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- 5161: An Interview With Jane Austin
- ... before I started writing Wuthering Heights. My sisters and I started to write poems and some fictional stories when we were younger. Many of our influences came from our father and what we learned in school. I was always very fond of nature and wrote very descriptively about them in my works. I especially loved the moors. When I wrote Wuthering Heights, I did not want it to turn out as ... Nelly and Heathcliff. My mother died of cancer when I was still a child so I didn’t know her well. My sisters Maria and Elizabeth died of the poor conditions at the Cowan Bridge School where my father sent us. I had a lot of hatred in me because of their deaths and thought how unfair it was for the rest of us, especially my father. You could say the ...
- 5162: Great Gatsby 12
- ... if he hurts the feelings of the person to whom he speaks with. Nick s carefulness when speaking and Tom s Carelessness reveals a lot about their morality. It shows that Nick s morals are high he can not hurt an old man who had just lost his son; whereas Tom s morals are so low, that he hurts a poor stranger walking down the street, who is trying to make ... feeling (said Daisy) (Pg. 17) Tom not showing up to his daughter s birth shows how he has no moral value of family. Nick s faithfulness and Tom s unfaithfulness, indicates their morals. Nick has high moral, since he attended Gatsby s funeral; however, or the contrary, Tom s morals are low, since he was not present at his daughter s birth, not for Daisy s sake, and not for Pammy ...
- 5163: Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes?
- ... groups have more extreme views on legalization. In an on-line publication entitled “Marijuana and Christians: Cure or Curse?”, a group for “Aggressive Christianity” writes that: “Through the innocently appearing guise of the 'natural herbal high' called marijuana, Satan has found an open doorway for invasion into the minds of millions of people” (Marijuana and Christians). These “Aggressive Christians” decree that marijuana is one of Satan's tools and should not ... apparently no reason for Satanists not to use marijuana. Groups such as these “Aggressive Christians” represent the most conservative side of the battle over legalization. College campuses are often recognized for their liberal views and high drug consumption levels. Adam Djurdjulov, a journalism senior and Arizona Daily Wildcat opinions editor writes a column that appears in that publication on Mondays. In his column, titled “Airing it Out,” he recently wrote an ...
- 5164: AIDS and YOU
- ... into contact with the blood of an uninfected person. Sex involving penetration of the penis into either the vagina of a woman or the rectum of either a woman or a man has a very high risk of transmitting the disease. It is felt to be about four times MORE likely for an infected male to transmit AIDS to an uninfected woman in the course of vaginal sex than it is ... many months of safe sex with the diseased person. It is particularly encouraging to note that, due to education programs among San Francisco gay males, the incidence of new cases of AIDS infection among that high risk group has dropped massively. Between practice of safe sex and a significant reduction in the number of casual sexual contacts, the spread of AIDS is being massively slowed in that group. Similar responsible action ...
- 5165: Fungus
- ... with the available food supply. The best temperature for most fungi to thrive is from 68° to 86°F (20° to 30°C). Some types of fungi, however, do perfectly well at tem- peratures as high as 120°F (48°C), while a fairly large number of them do well at freezing temperatures, 32°F (0°C) or below. The reproduction of fungi can be either sexual or asexual. Sexual reproduction ... work primarily by interacting with the carbohydrates (sugar and starches) in either dough for bread or liquid for brewing and fermentation. Brewers\\' yeast has long been considered nutritionally useful to humans because it contains a high quantity of B vitamins. Some yeasts cause decay in fruits and vegetables, as do other saprophytic fungi. Fungi and People Fungi are everywhere in the human environment--in the soil; in lakes, rivers, and the ...
- 5166: The Horse and His Boy by C.S Lewis
- ... Hwin is a good-natured, sensible horse. Another slave taken from Narnia. She and Aravia become friends in time. Other chractors who are seen in the book are: Peter Pevensie- King Peter the magnificent, the High King. Susan Pevensie- Queen Susan the Gentle. Edmund Pevensie-King Edmund the Just. Lucy Pevensie- Queen Lucy the Valiant. The four Pevensies, brothers and sisters, visted Narnia at the time of the winter rule of ... and Lucy . Shasta lived with his 'father' a poor fisherman in a small cottage. one day a very special man rode by and demanded hospitality, the fisher man dared not deny. He was a very high classed man a tarkaan. So he went out side and sat with the horse. He over heard the Tarkaans and his fathers conversation, the Tarkaan wanted to by shasta! and even worse his father was ...
- 5167: Clinical Depression 2
- ... person has family members with clinical depression does not guarantee that he or she will develop it. Similarly, you may get it even if no one else in your family has had it. People with high levels of stress are much more likely to develop depression that those who do not. Though most people go through a "down" period after a particularly stressful event like a divorce or death of a ... during their lifetimes. The chances of recovery from clinical depression are very good! Almost all clinical depression sufferers who get treatment recover from their episode of depression. The recovery from this episode can be as high as 85% for people who complete several different treatments. As one improves, they will expect to notice an improved appetite, increased energy levels, and finally, improved sleep.
- 5168: Gender Marriage and the Cold War
- ... the iron curtain. Computers determine the course of a person's life, and there can be no deviation short of "dropping out" of society. The most valued asset in this futuristic nightmare is an incredibly high I.Q. The "men" with high scores are given more privileges, while those less fortunate are forced into menial tasks in exchange of government handouts. The men of the Reeks and Wrecks are virtually impotent, and women are looked upon in ...
- 5169: A Separate Peace 3
- ... Europe. Gene simply replied to the shirt by calling Finny nuts, but deep down inside Gene was jealous of Finny s boldness. Another incident of Finny s openness, or boldness is when he wore the school tie as a belt. Gene was anxiously waiting for Finny to get yelled at, but because of his openness he was able to talk his way out of getting into trouble. Finny claimed that he ... anyone his real height. This tore Gene up inside. This is also and early indication that Gene feels that Finny feels better than him. Another case of Finny s modesty is when he breaks the school swim record. Gene wanted to get an official time keeper so Finny could get a plaque with his name on it, but Finny simply replied, no, in my heard I know I can beat it ...
- 5170: Book Review of "The Burning Man" by Phillip Margolin
- ... Man" by Phillip Margolin Peter Hale, the son of Richard Hale, a four-year associate at Hale, Greaves, Strobridg, Marquand, and Bartlett, has lived his life under the shadow of his father. Despite having a high five-figure salary and fire-engine-red Porsche, Peter was constantly trying to overcome the expectations of his high- class lawyer of a father, who was former president of the Oregon State Bar. Handling only small-time cases did not present Peter with the opportunity to outshine his father, who was also a second ...
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