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- 331: Middle Class Blacks' Burden
- ... we have solved our racial problems and that African Americans live freely. However, there are many African Americans who work extremely hard to benefit society and all some people still see is their skin color. Malcolm X once said, "If you're born in America with a black skin, you' re born in a prison." From reading Lenita McClain's "The Middle Class Black's Burden" and Shelby Steele's "On Being ...
- 332: Chromosome Probes at the University of Toronto
- ... a particular site, they are much more sensitive than previously available ones. Of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes, Dr. F.H. Willard has discovered repeated probes or markers for six plus the gender determining X and Y chromosomes. "What we're trying to decide now is whether to isolate probes for the other chromosomes, or whether we should utilize the eight we have," he says. Dr. Willard is currently negotiating ... obstetrician in the office during the early stages of pregnancy," he adds. The determination of gender is another possible use for the probes. Many diseases, such as Duschene's muscular dystrophy, show up on the X chromosome, manifesting only in boys. Willard thinks it is possible to develop a test which would quickly indicate the fetus' sex. This would benefit parents whose only option is to have no children or to have only girls. Confirming gender in children with ambiguous genitalia is another medical reason for using the test. A quick examination of the X and Y chromosomes of the child would indicate whether genetically the child is male or female. As yet, Willard has been unable to develop a probe for chromosome 21. Down's Syndrome results from ...
- 333: Martin Luther King Jr. 3
- ... advocated most forcefully by Carmichael, captured the nation s attention and suggested that King s influence among blacks was waning. Black Power advocates looked more to the beliefs of the recently assassinated black Muslim leader, Malcolm X, whose insistence on black self-reliance and the right of blacks to defend themselves against violent attacks had been embraced by many African Americans. With internal divisions beginning to divide the civil rights movement, King ...
- 334: The Civil Rights Movement: Some Progress Is Better Then No Progress
- ... favorable circumstances, there arises no need for separation. This case did not mark the end of all segregation, however it served to ignite the desire for equal rights by leaders such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Marynia Farnham. As the desire for equal rights intensified during the Civil Rights Movement, Congress created the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited the discrimination of workers, as well as the creation of ...
- 335: Origins and Bibliography of the Big Bang Theory
- ... to the most favored model, gas from the atmosphere of HDE 226868 is stripped off by the gravitational field of the hole, heats up as it falls toward the hole, and emits copious amounts of X rays just before plunging across the event horizon. The X rays from this source, called Cygnus X-1, were detected in 1971 by a telescope on a satellite called Uhuru. Some theorists have speculated that supermassive black holes may exist at the centers of some clusters of stars (with masses of ...
- 336: Responsible Driving
- ... lights include steady walk, steady dont walk , and flashing dont walk. Lane use lights are for lanes that change direction at different times of the day, for example the chesepeake bay bridge. They include red x for lane closed, green arrow for lane open, yellow x for about to turn red, and flashing yellow x, which means used for left turns only (Kenel 75). Traffic control signals are mainly used to safely and efficiently control traffic at intersections. They include Red, yellow, green, flashing red and yellow, and green ...
- 337: Lady Macbeth Vs. Macbeth
- ... the witches foretold. When King Duncan was murdered, Macduff was the first person to discover the brutally murdered body. Ever since Macbeth was crowned king, Macduff despised him. Hence, Macduff fled to England, to join Malcolm. In this quote it is clearly evident that Macbeth suspects Macduff of betraying him. As a result he commits his third evil deed. "The castle of Macduff I will surprise; Seize upon Fife; give to ... this quote it is evident how ruthless and evil Macbeth's character has become. To kill innocent women and children out of revenge is truly evil. Macbeth knew that Macduff fled to England to join Malcolm, and rebel against him. Lady Macbeth is also responsible for this evil deed. If she had not persuaded Macbeth to fore-fill his evil ambition, there would not be so many people dead, and there would not have to live in fear. It is evident in this quote that Macduff and Malcolm are gathering an army to over throw Macbeth. "O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue! But, gentle heavens, Cut short all intermission; front to front Bring thou ...
- 338: Battle of the Bytes: Macintosh vs. Windows 95
- ... their computers last October. You can now buy a reasonably equipped Power Macintosh at about the same price as a PC that has about the same things. This makes the competition much harder. Windows 3.x have been great improvements over the earlier versions of Windows, and of course over DOS, but it still didn't compete against the ease of use on a Mac. The Windows 95 interface is much better than Windows 3.x. It borrows some from the Macintosh interface and has improved on it. Some improvements are the ability to work with folder icons that represent directories and subdirectories in DOS. Windows 95, unlike the Mac, logically ... hardware. There is easy access to frequently used files. You can make very long file names on Windows 95 instead of short and strange names that leave you wondering about, such as on Windows 3.x I could not name a folder This is stuff for school it must be a lot shorter. The Help system helps you implement its suggestions. A multilevel Undo command for all file operations safeguards ...
- 339: Chaucer
- ... PrT), Chaucer: Sir Thopas (Thop), Melibee (Mel), Monk (MkT), Nun's Priest (NPT). Fragment VIII (G) Â Â Â Second Nun SNT), Canon's Yeoman (CYT). Fragment IX (H) Â Â Â Manciple (MancT). Fragment X (I) Â Â Â Parson (ParsT). There is great variety in different manuscripts but I and II, VI and VII, IX and X are almost always found in that order while the tales in IV and V are often spread around separately. Modern editions are usually based on one of two manuscripts, both written by the same scribe ... and could talk, until it told Phoebus that his wife was unfaithful. He kills her, then repents and punishes the bird. The tone of this tale is puzzling, it is neither pathetic nor comic. Fragment X The Parson's Prologue and Tale: clearly designed to be the last tale in the collection, this is no "tale" but a long moral treatise translated from two Latin works on Penitence and on ...
- 340: Martin Luther Reformation
- ... his word when it was certain he could die during his appearance before the emperor at the Diet of Worms. He started Lutheranism and inspired others to speak out against the Church. Bad Popes Leo X Pope Leo X was born in 1475 and died 1521. His birth name was Giovanni de Medici, a member of the powerful family de Medici. He was the son of Lorenzo de Medici. His father used the family ... After Rodrigo died he came back and was made Pope after Julius II. While he was a cardinal Giovanni obeyed all his fathers commands but when he was made pope he ignored them all. Leo X was the main target of Martin Luther s protests against the Church. That was because Leo had worked out a deal with Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences in which the profits would be ...
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