for example girls participate equally in the education system. Perhaps as a result of this education, more Cuban women publicly stand up for their rights than one might expect. While the extended family remains ...
- 7413: Roman Pantomime
- ... Etruscian word for dancers. In addition to this, tomb paintings from various Etruscian cities consititute some of the main evidence for estimating the nature and extent of Etruscian influence. The city of Tarquinii has a great deal of evidence in support of the idea that pantomime originated in Etruria. The tomb paintings portray banqueting scenes, dancing and athletics. Vince claims that the importance of these paintings lies in the “typically Greek ...
- 7414: Chinese New Year
- Part 1 Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year has a great history. In other traditions, by this time in the year, most resolutions - made on December 31 - have been subtly forgotten and placed in a cupboard marked "maybe next year." However, all hope is not lost ...
- 7415: Rock Music
- ... drummer). Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. This intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for dancing. One great group of Disco music was the Bee Gees. Disco music was described by rock fans as mechanical, commercial and unlyrical (which is true). At the end of this decade, rock, again became a dominant cultural ...
- 7416: Rock 2
- ... lives of many. Now I’m not saying all music is peachy, but modern Rock, and pretty much all Rock made since the late 80s have given nothing but positive messages and most bands are great role models. And bands do not stop with their music, many bands have helped their community, or a charity, or donated to help cure diseases. Daniel Johns from Silverchair for example is an animal activist ...
- 7417: Why the North Won the Civil War
- ... civilization . . . will know no lasting pause until the whole vast line of railway shall completed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (Furnas 357) During the antebellum years, the North American populace especially had shown a great desire for an effective mode of transportation. For a long time, canals had been used to transport people and goods across large amounts of land which were accessible by water, but, with continuing growth and ...
- 7418: Rennaisance Art
- ... ancient Greeks and Romans, and an intensified concern with the secular life--interest in humanism and assertion of the importance of the individual. The renaissance period in art history corresponds to the beginning of the great western age of discovery and exploration, when a general desire developed to examine all aspects of nature and the world. Art, during this period, became valued -- not merely as a vehicle for religious and social ...
- 7419: William Butler Yeats
- ... Yeats and Russell sheared the same dreams, visions, and the enthusiasm for them. Russell and Yeats soon founded the Dublin Hermetic Society for the purpose of conducting magical experiments. They promoted their idea that "whatever great poets had affirmed in there finest moments was the nearest we could come to an authoritative religion and that their mythology and their spirits of wind and water were but literal truth." This sparked Yeats ...
- 7420: Causes Of World War 1
- ... These nations were building large armies and enhancing the glories of war. After rationalizing a huge arms race, people were eager to put up large amounts of money to support their government’s vast military. Great Britain has always had a large navy. Germany decided it wanted a navy to rival Britain’s. When the people of Britain saw the buildup of Germany’s navy, they got scared and started producing ...
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