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- 4771: Dawn
- ... English ordered a 24 hour curfew. They searched every house, and also arrested hundreds of suspects. Tanks were stationed at the crossroads, barbed wire barricades at street corners. They did not find the hostage. The High Commissioner of Palestine said that the whole country would be held responsible for the murder of the Captain, if he was in fact murdered. A few people got in touch with the Old Man and ... and lands were under the control of foreign hands. He went to Paris and that is where he met Gad. He was offered asylum in France. He wanted to learn the language and go to school. but Gad came into his life. "The study of philosophy attracted me because I wanted to understand the meaning of the events of which I had been the victim." (12) "In the concentration camp I ...
- 4772: Cry, The Beloved Country
- ... battered country that has suffered far to much for far to long. The book takes you to South Africa, where the land itself is the essence of a man. It as if the mountains, soaring high above the clouds, are the high moments in life, and the valleys are those low and suffering times. Next, you will take a journey to a place called Johannesburg. While reading the pages, begin to envision Johannesburg being a polluted, very ... city. The setting is more of a emotional setting than a physical setting. As I stated it takes place in South Africa, 1946. This is a time where racial discrimination is at an all time high. The black community of this land is trying to break free from the white people, but having little success. It is this so called racism that is essential to the setting of the story. ...
- 4773: Cry, The Beloved Country
- ... the black, he gives numerous examples throughout the novel. The white man had more money, a better job, a nicer house… With James Jarvis, Paton showed that he was superior by making him live on high place, because he was so much superior than the natives that lived below him. At the end of the book James Jarvis (even though he had changed) could not get off his horse to talk ... workers" (178). It is so apparent that all the problems in South Africa can be traced back to the lack of education for the natives. If the natives were given the opportunity to go to school many would have better jobs. Which would mean that they would have more money to support their families and they would have a place to live. Not only would education lessen the huge social gap ...
- 4774: Crime And Punishment
- ... have never have given up his last rouble with out worrying where he was going to get more. Raskolnikov can also be compared to the recent happenings in Littleton, Colorado. Where two students terrorized their high school. The students for the most part seemed to be carefree not able to hurt a single person to the people around them. They were quite and kept to themselves not relieving that they could perform ...
- 4775: Continental Drift
- ... makes between being alive and being dead, which he thinks he is, relates to an aspect of selfishness in Bob. Different events or benchmarks mark off life times: the first tooth, the first date, graduating high school, getting married, etc. If a person has a profession, one that allows for continuous growth and increasing income, a new level of benchmarks become available. Bob does not have these options, however. He is involved ...
- 4776: Tattoo History
- ... resin in which are embedded three or four short needles (web page). The pigment is made of a mixture of soot, water, and sugar cane juice. Before coloring on a persons body, they carve in high relief on blocks of wood which are then smeared with ink and pressed on the skin leaving an impression. To begin the process the tattooer stretches, with her feet, the skin of the part to ... at the Paris Hippodrome in 1904, this project lasted for three weeks and was widely covered by the press. Macdonal was yet another tattoo artist who began in the army and attended a formal art school. He called himself a "tattooist" rather than "tattooer" on the grounds that "ist" sounded like "artist" whereas "er" sounded like "plumber" (web page). Macdonald was reviewed by many in the French press, and in 1900 ...
- 4777: Tarot Card Use In The U.s
- ... in a number of different configurations, is as important as the significance of each individual card. Today, increasing numbers of people use tarot cards as a tool for self exploration and personal growth. When local high school student Julie Casner was asked why she decided to get a tarot card reading, and how she felt afterwards, she replied I initially set out to get a reading because of curiosity, but was amazed ...
- 4778: Target Markets
- ... market segmentation. Demographic segmentation consists of gender, age, income, family size, family life cycle, occupation, and education. The target market in this article consists of females, age 18-20, single, with no more education than high school. This matches most of the criteria for demographic segmentation. Psychographic segmentation consists of identifying certain lifestyles based on the consumer s values, activities, interests, opinions, and demographics. This article conveys that these women are Strivers ...
- 4779: Eli Whitney
- ... home, he made nails, and at one time he was the only maker of ladies' hatpins in the country. In his early twenties, Whitney became determined to attend Yale College. Since Yale was mostly a school for law or theology, his parents objected. How could Yale College help enhance his mechanical talents? Finally, at the age of twenty-three, Whitney became a student at Yale. By this time, he seemed almost ... Whitney was very aware of this, and proceeded to invent something that would prove to be far more useful than some machine. He would invent a system of manufacturing that would allow anyone to produce high quality goods, no matter what skill level. This system was first developed with the manufacturing of rifles. Whitney, without a single factory, or even a machine, persuaded the U.S. government to give him an ...
- 4780: Integrated Software Application
- ... it did happen to mouse support. Every single program that uses mouse support would have to pay a fee for the rights to do so. This would result in higher software prices (aren't they high enough?), and reduced quality in the programs, as they have to worry about the legalities more (Del Guercio 22-24). Needless to say, the patenting of software is not a widely loved policy, mostly embraced ... great, competition. Oh, and I'd like to add that I broke copyright law a total of 13 times in the making of this report, when I made a copy of each reference with the school copying machine (James 16), although it was fair use, so I'm not in any trouble (Ruth).
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