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- 5921: Social Order Versus Personal F
- Social Order Versus Personal Fulfillment In the regal, and superficial high-class New York world presented in The Age of Innocence there is one particular, unchallenged rule of social order. This rule of complete social grace has been, instead of branded in stone, been impounded deeply ... s message about social order versus personal fulfillment can be summarized in the statement "The good of the many, outweighs the good of the few." Many would be hurt, and the delicate balance of the high-ranks would be disturbed if a few key characters were allowed to act on their own impulses. The main characters understand this balance and realize the futile nature of rebellion and resign themselves to abandoning ...
- 5922: The 1960s
- ... name of Dr. Timothy Leary was a Harvard professor who had ideas about LSD. He said "LSD is western yoga. The aim of all Eastern religion, like the aim of LSD, is basically to get high; that is to expand your consciousness and find ecstasy and revelation within" (This Fabulous Century 84). Another preacher of the use of LSD was an author by the name of Ken Keasey. He traveled around ... Purple Haze" is about marijuana. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," is a Beatles song about LSD. The Grateful Dead also took part in the fad with their song "Casey Jones," with lyrics such as "High on Cocaine" and "You better watch your Speed." Besides their music and drugs Hippies did some out of the ordinary things that were as shocking as their day-glo clothing. It was common for hippies ...
- 5923: The MANDAN INDIANS
- ... Indians. Villages were strategically located on bluffs overlooking the river for defense purposes, limiting attacks to one land approach. The Mandan lived in earth lodges, which are extremely large, round huts that are 15 feet high and 40-60 feet in diameter. Each hut had a vestibule entrance, much like the pattern of an Eskimo igloo, and a square hole on top, which served as a smokestack. Each earth lodge housed ... earth lodges were made of dirt and the middle was dug out to make a bench around the outer edge of the lodge. Encompassing the village were stockades of poles as tall as six feet high to prevent enemy attacks. In the middle of a Mandan village was a large, circular, open space that was called the central plaza. In the middle of the plaza was a sacred cedar post that ...
- 5924: Brown V. Board Of Education
- ... of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decided on May 17, 1954, was one of the most important cases in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Linda Brown had been denied admission to an elementary school in Topeka because she was black. Brought together under the Brown designation were companion cases from South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware, all of which involved the same basic question: Does the equal protection clause of ... community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to be undone." Although the decision did not bring about total integration of blacks in the schools, it resulted in efforts by many school systems to remove the imbalance by busing students. The Court's decision had far reaching effects, influencing civil rights legislation and the civil rights movement of the 1960's.
- 5925: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The South felt these were ...
- 5926: Mother and Child In Sylvia Plath Poems
- ... and that she is enjoying it. She looks upon her pregnancy with contentment, while accepting the way that it must be: "Mute as a turnip from the Fourth/ Of July to All Fools Day,/ O high-riser, my little loaf." The mothers recognition that the baby is unable to speak shows how much she appreciates the other forms of communication that exist between her child and herself. The irony of ... with many references to death and the horrible events of the second world war ("the cicatrix of Poland, burnt out/ Germany".) Alongside the glorification of her child, she also acknowledges its vulnerability and isolation: "the high/ Precipice/ That emptied one man into space". She appreciates its significance as well as accepting the fact that like everyone else, it will eventually be killed by the world.
- 5927: An Analysis of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed in Life Due to His Father
- ... it. When Jimmy was not doing well at Dublin University, his father let him go off to Cambridge where he could "see life a little". While there he seemed to run the bills a little high, and his father took care of all the expenses because he wanted to show off the money that he had acquired. The way Jimmy's dad just gave him money and only wanted Jimmy to ... wants the best for his son, he is actually doing a disservice to his son by paying up all of his bills, not pushing him to finish college, only wanting him to make friends in high places and generally show people that he can do all that because he has money. Essentially Jimmy's dad is spoiling him and because of it Jimmy will never succeed on his on.
- 5928: Greenhouse Gases And Consequences
- ... Australia, the use of CFCs in aerosols has been banned since June 1990, and by 1998 all CFCs are to be phased out. Australia's contribution to the increase in global greenhouse gases is relatively high, due to the high levels of energy use and the dependence on fossil fuels. Australia is the world's fifth per capita producer of CO2 emissions.9 It also has the third highest per capita automotive fuel consumption in ...
- 5929: Flag Desecration
- ... exploration of the Earths moon to Mars and beyond. America has so many different accomplishments which were achieved at great cost. This is why we should be proud and hold the American flag up high. No other symbol crosses the political, cultural, and ideological patch work that makes up this great nation and binds us as a whole. Since 1776, the American flag has been carried high in the air when going into battle. The flag symbolizes the unity of the colony states against the British Government. America has a cultural diversity from a side range of immigrants. The ideological beliefs from ...
- 5930: Crazyhorse
- ... as they were passing, a few miles south of Fort Laramie, an Indian stole a cow. The Mormons reported this to Lieutenant Hugh B. Fleming, the commander of the post. Fleming demanded that the offender, High Forehead of the Minneconjou, face charges. Chief Conquering Bear suggested that the Mormons come to his herd of ponies and pick out the best pony he had to replace the cow, which to the Sioux ... war the American economy was booming. Railroad stocks led the way. On, September 18 1873, banking crashed. Farm prices plummeted, grasshopper plaques ruined crops, yellow fever struck in the Mississippi Valley, and unemployment went sky high. The government figured that its role was to pour money into the economy. The gold supply was insufficient. President Grants solution to the economy was to open new territory for exploration. So in the ...
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