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- 28611: Death Of A Saleman
- ... he had with another woman,(p.121) this also explains why he and Biff are not on good terms. On page one hundred twenty-one Bif sobs while he says "You-you gave her Mama's stockings!" this brought the whole reason that Willy feels guilty about his wife having to mend stockings while he gave his wifes stockings away as gifts to another woman. (p.121) Linda Loman has a ... the reason that he calls Willy a phony. This relationship between Willy and Linda really comes into perspective after Bif finds out about the affair that his father was having. This also explains why Bif's attitude toward his father is similar to that, of a betrayed friend. Unlike Linda, who this story focuses on indirectly, Willy is the main character. Everything that goes on in this story has something to ...
- 28612: Albert Einstein 2
- ... up with many theories that have been written about, but also many that have not been put down in history. One of his greatest achievements was the theory of relativity (E=MC2), which was Einstein's theory concerning that relationship among matter, energy, space, time, and gravitation (Energy equals the mass times speed of light squared). When he was in school, he used to ask his teachers calculus questions that they could not answer. "Have you ever wondered why a man's feet will sink into either dry or completely submerged sand?" This question resulted in the theory or explanation of surface tension. He said, "When the sand is dry, there is obviously no water between grains ...
- 28613: Archimedes
- Archimedes Few certain details remain about the life of antiquit^s greatest mathematician, Archimedes. We know he was born in 287 B.C. around Syracuse from a report about 1400 years after the fact. Archimedes tells about his father, Pheidias, in his book The Sandreckoner. Pheidias ... compound pulleys with giant hooks to rip the Roman ships apart. The most well known invention to ward off the Romans was the construction of a series of giant lenses used to magnify the sun^?s rays and set Roman ships a blaze. The theorems that Archimedes discovered and worked on raised Greek mathematics to a whole new level. He undertook difficult problems in both mechanics and mathematics with great preserverence ...
- 28614: Date Rape
- ... opportunity to take advantage of her because she will most likely be less defensive towards him. Some men plan the act of rape, and may use alcohol or drugs in order to lesson a woman's judgment. In some cases, someone may slip a drug into a women's drink, causing her to forget what had happened the night before when she wakes the next morning. If a woman is intoxicated and has seemingly consented to having sex, she may feel the next morning ...
- 28615: Anthropology Turkana
- ... from very shallow wells that everyone can use, to wells that are perhaps 5 people deep. Although digging these wells is very hard work, it gives the chance for people to get together. They don’t see this as very different from any other social function that doesn’t incldue labor because the Turkana do not seperate work from leisure. In our society these are two very distinct things, but the Turkana do not distinguish between them as much as Western culture. The environment ...
- 28616: The Federal Period
- ... the monarchs who reigned or for the design influences that prevailed at the time the style was introduced. There was usually a time lag before the style became popular in America because much of America’s colonial population lived in rural areas where tradition was important and fashions changed slowly. A new style might be introduced in Boston at the same time an old style was still popular in the country ... order to work quicker. As Americans became more prosperous they wanted furniture that was not only useful but also decorative. The Federal Period was a time of great change. Meghan Banks The Bibliography Bowman, John S. American Furniture. New York: Random House, 1985. “Furniture.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 1988 ed. “Country Furniture.” American Country, Time Life Books. 1989 ed.
- 28617: I Too Sing America
- ... Not only does this mean to grow strong with knowledge but for the voices of equality to grow stronger. The biggest use of symbolism is the last line: "I, too, am America." In Walt Whitman's poem I hear America singing The American people are just the working class Anglo Saxons. The line "I, too, am America" shouts out that someone was forgotten. The use of tomorrow refers to the greater ... from the company, the company can be interpreted as a metaphor for foreign countries, or people in general. Most American people were blind to the horror and brutality of slavery. Slavery was also Psychological, that's why the knowledge is important. Before one can rise up, one must first discover what it is they are rising up against. "Tomorrow/I’ll be at the table/nobody‘ll dare/say to me ...
- 28618: Appearance vs. Reality of Modern Music Affect on Teenagers
- Appearance vs. Reality of Modern Music Affect on Teenagers In today's society the teenager has had more rights than ever before, along with these rights comes responsibility, independence and good judgment. All of those mentioned have been destroyed in many teenagers lives by these "Rock Stars ... the teens outlet to expression, rebellion and popularity all of which are very important to the average teenager, but often in cases the teen who is trying to conform becomes subject to the "Rock Star's" manipulation, and that is when obsession kicks in. Then not only is the teenager subject to power corruption but so is the "rock star". This is the important thing to remember when dealing with the ...
- 28619: What To Do With Alcholic Paren
- What to do With Alcoholic Parents! Many kids feel that they can't do anything when a parent is an alcoholic. In fact, almost every kid who has a parent who is an alcoholic feels that there is nothing they can do. You are wrong. There are many ... parents to drink more often and frequently. This is one of the worst things that you can do when it comes to an alcoholic parent. Not listening to them makes them feel that you don't care about them at all. They think that you are thinking you can do what you want when you want to do it. It is not the case, but that is how an alcoholic parent ...
- 28620: The Graying of America
- ... expectancy was suddenly 77. In 1993 it was 76 at birth and 82 if you turned 65. At the same time, retirement ages have sunken. So suddenly there were people living longer, on the government's payroll. Some people would then draw the conclusion: "If people live longer, they should work longer," but many elderly people are too tired, and to weak too work after a life span of just working ... to support the increasing number of retirees. The primary causes of the growth in Social Security that is projected to occur over the next several decades are not factors that can be controlled. The program's growth will be driven by the "graying" of America, an increasing cost of living, and a higher standard of living (as reflected in higher wages). Until serious reforms are undertaken, the American people will rightly ...
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