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- 23961: Intimacy
- ... lives and know each other like the back of our hands. We are so close, in fact, that rarely do we hear what another is feeling before we already know. We can tell each other's mood by the body language we are using. I plan to give a brief summary of this relationship and the intimacy involved in it. There are many possible reasons why some people are attracted to ... would with someone who you just randomly meet on the street. We shared common parents, household, schedules, and heritage. Therefore, we were naturally inclined to develop some sort of relationship and intimacy. If we hadn't, our living conditions would have become understandably tenuous. The development of relationships and intimacy has some very definitive steps. The first step is initiating which is making contact with the other person and showing that ... just to get it off of our chest” or catharsis. A brother-sister relationship is definitely a unique one as evidenced here. Although it can reach some of the later and nastier stages, I don't see this as being the case in our relationship.
- 23962: Expansion Of Government Power
- ... candidates which were appropriate according to the government, and various colored slips were associated with the different nominees. Everyone could see what color slip everyone else was holding, and people holding slips that they “weren’t supposed to” were later caught and punished. The power of the federal government can also be seen during Lincoln’s presidency at the time of the Civil War. He swayed the entire purpose of the war to something far off from what had been the initial purpose. From fighting for the preservation of the Union ... military occupation in order to avoid riots and chaos. This remained for ten years and is the source of much bitterness towards the North from Southerners. This event certainly shows the extent of the government’s power at the time. With the 14th and 15th amendments, the government once again showed their authority over citizens of the country. Although, at many times, the Southern people found loopholes in the Constitution, ...
- 23963: The Crucible By Arthur Miller
- ... book is based on. The story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. It starts after a couple of girls have been caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Samuel Parris, the town s minister. Two of the girls are related to him. Abigail is his niece and Betty is his daughter. When Betty gets sick, rumors start to spread that there is witchcraft involved in her illness because ... the Devil! Soon after, Betty says, I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devil! What they said was not true. They just said it so that the town wouldn t find out that what they were really doing in the woods was making a spell to kill John Proctor s wife, Elizabeth, because Abigail was in love with John Proctor and she wanted to be with him. Almost every person that was accused by the girls of being a witch died. It took the ...
- 23964: Essay Interpreting "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
- Essay Interpreting "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop In "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, the speaker's attitude in the last stanza relates to the other stanzas in verse form and language. The speaker uses these devices to convey her attitude about losing objects. The verse form in "One Art" is villanelle ... in second person. "Lose something every day." seems to command one to practice the art of losing things. In the three stanzas, first person is used, and the speaker relates how she "lost her mother's watch" and other life incidents. However, the speaker addresses her beloved "you," and then in the last line, herself. Language in "One Art" is simple, yet many literary devices are used. The last line repeated, to the effect of "The art of losing isn't hard to master" suggests that the speaker is trying to convince herself that losing things is not hard and she should not worry. Also, the speaker uses hyperboles when describing in the fifth tercet ...
- 23965: Guilded Age
- ... in their hands. Document E also has a touch gospel of wealth in it. It talks about a preacher telling his parishioners to go out and make money. It says that it is the person’s job to go out and become rich. It also talks about how the rich are the most honest of all people. That because they have money you are the least likely to lie because you don’t have too. Many people of the era said that the money would be there even if the rich weren’t there, but Document G contradicts this idea. It says that the money is there because of the rich, along with the money that other people have. So the thoughts of the era by the ...
- 23966: WW2 Causes
- ... leagues weakness, an event that occurred in Manchuria that led Japan to attack, was merely overlooked as an ‘ok’ reason to attack and let Japan get away with it, and to further this, Japan didn't even care what the league had to say about their little attack. The rise of Hitler brought its problems also. During the great depression Hitler said that the only way for his country to get out of the depression was to follow Italy's example and begin to re arm itself. They asked permission from the league but France immediately refused to grant that wish, so Germany said that they would continue as planned with or with out consent ... of nations. France responded by letting Germany have a standing army of 300,000 men and an air force 50% that of Frances. Austria had a party modeled after the nazi party and when Austria's chancellor was assassinated the party attempted a coup d’etat. However Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini would not stand by and let this happen so he sent Italian troops to the borders in order to ...
