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- 10041: The Bean Trees
- Taylor's fears In the Story, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingslover we see a character named Taylor overcome several fears that she has. Taylor Greer, a woman who once saw a man being thrown several feet ... She always seemed to think that the same thing might happen to her if she ever did something like, overfilling it too much with air. Her mom, who was fairly normal, decided to test Taylor's tire-changing-skills shortly after she bought her ‘55 Volkswagen. She knew what to do in a case of emergency but she was afraid to do it. Mattie, the sole owner of a shop named ... car, taking out the tire, and finally dipping it to see if air bubbles would come up. "I'm sorry to tell you, hon, these are bad. I can tell you right now these aren't going to hold a patch. They're shot through." (page 40). Mattie was exceptionally nice to Taylor and told her to come inside and have some coffee. After drinking a cup of coffee and ...
- 10042: Once A Warrior King---review,
- ... misunderstood as the people they were intended to protect. The information gathered in order to report the state of affairs during the Vietnam War was far from factual. Miscommunication was a major part of America's problem in Vietnam. Top officials and politicians in the U.S. government didn't understand what was taking place on the front lines and therefor they were less than effective in strategic decision making processes. The American people also understood very little about the war. Understanding this puts ...
- 10043: Into The Wild By John Krakauer
- ... decides to change the ways of his life. He journeys across the country, and finds his way to Alaska. His means are to leave the material lifestyle and become at one with nature. During Chris’s adventure he seems to neglect all communication with his family and over look the fact that they care about his health and future. After Chris graduated high school he traveled the country and seldom kept ... was OK. Chris graduated college in May and set out on his adventure to Alaska about a month later. Chris told the post office to hold his mail until August first so his family wouldn’t get worried. By the time they received the returned mail Chris was already half way to his destination. The last thing Chris’s parents received from him were his final grades and a letter thanking them for all that they have done. This is when Chris decided to change his name to Alexander Supertramp, by him doing ...
- 10044: "A Man for All Seasons": Common Attitude
- "A Man for All Seasons": Common Attitude "I'm breathing. Are you breathing too? It's nice, isn't it. It isn't difficult to keep alive, friends—just don't make trouble—or if you make trouble, make the sort of trouble that's expected. Well, I don't need to tell you that. Good night: ...
- 10045: Computer Viruses and their Effects on your PC
- ... infected cell itself. An infected program may not exhibit symptoms for a while. Not all cells with which the virus contact are infected. Viruses can mutate and thus cannot clearly be diagnosed. Infected cells aren't infected more than once by the same cell. Computer Virus Effects Attack specific programs (*.com,*.exe) Manipulate the program: The infected program produces virus programs. The infected program can work without error for a long ... this disk will become infected. For example, I once caught a virus from Cochise College by copying two non-infected disks, the computer was infected. What if my friend borrows an infected disk? Your friend's computer will most likely become infected the instant that he/she uses your disk into a computer. The third way, is the Internet. A lot of programs on the Internet contain live viruses. However, there ... out for SIA\MKTOOLS\CASE\ED3905A.DOC. Microsoft aided the spread of Wazzu by distributing a Wazzu-infected document on the Swiss ORBITconference CD, and keeping an identical copy of the infected document on it's Swiss Website for at least five days after being notified of the problem. It is noted, by Microsoft records , that over 2 million of the infected CD's were sold. The CD's were ...
- 10046: Mobile Phone Risks
- ... by the microwave emissions from the antenna. Concerns have been raised about the type of mobile telephone that has the antenna in the handset. In this case, the antenna is very close to the user's head during normal use of the telephone and there is concern about the level of microwave emissions to which the brain is being exposed. Those telephones that have the antenna mounted elsewhere are of no ... concerns associated with their use because exposure levels are very low. . Media reports have claimed that up to 70 percent of the microwave emissions from hand-held mobile telephones may be absorbed in the user's head. This is not supported by the evidence, but nevertheless leads to speculation that hot spots may be created in the user's brain, thereby raising concerns that the telephones may be a health risk. Other reports have indicated that mobile telephone users suffer localized headaches when they use their telephone. At this stage, it is difficult ...
- 10047: The Contrariety Of Two Friends
- ... in its place at all times. Nancy on the other hand is extremely messy. Wherever things happen to land is where they should belong. Sandra cleans her room at least once a day. While Nancy's room is lucky to be cleaned once a month. When Sandra cleans, it is a lengthy procedure. Sometimes she will spend hours just cleaning her room. When Nancy cleans, it is done as quickly as humanly possible. If she can get everything shoved under her bed in five minutes then she is happy. The thought of even sleeping in a messy room makes Sandra extremely uncomfortable. Though Nancy can't stand to be in a spotless room, with out the urge to mess something up. Since the two girls can hardly stand to be in each other's rooms, they frequently go out. But even in their choices of a good time, they have severe differences. Sandra is very quiet and shy. She doesn't like to be around a lot of ...
- 10048: The Outsiders
- Chapter Five/Six/Seven 12. Ponyboy liked his hair so much because it looked like Soda s and it also made him look tuff. 13. Johnny thought that Dally was gallant because Dally just takes what comes his way. Like when Two Bit broke the school windows and the fuzz thought it ... never ratted on his friend. 14. Ponyboy understood the way Johnny felt and that was the best way to emphasize it. I think the poem ment everything must change and that good and bad doesn t last forever. 15. Ponyboy, Johnny and Soda were the only ones of the gang who understood things like that and appreciated them. 16. Dear Pony I don t understand whats going on, but I miss you and I am very sorry about hitting you the other night. The fuzz is after you and Johnny they think you guys killed a socs. Is ...
- 10049: Multiculturalism in the United States
- ... United States of America. But it is still difficult to know who is an American. I believe that this difficulty has to do with the multiculturalism that exists in this country. The United States doesn't have a unique culture. In fact it is the world's most multicultural country. The country has a lot of different cultures, and not one is similar to the others. No culture is better or worse than another. USA is different from other countries because that ... and raised in the US. These citizens might not seem to be Americans, but they are as American as any American. Ronald Takaki in his essay, “An Educated and Cultural Literate Person Must Study America's Multicultural Reality”, gives an excellent example of what I meant when I said that some citizens might not seem to be American. Takaki was born in Hawaii, one of the 50 states. After graduating ...
- 10050: The Business Life of Ancient Athens
- ... Athens. Agriculture was not well for Athens, so they had to trade a lot. It is recorded as early as the 6th century BC that grain was a very big part of an average Athenian's diet. Therefore; much grain trade was necessary because Greece land was very bad for agricultural purposes. Athens had grown industrially and commercially within time, and this was also a problem: overpopulation. Also, many Spartan tribes ... not pay all of the money back, or something or other. Therefore the idea of a collateral was invented. Also, courts were established to rule these sorts of fights amongst the people. These courts weren't used in the winter because of stormy weather and so not to interrupt commercial business. Courts were required to solve a case within 30 days, this procedure only applies to cases where and actual legal documented agreement was made between the lender and the merchant. Many merchants did not return, therefore the collateral was the lender's to keep. But often the merchant didn't have anything good to start with so many lenders lost money. Next, the book talked about Banking and Bankers. Early banking dates back all the way ...
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