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- 571: Killer Instinct
- ... a mad professor. "Hey! Manny? Janice? Is everything free, today?" His questions were cut short as a ski-masked face shot up from behind a display rack. "Shut up, mouthpiece. Get over here. Fast!" The gun held in the robber's fist indicated that he meant business. Billy slowly raised his hands and moved in the direction indicated. As he drew close to the display rack, he saw Manny sitting awkwardly ... I don't get a lot of call for that stuff, so I only carry small quantities. He's got all I have, but he won't listen. He....I....He hit me with the gun," Manny's voice trembled as he gestured with the handkerchief. "Enough talking," snapped the gunman. He reached over towards Janice, and before she could react, he grabbed the little girl and pulled her towards him ... want me to off the kid? Huh?" Billy circled closer. Ski-mask was like a rabbit hypnotised by a snake. He couldn't remove his eyes from the big man. "Is he crazy? I gotta gun!" "Didn' getta chance....Know I got it....Jus' needa...." Ski-mask removed the gun from the child's head and aimed at Billy as he moved dangerously close. Too late,the robber realized his ...
- 572: 1984: Lack of Humanity
- 1984: Lack of Humanity Humanity includes a person’s range of emotions, the actions that result from them, and a person’s identity. If the government can control the humanity of its people, then the government is in complete control of its people. In George Orwell’s 1984, the government is just like that. The Inner Party (often referred to simply as the Party), the governing force in Oceania, hopes that by removing people’s humanity, it can control each and one of them. The Party only controls the civilians, because the citizens allow the Party to. The people of Oceania know no other way of life. They grew up with no emotions, ...
- 573: Filial Piety In China
- ... a "renegade". In fact, children of former landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements, rightists, the bourgeoisie and capitalist roaders could only join the Red Guards after they renounced their class and denounced their parents. Parental control over their children was disintegrated as many families were separated with students given encouragement to travel country-wide with free transport or parents with "black" backgrounds being sent to reform camps. In Niu-Niu's ... her grandmother who loved her well and with whom she had strong attachments. However, she still rebelled, engaging in theft and getting involved in juvenile activities. Her rebellion clearly stemmed from the lack of parental control. The Cultural Revolution can be seen as the period of temporary collapse of filial piety in China. The Confucian value system which has survived thousands of years crumbled under the political and social stress that ... is definitely a far cry from the kind of parent-child relationship that used to exist in traditional Chinese societies. As parents do not play the dominating role in their children's lives anymore, their control over their children is somewhat limited. On the other hand, parents in China today are comfortable with their children having more autonomy. Therefore, parent-child relations are not as formal as they used to ...
- 574: Enuresis
- Enuresis is the medical term used to describe the involuntary discharge of urine beyond the age when a child is old enough to be able to control urination (usually considered to be six years of age for nighttime control), or more commonly, bedwetting. There are several types of enuresis: diurnal enuresis is wetting that occurs during waking hours, primary nocturnal enuresis is a lack of the achievement of total bladder control during sleep, and secondary nocturnal enuresis is loss of bladder control that happens after a child (or adult) has been dry a night for a long period of time (usually three to six months). ...
- 575: Firearms
- ... don’t have to -- it discharges automatically each time you pull on a trigger – a precious toy of all the snipers, but quite unpopular, because of its big weight, unreliability, and limited mobility. Mini-machine-gun – is a portable automatic weapon, (halfway between a pistol and a machine-gun) which is capable of shooting pistol bullets continuously at a high rate. There’re lots of types of mini-machine guns, but the principle of operation is the same – they all use reverse motion of ... guns were so beloved by Chicago gangsters. The range and accuracy of mini-machine guns are quite limited – and that’s why they are not used in army so frequently. For instance, Israeli “Mini-USI” gun (it quite small, about a size of big pistol) has a capability of firing 1250 bullets per minute – but I would never use it on a battlefield, because it is quite ineffective at distances ...
- 576: The Stone Angel---literary Ess
- ... such as dressing herself or walking down the stairs. It irks her to need help, which is one of the reasons she can't stand Doris. She is also angry at the lack of emotional control as she perceives how "laden with self-pity" (pg. 31) her voice sounds when arguing with Marvin in one instance. She cannot control how her "mouth speaks by itself, the words flowing from somewhere, some half-hidden hurt" (pg. 68). After the denial and anger begin to fade, she attempts a short bargaining period where she wonders what ... a constant reminder. She places her belief in herself only and faults other's credibility, such as Doctor Tappen's, to maintain the illusion now hanging by a flimsy thread. When Hagar realizes she cannot control or stop the process of old age, she becomes depressed and distant. When she hears about Silverthreads, she is "overcome with fear, the feelings one has when the ether mask goes on, when the ...
- 577: Fate in Romeo and Juliet
- ... the play as the ultimate cause for a mishap, there is always an underlying action, or combination of them, on the part of human beings that decides the consequences. Human weakness, the loss of self-control, is always the direct cause of a bad choice or mishap, and not fate itself. One of the most noted instances where fate is blamed for a mishap is when Romeo cries out the he ... that led to the tragic results. Romeo's comment on black fate is a thought that foreshadows ill events in the future. Since he realizes that these events will take place, he should try to control them as much as is possible by keeping a cool head and not letting his emotions rule him, as is seen to be the case. This would give Romeo control over his future, taking away the element of fate. Capulet is viewed as a man who enjoys control. His decision to have Juliet marry Paris is the reason for Friar Laurence's plan to ...
- 578: The Western Formula
- A seemingly traditional approach towards the Western frontier is the reason for John Cawelti s assessment from The Six-Gun Mystique. His description of the Western formula being far easier to define than that of the detective story may clearly be a paradigm for many authors, but not particularly for Stephen Crane. The standards Cawelti ... and the view of America as a great history of men against the wilderness has created the need for a means of symbolic expression of masculine potency in an unmistakable way. This means is the gun, particularly the six-gun (Crane 299). Tompkins makes us aware that a stereotypical Western will hold two men as the key factors and a struggle between them. Where Crane tries describing macho cowboys in The Bride Comes to ...
- 579: Contraception
- ... They also come in a wide variety of sizes. All of these can be purchased at local drug stores, gas stations, grocery stores, health clinics, and many doctors' offices. A more recent type of birth control is the female condom, which is sold in the United States under the name Reality. It is a polyurethane tube that looks a bit like a big male condom. One end goes inside the vagina ... partners refuse to wear a condom or have trouble sustaining an erection when they use a condom. It is also good for the females who are sensitive to latex. This is the only other birth control method besides the male condom that offers STD and HIV protection. The failure rate is about twenty-six percent, but some test show that it is more reliable if used consistently and correctly. The pill is also another commonly used form of birth control. It is a tiny little pill that should be taken at the same time everyday. If used in the proper manor, they are almost one-hundred percent effective, but they don't offer any ...
- 580: Marco Polo
- ... is no evidence that a metal detector will solve the problem of violence in schools, even though it offers a highly-visible symbol to the community(Apfel 22). Even if the schools with all the gun violence in their schools do put in metal detectors at the front entrances of schools, their are many ways kids can sneak in weapons to school. In 1990 congress made it a felony to bring a gun within one-thousand feet of any school under the “Gun-Free School Zones” provision of the 1990 crime prevention package. This law wont help very much because of the fact that students can sneak in weapons through bathroom windows, or an unguarded entrance during ...
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