- 23967: Canada Lacks A Real National Identity
- ... our history and geography. Bilingualism and multiculturalism are very important to the Canadian identity. They both strengthen and challenge Canadian identity. Because Canada has so many cultural and regional groups, interaction between them influences one¹s identity. Differing views of Canada by Canadians and other countries prove that Canada does not have a true national identity. Because of these factors Canada lacks a national identity, one which everyone can recognize. When ... rolls and perogies every other day. Franz and Augusta on the other hand would much rather have their traditional sauerkraut and strudel. It is because of differences like this that Canada can not have it¹s own identity. When different cultural groups each have their own way of getting things done because of the way they were brought up, it is almost impossible to have a true Canadian identity. Over time ... East think the Westerners are treated the same and that there is nothing for them to be upset about. Canadians as a whole do not see Canada the way the other countries do. Canadians don¹t think we are as great of a country as we really are. The country of Canada lacks a true national identity, partly because of all of the different views of Canada. Because of many ...
- 23968: Evolution of Ford Motor Company
- ... Ford did not have the reputation of being especially munificent to his workers, but he was in no way parsimonious. His salaries did not often exceed the going rate of about $1.90 for Model T production workers for a ten-hour day in 1908. The average salary for production workers increased to around $2.50 by 1913 with a minimum of just $2.34. In October of 1913 a man named John R. Lee, recruited from the Kiem Mills to reform the company’s wage structure, developed an ingenious job-ladder system. This innovative system allowed increased wages for the upper crust portion of the working core. These elite workers had incentives to work their way from the $2 ... through the dark clouds of the present industrial depression,” proclaimed the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The New York Evening Post announced “A magnificent act of generosity.” The Algonac Courier described Henry Ford as “one of God’s noblemen” under the headline of GOD BLESS HENRY FORD. This bonus improved the lifestyles of many workers eminently, although, it did come with many stipulations. Henry Ford wanted to made sure that his employees ...
- 23969: Tobacco
- ... behavioral problems in children such as attention disorder. Nicotine crosses the human placenta and has direct effects on the developing fetus. Pre-clinical studies suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy produces changes on the offspring's neural functioning, including reductions in uptake of serotonin, alterations in dopaminergic systems, alterations in peripheral and central noradrenergic neurons, and changes in DNA and RNA synthesis in the brain (9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine ... did the controlled pups (8). This study indicates that hyperactivity in male offspring induced by prenatal nicotine exposure is associated with an increase in neuronal nicotinic receptors in the cortex. A similar study by Lauren S. Wakschlag, on maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of conduct disorder in boys, revealed that mothers who smoked more than half a pack of cigarettes daily during pregnancy were significantly more likely to have ... rate seen with tobacco use in pregnancy. The risk of spontaneous abortions, as defined by fetal loss before 20 weeks of gestation, is also 33% higher in smokers compared with controls (5). A study by T.A. Slotkin, on impaired cardiac function during postnatal hypoxia in rats exposed to nicotine, proposes that maternal smoking correlates highly with parturitional/neonatal death including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Nicotine exposure of fetal ...
- 23970: Pidgin: Dialect of English Spoken on the Hawaiian Islands
- ... It consists of the shortening of many words commonly used in everyday English speech. Some examples include, da (the), odda (other), Tre (meaning tree and three), bra (anyone you know), da kine (anything you don't know), cus (any friend), and many others. Pidgin has it's social barriers as well. It is primarily spoken in the lower class neighborhoods consisting of the Hawaiians and the Filipinos. The dialect has been associated with the members of these neighborhoods and their problems, such ... father taught me about the ain'a (land). He showed me how the Hawaiians of yesterdays believed the ain'a to be the physical representation of their beliefs in their gods. He showed me Pele's (the fire goddess) home in Kilauea volcano, then her wrath when the lava from her vents destroyed many homes in Pu'u O'o and many other exciting aspects of the culture. I was ...
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