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- 901: Egypt
- ... this manner because of the media. The news primarily exposes the uncivilized parts of the country. For instance, the well known news broad-casting channel CNN showed the circumcising of a young girl on the television screen. This is a harsh way to introduce a culture to people. Often, CNN shows cases of the Egyptian desert with camel riders. This narrow perspective influences the society's view of our culture. Another ...
- 902: Chad
- ... 69. The usable airports total to 55. Permanent-surface runways total to 5 airports. The telecommunications department in Chad is a fair system of radio communication stations for intercity links; broadcast stations - 6am, 1fm, limited television service; many facilities are inoperative; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station. Chad's defense forces consist of the branches, manpower, and defense expenditures. In the branches there is the Army and the Republican Guard. In ...
- 903: Area 51
- ... refuting stories like the one put forth by Bob Lazar. The government, or the Air Force, or even some mythical federal agency whose members wear only black suits and dark sunglasses can parade before the television cameras an army of eyewitnesses who swear upon an endless stack of Bibles that Lazar is lying through his teeth. And none of it will matter. There is no doubt as to the existence of ...
- 904: Mexico City
- ... total newspaper circulation in Mexico. Several newspapers have a page printed in English. There are also English-language newspapers. Mexico City is Mexico's broadcasting center. Mexico City has about 30 radio stations, 5 commercial television stations, and an educational TV channel. Famous landmarks in Mexico City for the tourist are the Constitution Plaza, called the Zocala, is Mexico City's chief plaza. It covers the site of the old Aztec ...
- 905: The Australian Outback
- ... of Australia. Alice Springs is a small town in the Outback, which is very dry and has desert like surroundings. The Outback is behind times from the modern world, activities are very limited, for example, television is only on four hours a day and the park is miles away from the town. Most of the time children have to make up games or use their imagination to entertain themselves. They are ...
- 906: Canada - Environment and Economy
- ... borne pollution problems originate in the US. The ramifications of industry relocating in Mexico, with even lower environmental standards than the US is terrifying. Cultural contracts abound, however subtle and unspoken they may be. Canadian television is all but controlled by the US; even Canadian stations are inundated with American product; our press is filled with American news while our radios play American music. This influence is impossible to escape from ...
- 907: Hero Worship
- ... traced back in time as early as mythology has been present. People of that era felt a need to worship super-beings who could solve their problems. Current examples reflecting that age are evident on television today. Both "Hercules" and "Xena: The Warrior Princess" are ever present to save the peasants from the evil and cunning warlords. Mythological heroes had their deeds exaggerated as the stories were passed by word of ...
- 908: Stocism in "Enchiridion"
- ... and moaning and whining has become a medicine, a “talking cure” that worked. Dignity dies on the psychiatrist’s couch, and encouraged by our culture of therapy, people turn their troubles into theater. Everyday on television, people turn their private lives into a ludicrous soap opera with themselves as the stars and us as an all too appreciative audience, our voyeurism justified as part of the “healing process.” They have not ...
- 909: The Meaning of Life To Different People
- ... of play. And the highest form of play is the search for truth, beauty, and love. If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live. Ted Turner, a television pioneer, believes that the meaning of life is to have a good, and successful life and to accept the fact that we are in heaven here. " Our reason for being here is to have a ...
- 910: Greek Literature
- ... language on came from the Greeks. The way that we talk and write comes from them. Our source of entertainment comes from the Greeks. They invented the theater and comedies. The average person watches a television comedy every day. A lot of people also go to the theater for entertainment. Ancient Greeks' and Romans' art is called classical art. This name describes later periods when artists looked for their inspiration. Romans ...
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