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- 4991: To Kill A Mockingbird: Man Versus Society
- ... time in the south. Blacks, Calpurnia And Tom Robinson. White Trash, Ewells. Poor Whites, The Cunninghams. And The Average Southern,Atticus and its neighbors. Education separate every. The average are the only to go to High School, College. At this time there where three myths known that separated the blacks. 1. Blacks where like little children and had to be taken care of them. - Inferior 2. Blacks, Had sexually intimate to rape ...
- 4992: Acid Rain 5
- ... numerous amounts of toxic waste into it. The burning of fossils fuels, produces gases that cause acid rain. Acid rain is harmful to forests, lakes, rivers, and any wildlife that is located in these areas. High standards of living, which developed countries are accustomed to, depends upon fossil fuels to withhold these standards. Therefore, they cause the pollutants that cause acid rain. THE MEANING OF ACID RAIN Acid rain comes in ... alter the protective waxy surface of leaves, lowering disease resistance. · It may inhibit plant germination and reproduction. · It accelerates soil weathering and removal of nutrients. · It makes some toxic elements, such as aluminum, more soluble. High aluminum concentrations in soil can prevent the uptake and use of nutrients by plants. 5) How does acid deposition affect animal life? The effects on terrestrial wildlife are hard to assess. As a result of ... Maritimes has been lost; a significant proportion of eastern Canada's forests has been affected; and considerable damage to buildings and monuments has been documented. · More than 89% of all Canadians live in areas with high acid rain-related pollution. · It has been estimated that about 50% of the sulphate deposited in Canada is derived from sources in the U.S. · About 40% of nitrogen oxides come from transportation (cars, ...
- 4993: Maya Angelou 2
- ... and dance. In 1940 she and her brother moved to San Francisco to be with their mother, who had remarried. She gave birth to her son Clyde Johnson, just a few month after graduating a high school in 1945.At 22, she married Tosho Angelos, a former sailor of Greek descent, but she left her marriage two and half years later and set out to become a professional dancer. Maya Angelou spent ...
- 4994: American Crocodile
- ... range¡¨ (65 Ross). ¡§Populations are known from freshwater areas located well inland, including a number of reservoirs¡¨ (1 Species). ¡§In Florida, C. acutus can be found in mangrove swamps and saltwater marshes with sandy, undisturbed high spots¡¨ (10B Sun-sentinel). ¡§South Florida is the northern end of [C. acutus¡¦s] range. Historically, crocodiles have lived in Florida from Cape Sable to Lake Worth in Palm Beach County, and fewer numbers, up ... populations C. acutus is extensively hunted with only one or two populations being adequately protected in national parks in Costa Rica, Venezuela, and the United States¡¨ (226 Ross). ¡§Once crocodilian skin was a source of high-quality, pliable, decorative leather that takes on a bright sheen when processed, trafficking in skins became big business with huge returns. Crocodilian skins are processed into a large variety of very expensive leather products. In ... has been proven in five species of crocodiles and is probably true for all species, because crocodilians lack sex chromosomes. Exclusively females are produced at low incubation temperatures, males are produced at intermediate temperatures, and high temperatures produce mostly or only females. Where the female builds her nest and when she lays her eggs both have major effects on the sex ratio for her offspring. Thermal cues probably play a ...
- 4995: Acid Rain 4
- ... in air pollution could have been attained using half of the money spent if the government was more efficient. Obviously the U.S. government has taken a stand against pollution, and has paid the extremely high financial costs. Many people are quick to point the environmental finger at less developed countries and ask why they are not going to such measures to reduce their own pollution. Like many other things, this ... a couple of nations take a stand against pollution while the others sit idly and watch, what benefit will the efforts result in? The fact that the Earth’s population is increasing at a frighteningly high rate is no surprise to most of us. We have heard time and again about the inability of the earth to sustain such a high population. This constant increase in population is causing an extreme increase in energy needs, which is leading to more pollution. Some scientists claim that if the population increase does not stabilize, it will be ...
- 4996: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
- ... i expressed the ideas of Taoism and Confucianism, respectively, while their fellow poet T’ao Ch’ien expressed both, through their poetry. Confucianism is based on the ideas of Confucius, the man who gave the school of thought its name. The main goal of Confucianists was to return a gentlemanly society to China. The core of Confucianism concerned social structure. Confucius taught that a man should respect and obey those of ... father of a family, or the emperor of a nation. But even with absolute obedience, Confucianists believed that men should practice restraint and benevolence in those inferior to them. At the same time, those in high status were expected to lead virtuous lives, and to set examples for those that followed them. Confucianists believed that the moral code of man was set down by heaven, and if those in positions of ...
- 4997: Gender
- ... to college to become masters with their hands. The sons in Sandra’s family have the advantage because they are going to college for what they want to. After Sandra completed two years of graduate school, she disappointed her father because she still had not found a husband. She said she could see her self being erased. In the end, after she published some of her stories, her father finally accepted ... she looks like a Playboy bunny. A part of male sexism is the pressure that men feel to be successful. Many men have come to view their obligation as having a good education, getting a high-paying job, getting married, having kids, and being the sole “bread winner” of the family. They are the ones who have to support their family, and they are looked down upon by society if they ...
- 4998: Biography of Anne Frank
- ... company, Opteka, in Amsterdam and began planning to bring his family there. The Frank family finally moved into a house on Medwedplein in Southern Amsterdam in 1933 and Anne began to attend the nearby Montessori school, where she excelled. Seven years later, 1940, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and in five days, Holland surrendered to the invading German forces. Anne’s father had already begun to convert the annex of his company at 263 Prinsengracht into a hiding place. Under German law, Anne was forced to the leave the Montessori school and attends the Jewish Secondary School. On her thirteenth birthday, in 1942 Anne received as a gift from her parents a diary. A few short weeks later Margot, Anne’s older sister, received a notice from the Nazi SS to ...
- 4999: Aristotle
- Aristotle Aristotle was born in 382 BC, in a small town near Athens, Greece. He went to school and studied under the teachings of Plato. He became a great thinker and opened his own school which was a large competition for Plato's school. One of the major philosophies in which Aristotle became known for is his in-depth study of the aspects of good and evil. Aristotle said that a man is not good if he shows ...
- 5000: James Baldwin
- ... James’ life and also the main character in much of his work. In 1938, at the wish of his stepfather, James converted and preached for three years at the Fireside Pentecostal Assembly. Finally, after graduating high school, he left the ministry and pursued his dream of writing. Baldwin drifted from job to job, writing in between and eventually moved to Europe at the age of 24. Baldwin has written the reason for ...
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