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- 3191: Comparing The Us Constitution
- ... promises of an end to Russian involvement in World War I, the Bolsheviks (“majority”), a revolutionary movement led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the provisionary government in what bacame known as the October revolution. Upon seizing control, they immediately withdrew from the war and began constructing the world’s first ever communist government. One of the new government’s first acts was to write the Declaration of Rights of the Working and ... People’s Commissars was divided into 18 Commissariats: Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs, Maritime Affairs, Interior, Justice, Labor, Social Security, Public Education, Post and Telegraph, Nationalities Affairs, Finance, Transport, Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Food Supply, State Control, the Supreme Economic Council, and Public Health. Each division consisted of the Commissar and a small number of advisors. The All-Russia Executive Committee appointed the Commissars who then appoint advisors to their board. The ...
- 3192: Henry James Book Report
- ... is also given the opportunity to escape from her problems when Casper Goodwood makes his final plea for her to become his wife. It is very tempting because she knows that she would be in control if she were to marry Casper. Any alternative seems better than returning to a loveless marriage but Isabel decides to make the best of the life that she has created for herself. Lily attempts to ... she does this is by using her small inheritance to settle her debt with George Dorset even though she needs the money for her own living expenses. She does not want to be under his control and the only way to avoid this is to pay him back. There are a very limited number of possibilities open to young women who refuse to conform to society's ideals and expectations of ...
- 3193: Social, Ethical And Biological
- ... injury. Damage or mutations that occur to the proto-oncogenes (POG) and tumour suppresser Genes (TSG) in the genetic material (DNA and RNA) by these carcinogens bring about Cancer, which causes cells to have less control of cell division and differentiation. POGs lead to changed cells or transformed cells and cause excessive cell division. Further mutations cause the cells to become immortal. These cells continue to divide and form a ball ... anti-proto-oncogenes, they regulate the rate of cell division. POG s and TSG s constantly compete to overpower each other. These TSG s can be mutated and this brings about a change in the control mechanism of cell division. Cells are stimulated to divide through a growth factor. Growth factor molecules bind to cell membranes of cells and send a chemical message to a receptor in the cell membrane. The ...
- 3194: Our Town
- ... of the women. This abstinence gave the women the upper hand and the power to demand peace. The men could no longer come home from battle have sex and then leave. The women had the control, which for some reason seems very farfetched. The play its self brings out conflicts that our society today would think of as old fashion. First off, the image of the male being a fighter, and ... plan of abstinence equals peace. While executing their plan the females showed signs of true power. This power was only accomplished because of there unity. They occupied the Acropolis, and in doing so they took control of Athens’ financial reserves. This play shows true signs of women overcoming their gender roles, which is still unheard of in some cultures today. The men however did not give up easily. They were extremely ...
- 3195: Sex And Lies In Arabian Nights
- ... as long as they were justified. Lies are a prominent figure in many of the stories presented in Arabian Nights. In "The Hunchback s Tale" a lie that began with the tailor spun out of control until all that were involved became responsible for the so-called death of the hunchback. The tailor realized the hunchback was dead and brought him to the Jew who thought that he himself had killed ... who thought that he had killed him and he then brought the body to an alley where the Christian thought that he killed him. Here the reader sees how one lie has spun out of control and now these four men are all accountable for the death. Because of these lies all four men would have been hung had it not been for the fact that the hunchback was not really ...
- 3196: So Your Called A Bitch
- ... to be said back in the 60's and 70's that the word bitch was a horrible insult and therefore woman were very offended by the term. Since then, as woman got more in control of their lives, careers and relationships, the word has become a symbol of power and authority. I recently had a class in sociology and we were discussing stereotypes that men give to woman and vice ... versa. When the word bitch came up, the female students in the class responded with the statement that they enjoy being called that name. They elaborated on their response by saying that they feel in control, and get to be the boss in a particular situation. Moreover, they believed that men are attracted or aroused when a woman is in power and enjoy it when they call each other foul names ...
- 3197: A Doll's House: Theme of Emancipation of A Woman
- ... Torvald. She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. The most obvious example of Torvald's physical control over Nora is his reteaching her the tarantella. Nora pretends that she needs Torvald to teach her every move in order to relearn the dance. The reader knows this is an act, and it shows ... the female gender back. Both of these mindsets are expressed in A Doll's House. Torvald is an example of today's stereotypical man, who is only interested in his appearance and the amount of control he has over a person, and does not care about the feelings of others. Nora, on the other hand, is a typical example of the woman who plays to a man's desires. She makes ...
- 3198: Socialism
- ... individual freedom and happiness, and they have generally sought to realize these values by the abolition of the private-enterprise economy (see CAPITALISM) and its replacement by "public ownership," a system of social or state control over production and distribution. Methods of transformation advocated by socialists range from constitutional change to violent revolution. ORIGINS OF SOCIALISM Some scholars believe that the basic principles of socialism were derived from the philosophy of ... as social democracy, did not, like Marxism, look toward the complete abolition of private property and the disappearance of the state but instead envisaged socialism more as a form of society in which full democratic control would be exercised over wealth, and production would be controlled by a group of responsible experts working in the interests of the whole community. The achievement of socialism was seen by social democrats as a ...
- 3199: Nucular War
- ... the air, or underwater. Large rockets can carry multiple warheads for delivery to separate targets. Detonation of Atomic Bombs Many different systems have been made to detonate the atomic bomb. The best system is the gun-type weapon. The atomic bomb exploded by the United States over Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, was a gun-type weapon. It had the energy of anywhere between 12.5 to 15 kilotons of TNT. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, with the energy equivalent of ...
- 3200: Ordinary People
- ... s suicide and the death by drowning of Conrad's older brother, Buck. Conrad eventually contacts a psychiatrist, Dr. Berger, because he feels the "air is full of flying glass" and wants to feel in control. Their initial sessions together frustrate the psychiatrist because of Conrad's inability to express his feelings. Berger cajoles him into expressing his emotions by saying, "That's what happens when you bury this junk, kiddo ... For surviving, maybe. No, that's not it, for being too much like her." A psychoanalyst might call her anal retentive. Someone who is "fixated symbolically in orderliness and a tendency toward perfectionism". "Excessive self-control, not expressing feelings, guards against anxiety by controlling any expression of emotion and denying emotional investment in a thing or person. "She had not cried at the funeral.... She and Conrad had been strong and ...
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