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- 761: China Cities' Great Progress' In Manned Space Program By Daniel Southerland
- China Cities' Great Progress' In Manned Space Program By Daniel Southerland (c) 1986, The Washington Post PEKING - China has made "great progress" in developing a manned space program and the day it launches a man in space for the first time is "not far off," an official newspaper said Sunday. The overseas edition of the People ...
- 762: Overpopulation And The Economi
- ... like North America, there are many different, noticeable, differences. An example of this being the fertility rate. In Africas particular culture, having many children equals high fertility rates and this, they believe, is a great blessing from God. Also, here women are not educated, as well as the developed countries, and there is no or very little knowledge of contraceptives. (John L.Seitz Global Issues, an Introduction. Pg. 14) The ... in one area takes much longer than this to grow back. Therefore, he believes, that as the population grows, there is a less means of subsistence being produced. Food shortages, could effect the economy a great deal, as disease and malnutrition would take place. (John L. Seitz. Global Issues, an Introduction. Pg. 31) Along with disease, there is the problem of sewage, in these overpopulated countries. The sewage could be means of garbage, or even of waste. The waste could cause a great deal of problems, such as disease, rats, contamination of water, and so on. This could also cause a great amount of death in the urban centers. (John L.Seitz. Global Issues, an Introduction. Pg. ...
- 763: Theseus Athens Great Hero
- Theseus Athens Great Hero At birth Theseus an unknown father. His mother , Aethra , was friendly with both Poseidon and Aegeus (Hunt 3-6). Before Theseus was born Aegeus said to Aethra ." If we are to have a son ... to seeing what they were trying to do to him and using that to hurt or usually kill them. Either way Theseus showed courage and wisdom in his quick thinking that would make him a great hero that would be remembered for many years to come. The first day in Athens Theseus started looking for Aegeus' castle but what he did not know was that Aegeus was ,at the time, under ...
- 764: Foreshadowing Destiny(great Ga
- ... to Fitzgerald none other than New York. By magnifying the tragic fate of dreamers, conveying that twenties America lacked the substance to fulfill dreams and exposing the blindness in Jazz-Age Americans, Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby, foreshadows the destruction of his own generation. Since America has always held its entrepreneurs in the highest regard, brandishing them with praise and mounting the most successful on the highest pedestals, it is almost ... destroyed the neatly woven fabric of America. This solemn omen on the lost future of America in the twenties, of the impending destiny that awaited the heedless masses frames F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby.
- 765: The Lives of Confucius and Guatama Siddhartha
- ... the Chinese way of showing reverence by avoidance. (Encyclopedia Americana, v. 7; 540) K'ung Futzu was what was used. The name got Latinized and it became Confucius. Ever since Confucius' birth, he was a great student. All throughout his childhood Confucius liked to play religious and cultural roles. By the age of 15, Confucius began to take his studies very seriously. He was a diligent and studious learner and put ... point, Confucius' teachings were wanted by so many that he had 3,000 students attending his school. 72 of them had mastered the six arts-rituals, music, archery, charioteering, literature, and mathematics. He was a great teacher, well known and respected. He was able to get his disciples responsible positions in the Chinese government and also able to get them jobs as teachers. He knew many and the favors that he ... the emperor of Mang He, allowed Confucius to come to his capital. Mang He wanted Confucius to teach his son the teachings and allow him to become a disciple. This enabled Confucius to learn a great deal about past empires and past emperors. He was able to obtain resources that only officials had access to. It also allowed him to collect materials and information for works that he would produce ...
- 766: Andrew Jackson
- ... ready for divorce. Andrew and Rachel then got married, but this event became an issue because of the fact that Rachel's husband's divorce was only a rumor, where, in later years, in the great game of politics, the issue would be brought up over and over again that Andrew Jackson committed ungentlemen-like bigamy. Marriage had brought Jackson a few miles ahead in the road through politics. Being the ... very little political ambition, and not accomplishing a whole lot, Jackson soon resigns his seat. It was after his senate resigning that Jackson would become major general of the militia of Tennessee and where his great accomplishments in the battle field start. During the War of 1812, General Jackson, with his troop of 2,500 men, was to march to Natchez, at the tip of the Mississippi, to prepare strikes on ... he had received the Old Hickory name came Jackson's greatest victory courtesy of the battle of New Orleans which ended the War of 1812. The time was following Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat in France, Great Britain had now assembled a troop of 14,000 men to attack the U.S. in three directions: top from Lake Champlain, Chesapeake Bay in the middle, and New Orleans in the south. The ...
- 767: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- ... a reflection of his time period because his work represents realism, his work was different from what was expected, and his work had to do with religion. Although Hopkins is considered as one of the great poets of the past, he was not that appreciated during his time period. The only reason that we have his work today is because his friends held on to his work after his death and ... that went against something that they knew. Although there was a movement from romanticism to realism, Hopkins was only one of the few poets that actually wrote about realistic things. That is what was so great about the work of Hopkins; it was not only about realistic things that were happening during his time, but it was also about realistic things that could happen in the near future from where he ... a very big mistake for Hopkins because this caused there to be no audience for his work. Although this work was rejected by his time, it is greatly appreciated now because there is no one great religion anymore. There are many more religions that are practiced now then there were then. This is one of the reasons that Hopkins work is appreciated now. Gerard Manley Hopkins was a man of ...
- 768: The Great Gatsby: Eastern Desires
- The Great Gatsby: Eastern Desires The roaring twenties. Cars were the things to have and a party was the place to be. Everybody wanted something. F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, describes the events that happen to eight people during the summer of 1922. In the book, people went from west to east because something they desired was in the east; unfortunatly in the end ...
- 769: The Great Gatsby: The American Dream
- The Great Gatsby: The American Dream The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the pursuit of the American Dream. This dream is different for many people, but for Jay Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire true happiness. In order ...
- 770: The Great Gatsby
- ... bad, right or wrong, they just follow and do them without any thinking. Therefore, there are not too many people would like to be a normal, thoughtful nor neutral person. However, in the novel, The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, one of the character name is Nike Carroway, he was the good and neutral narrator. It was because, in the novel, he analyzed all of the things with regard to accuracy of observation. In The Great Gatsby, when Mr.Gatsby told Vick he wanted to return the past over again with his lover- Daisy, Nike Carroway warned him to give it up, because it was impossible. Unforturately, Mr.Gatsby was not ...
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