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- 951: Groups In Society
- ... and Hogg, 1997, p 138). The second part of the paper provides autobiographical reports made by individuals within minority groups. The third section will outline findings of research, suggesting that the distinction between social and personal identity has become central to theorising about the self. 1: Part One. Groups in society that promote minority viewpoints are generally displaced by the majority as social out-groups or as deviant individuals. Their views ... p 137). Minorities produce a conversion effect stemmed from active consideration from a minority point of view. The conversion effect is defined as a "minority influence brought about by a sudden and dramatic inner and personal change in the attitudes of a majority" (Vaughan and Hogg, 1997), and is expected to take longer to manifest itself as opposed to compliance through majority influence. Maass & Clark (1983, 1986) reported three experiments investigating public and personal reactions to the issue of gay rights. In one of these experiments Maass & Clark, (1983), found that publicly expressed attitudes conformed to the majority view (that is, if the majority was pro- gay, then ...
- 952: Billy Graham
- ... nine times. This includes thirty-two consecutive more than any other individual in the world, placing him as the most popular American for about forty years. This essay is going to talk about Graham's personal life, and what kind of family he grew up in and im also going to talk in detail about how he became an evangelist, because I feel it is very important yet interesting. His accomplishments in the fifties are uncomparable, so I will be including a considerable amount of information concerning that topic. Finally I will be talking about his personal achievements, books written, and how he has been a companion to some of the American Presidents. William Franklin Graham Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918. Graham was raised on a ... created. Following graduation from Wheaton Graham entered what could be considered a transition state that lay somewhere between formal education and the great preacher as whom we know him. During this time he amassed several personal skills that would benefit him once he began his own ministry, and also made contacts with people that would later work for or with him. Immediately following graduation he took a pastorship at Western ...
- 953: Bridging Technology And Academ
- ... important effect on how the higher education community accommodates NITs. As the Clinton/Gore administration maintain, technological literacy is "
as fundamental to a person's ability to navigate through society as traditional skills like reading, writing and arithmetic" (White House, 1996). The RAND report, "Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy", (Glennan and Melmed, 1995 ) observes that, "Information technology is the fundamental underpinning of the science of ... universities and the Library of Congress. On-line library catalogs are an excellent bibliographic resource for students; before actually going to a library, searching can be done from a remote site, such as a home personal computer, or a campus computer laboratory. This adds a convenient dimension to library use, particularly for literature reviews and citation analysis. Reference works are also a popular resource on the Web. Full-text, keyword searchable ... a short synopsis comparing the research experiences. This type of assignment allows the student to gain networked information and traditional research experience, reflect on the research process using both avenues, and communicate the experience in writing. Another useful assignment that incorporates the Internet as an information tool is the composition of a social policy issue paper, deriving information from the various electronic sources. This exercise helps students recognize the characteristic ...
- 954: Dimitri Shostakovich
- ... Avant-garde music and jazz were banished, and for a while even Tchaikovsky was looked down upon. Shostakovich remained in good favor for a time, but it has been said that it was Stalin's personal anger at what he heard when he attended a performance of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District in 1936 that sparked the official condemnation of the opera and of its creator. The focus of the ... that won over the public and even the authorities with its stately rhythms and straightforward ideas. With the Fifth Symphony, Shostakovich escaped from the stylistic ambiguity of his earlier works, laying a foundation for the personal style that he used in his fortress of compositions, which was so different from his Fourth. The Fifth represented a drastic shift in technique. The Fourth Symphony had been a free propagation of melodic ideas ... Andrey Zhdanov (a prominent Soviet theoretician), the leading figures of Soviet music, including Shostakovich, were verbally attacked and humiliated. As a result, the quality of all Soviet compositions slumped in the next few years. His personal inspirations were reduced by the termination of his teaching responsibilities at both the Moscow and Leningrad conservatories. Yet he continued to fight. In his String Quartet No. 4 (1949), and especially in his Quartet ...
- 955: History of the World
- ... OF THE (Introduction) WORLD, HISTORY OF THE. People have probably lived on the earth about 2 million years. But the story of world history begins only about 5,500 years ago with the invention of writing. The period before people began to write is usually called prehistory. Archaeologists have pieced together the story of prehistory by studying what the people left behind, including artwork, tools, ruins of buildings, fossils, and even ... Such objects provide the main evidence of what prehistoric people were like and how they lived. For a description of life in prehistoric times, see the Information Finder article PREHISTORIC PEOPLE. The first traces of writing date from about 3500 B.C. From then on, people could record their own history. By writing down their experiences, they could tell future generations what they were like and how they lived. From these documents, we can learn firsthand about the rise and fall of civilizations and the course of ...
