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- 441: The Wife (canterbury Tales)
- ... become beautiful and unfaithful or remain old, and noble. The knight has been taught that it is the women's decision to choose her appearance. He makes the right decision by letting her be in control, he told her "you make the choice, yourself whatever pleases you suffices me"(291). In turn the knight is rewarded, for his realization of what his wife and women truly desire, by his wife. In ... certain extent. In his tale the woman didn't benefit or learn anything from the test of loyalty. However in the "Wife of Bath" the knight learned to respect women, and that they had more control in the relationship. The woman of Bath feels that marriage is used primarily to obtain material possessions, and that it is a "misery and a woe"(258). She believes that the only benefit from marriage ... advances and power. In the "Wife of Bath's Tale" the "queen, and other ladies too implored the king to exercise his grace so ceaselessly, he gave the queen the case"(282). These women had control over the king and they used it to their advantage. They were enabled to judge the knight and punish him to what they felt was necessary and correct. The women in this book took ...
- 442: The Bill of Rights
- ... equipment used to publish Phrack, a worldwide electronic magazine about phones and hacking, was confiscated after publishing a document copied from a Bell South computer entitled "A Bell South Standard Practice (BSP) 660-225-104SV Control Office Administration of Enhanced 911 Services for Special Services and Major Account Centers, March, 1988." All of the information in this document was publicly available from Bell South in other documents. The government has not ... of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS: This amendment is so commonly challenged that the movement has its own name: gun control. Legislation banning various types of weapons is supported with the claim that the weapons are not for "legitimate" sporting purposes. This is a perversion of the right to bear arms for two reasons. First, ...
- 443: Orwell And Marx
- ... hoof and a horn on it similar to the hammer and sickle of the former Soviet Union. It is a flag that flies over the newly-named Animal Farm and at whose base lies a gun taken from a helper of Mr. Jones and later, the disinterred skull of the old Major. Looking deeper at Animal Farm, we can see that Orwell's criticism of Marx through Animalism goes way beyond religion and the nationalism ‹ to revolution and the nature of man. The gun that sits at the foot of the flagstaff, besides being a reminder of the Battle of Cowshed, it is also a criticism on the method behind the Rebellion, thereby a criticism on Trotsky's methods ... as well. Whereas old Major's Animalism preached revolution through working "day and night, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race˛ (20), the animals revolted with war and bloodshed, symbolized by the gun and the war cry of Snowball (Trotsky) at The Battle of Cowshed ‹ "The only good human being is a dead one˛. A serious objection by Orwell on Marxism and Trotskyism is their conviction of ...
- 444: Airplanes
- ... wings can also vary. Airplanes with a single set of wings are referred to as monoplanes, while those with two sets are called biplanes. To help fly the airplane, the wings have two types of control surfaces attached to the rear, or trailing, edges. They are referred to as ailerons and flaps. Ailerons extend from about the midpoint of each wing outward to the tip. They move in opposite directions - when ... the desired altitude, or height. Most airplanes have a small, hinged section at the back of the elevator called a trim tab. Its purpose is to relieve the pressure it must be held on the control wheel to keep the nose in the desired position. In most small airplanes, the trim tab is controlled with a wheel or a crank in the cockpit. Some empennage designs vary from the type of horizontal stabilizer. They have a one-piece horizontal stabilizer that pivots up and down from a central hinge point. This type of design, called a stabilator, requires no elevator. Move the stabilator using the control wheel, just as in an elevator. When you pull back, the nose moves up; when you push forward, the nose moves down. An antiservo tab is mounted at the back of the stabilator, to ...
- 445: Vietnam War - The Vietnam War
- ... to accept Communism in return for what they had been fighting for over 2000 years: self rule. In 1950 the United States, owing a debt of gratitude towards France, sent several advisors to aid French control in Vietnam. Over the next decade and a half, the United States would send an entire Army and Navy to aid the French in maintaining control in South Vietnam, which had separated from the Communist North Vietnam by treaty in 1954. In early August of 1964 a small Vietcong (term used to identify South Vietnamese in favor of communism and unification ... to systematically murder every inhabitant in this small South Vietnamese hamlet for suspicion of the harboring of Vietcong Soldiers. In this village no signs of Vietcong inhabitants were found. Neither a single uniform nor a gun was found anywhere (Hersh, 11-44) . This leads one to wonder about the motives involved. Was the massacre necessarily, or was it simply an outlet for built up anger and frustration towards the very ...
