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- 2381: Destroying Waco
- ... He was clearly a serious religious scholar and I wanted to understand what he was saying. So I stayed. The people around Koresh came from many backgrounds. I met folks who hadn't finished high school, and others with degrees from places like Harvard law school. I spent time with African-Americans, Australians, black Britons, Mexican- Americans and more. We certainly weren't as isolated as people seem to think. We shopped in town, some of us worked in the community ...
- 2382: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... says that that "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." He believes that if you can see the intricacies and complexities of everyday life then you are very wise. " prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism and not a unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action." This is saying that praying for material things is being very selfish. If a man was really close with God he would pray for, and put all others before himself. Technology, Emerson ...
- 2383: Edward James Hughes
- ... earned a reputation of a prolific, original and skilful poet, which he maintained to the present day. Ted Hughes was born in 1930 in Yorkshire into a family of a carpenter. After graduating from Grammar School he went up to Cambridge to study English, but later changed to Archaeology and Anthropology. At Cambridge he met Sylvia Plath, whom he married in 1956. His first collection of poems Hawk in the Rain ... other critics find some of Hughes' poems being under Heidegger's influence (ibid.). I. Varnaite also notes that the poet's worldoutlook is a complex one and cannot be one-sidedly simplified to one philosophical school. Among possible influences she mentions folklore, myths and religions other than Christianity. However, drawing parallels between Hughes's work and Schopenhauers's philosophy, she writes that, to both of them, animate and inanimate nature have ...
- 2384: Drugs In The Work Place
- By: Ed Sliwak E-mail: poet311@aol.com Drug Addiction in the School and Work Place How has work efficiency changed as a result of drug addiction in the sch a couool and work place? In the 1960 and 1970's, men and women worked long hours to ... some "uppers" and "downers"out of sheer interest to experiment with them. The drugs seemed to be "cool" for the teens and their stealing of them increased greatly. They then started taking the drugs to school because of a grown addiction to them. Other teens were also influenced to taking the pills because of peer pressure and to "fit in." The use of drugs is detrimental to our health and causes ...
- 2385: College Life
- ... Victory! I didnt finish first, I didnt even place in the top three rankings, but I completed the race and beat my personal record. Like my finish line, my final months of high school come into view. But this race is not like any other; there is no finish line. High school graduation is my finish line and college is my next goal. This is the biggest race of my life as I realize that wanting to grow up so fast to become an adult isnt ...
- 2386: The Power of Reading
- ... make you successful. If you are a student, having a broad vocabulary will help you be a better writer, thus helping you pass English classes more efficiently. Not to mention if you are a high school Senior aspiring colleges, than reading will most likely be your best benefactor towards your acceptance. Finally, an expansive vocabulary will increase your chances of getting a desirable job position. Furthermore another great benefit to reading ... either be sad, frantic, or so happy you yourself might be influenced to take a moment to stop and shout for joy. Do you remember the last movie you saw as a junior in High School? More people are likely to have a lasting account of what they read as opposed to what they see on television. Literature is like a person but instead of seeing an external body you are ...
- 2387: Filial Piety In China
- ... min@hotmail.com Introduction Xiao, the Chinese word for filial piety is the defining feature in Chinese culture as filial piety was extolled as the highest virtue in China for centuries. I subscribe to the school of thought that filial piety is the root of Chinese ethics and "with it all enlightening studies come into existence." Chinese society was built upon the doctrine of filial piety and that it is the ... core of Chinese societies for thousands of years, it would be equivalent to the extinction of the Chinese language if this value were allowed to just erode till it ceases to exist. Subscribing to the school of thought that the Chinese were a cultural identity before they were a nationality, the Chinese do not deserve being called the Chinese anymore if they were no longer filial sons and daughters. From my ...
- 2388: The Catcher And The Rye -x
- At the beginning of the book you meet the main character Holden Caulfield whom is narrating the story.. The book starts off at Pency Prep Holden's current school at which he is flunking out of, he is only days from his expulsion from Pency and has been paying his last dues to his liked instructors. At the dorm you meet Robert Ackley whom ... goes in and wakes Phoebe up. She is surprised to see him and questions his reasons for being there. He lies to her, being a phony, and then has a good talk with her about school and people and everything else on the face of the earth. Eventually Holden's parents come home from their party and he is almost caught at home. Eventually he gets out though and ends up ...
- 2389: Richard Marcinko
- ... s top installations. Richard Marcinko was the ultimate rogue warrior. First, born Thanksgiving Day, 1940, Marcinko was from a poor, broken home. He was always very independent, having a paper route at five and cutting school classes regularly. At the age of fifteen, he got a job at a local restaurant. At the age of seventeen, he quit school and joined the Navy. After two years as a teletype clerk, he convinced his Commanding Officer to send him to UDT, Underwater Demolition Team, training. Later, in June 1966, he joined Seal Team Two and ...
- 2390: Robert E. Lee
- ... He was fortunate in becoming a Cadet at the Institution at a time when the Superintendent was Major Sylvanus Thayer, the man who started West Point on its way to fame as a military training school. He was the second to graduate in a class of 46. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Engineering Corps, a division of the Army which at that time received only ... he was ensured his connection with the college would not injure it in any way. Lee's friends and relatives were shocked at the idea that Lee would accept a position at such a small school. He had received offers from many bigger and wealthier places. Lee, on the other hand, saw far beyond the title and looked on this as an opportunity to help rebuild the South by educating it ...
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