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- 9181: Jane Eyre - Struggle For Love
- The overriding theme of "Jane Eyre," is Jane's continual quest for love. Jane searches for love and acceptance through the five settings in which she lives: Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House, and Ferndean. Through these viewpoints, the maturation and self-recognition of Jane ... tries to accept it as though it has some higher purpose. However, Jane still desires human affection and is deeply hurt when she is scorned. Jane goes as far as to say, "If others don't love me, I would rather die than live." Helen's response, "You think too much of the love of human beings," is a testament to her devout faith (Bronte, 101). When Helen is dying of Typhus later on in the story, she reminds Jane, " ...
- 9182: The Riddle Of St. Leonards
- ... her graduate work in medieval studies. She thought her book would never get published, but then she found a job as an editor of research publications at the University of Washington. Her short story wasn’t published, but she turned that story into a novel, The Apothecary Rose. Candace is now the author of two ongoing mystery series featuring medieval sleuths, the Margaret Kerr Mysteries and the Owen Archer Mysteries. Ms ... handbooks, she tried to get a sense of how the people fought to survive with the horror of the plague. She also had some help from a friend who was an expert on St. Leonard’s Hospital. Her name was P. H. Cullum, she was very educated in the studies of medieval hospitals. This was beneficial to Ms.Robb, especially when writing The Riddle of St. Leonard’s. The main character of The Riddle of St. Leonard’s is Owen Archer. Owen is an ex-soldier, who is now a spy for the Archbishop of York and for sometime Lord Chancellor of ...
- 9183: Gore Vs. Bush On Education
- ... advanced science and mathematical knowledge. He says that he proposes a $1000 increase in individual Pell Grants to encourage high school students to take advanced college preparation courses in both subjects. Bush stated that, “There’s no reason for us to be next to last in the world in math, and there’s no reason for us to be last in physics.” Gore too believes in the importance of college, but doesn’t say math and science are the key elements to attending college. He notes that money is what keeps kids away from college. He proposes to make it easier for parents to save for their ...
- 9184: Ebola Virus 4
- ... Infectious diseases account for 25% of all visits to physicians in the United States. In total, the annual cost of AIDS and other infectious diseases reached $120 billion in 1992, about 15% of the nation's total health-care expenditure. The expanding pool of immunodeficient patients due to the AIDS epidemic, cancer treatment, transplant recipients, and hemodialysis has caused an explosion of opportunistic infections due to a number of fungal, parasitic ... of food-borne and waterborne diseases. In 1992, only $55000 was spent on federal, state and local levels tracking drug-resistant bacterial and viral infections. In addition, the public health laboratories are eroding. Overall, CDC's budget for infectious diseases unrelated to AIDS has declined approximately 20% in the last decade. This is the case in the developed world of the United States, and we in developing South Africa are certainly ... G.H. 1994. New and Emerging Infections in the Face of a Funding Crisis. ASM News 60, 5: 251-4 Culliton B.J. 1990. Emerging Viruses, Emerging Threat. Science 247: 279- 280 Diglisic G., Xiao S-Y., Gligic A., Obradovic M., Stojanovic R., Velimirovic D., Lukac V., Rossi C.A. and J.W. DeLuc. 1994. Isolation of a Puumala-like Virus from Mus musculus Captured in Yugoslavia and Its Association ...
- 9185: Benito Mussolini
- ... Predappio in the Northeastern Italian province of Forli. He had one sister and one brother. They always fought and argued over little petty things with each other. His sister name was Edvige and his brother’s name was Armaldo. His mother Rosa Malteni was a well respect and appreciated schoolteacher. His father Allesandro Mussolini was both a blacksmith and a committee socialist. He received his name "Benito" from the Mexican Revolutionary ... into numerous of fights with other children. Benito Mussolini was brought up in one the poorest regions in Northeastern Italy. When he was in school, he always kept to himself and very quiet. He wasn’t a class clown, never cried or rarely laughed. He always sat in the back of the classroom and read a book. He rather do that than play with the other children in his class. He ... Milan. Mussolini and over a hundred of his own men were thrown in prison for possession of illegal arms. All the men and including Mussolini were released the next day. Soon afterwards the police didn’t even bother to interfere with fascist violence. Mussolini entered parliament in 1921 as a right wing member. Mussolini told some of his members of the Fascists to terrorize some of his colleagues. The government ...
