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- 5541: Cutting the National Debt
- Cutting the National Debt "It's time to clean up this mess." Famous last words heard from the mouths of many different politicians when talking about the national debt and the budget deficit. Our debt is currently $4.41 trillion and ... 70 million. After alternately rising and falling, the debt stood at only $4 million, or 21 cents per capita, in 1840. That was the lowest point ever reached by the public debt of the U.S. After 1840 it rose to a peak, in the last year of the Civil War, of almost $2.68 billion and a per capita figure of $75.01. The only justification for debt of any ... made was that on three separate occasions a major debt reduction effort had been made, but in the past 55 years in spite of much arm-waving there have been no similar results. The U.S. debt is divided into two major kinds of loans, marketable and nonmarketable. The former provides about 52 percent of the total and is made up of bills, notes, and bonds that can be traded; ...
- 5542: Piercy’s “Simple Song” and Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow”: Human Desire For Love
- Piercy’s “Simple Song” and Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow”: Human Desire For Love George Elliot said, “What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories.” Both Marge Piercy’s “Simple Song” and John Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow” focus on the human desire to have someone to love and all the obstacles that prevent a union from happening. In the beginning ...
- 5543: The Bean Trees: Symbols and Hidden Meanings
- The Bean Trees: Symbols and Hidden Meanings The Bean Trees by Barbara Kinsolver is a book that discusses many of the problems in today's society. I found it to be over all insightful yet a little boring at time. There are many hidden meaning and symbols too many to mention so I'll look at just a few. One ... symbols appears right at the beginning of the novel. The symbol is the tires and how Missy (later named Taylor) fears them. The tires come up several times in the story and so does Taylor's fear of them. This fear originated from the accident with a tractor tire that Taylor viewed as a child. Her fear leads to an irony later in the story when Taylor is asked by Mattie ... overcoming this fear with help from Mattie. This also is an example of how Taylor is a round character and grows throughout the story. Another irony near the beginning of the story is when Taylor's car breaks down and she is given an Indian baby, she finds herself in the predicament that she was trying to avoid in Kentucky. Back in Kentucky she was proud that she made it ...
- 5544: The Florence Baptistery
- ... Florence Cathedral, which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio. Although the two resemble each other, they are considered to be from two different styles. The Baptistery of S. Giovanni is categorized as Romanesque while the cathedral is considered Gothic. The exterior of the cathedral doesn t appear to be Gothic, it s the interior that is. The baptistery possesses an octagonal structure with an extension to the west. This extension was originally an apse. There are doors to the north, south, and east sides. All of ...
- 5545: The Joy Luck Club Essay - Amy
- ... in Chinese tradition. With every decisions made her life is already made for her. "Huang Taitai hurried me upstairs to the second floor and into the kitchen, which was a place where family children didn't usually go...I missed my family about stomach felt bad, knowing I had finally arrived where my life said I belonged." (Tam 1989, pg.49) Being in arranged marriages will not be about love and trust but just to be their as a long life wife. During Lindo's first marriage, her husband treated her as a slave more than a wife, because he did not even care about Lindo's feeling, and he was not take any responsible as a husband. Everything Lindo done for him, he never accepted. Sometimes, he said things to hurt Lindo, or just blame at her for no reason. ...
- 5546: To Kill A Mockingbird 3 -
- Harper Lee s To Kill A Mockingbird is concerned with a loss of innocence. Discuss by referring to two key scenes in the novel. Harper Lee s To Kill A Mockingbird is certainly about a loss of innocence. However, this aspect is only emphasised to convey a more powerful and meaningful message. It is a mean by which the author introduces and effectively represents the main issue of concern in the novel; prejudice and discrimination. The use of Scout, Jem and Dill s loss of innocence is used throughout the novel, including during the court case and the children's visit to the jail. Through this the author aims to highlight the matter of prejudices and evoke ...
- 5547: Kubla Khan
- In Shakespeare's non-fictional novel King Lear foretold of a King whose emotions clouded his judgment. King Lear suns begins to realize the truth as his character begins to suffer, both emotionally and physically. Lear was a foolish old man, his weakness was that he yearned flattery. This causes his actions all come from his emotions, not his process of reasoning. Lear's fear of the truth also clouds his judgment and causes his to repetition his words, by doing so he never gets to solving his problems. During Act I Lear's love for adulation was the strongest. Lear no longer wanted all the power that he had so he divided his kingdom amongst his three daughters. Goneril, the oldest, told him that she loved him ...
- 5548: Bloodstain
- ... a lack of responsibility can negatively affect more than one individual. This theme is represented by the actions of the main character, Fred, as well as his parents, and Mr. Haskell, the unfortunate victim. Rowan's theme of irresponsibility is expressed most clearly through the behavior of the protagonist, Fred. The initial incident is Fred's poor decision to take his parents' gun. With the knowledge that they would not be returning home soon, he underhandedly sneaks the weapon away into the nearby forest. Once he is there, he carelessly acts ... what he thinks is a rabbit, he impulsively fires at it. In addition, after his frightening discovery, Fred thoughtlessly flees the scene instead of making any attempt to save Mr. Haskell. Preceding the accident, Fred's intense determination to hide the truth is illustrated clearly with this quote: "'I'll never tell,' he told himself. 'They'll never even suspect me.'" It is quite evident that most of the responsibility ...
- 5549: History of Telecommunications
- ... the Atlantic. Even the Congress of the United States laughed at this idea. However, there were several people who thought this idea would work and had the funds to make it happen. Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone One of the most import times in telecommunication is the invention the telephone. Alexander dumbs looking for a way to make sound waves visible. It is very interesting that he started by investigating the ... then started to publish this invention as he patented it. At the world exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 he demonstrated his telephone made quite and impression. In October of 1877, the Scientific American published Bell's idea in a way it had not been realized so far. Actually the future use of this invention was shown. The invention itself was a long way from being put into practice so far. Bell'' communications system reached the public's attention, although many others had done research in the field of electrical voice transmission before. There were about 30 other telephone systems patented within the following years. The telephone was by far the best ...
- 5550: The Curtain
- ... Love and infatuation have many characteristics that can be compared to number of different things. Love is supposed to be everlasting, true and forever. Infatuation is a short period of time where you think it's love, but in reality it is not. Both are entertaining, but both can also be fatal. It all depends on how deep and involved you get into them. In a sense, the are like nature. Both start out as a seed rooted deep in your heart, small and hidden. It is unseen to the human eye. Only the bearer knows that it's there and waiting to break out. It takes a lot of work and effort to grow and progress alone, because as a seed it lacks the proper nutrients to emerge. The heart is much too ... mind not mature enough to feed it, and the body too dark to supply an adequate amount of light needed to thrive. If it were to try and do it all by itself, it wouldn't get out of the middle of the heart because it would have nothing to guide it on the right path. As time passes, a small amount of light, food, and warmth begins to slowly ...
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