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- 16871: The Major Cause of the French Revolution
- ... disputes over the peoples’ differing ideas of reform. Before the beginning of the Revolution, only moderate reforms were wanted by the people. An example of why they wanted this was because of king Louis XIV’s actions. At the end of the seventeenth century, King Louis XIV’s wars began decreasing the royal finances dramatically. This worsened during the eighteenth century. The use of the money by Louis XIV angered the people and they wanted a new system of government. The writings of ... were critical of the government. They said that not one official in power was corrupt, but that the whole system of government needed some change. Eventually, when the royal finances were expended in the 1780’s, there began a time of greater criticism. This sparked the peasants notion of wanting change. Under the Old Regime in France, the king was the absolute monarch. Louis XIV had centralized power in the ...
- 16872: Historical Background To Anima
- ... take advantage of or 'exploit' workers, nothing could persuade capitalists change their ways. In other words, peaceful progess toward equality and socia justice was impossible. The only way to establish justice, he said, was for t workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against their rulers. "Workers of the worl unite!" he wrote. "You have nothing to lose but your ... They were afraid th workers in their own countries might be inspired to imitate the example of Rus Trotsky, a highly intelligent and energetic communist leader, led the defence Russia with great success. After Lenin's death in 1924, a power struggle began between Trotsky and a leader within the Communist Party named Stalin. While Trotsky was a brilliant intellectual and an idealist, Stalin was a simpler, quieter sort of person, wh based his power not so much on plans and ideas as on alliances with other memb of the Communist Party. While Trotsky believed in Russia's trying to assist wo all over the world to rise up in communist revolutions against their bosses, S wanted Russia to take care of its own business. The rivalry between the two leaders went ...
- 16873: “Buddhist Economics”
- ... belief as well. I liked how E.F. Schumacher explained the importance of consumption and how it effects pressures put on society. Although people in less industrialized countries have greater worries like poverty, they don’t have as much of a problem with violence. Things are more low key and Buddhists are more focused on the importance of human character, and they believe that human character is formed by man’s work. I think Americans are lazy because as stated in Schumachers essay, “to work is to make sacrifice of one’s leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice.” I know that almost anyone would rather be playing golf or on vacation than working, and who could blame them; but ...
- 16874: Chloroflourocarbons
- Chloroflourocarbons Chloroflourocarbons were discovered in the 1920's by Thomas Midgley, an organic chemist at General Motors Corporation. He was looking for inert, non- toxic, non-flammable compounds with low boiling points that could be used as refrigerants. He found what he was ... completely inert and not poisonous to humans. They became ideal solvents for industrial solutions and hospital sterilants. Another use found for them was to blow liquid plastic into various kinds of foams. In the 1930's, household insecticides were bulky and hard to use, so CFCs were created because they could be kept in liquid form and in an only slightly pressurized can. Thus, in 1947, the spray can was born ... cans each year. Insecticides were only the first application for CFC spray cans. They soon employed a number of products from deodorant to hair spray. In 1954, 188 million cans were sold in the U.S. alone, and four years later, the number jumped to 500 million. CFC filled cans were so popular that, by 1968, 2.3 billion spray cans were sold in America. The hopes of a seemingly ...
- 16875: Beowulf
- ... time hero. In this story Beowulf is named a hero because not only for his deeds, but his quality of how does them. Beowulf is characterized as being brave, smart, and strong. One of Beowulf's qualities is that he's brave. Beowulf is considered to be very brave because he does all type of brave deeds. Beowulf crosses a long lake in order to fight his enemy. Any person who crosses a long lake just ... something is brave. Beowulf is also brave for facing his enemy without any weapons. Beowulf realizes that he can lose, but being the brave person that he is goes to his enemy empty-handed. Beowulf's courage is very unique for one of his qualities. He can be best judged as a brave man in any situation. Another one of Beowulf's qualities is that he's smart. Beowulf is ...
- 16876: Bonds and The Bond Market
- Bonds and The Bond Market Given today's uncertain economy, many people are taking time to examine various options for their financial future. Different types of investments are investigated and bonds can be one of the more popular choices considered. Many of the ... losing a lot of money due to the fluctuation of bond prices. At some point it may be more profitable to sell their bond than to keep it until the payment date is reached. Let's first discuss how a bond is defined. A bond is an agreement between two separate entities. One of these bodies gives, to the other, use of their money for a period of time and, in ... the supporting person or business. This fixed rate of return is an amount, in percentages, which is paid at regular intervals until some future specified time ( the "maturity date"). Upon reaching the maturity date, one's original investment is returned to them. There are many reasons why people invest in bonds. For example, if one chooses a stable and profitable bond, it will provide a steady source of income through ...
- 16877: Of Mice And Men
- ... death while displaying an everyday scenario about friends and isolation. The symbols in this book represent the basic elements of human love. Some of the characters in this novel, such as Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, epitomize loneliness. Lennie, bearing his retardation, has trouble fitting in with the current workers at the ranch. Even though all the ranch hands praise Lennie for his hard work, they leave him out of nightly activities such as horseshoes. George, Lennie’s traveling buddy, is smart and fits right in with all of the employees of the ranch, adding to Lennie’s isolation. The black stable hand, Crooks, sleeps alone in a tiny room in the stable and is disliked by everyone except for Lennie. Since he is black, segregation is the ultimate reason why no ...
- 16878: Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac Asimov
- ... pathologically shy, absentminded, stuffy, women-hating chemist. This man did make some discoveries about inflammable gas and proved water to be an oxide. The Element of Perfection Asimov talks about astronomers in the mid 1800's, and how they made the spectroscope. Only then does he start to mention a element a french chemist belived to be new or maybe just a heavier from of nitrogen. Inert gases and there liquefaction ... then goes off and explains how flourine was used and discovered along with who died in this process. A few other poisonous chemical compounds are also mentioned. To Tell a Chemist This is Isaac Asimov's way of telling if someone is chemist or not. The two questions are: (1) How do you pronounce UNIONIZED? and (2) what is a mole? He feels that if you can say un-EYE-on ... causes it to. Also, he proves that a catalyst is in no way magical after having a lecture about this from his editor. In the end catalyst are made of enzymes that cause life. Life's Bottleneck This deals with how man is dumping phosphorus into the ocean due to plumbing. this is mixing up the ocean and the sea floor causing phosphorus to stay at the bottom of ocean ...
- 16879: Communism East Europe
- Communism East Europe TITLE: Why did communism collapse in Eastern Europe? SUBJECT: European Studies B EDUCATION: First year university GRADE: first honour AUTHOR'S COMMENTS: I liked it. Interested to hear other people's comments. TUTOR'S COMMENTS: Well done!! Extremely informative. Well researched. Good Layout. Stress Gorbachev's role more. Communism is like Prohibition - itÆs a good idea but it wonÆt work (Will Rogers, 1927) (1) This essay will give ...
- 16880: Macbeths Ambition
- Macbeth s Ambition Political ambition undermines man s loyalty. In the play, Macbeth decides to kill his king because of his ambition for position. At the beginning of the play, he portrays himself as a noble person. He fights in the battle against ... and proves his loyalty; however, as soon as the witches prophesize that Macbeth shall be king hereafter (1.3.53), he is not longer trustworthy. Ambition for power starts creeping into his head. After Macbeth s internal conflict over whether or not to kill Duncan, he decides to do it quickly (1.7.3) in order to hasten the predictions. He decides to kill the king because he wants to ...
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