- 956: Christopher Marlowe
- Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe: what did he contribute to English literature and how is his writing reflective of the style of the times? Christopher Marlowe contributed greatly to English literature. He developed a new metre which has become one of the most popular in English literary history, and he revitalised a ... of English drama. His short life was apparently violent and the man himself was supposedly of a volatile temperament, yet he managed to write some of the most delicate and beautiful works on record. His writing is representative of the spirit of the Elizabethan literature in his attitude towards religion, his choice of writing style and in the metre that he used. Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564 the son of a Canterbury shoemaker and was an exact contemporary of Shakespeare. He was educated at the King's ...
- 957: Francesco Petrarch
- ... or witless, and returning to your barbaric realm . . . thou are in truth the King of Bohemia and nothing more.' While in Milan, Petrarch was treated with the outmost respect from citizens, as this show him writing to one of his friends. And if I go abroad, either for the sake of exercise or to call or on my "Dominum" there is a silent turning of eyes and bowing to my right and left, and I move on.' He also spent his time writing numerous letters and books sending them back and forth from his two dearest friends Nelli and Boccaccio as well as other men. From what has been gathered over time many of these letters that were ... then be refused her sighs' Petrarch, when hearing of her death wrote one of his finest works Triumph of Death. According to critics: poetry is to be found only in the most intense and sorrow personal moments, such as the episode of Laura's death.' Throughout the poem he not only writes of Laura but of Popes and emperor that have fallen. Writing how they have no profit left and ...
- 958: Henry James
- ... poor back and began a role which he would maintain throughout his life and writings, one of a detached observer rather than participant in the American social scene. (Matthiessen 14) The first phase of James' writing begins when he is twenty-one, in 1864 and continues until 1881. He was extremely popular during this time, especially during after publication of a short story Daisy Miller, which is concerned with the destruction ... from receiving a formal education, as a young boy he read a tremendous amount of material, providing a rich and diverse literary background for his later works. (Wagenknecht 1-2) Howells began his career by writing for a number of mid-Western newspapers. He first appeared in the January 1860 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, a periodical he would later become editor-in-chief of, with a poem, Andenken". That year ... own travel experiences. These works provided the literary basis for his later works that his newspaper poems and serials had not. This climaxed in his works which began after 1887, when he risked his career writing a letter to the New York Tribune urging a pardon for the so-called Chicago anarchists, some of whom were executed for killings during the Haymarket Square riot which they were not believed to ...
- 959: The Theme Of Darkness In The H
- ... has been said that although Conrad may not have been the greatest novelist, he was certainly the greatest artist every to write a novel . I feel that this is an apt description of Conrad s writing style in Heart of Darkness (1902), as he paints many verbal pictures by using expressive words and many figurative descriptions of places and people. An extensive use of words relating to colour, is evident throughout ... Marlowe has his own opinion and explanation of what the darkness is, and if we assume that this story is autobiographical, and Marlowe is a mouthpiece for Conrad, then this explanation actually indicates Conrad s personal views on what the darkness is. Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe attacked Heart of Darkness as racist. He felt that Conrad used the darkness to symbolise the negative character of Africa, and objected to the novel ... were man enough to face the darkness , thereby insinuating that one had to be a man to be able to confront the darkness. This was probably society s stock belief at the time of the writing of the novella. Although the reality is that colonial Africa is a place of savagery and brutality, Marlowe s aunt is thrilled that he is going there. She represents him to the Company as ...
- 960: Romance And Gender Positions I
- ... pain that I would incur upon receiving an F in my class would greatly reduce the amount of net pleasure. On the other hand, I might experience some pain (due to boredom, frustration, etc.) from writing the paper. However, this amount of pain would be outweighed by the pleasure of receiving an A on it, thus in turn raising my GPA, making my parents happy, graduating with honors, securing a six ... on the agent himself. A utilitarian must consider the long-term effects and the amount of pleasure or pain that others will experience as a result of his decision. The agent cannot just consider his personal level of pleasure or pain. In fact, there may be cases where the utilitarian's right decision may cause the agent only pain. However, in accordance to the greatest good for the greatest number philosophy ... prove to the old woman that her death is the morally right decision according to utilitarianism, I doubt that she would go along with the plan. She would not be so hasty to overlook her personal pain, although it is outweighed by the positive consequences of her murder. A non-utilitarian would argue that one cannot simply dismiss the factor of pain, even if overshadowed by a greater amount of ...
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