|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 391 - 400 of 30573 matching essays
- 391: Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas
- ... Plato and Aristotle and the fate of the Greek city-states historically. During the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle, Greece was divided into city-states with a wide variety of constitutions, ranging from Sparta's military dictatorship to Athens' direct democracy. Most city-states had about 300,000 people, each divided into one of three classes : citizens, metics, or slaves. The citizens represented a total of one - third the population ... of Athenian citizens to strategic areas, and made tribute collection (the main source of Athenian wealth) more efficient. Convinced of the inevitability of war with Sparta and the Peloponnesians, Pericles made an alliance with Corinth's enemy, Corcyra , knowing that it could lead to armed hostilities. He refused Sparta's demand that he revoke the Megarian decree, which denied Megara access to the harbors of the empire. These actions led to the Peloponnesian War . Pericles, who was relying on the fleet and the empire' ...
- 392: AIDS
- AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), suppresses the immune system related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person infected with HIV gradually loses immune function along with certain immune cells called CD4 T-lymphocytes or CD4 T-cells, causing the infected person to become vulnerable to pneumonia, fungus infections, and other common ailments. With the loss of immune function, a clinical syndrome (a group of various illnesses that together characterize a disease ... laboratory data that correspond to the various stages of disease progression) or clinical endpoints (illnesses associated with more advanced disease). Surrogate markers for the various stages of HIV infection include the declining number of CD4 T-cells, (the major type of white blood cell lost because of HIV infection). In general, the lower the infected person's CD4 T-cell count, the weaker the person's immune system and the ...
- 393: Immigration
- ... It insisted that all aliens pay a head tax of $8 dollars. However, because of the high demand for labor in the southwest, months later congress let Mexican workers (braceros) to stay in the U.S. under supervision of state government for six month periods. A series of statutes were made in 1917,1918, and 1920. The sought to define more clearly which aliens were admissible and which aliens were deportable ... quota system designed to favor the Northwestern Europeans because others were deemed less likely to support the American way of life. The act also barred all Asians as aliens ineligible for citizenship in the U.S. The act of June 14, 1940 permanently transferred the Immigration and Naturalization Service from the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice. The Act of April 29, 1943 provided for the importation of temporary agricultural laborers to the U.S. from North, South, and Central America. The Program served as the Legal basis for the Mexican bracero program, which lasted through 1964. The Displaced Persons Act of June 25, 1948 was a respond to ...
- 394: A Man For All Seasons
- ... like to govern the whole country by prayer and Sir Thomas agrees. This shows how strong his faith was. Sir Thomas is a friend of King Henry VIII, but when he disagreed with the King’s opinion on marriage, he was beheaded. King Henry was married to Catherine of Argon, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Catherine was Henry’s brother’s widow. King Henry and Catherine were married “for State reasons”, but although Catherine was pregnant many times, only one child survived—Princess Mary. King Henry needed an heir to his throne, so he wanted ...
- 395: Issac Asimov
- Isaac s Vision Once in a while, a human being comes along with the genius to change the worldviews for all time to come. One such man, named Isaac Asimov, was born in Russia on January 2 ... behind him a legacy, he has forever altered the future of humanity. Isaac coined the term Robotics in 1950, he gave the world laws to govern the robots, most importantly, he greatly influenced the world s vision of future robots for all time, and he did this at a time when not even the simplest one existed. Asimov is a human writing machine, who has published more than 500 books, and ... robot is non-verbal and obeys the three laws of robotics; he is sold as a nursemaid to a wealthy family. The little girl that owns him loves him a lot, although her mother doesn t trust the robot, which is named Robbie. The mother says, You listen to me George. I won t have my daughter entrusted to a machine and I don t care how clever it is. ...
- 396: Society Sucks
- Society Sucks Society as a whole sucks! That is the only way to describe life. Get this….You are born into a family and society that you weren’t even asked to join…just put in it…then you have to be their slaves until you turn 18…the whole ride you’re being told that you’re better if you’re ‘normal’ but ... of the world to be a good little worker who does every kind of job you’re assigned… now truthfully… if you had a choice would you sign up for this trip? NA AH….Don’t think so… Uhh…this entire world is just so fucked up that eventually god…Buddha…ALA…Zeus…and a few others are gonna see that they should just clean the slate and start new. I could really give a damn… No…really… I don’t care…. My point of view is simple…what fun is life if you have no choice to exist or not… Why can’t god just give you a choice at conception…”Well Stephen do ...
- 397: Static And Dynamic Characters In THe Diary of Anne Frank
- Static And Dynamic Characters In THe Diary of Anne Frank What are Static and Dynamic characters? A static character is someone whom doesn't change fluently throughout the story. Who stays the same, and doesn't change their innerselves and personalities. A Dynamic character is someone who changes many times throughout the story. They change into good to bad or bad to good. In this case, their are many Static and Dynamic characters in The Diary of Anne Frank. The Static characters in the story are Mr. Frank, Margot, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Dussel, Miep, and Mr. Kraler. Mr. frank is Anne's father. He's a well cultured, and a peaceful man. He's a static character, because throughout the whole story he doesn't change once, he's very kind and generous. Margot is Anne' ...
- 398: Drown: A Consideration
- ... author Junot Diaz presents readers with an impoverished group of characters through harsh, but vivid language. Through the voice of Yunior, the narrator throughout the majority of the stories, Diaz places the blame for Yunior’s negativity and rebellious nature on the disappointment caused by his father and the childhood illusion of America. Diaz, through language and symbolism, forces readers into an emotional bond with Yunior while exposing the illusory nature of the American dream. Although intertwined with each story, "Fiesta, 1980" allows for a more concise discussion of Diaz’s purpose. Diaz’s language, even at first glance, appears very different from conventional authors: Mami’s younger sister- my tia Yrma-finally made it to the United States that year. She and Tio Miguel got themselves an ...
- 399: Hedda Gabler
- ... the social mores imposed upon her. However, although this society venerates General Gabler because of his military status, his daughter Hedda is not tolerated due to her non-conformity to the accepted gender stereotypes. Hedda's gender-inverted marriage to Jorgan Tesman, her desire for power and her use of General Gabler's pistols are unacceptable in her society and motif of "One doesn't do such a thing!" that is alluded to during the play and expounded upon Hedda's death that shows that Hedda's uncertain stance between masculine and feminine gender roles and their associated traits ...
- 400: MBO In Russia
- ... to farmers without thinking whether they would be able to achieve them. Afterwards, when the bolshewiks came to rule instead of the monarchy, the same thing happened. Working for a state enterprise, the employees didn’t have a chance to set objectives for their work they performed. The central planning department set quotes, by which all the organizations had to obey even if those planks were set too high to reach ... exceeded the quotes set by the central department. Reward was very seldom material. Usually, you would have received a red flag for an excellent work, and your photo would have been printed in the organization’s newspaper. In addition to the rewards, people were working for a common purpose: to reach the communism. And each piece they had produced contributed to this goal. Anyway, this system of rewards worked; it was ... it was resting solely in the willigness of the employees to contribute to the process. Factors that influence management in Russia After we had examined the historical factors that influence the application of MBO, let’s come down to determine factors that influence overall management in Russia now. As a result, it gives also some impact on the ability of MBO to be successful in this country. Social factors The ...
Search results 391 - 400 of 30573 matching essays
|
