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- 5601: The World Of Perfumes
- ... of $10 billion each year. Ever since the ancient Mesopotamians first used perfume in burial rites over 4,000 years ago, humanking has developed an obsession with the scent and its willing to pay amazingly high prices for something as intangible as a smell. Puzzles by my own inexplicable fondness for aftershave, I've spent sometime researching our culture's partiality to perfume. Evern if you're someone who doesn't ... hoping to find the perfect blend of smells. Ofcourse, the perfume or cologne you buy in the store isn't just a bottle of essential oils. When marketed, the oils are dissolved in alcohol. A high-quality perfume will contain up to 25 percent essential oils and 75 percent alcohol. As we have seen, perfume is much more than a smelly liquid. These complex mixtures of aromatic oils may make us ...
- 5602: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... shadows concealing the edges. These areas are distinguished easily against the sharply defined figures and objects of Verrocchio, that reflect the style called Early Renaissance. Leonardo’s more graceful approach marked the beginning of the High Renaissance. However, this style did not become more popular in Italy for another 25 year (Gilbert 46). Leonardo actually started the popularization of this style. For this reason Leonardo could be called the “Father of the High Renaissance.” Leonardo’s leading skills emerged through his paintings and his techniques. Leonardo’s talents soon drew him away from the Guild and in 1472 Leonardo finished his first complete painting, Annunciation. In 1478 Leonardo ...
- 5603: Should College Athletes Be Paid?
- ... many University of Michigan basketball fans would have bought jerseys with number four on the back if Chris Webber did not wear it first? The student athletes are not permitted to have jobs during the school year. Scholarship athletes' incomes are limited to their room and board check, per diem money on road trips, and whatever money their families can spare. If the school is turning a profit off an athlete, shouldn't the athlete receive their own fair share? Con Student athletes should be treated the same as the other university students. They already have many added perks ...
- 5604: Child Rearing in Victorian Times
- ... they would an army officer. Sir Osbert Sitwell once argued, Parents were aware that the child would be a nuisance and a whole bevy of servants, in addition to the complex guardianship of nursery and school rooms was necessary not so much to aid the infant as to screen him from his father or mother, except on some occasions as he could be used by them as adjuncts, toys or decorations ... the-boxes and beautiful dolls. It was quite important to select a conscientious, attentive type of nurse given she will raise the children until the latter years in which they will be reared by the school. Therefore, parents screened them before hiring them. Many nannies, contrary to the Mary Poppins stereotype were usually unmarried old maids who were strict to the point of being sadistic. Although on the other hand some ...
- 5605: The War On Tobacco
- ... many different effects on the brain and is mainly associated with pleasure. Another memo was found in 1995, stating that nicotine had a ³similar organic chemical² to drugs like cocaine and morphine. With such a high level of potency, the warnings should not be in fine print, but should be broadcasted in bold letters on the packs of cigarettes, televised, and in every magazine ad for cigarettes. Continuing the way they ... many different effects on the brain and is mainly associated with pleasure. Another memo was found in 1995, stating that nicotine had a ³similar organic chemical² to drugs like cocaine and morphine. With such a high level of potency, the warnings should not be in fine print, but should be broadcasted in bold letters on the packs of cigarettes, televised, and in every magazine ad for cigarettes. Continuing the way they ...
- 5606: Charles Manson
- ... an observer, he never got involved or talked to people. Soon Charlie was following in his mother's foot steps. He began stealing and causing trouble. By age nine he was sent to a reform school. In less than a year he ran away from his school. He tried to run to his mother but she wanted nothing to do with him. Charlie was in and out of reform schools, jails, and institutions. By 1958, Charles Manson was released on parole only ...
- 5607: Egalitarian Language
- ... that nigger that you'll answer to." The popularity of this music allows the use of words, such as nigger, into other parts of society. Although it is not used in formal situations such as school or family events it is used, jokingly, among friends. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome is the variety of religions throughout society. One of the main competitions throughout the course of history has been ... after justice" (87). Making laws about words will not change people's beliefs about subjects. The only way to change the language is to change people's beliefs about the subject first. We must use school systems to educate youth as well as good parenting. It is possible to remove racism and sexism from our society with many years of teaching and not tolerating those who are bigots. However I do ...
- 5608: Rude Strength
- ... own voice: I have something of a rude strength of my own. The first member of my family to go to college, let alone pursue a graduate degree, the language I brought with me to school was not quite the typical language of the academy. It was the piecemeal language of immigrants, of the tavern, of the factories and warehouses where I worked before becoming a student. When I went to ... said one morning in class, in all seriousness, that people from blue-collar backgrounds could never succeed in the academy because, as children, they were not taught to value learning. I dropped out of graduate school after I heard that comment, which made me more aware than I ever had been of the difference between my fellow students and me—not just my speech, but my clothes, my posture, everything about ...
- 5609: Global Stratification
- Global Stratification There are many different income groups that make up the world. There is high income, middle, and low income groups. The high income groups average about 10, 000 to 25,000 dollars a year. These include countries such as the United States and Switzerland. The countries in this group perform some sort of specalized work. The middle ...
- 5610: Great Depression 6
- ... marked. The whole production was based on credit, promise to pay in the future. The system was based on mutual confidence and exchange. The economy was dependent on foreign loans, and government expenditure was dangerously high, with businesses suffering from low profit margins. The world believed that the great expansion, as in the early 20's, would continue and with all the new inventions life would become pure joy and happiness ... of economic ruin. On the international scene this meant an end to the old economic system, with manufacturing from the play of supply and demand. Now every country tried to protect itself by putting up high tariffs so to make sure it got to sell its own products. This again gradually led to the abandoning of the gold standard. In this way the world capitalism was effected, but not broken down ...
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