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- 28171: LES MISERABLES
- ... is a story, a very long story, which has been categorized as a classic. The story is about 1200 pages long. It is an epic saga, which covers about three decades in the early 1800's of France. The film is about the fugitive, Jean Valjean, following his release from jail after doing nineteen years of hard labor for stealing bread. Jean Valjean is chased by the cruel and self-righteous ... When a person commits a federal crime he\she cannot hold a public job or teach for the rest of his\her life. Also, when a person commits a crime, that person and that person's career is scarred for life. The theme -doing what is morally right- can be seen in many instances in the novel. One instance is Valjean gives money to free Cozzette. Another instance is Valjean does ...
- 28172: Nuclear Weapons
- ... it will take a lot more than treaties to negotiate. LetΥs just hope this will all end before that ozone layer breaks down on us!!!! BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Budanski, Stephen. "Ban the bomb? Not quite." U.S. News and World Report 17 June 1996: 30 2. Cohen, James. Nuclear arms. Pittsburgh 1979. 3. Mitchell, Alison. "Clinton and Yeltsin Accentuate the positive at Summit Meeting." Newsweek 22 May 1990 A7 Column 1 4. Von Hippel, Frank. "Bombs Away." Discover April 1992: 32-35 5. Zimmerman, Tim. "Nuclear Fiction." U.S. News and World Report 24 August 1996: 20
- 28173: Witchcraft at Salem
- ... positions, reaching unusual postures of extreme rigidity. The village doctor blamed the abnormal behavior on the supernatural; he delared, "An evil hand is on them."(1) With those words began the greatest witchhunt in America's history. In 1976, Linnda Caporeal from the University of California at Santa Barbara explained the actions of the girls as the effects of an illness resulting from the ingestion of ergot--a fungus with LSD ... did not feel that he was jumping to conclusions because of the abundance of "witches" in those days. Even today, with the abundance of knowledge about the way things work, some hasten to postulate "God's doings" as the answers to all of our unanswered questions. Are we on this earth because "God put us here"? Was it a chance arrangement of amino acids in a molecular pool which evolved into ...
- 28174: The Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- ... wrote 95 statements about indulgences and posted them at a local church. He had assumed that the Church would accept these statements. Unfortunatly for the Church, the statements were not accepted. By not accepting Luther's teachings, the Church had inadvertantly encouraged its own decline. Since they did not kill Luther immediatly, he was able to spread his "heresy," and, by the time the Church realized how large a threat he was, it was too late. Luther had, in the 1520's started the religion of Lutherism. Lutherinism conflicted directly with the Church. It said that only two sacraments were necessary: baptism and communion. This reduced would reduce the power of Lutheran ministers and also save peasants ...
- 28175: Internet 2
- ... he/she claim to be. Richard E. Smith in Internet cryptography says that data travels from one computer to another leaving the safety of its protected surroundings. Once the data is out of the sender's hand it can fall into the hands of people with bad intention. they could modify the data for their amusement or for their own benefit. To protect the data moving across the network, encryption has ... containing roughly one hundred thousand credit card numbers stolen from companies doing business over the internet. Another article published in the same magazine claims that a computer hacker broke into a San Diego Internet provider's computer and stole one hundred credit card numbers. According to the article, the hacker used a "packet sniffer" program to gather the information from a dozen companies selling products over the internet. A survey conducted ...
- 28176: Emily Dickinson 3
- ... of death, and the state after death. Thus Dickinson portrays the speaker as the bride of God, entering heaven in her beutiful carriage. One of the most striking characteristics of this poem is the speaker's awareness that while death is always with her, his relationship to her is always changing. Therefore the definition takes the form of a progression. From the second line 'That wins at last,' we can see that the speaker is repelled by the suit, thus death is something which she can not be rid of. In this poem we can see that the speaker's willingness to give up this world is continent upon her recognition of the requirement of doing so. Thus in this poem, death is not really a loss for the dying person but is rather a ...
- 28177: Gilgameshs Downfall
- ... the desire to play a part in reproduction. His journey begins at Mount Mashu, the mountain which describes a woman in the part that her "paps reach down to the underworld." Referring to two women s breast s hanging down. Before he may enter the mountain, he meets two half female, half dragon figures guarding the entrance. They begin asking why he has come; "No man/ born of woman has done what you ...
- 28178: Glass Menagerie 2
- ... mothers or crippled sisters. The greatest symbol of his escape is when he pays for the merchant marines rather then the light bill. Laura escapes by using her glass collection. The glass collection is Laura`s private world, set aside from reality where she is safe. When Amanda is heard coming up the fire escape Laura quickly hides the glass menagerie, as to keep her world a secret and to have something of her own. Like the glass menagerie Laura is also very fragile and easily hurt. Amanda`s one true escape is remembering the old days, with all of her gentlemen callers. Tennessee Williams did a superb job separating each character and bringing them to life. The theme of escape shows us the ...
- 28179: Why We Need Laws
- ... an extension of what people already know, or should know, to be morally correct. However, since what is deemed to be right or wrong often differs from person to person, simply relying on an individual s sense of morality in respect to self-government would result in inevitable sociological chaos. This holds especially true for those who lack the mental competency to differentiate between moral and immoral behavior. Although some laws ... actions or lack thereof. Accountability for the law, regardless of moral beliefs, must be applied unconditionally and without prejudice to all persons within the jurisdiction of the governing body in order to safeguard the law s effectiveness. Although this can be construed as force-feeding perceived moral beliefs upon the society as a whole, accountability is necessary to insure that the violators of crimes are justly punished for their actions. Without ...
- 28180: How To Become The Owner Of A Small Business
- ... need for a store holding phone cards or something. You profit so from niches. How do you decide on a profit? The best to go about is to read and study your surroundings for what's needed and not around. It is wise to search the market. Some key to remember may be How large is industry your thinking of going into? Where is the market for the company and the ... have more options than just starting up a business from scratch. You can also own an existing business or buy a franchise. In buying an existing business it may be less work in building it's social status. You may come across a business making a well amount of money and you have idea as well as the money to increase profit. You can also buy a franchise. A Franchise is ...
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