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- 28501: The Importance Of A College Ed
- ... of her labor, instead she chose to attend college again. After weighing all of my options and seeing all the signs I knew it was time to get back in the game. I mean, today's society's level of norm based on an individuals qualifications has three fold in the past 30 years, whereas more than 55% more high school seniors attend college than in 1968. (http//:bostonu.edu) Once where an ...
- 28502: Two Books By Kurt Vonnegut Jr
- ... and story lines. The underlying theme for both books however, is the same; stop mindless war, stop mindless genocide of the human race, stop hatred for one another. These zealous antiwar sentiments stem from Vonnegut's personal experiences during World War II. An American ground soldier, Vonnegut was captured and held in the German city of Dresden. During his captivity, the Allied forces fire bombed Dresden, killing 135,000 inhabitants, destroying ... crimes against himself." He views himself as a criminal and further, he sees himself as the type of agent that keeps war possible and feasible. Vonnegut gives Campbell a conscience after the rest of society's lacks one. Campbell feels guilt for contributions to war and to murder, and in the end he is exonerated simply because he was a spy, which it in of itself is not a commendable action ...
- 28503: Generation X
- ... are 52 million Gen-Xers in America, making up about 34% of the workforce .culturally diverse. Now, more than ever before, America is culturally diverse; because of a new wave of immigrants since the 1960s, and also with the technology phenomena.Culture through music, TV, the information-super-highway, all have given the X Generation many different tastes to choose from. .eco-conscious. CFCs, smog, water poisoning, Oil spills, sexually transmitted diseases. Gen-Xers have grown up with a strong sense of responsibility for the environment and their own health. .fun-seeking. No other generation can be compared to ...
- 28504: Understanding the Misunderstood Art From Different Cultures
- ... another, it means laughter. A close minded person viewing an ancient religious mask would see nothing more than nonsense, while one who wishes to understand art would see the beauty of that culture and it's beliefs, and would try to place themselves in a way so that they may understand the original meaning ofthe mask, and form an educated opinion on it. Anyone can enjoy a piece of art, but ... used? A measure of technique? Or is it just a measure of how it affects the viewer? Is good art visually irritating or visually pleasing? The beauty of art is impossible to define, for it's beauty inherently lies in the eye of the beholder. As Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel said, "Beauty is the spiritual put into a form." So, in defining beauty, one is attempting to define the spiritual beliefs ...
- 28505: A Tale
- ... the carriage would probably not have stopped; carriages were often known to drive on, and leave their wounded behind, and why not? In payment for the inconvenience, Monseigneur throws a single coin to the childs parent. How well this personifies exactly how cold and unsympathetic too many of the aristocracy had become. Dickens has nothing but scorn for the high-handed behavior of the nobility, with their lack of faith ... the street ... . Some men kneeled down, made scoops with their two hands joined, and sipped ... Others, men and women, dipped in the puddles with little mugs of mutilated earthenware, or even with handkerchiefs from womens heads, which were squeezed dry into infants mouths. The metaphor is well taken. Their hunger, their need for vengeance and relief confirms the inevitability of revolution. Dickens graphically shows us the shallowness of the aristocrats ...
- 28506: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... of six. He had already set academic standards for himself by stating that he would finish school priorr to his year older sister. In my opinion this could have had a major effect on King's life by encouraging him to learn faster and better. Martin was first exposed to racism at an early age, (probably six, none of my sources specified his exact age at the time) when he was ... in grade school. This became known to his mother after Martin said "You know, when I grow up to be a man, I'm going to hit this thing, and hit it hard, Mother; there's no such thing as one people better than another. The Lord created us all equal , and I'm going to see to that." Over the years King was involved in many famous boycotts and marches ...
- 28507: Love One Another
- Love One Another Well, I sure hope I was not the only one who caught the main message of today's gospel. If you accidently missed the gospel, the main message from Jesus was that he commanded us to "love one another." I gave the message some thought thinking of "how can I love everybody?" How could I love my enemies? How can I love someone when they already have a lover? How can I love someone that I do not know? It is all these "how's." So how can I love my enemy? After giving it more thought, I found a little solution. It might not be the best solution, but it will suit my needs. If this enemy offends me ...
- 28508: Amico Acids - The Building Blocks of Life
- Amico Acids - The Building Blocks of Life As Sir Fred Hoyl once said, "Let's be scientifically honest. As scientists we all know that the probability of life evolving to greater and greater complexity and organization, is the same probability as throwing a six on a dice five million consecutive ... says that the probability of that arising by chance is 6 x 10 to the 58'th power. Which is six hundred oquadicillion to one possibility, which is in scientific language, simply means that it's impossible. Dr. George Wall, professor of Biology of Harvard University. Dr. Wall whom woe the Nobel Prize in Biology in 1971 said, "When it comes to the origin of life you only have two possibilities ...
- 28509: Drug Abuse
- ... drug dealers in this country, than there are dentists. Illegal drug abuse must be stopped; it hurts our society, hurts us, and, most of all, hurts the user. Drug users are parasites, feeding off society's money, taxes and insurance. Every type of insurance goes up because of drug abuse, including auto, health and homeowners. Worst of all, the crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. Illegal ... murder. Drug use, itself, can be a crime. It makes innocent citizens scared to walk out of their own homes, in their own neighborhoods. Drug abuse is a plague to society. Drug abuse drains society's resources by requiring that taxes be spent on funding enforcement agencies, educational programs and treatment facilities and on prosecution of drug users and dealers. Drugs hurt future generations of citizens, because drug abuse, particularly of ...
- 28510: Murder
- ... mother refused to pay a drug syndicate money after refusing to help import drugs for them. Truong Hon Phuc, 39, Le Thanh Long, 40, and Truong Thi Van have been chatged in relation to Tuans kiddnapping and murder. Truong Hon Phuc, who was extradited from London in December, faces charges including murder, kidnapping, extortion, conspiracy to import heroin and blackmail. Le Than Long, extradited from Hong Kong in May last ... 6 months earlier. He went back to the agency with the gun and fired one shot down the main corridor. Mr Privitelli was able to escape. He then broke down the door of Ms Becks office with the butt of his gun and shot her once to the chest from a metre away .She died instantly. Portelli claimed that he was not the one who murderd Ms Beck but it ...
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