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- 1381: The Immigrant Experience
- ... way of life. Jews contributed doctors and lawyers. Japanese are computer and business contributors. Koreans are well educated and have been involved in many professional, technical, and managerial careers. African Americans have contributed music, science, literature, entertainment, and many other things to our culture. Our culture is derived from many different ones, and cannot be broken down into which group contributes what because each group has done so much. All this ...
- 1382: Preserving Flowers
- ... QUICK BIBLIOGRAPHY series no. QB89-69. Beltsville, MD: National Agricultural Library, 1988. NAL Call No.: aZ5071.N3 Whitmore, Susan C. and Henry Gilbert. MARKETING OF FLORICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. BIBLIOGRAPHIES & LITERATURE OF AGRICULTURE series no. 66. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, l989. NAL Call No.: aZ5076.A1U54 JOURNALS -------- BULLETIN. PENNSYLVANIA FLOWER GROWERS. Pennsylvania Flower Growers, 12 Cavalier Drive, Ambler, PA 19002. (215) 646-7550. 8x ...
- 1383: Comparison/Contrast of Fairfield College Prep School and Jesuit College Prep
- ... ideas at Jesuit Prep. These thoughts and ideas encouraged at Jesuit Prep are challenged in more difficult courses taken by all the students. The curriculum of Jesuit Prep requires students to study and read more literature books and novels. These differences of Jesuit Prep and Fairfield Prep show that two schools which seem very much alike, are really very different. Many private schools across Texas and Connecticut share similar properties, yet ...
- 1384: Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
- ... the best known artists in England, to provide illustrations. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through The Looking Glass were enthusiastically received in their own time, and have since become landmarks in childrens' literature. What makes these nonsense tales so durable? Aside from the immediate appeal of the characters, their colourful language, and the sometimes hilarious verse ("Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/did gyre and gimble in the ...
- 1385: The Cybernetic Plot of Ulysses
- ... of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning steersman. It has been invented because there is not in the literature any adequate term describing the general study of communication and the related study of control in both machines and in living beings. In this paper, I mean by cybernetics those activities and ideas that have ...
- 1386: Greek Mythology
- ... all things to all people – a rollicking good yarn, expressions of deep psychological insights, words of spine-tingling poetic beauty and food for the imagination. They serve a timeless universal need, and have inspired great literature, art and music, providing archetypes through which we can learn much about the deeper motives of human behavior. No-one has the definitive answer as to why or how the myths came into being, nut ...
- 1387: Standardization of the English Language
- ... been slight, gradual and not significant. The English language experienced a major upheaval in grammar followed by a stability for many centuries. The changes were fundamental and powerful enough to sustain tremendous change in science, literature, technology and all other facets of human existence. Besides grammar, an unusual change in the 1300s occurred called the Great Vowel Shift. For no obvious reason the pronunciation of most vowels changed. There is a ...
- 1388: Russian Jews
- ... of the 1800s, the Haskalah movement formed in Russia, it was different from the enlightenment movement in the rest of Europe. It promoted intellectual and social awareness of Russian Jewry. They used Hebrew and Yiddish literature to reach the masses. In 1881, Czar Alexander II was assassinated. Once this happened, Alexander III took over the throne. That year in April, Anti-Jewish riots or pogroms broke out, it involved looting, property ...
- 1389: The Weapons of War
- ... no matter what race or religion, fighting is as unavoidable as the plague. The Renaissance brought tremendous enlightenment and development across Europe. Individuals were becoming more interested in the importance of self-expression, scholastic achievement, literature, the sciences, art, and the world as it began to emerge. Renaissance men, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Descartes, and Bocaccio gave contributions to society that are still appreciated today. Even with all ...
- 1390: Information on Black Libraries
- ... researchers and others interested in Africa. The Archives The archival collection consists of several sections. One section primarily holds personal papers of individuals from Namibia and Switzerland. Another section consists of press cuttings and grey literature (pamphlets, reports, posters, etc.) from southern Africa and includes material from various Anti- Apartheid movements. Printed material concerning "SWAPO of Namibia" is regarded as extensive. In addition, a small collection of historical photographs from Namibia ...
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