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- 6641: Dante Alighieri 2
- ... consisted of the rising merchant class. They supported the emperor and wanted to gain power from the pope (Holmes 22). During his earlier years Dante was neutral politically, but he eventually rose to become a high political figure in the Florentine government. He joined the White Guelphs, who split from the Black Guelphs. When the Blacks took over, Dante was banished from political office and exiled from Florence (Parish Internet). His ... Italy (Dante on Internet). Dante was very involved in politics and his strong political opinions were expressed in his writings. He was active in Florentine politics from 1295-1302 serving on city council and holding high public office until his exile in 1303 (Wilkins 54). He was exiled because of his political opposition to the Pope. Dante didn t agree with the nobility way of government and he held a stand ...
- 6642: Pakistan
- ... a country in which eighty-one percent of the budget goes to defense and the repayments of foreign debts. (Banks 718) Since 1993 the country has undergone the deepest economic recession in its history, with high unemployment and inflation. The economy grew only four point seven percent between 1994 and 1995, compares to a 30 year average of six percent. The Karachi stock exchange has lost more than fifty percent of ... she retains the laws that use Islam to repress women and arrests opponents. It is the corruption of her government that most think will thwart her dreams. (Newberg 18) Western Diplomats admit that Pakistan is high in the list of those countries where an Islamic movement is possible in the near future unless the country's ruling class mends its ways. Pakistan's Islamic Movement is being driven by poor social ...
- 6643: Mexico
- ... in New Spain. The peninsulares were sent from Spain to hold the highest colonial offices in both the civil and church administrations. The peninsulars held themselves higher than the criollos, who were almost never given high office. The resentment of the criollos became an influential force in the later movement for independence. In 1808 the viceroy, under pressure from influential criollos, permitted them to participate in the administration. Other peninsular officials ... dollar to strengthen as the people move away from the uncertain peso. IV. Exchange rate See graph attachment. V. Devaluation of the Peso Due to the weaken peso, caused by constant printing of money and high inflation, Mexican investors took close to $11 billion dollars out of Mexico in a few days in December 1994. The political turmoil from regional insurrection to a string of assassinations and disrupted elections help cause ...
- 6644: Macbeth Literary Essay
- ... s many themes. The play Macbeth, illustrates to the reader how greed for power and wealth can destroy oneself and everyone in his treacherous path. Macbeth shows this as he is not happy being a high ranking thane. He assassinates Duncan to become king, but not before he kills the innocent and dooms himself. Macbeth proves the argument that giving someone a small amount of power just leaves them grasping for ... The only time he killed is when he was in battle. Macbeth was loyal to the King (Duncan), and did as he wished. In battle, he kills a traitor to the Scotland who was a high ranking individual. For killing the traitor so bravely, Macbeth is awarded the title the Thane of Cawdor. The irony of this situation is that the title first did indeed belonged to a most disloyal traitor ...
- 6645: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... In Russia the latest statistics from the SPA show that ninety-five percent of business software is illegally copied, that cost the U.S. $117 million in 1994 (SPA names... Internet). Although Asia has extremely high piracy rates, SPA Executive Director Ken Wasch comments "China, Russia, and Thailand (the three countries in Asia with the highest piracy rates) deserve credit for enacting copyright laws that specifically protect computer programs and other ... solutions to software piracy that software publishers have used over time." Package warning and license labeling makes users aware of the consequences of illegal use of the software but usually are ignored by the user. High profile "piracy busts" and legal action against organized counterfeiters by anti-piracy organizations such as the SPA and BSA are "essentially sending a message to pirates that there are real risks associated with illegally coping ...
- 6646: Catcher In The Rye
- ... Catcher in the Rye." The title of the book is a mystery all the way until chapter 21 when he sneaked back home to see Phoebe. When Phoebe fronted him about getting kicked out of school again saying "you don't like anything" Holden was forced to come up with something he would enjoy to be or do. After minutes of pondering Holden said "I'd just be the catcher in ... story Salinger used Holden as the catcher on the rye to protect or try to protect the innocents of kids. The biggest and most memorial of this protection is when he went to Phoebe elementary school to talk to her before he had to leave. Anyway he saw the word fuck you on the hall walls and "it drove him dam near crazy." He couldn't stand the idea that Phoebe ...
- 6647: Ancient Greece
- ... in Greece was different depending on where you lived . I would prefer to live in Athens because the military requirements are not as restrictive . In Athens rich boys ,at the age of seven , went to school to study reading , writing , arithmetic , music , and debating . Poor boys did not go to school . Girls stayed at home and learned how to spin and weave from their mothers . The children did not have pencils , they used a stylus and a wax covered wooden tablet . Pebbles or an abacus was ...
- 6648: Aztec Jungle Agriculture
- ... the naturally richest place to live. The evident greatness with which they lived their lives was tragically destroyed by the invading Spanish Conquistadores. Pablo Neruda, a 20th century poet, visited the ruins of Macchu Picchu high in the Andes of Peru. In his poem, The Heights of Macchu Picchu, III, Neruda muses about the fall of the Indian tribes to the Spaniards. The human soul was threshed out like maize in ... mountain's slope(Chevalier). The farmer would then have a suitable piece of land to plant his or her crops on without the worry of falling down the mountain. Since the terraces were built, often high above Lake Texococo, the farmer's devised a system of irrigation by tapping with ditches into the rivers that filled Texococo. The Aztec farmer that had obtained land on or surrounded by water, perhaps, had ...
- 6649: The Causes for Child Abuse
- ... whole, not just children, could benefit from ending the system of violent child rearing that goes under the euphemism of spanking. Murray A. Straus(Bender 31). Although Ohio Law Permits corporal punishment in the home, school and institution, excessive physical discipline is abuse (U.S. 35). What causes a parent or guardian to cross the thin line from discipline to abuse? It could be a result of the parent/guardian having ... Child Abuse. The Developing Child. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978. United States. Ohio Department of Human Services. Child Abuse and Neglect: GPO, 1989. The World Publishing Company. Websters New World Dictionary. Ed. Basic School. The Southwestern Company: Nashville Tennessee, 1966. Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mission Hills, CA: Benziger Publishing Company, 1994. Hopper, Jim. Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources. 24 July 1998: 19 pp. On-line. Internet. January ...
- 6650: Race Relations in the United States
- ... University of California has prohibited the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions, there has been a significant drop in applications from minority students, and in the number accepted. Minority enrollments in law school, and other graduate programs are plummeting for the first time in decades. The law school at the University of California at Berkeley selected only 14 black students among 792 admissions for the fall. Not one of the blacks has chosen to enroll. All although they should not be relied on ...
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