- 446: Two Kinds By Amy Tan
- ... Mei does everything she can to annoy and displease her mother even to the point of being a failure. This fight to find her own identity against her mother s wishes shows how parents cannot control their child s life; they can only point them in the right direction and let them make their own choices. In the onset of the story we find Jing-Mei s mother convincing her that she can be prodigy (491) and that she can be best anything. (491) Deciding that Jing-Mei s destiny is to become a prodigy, her mother takes control and begins to push Jing-Mei towards this goal. At first Jing-Mei is, just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. (491) By saying these things, Jing-Mei s mother tries to ... gives her gets harder, Jing-Mei begins to be resentful and unwilling to cooperate. She thinks to herself, I won t be what I m not. (492) This shows a child resisting it s parents control. Even as Jing-Mei loses interest in becoming a prodigy, her mother continues to push her on. She decides to arrange piano lessons for Jing-Mei without consulting her first. In doing these things, ...
- 447: Changes To The Bill Of Rights
- ... equipment used to publish Phrack, a worldwide electronic magazine about phones and hacking, was confiscated after publishing a document copied from a Bell South computer entitled "A Bell South Standard Practice (BSP) 660-225-104SV Control Office Administration of Enhanced 911 Services for Special Services and Major Account Centers, March, 1988." All of the information in this document was publicly available from Bell South in other documents. The government has not ... of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS: This amendment is so commonly challenged that the movement has its own name: gun control. Legislation banning various types of weapons is supported with the claim that the weapons are not for "legitimate" sporting purposes. This is a perversion of the right to bear arms for two reasons. First, ...
- 448: Bacon’s Rebellion
- Bacon’s Rebellion Governor Berkeley, the man in charge of running Virginia in the representation of the interests of the Virginia Company had total control of this colony since he was there and the Virginia company was in England. Due to Having this power for more than thirty years was able to dominate all of the colony’s politics. Due ... Virginia had the power to award land and other things to his cronies, this of course is cronyism in the example given, Berkeley was able to award land to his friends. This lead to the control of the provincial government, although he is governor by forming an elite group{tidewater gentleman composed of his friends}gives not only a stronger power base securing his office but also creates an oligarchy, The ... as the Elite{ tidewater gentleman}, the wealthy unelite such as Bacon, The Yeoman farmers, the indentured servants, and lastly the slaves. In the order given the elite were most prestigious and respectable and were in control the society’s government, they also have most power. The unlelite wealthy people such as Bacon had money and land beyond their need however as respectable as they were, they did not have as ...
- 449: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... forces were quick to react and Castro ordered his T- 33 trainer jets, two Sea Furies, and two B-26s into the air to stop the invading forces. Off the coast was the command and control ship and another vessel carrying supplies for the invading forces. The Cuban air force made quick work of the supply ships, sinking the command ve ssel the Marsopa and the supply ship the Houston, blasting ... 5th battalion was lost, which was on the Houston, as well as the supplies for the landing teams and eight other smaller vessels. With some of the invading forces' ships destroyed, and no command and control ship, the logistics of the operation soon broke down as the other supply ships were kept at bay by Casto's air force. As with many failed military adventures, one of the problems with this ... the slow moving B-26s of the invading force. On Tuesday, two were shot out of the sky and by Wednesday the invaders had lost 10 of their 12 aircraft. With air power firmly in control of Castro's forces, the end was near for the invading army. Over the 72 hours the invading force of about 1500 men were pounded by the Cubans. Casto fired 122mm. Howitzers, 22mm. cannon, ...
- 450: Imperialism
- ... Far East). In 1773 the British government was obliged to take over for the financially troubled East India Company, which had been in India since 1600, and by the end of the century Britain's control over India extended into neighboring Afghanistan and Burma. With the end, in 1815, of the Napoleonic Wars, the last of the great imperial wars which had dominated the eighteenth century, Britain found itself in an ... also practiced imperialism for trade purposes, but very little in Africa. The British economy has always depended heavily on trade, and Britain did want the West Coast of Africa for its palm oil. They took control of it simply because the native political structure was too unstable for good commerce without British control. For trade purposes, they concentrated on practicing imperialism in India and the Caribbean. Since the slave trade in Europe was stamped out in the 1830's, the British were not very interested in Africa. ...
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