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- 881: Sex Marriage
- ... says that this is because Ebers did not choose subjects from families which would allow for the maternal flow of inheritance(Science, 1995). Two scientists named Odenwald and Zhang claimed to have made male fruit flies gay by increasing the flies' level of serotonin. Though this gene also exists in humans, no linkage has yet been made to show that serotonin affects the sexual orientation of humans. In 1991 studies showed that identical twins had a ...
- 882: William Shakespeare
- ... presented different plays week after week. The companies were commercial organizations that depended on admission from their audience. Scholars know that Shakespeare belonged to one of the most popular acting companies in London called The Lord Chamberlain's Men. Shakespeare was a leading member of the group from 1594 for the rest of his career. By 1594, at least six of Shakespeare's plays had been produced. During Shakespeare's life ... Both were impressed with Shakespeare which made his name known. There is evidence that he was a member of a traveling theater group, and a schoolmaster. In 1594, he became an actor and playwright for Lord Chamberlain's Men. In 1599, he became a part owner of the prosperous Globe Theater. He also was a part owner of the Blackfriars Theater as of 1609. Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1613 where ...
- 883: Brave New World Summary
- ... proceeding to the next kind of conditioning, the Director gives you your first clue to this world's religion: the phrase "Our Ford," obviously used as religious people in the real world might say "Our Lord." You learn that the calendar year is no longer A. D. (Anno Domini, the year of our Lord) but A. F., After Ford. Instead of making the sign of the cross, the Director makes the sign of the T, from the Model T Ford. NOTE: This is a parody of Christianity- not so ...
- 884: Central Theme of the Upanishads
- ... Monotheism, the concept of an all pervasive, immanent supreme being. He is not nirguNa (attributeless), but is guNaparipuurNa -- full of all possible auspicious qualities. The very word brahma indicates this basic delineation of the Supreme Lord. Such a theme brings all the rest of the passages in the Upanishads into proper focus and makes them fully meaningful and essential for the aspirant. All of them will contribute in one way or ... in all Bhakti compositions. The artificial concept of two Brahmans, Saguna and Nirguna simultaneously existing, though totally different in essence, created by Monism to explain away the wealth of texts describing the glory of the Lord is done away with, with a simple explanation of nirguNa being One who completely transcends the three guNa-s -- sattva, rajas and tamas constituting prak.rti, which is responsible for the world as we know ...
- 885: The History of Ice Hockey
- ... founded in Toronto in 1890. It was divided into three groups: junior, intermediate, and senior and. The OHA was responsible for producing some of the games greatest players in those early days. In 1892 Lord Stanley of Preston, the sixth to Governor General of Canada and an avid fan of the game, Sent his aide Captain Charles Colvill to England to purchase a trophy to be awarded annually to the ... Hotel. (the league is born). This meeting consisted of NHA owners representing the Canadians, the Wanderers, the Quebec Bulldogs, and the Ottawa Senators. (The NHA was an amateur league established before the NHL, in which Lord Stanleys Cup was awarded to the champion of the league). These teams and team owners came up with a radical plan in mind: the creation of new league. They were tired of the NHA ...
- 886: Emily Dickinson 2
- ... eyes at the fly s Said 4 nearness, perhaps at its very touch (Monteiro 44). Monteiro also stated: For well known to folklorists is the religious legend surrounding the death of Jesus Christ and the flies, which gathered on his body at the time of crucifixion. Looking like nails, their presence had the happy effect of preventing more nails form being driven into the body. The result is that flies may now dine at Kings tables with impunity. The poet s fly appears to enjoy similar privileges before the king, perhaps even to the extent of touching the dead one s eyes ( anointing them?) at ...
- 887: The Crucible: Reverend John Hale - A Dynamic Character
- ... can bless them and rid them of the devil. An example of this is when he said to Betty, In nomine Domini Sabaoth sui filiique ite ad infernos, which means: In the name of the lord of hosts and his son get thee to the lower world. This shows reverend Hales views on witchery. Another example of Hale's character and his savings of witches is when he said, Now Tituba ... with it. We are going to help you tear yourself free- The point when Reverend Hale begins to change is in Act III during the trial of John Proctor. I am a minister of the lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it. He starts to doubt if the very thing that he searches to rid ...
- 888: Fate In Macbeth
- ... trickery: she had a great loom standing in the hall and the fine warp of some vast fabric on it; we were attending her, and she said to us: Young men, my suitors, now my lord is dead, let me finish my weaving before I marry, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So every day she wove on the great loom- But every night by torchlight she unwove it; (98-103, 110-111, 2.3) By sneaking ... book IV when Odysseus son, Telemacchus, goes the great hall of Menelaos, hiding his identity. With everyone gathered, ready to eat, Helen takes it upon herself to discover the identity of their guest: Menelaos, my lord, have we yet heard our new guests introduce themselves? Shall I dissemble what I feel? No, I must say it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This boy must be the son of Odysseus Telemakhos, (145-147,4.3, 150-151 ...
- 889: "A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
- ... that More is stubborn on this issue, and wants to execute him, so to More he directly reads the charges against him, "That you did conspire traitorously and maliciously to deny and deprive our liege lord Henry of his undoubted certain title Supreme Head of the Church of England," (pages 86- 87). More is shocked, and said, "But I have never denied this title!" (page 87). Cromwell is so devoted to ... the king's son, instead of giving in to Wolsey's trap and telling him that he supports the king. Wolsey then gets angry at More and indirectly pressuring him by appointing him as the lord chancellor, which More does not know until Henry informs him, "Did you know that Wolsey named you for chancellor?" (page 30). More is surprised to hear this, and says, "He was a statesman of incomparable ...
- 890: The Role Of Spirituality And R
- ... determine whether God is indeed compassionate or chastising. "What are you, my God" I thought angrily, "compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to you their faith, their anger, their revolt? What does your greatness mean lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition and this decay? Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?" As Eliezer -- a young impressionable child - witnesses the slow ... near and had sought separation in order to get rid of the burden and in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed. My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done." Mankind will always be a mixture of good and evil - it is in this balance however that we find ...
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