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- 6821: Freedom Through The Press
- ... for death. And so as they looked eye to eye The boys innocent lips formed the question, why? Then With inhuman strength, A father lifts dying fingers to sky Pointing to a cloth, flying on high His heart burns like fire, beats like a drum As with his last breath he whispers FREEDOM! 56 men signed a Declaration of Independence, risking their lives. 1000's of men and boys died in ... free media do not die in vain. They die a hero's death in the struggle for democracy. Then With inhuman strength, A father lifts dying fingers to sky Pointing to a cloth, flying on high His heart burns like fire, beats like a drum As with his last breath he whispers FREEDOM!
- 6822: Antigone 10
- ... other hand, tends to be more similar with the martyr in the quotation, "The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins." She holds the beliefs of the gods in high respect. She believes that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all others, especially when in respect to family. Antigone does not want to let her brother be left without a proper burial ... Ismene away for just thinking of the burial of her brother. He knows that she did not physically commit the crime, but she may have wanted to. She receives this punishment with her head held high because she know believes that she did the right thing. The people still know and believe that she never helped and even went as far as denying her sister of the help when she asked ...
- 6823: Homesteading by Percy Wollaston
- ... to be dug. "After chiseling and hammering through about a foot of sandstone, the drill went through and there was good, clean, drinkable, actual water and enough of it to serve all their needs." A school had to be built for all the incoming families. It was a one room school, and anyone who wanted to could attend. Epidemics spread throughout the towns, two major ones were the influenza epidemic and the flu epidemic. This quote is relating to the influenza epidemic. "Conditions were so bad ...
- 6824: Moll Flanders
- ... in English society, there was little chance for Moll to escape this class. But Moll had the blessing of the kind "nurse" who raised her, kept her out of the dreaded servitude, and found a high class family for Moll to live and grow up with. Moll was a beautiful girl and thanks to her "nurse" and this family, she was well along the road to truly becoming a gentlewoman. Had ... ways only to succumb to temptation and return to the life of a thief. Interestingly, Moll quickly gathered enough money to live comfortably off of but continued to steal. This fact serves to illustrate how high a level of vanity and pride Moll really possessed. No matter what she had, it was never enough. Even when Moll had plenty, she still continued to risk her freedom in order to get more ...
- 6825: Eating Disorders
- ... and amphetamines being the drugs most often used). Other behaviors like self cutting and stealing appear in all three disorder; anorexia, bulimia and compulsive over eating. With compulsive over eating the biggest problems include obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and severe depression. Not to mention that the compulsive over-eater, even if they do not become obese with surely gain weight and with most it will be a bad cycle. They will ...
- 6826: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
- ... younger brother he left his estate on James river called Snowden after the supposed birth-place of the family. To myself the lands on which I was born & live. He placed me at the English school at 5. years of age and at the Latin at 9. where I continued until his death. My teacher Mr. Douglas a clergyman from Scotland was but a superficial Latinist, less instructed in Greek, but ... science, with a happy talent of communication, correct and gentlemanly manners, & an enlarged & liberal mind. He, most happily for me, became soon attached to me & made me his daily companion when not engaged in the school; and from his conversation I got my first views of the expansion of science & of the system of things in which we are placed. Fortunately the Philosophical chair became vacant soon after my arrival at ...
- 6827: Hemp Around The World
- ... exciting new products to be marketed in major department stores. Given the renewed public interest and the fact that supplies are still limited (essentially, all raw and processed materials must be imported), costs are artificially high. Over the next several years, expect to see increased supplies bring prices down. Only when the hemp ban is lifted will large quantities of industrial hemp be available domestically, eliminating the high transportation costs of imported hemp goods. Last November, Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones appointed a task force to evaluate the feasibility of tobacco farmers growing hemp. And, in January, the Hemp Production Act of 1995 was ...
- 6828: A Rose For Emily: Emily's Life
- ... did she have the know-how to do this, after all those years of her fathers past actions? It also sounds as if the townspeople thought Emily was above the law because of her high-class stature. Now since the passing of her father she may be like them, a middle class working person. Unfortunately, for Emily she became home bound. She didnt socialize much except for having her manservant Tobe visit to do some chores and go to the store for her. Faulkner depicts Emily and her family as a high social class. Emily did carry her self with dignity and people gave her that respect, based from fear of what Emily could do to them. Emily was a strong willed person especially when she went ...
- 6829: The Prime Minister of Great Britain
- ... Cabinet which number about fifteen. I think it is obvious to see why the PM needs an inner circle. In United States for example the President can approve the appointment of a person to a high political position without having ever met him/her. In Britain this would sound ridiculous, all major political figures know each other for years having probably gone to same schools together. The Brits believe that good ... good decision makers which to me sounds very reasonable. This fact can be viewed from two different perspectives: some people say that when a new PM is elected he usually appoints all his friends to high positions by doing this he creates an inner clique with which he governs as an absolute ruler, the opposing view says that you need to know your colleagues for years in order to successfully work ...
- 6830: Television Born Killers
- ... television against violent behaviour, but the relationship is clearly curvilinear. This showed that low viewers of violent television were slightly more aggressive than moderate viewers, and heavy viewers were significantly less aggressive than moderate to high viewers. Another problem was the validity of the responses in relation to the list of programs presented to the children. Some of the programs ceased broadcasting when the children were 3 years old. (pp. 43 ... are subject to a double dose, and cultivation theorists argue that violent content 'resonates' more for them. The strongest effects of heavy viewing on attitudes to violence are likely to be amongst those in the high crime areas of cities. (Chandler, 1995. p. 4). Cultivation theory offers a very plausible case, particularly in its emphasis on the importance of mediation and on the symbolic function of television in its cultural context ...
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