- 9186: Van Gogh
- Van Gogh The rapid evolution of a style characterized by canvases filled with swirling, bright colors depicting people and nature is the essence of Vincent Van Gogh's extremely prolific but tragically short career. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Holland, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor and eldest of six children. His favorite brother Theo was four ... a poor coal-mining district in Belgium. Vincent took his work so seriously that he went without food and other necessities so he could give more to the poor. The missionary society objected to Vincent's behavior and fired him in 1879. Heartsick, van Gogh struggled to keep going socially and financially, yet he was always rejected by other people, and felt lost and forsaken. Then, in 1880, at age 27 ... pictures of peasant life and labor. Jean-Francois Millet was the first to paint this as a main theme and his works influenced van Gogh. His first paintings here were crude but improving. Van Gogh's progress was interrupted by an intense love for his widowed cousin Kee Vos. On her decisive rejection of him he pursued her to Amsterdam, only to suffer more humiliation. Anton Mauve, a leading member ...
- 9187: The Scarlett Letter
- ... her chest. This was the Puritan way of treating her as a criminal, for the crime of adultery ' At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne's forehead.' (Pg. 59) This is how some people felt about her punishment. The Puritan treatment continued, because as Hester would walk through the streets, she would be looked down upon as if she were some sort of demon from Hell that committed a terrible crime. This would give her much mental anguish and grief. On the other hand, God's treatment of Hester for her sin was quite different than just a physical token: he gave Hester the punishment of a very unique child which she named Pearl. This punishment handed down from God was ... she had done wrong, and she could not escape it 'Thou art not my child! Thou art no Pearl on mine!' (pg.99) At times Hester would get frustrated. In this aspect, Pearl symbolized God's way of punishing Hester for adultery. The way Hester's life was ruined for so long was the ultimate price that Hester paid for Pearl. With Pearl, Hester's life was one almost never ...
- 9188: A Land Rembered
- ... the decision that the war was getting to close to the scrub, and that moving South would be a good idea. The MacIvey clan packed up their wagon and headed south along the St. John’s and Kissimmee rivers and settled in a hammock along the Kissimmee river. In Kissimmee is where Tobias begins his empire that turns the family into one of the wealthiest families in Florida. In the swamps ... In Punta Rassa, the cows were sold for fifteen dollars a head and the MacIvey empire begins. Also on this first trip, Hendry, the cattle buyer, bets a 150 acres of land that Ishmael, Zech’s marshtackie, can’t beat his bay horse. Ishmael beats him and the MacIveys got the deed. The MacIveys begin to make drives often where many events take place, such as Tobias and Zech meeting the Indians in ...
- 9189: A Financial Evaluation of General Electric Corporation
- ... Electric currently have engine orders for American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta, Finnair, Northwest Airlines, US Airways, and Civil Aviation Administration of China. In 1997, G.E. had greater than seventy (70) percent of the world’s large commercial engine orders awarded to their company. Appliances - General Electric Corporation has several new products available, including GE smartwater filtration and softening, several new lines of dishwashers, outdoor grills and stainless steel built in ... includes the well known division that produces and sells light bulbs for the home and for industry. Medical systems - where G.E. has a joint venture with Picker in offering medical imaging equipment including C.T. scanners, x-ray machines, M.R.I.’s, diagnostic Ultrasound and mammography. Television - including owning NBC and in joint ventures in the ownership of CNBC and MSNBC. Plastics - mainly the manufacturing of plastics. Power systems - mainly the manufacturing of gas, steam and ...
- 9190: Life On Land Compared To Life
- ... living on the Mississippi River. On land, Huck has more rules to live by and he has to watch himself so as not to upset the widow or his father. On the river, Huck didn't have to worry about anything except people finding Jim. He also had to worry about the king and the duke for a while. Even thought there are many differences of the two living styles, there are also some similarities. Life on land was filled with difficulties for Huck. There were many rules that Huck had to follow for both the widow and for his father. The widow didn't really have many rules. She just wanted to "civilize" him. The widow expected Huck to go to school, wear clean clothes, sleep in his bed, and go to church. She just wants him to be ... the woods, sometimes, and so that was a rest to me. I liked the old ways best, but I was getting so I liked the new ones, too, a little bit." (Clemens 1211) Then Huck's father kidnapped him and took Huck to live in a cabin with him. Huck thought that it was fun, but he started to get sick of being locked up for long periods of time. ...
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