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- 4951: Assassination Of Malcolm X
- Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19. 1925. Growing up in Omaha was very tough for young Malcolm. He was constantly harassed by the white's living in his area. At age six, his father was found dead, possible murdered. The police report claimed it was an accident, but Malcolm believed that his father was beaten unconscientious the thrown into the railroad tracks only to be run over by a train later that night. After his father's death, his mother suffered a severe nervous breakdown which caused his family to be separated by welfare agencies. With his father dead and family gone, Malcolm's hatred towards white people continued to escalate. As a teenager, Malcolm made his way into New York City and became a hustler and a criminal. He was eventually caught and in 1946 was sentenced ...
- 4952: Definition of Integrity
- Definition of Integrity The definition of integrity according to Webster's Dictionary is, "a rigid adherence to a code of behavior." There are though many ways to look at a persons integrity. A person with integrity possesses many qualities. Three of these qualities are honesty, the ... with integrity is Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth shows her personal purity when she refuses to persuade her husband to confess to crimes of witchcraft. She refuses because she believes that he is good now in God's light. God, to her, will show her the right way, and she believes that by following God's moral code she will be right and just. John Proctor, Elizabeth's husband, also shows his integrity when he refuses to confess to crimes of witchcraft. Even though confessing would save his life, he ...
- 4953: Computer Viruses
- ... was later tested in the 1950s at Bell Laboratories when a game called Core Wars was developed. In the game, players created small computer programs that attacked, erased, and tried to reside on an opponent's system. In 1983 American electrical engineer Fred Cohen, at the time a graduate student, coined the term virus to describe a self-replicating computer program. Computer viruses are a sign of vandalism on computer systems or in cyberspace. They are self-replicating computer programs that disrupt the computer’s normal operation by means of interfering with its hardware and operating system. Viruses are designed to replicate and to avoid detection. In recent years computer viruses have caused a great deal of damage to personal ... one purpose; to cause damage to other computers and destroy the information on them. Computer viruses are simply small computer programs that have as their sole aim to do harm (Goldsborough, 1998, p32). The public’s understanding of this term is very limited and their lack of information leads to incorrect assumptions. There are many other dangerous programs that are not computer viruses but are equally destructive to a computer ...
- 4954: The Cages Of Maya Angelou
- ... a black girl from the South. Among the hardships are metaphores known as "cages". "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and being everything they want to be. Some of Maya Angelou's cages include being black in the 1940's, and her overbearing grandmother. For myself a major "cage" is being young. A major "cage" from Maya Angelou's youth was that she was black in a prejudice southern town. Maya has recounted in her book the times when she was discriminated against. When she was working for a white woman named Mrs. ...
- 4955: Regret or Apology?
- Regret or Apology? When does saying you're sorry go from an expression of regret to an apology? The sad thing about this is that some people don't know the difference. Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University, reports: "The First Lady… 'I regret very much that the efforts on health care were badly misunderstood, taken out of context, and used politically against ... The first part of the quote clearly indicates that the fault was not with her actions... but rather with the way they were received and distorted by others. But because she said the big bad 'S' word, all hell broke loose. One newspaper article quoted a political scientist as saying, 'To apologize for substantive things you've done raises the white flag.'" (107-108). This political scientist obviously took this statement ... regret out of context. Previously stated was a comment about "raising the white flag" which symbolizes retreat, defeat, and weakness. "I think those brave enough to admit fault would find a... power at home: It's amazing how an apology, if it seems sincere, can dissipate another's anger.... Erich Segal got it exactly wrong. Love doesn't mean never having to say you're sorry. Love means being able ...
- 4956: Enstragement In Hamlet
- Psychological Estrangement In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, the main character, Hamlet, is burdened with attaining revenge on his murdered father’s behalf from the king of Denmark, King Claudius. In attempting to kill Claudius, Hamlet risks enduring estrangement occurring within himself at multiple psychological levels. The levels of estrangement that risk Hamlet’s psychological sense of identity are religious estrangement, moral estrangement, estrangement from countrymen, estrangement from his mother, and estrangement from women in general. Hamlet feels self-actualized from following basic religious principles of living. This ...
- 4957: The Plague
- In the mid 1940 s, Albert Camus, began to write the novel The Plague. The story has been read over and over again, yet it tells more than it seems to. It tells the story of a town gripped by ... walls of the city, and rather than remaining with the others, he believes himself to be an outsider, and tries to flee the city by any means. At one point, he tells Tarrou, I don t believe in heroism What interests me is living for what one loves. 5 Later, when speaking with Rieux, Rambert concludes that he is no longer an individual, and that he is part of the town. He realizes that "'there's nothing shameful in preferring happiness but it may be shameful to be happy by oneself' ."6 Rambert awakens to the truth, which he had been facing all along. Rambert decides to drop his attempts ...
- 4958: Political Economy Of The Ancient India
- ... of Ghazna (modern Ghazni in Afghanistan), who conducted more than 20 raids into North India between 1001 and 1027 and established in the Punjab the easternmost province of his large but shortlived empire. Ma hmud's raids, though militarily successful, primarily had as their object the taking of plunder rather than conquest. Early Muslim India (c. 1200–c. 1500). The Delhi sultanate The decline of the Ghaznavids after 1100 was accentuated ... Ku sanas and in large quantity by the Guptas; both kingdoms were active in foreign trade. Gold was imported from Central Asia and Rome and later perhaps from eastern Africa because, in spite of India's recurring association with gold, its sources were limited. Expanding trade encouraged the openin g up of new routes, and this, coupled with the expanding village economy, led to a marked increase of knowledge about the ... and glory, the Mughal Empire was a fairly efficient and centralized organization, with a vast complex of personnel, money, and information dedicated to the service of the emperor and his nobility. .Much of the empire's expansion during this period was attributable to India's growing commercial and cultural contact with the outside world. The 16th and 17th centuries brought the establishment and expansion of European and non-European trading ...
- 4959: Romeo And Juliet 4
- ... is risky. These two characters share good intentions and love for Romeo and Juliet, and share the responsibility for their deaths. The Nurse helps Juliet to marry Romeo because she is just thinking about Juliet s feelings without thinking about the problems this marriage could cause. In Act I, Scene. v., lines 137-138, she tells Juliet who Romeo is. It causes Juliet to get very upset: My only love, sprung from my only hate. (I.V.139), but the Nurse doesn t think about this. She doesn t see the trouble that has started. After the nurse realizes that Juliet and Romeo love each other, she doesn t stop it; instead, she agrees to carry the message to Romeo, although she knows ...
- 4960: Creative Writing: A Dream Come True
- ... that it was going to bite. "Get lost". I yelled. The dog remained calm. Now it was standing on my waist. It lowered its cute head, and sniffed my pockets. I was surprised. Why didn't it bite? Then the dog was walking towards my chest. This time I wasn't scared. It opened its mouth and lowered its head again. This time my heart stared to thump. Was it going to bite me? No, it just licked my cheek. Even before it finished licking my cheek, I came to my senses. I didn't understand what I dreamt about. After thinking about the dream for about ten minutes a went back to sleep. By next morning I had forgotten all about the dream. That morning , I was late ...
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