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- 2001: "The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto
- "The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto It was May 25th 1978, Terry Marker was on his usual patrol on campus at the University of Illinois. This earmark package, addressed to an ... detect possible bomb components. Such "sniffers" can test for small amounts of a chemical in the air. Much of the high-tech equipment used by law enforcement in such searches was developed during the drug war for entering booby trapped lairs of suspected drug dealers. When suspicious material was located in Kaczynski's cabin, for example, the FBI used a robot to enter the structure and retrieve it. Agents feared it ...
- 2002: A Separate Peace, Detailed Ana
- ... ever since the beginning of time. In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, but his emotions create a nemesis far greater than any human enemy. "I never killed anybody," Gene had commented later in his adulthood, "And I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at Devon; I killed myenemythere. "Now about the enemies that Gene had put into his own life. Gene ...
- 2003: J.D. Salinger
- ... meaning of love. Seymour Glass has just been released from the Army Hospital and he is unable to adjust to life with his "crass wife Muriel amidst the lavish and vulgar atmosphere of their post-war second honeymoon" (Gwynn & Blotner, 19). It has often been called "the loveless tunnel of love." Salinger portrays Muriel in the first part of the story as superficial. She believes that everything and everyone operates on ... controversy and debate" (Lomazoff, 1). The way that Salinger portrayed Holden Caulfield has been a factor in the controversial nature of this book. Holden is a strong-minded person with strong-minded opinions of the world and the people. His uncanny personality makes the reader want to question his sanity. Holden has reached a point in his life where he doesnt care anymore. He has flunked out of three Pennsylvania prep schools. This symbolizes that Holden is not truly ready for the adult world even though he believes that he is. He refuses to work to his full potential. Holden is a little boy playing grown-up. He is self-centered and very arrogant: Then I tried to ...
- 2004: Socrates
- By: Mark E-mail: Urealysuk9@aol.com SOCRATES THE PHILOSOPHER Socrates is a noteworthy and important historical figure as a philosopher, because of his and his pupils influence on the development of the philosophical world. His teachings, famous arguments, and ideas began the outgrowth of all later western philosophies. Born in 469 BC just outside of Athens, Socrates was brought up properly, and thoroughly educated. He was raised as most ... strengths. Socrates then went on to learn from Archelaus the philosopher. Here he studied astronomy, mathematics, and was introduced to philosophy, which was a new concept at the time. Archelaus taught of explanations for the world with a scientific approach. Socrates, however, turned away from this idea and created his own. He decided that instead of trying to understand the universe, a person should try to understand himself. To express his ... philosophies concerning issues other than the knowledge of oneself. These included explanations of the universe, the belief in god, and lifes goals. Other, earlier philosophers, had many different interpretation for the makeup of the world. Some believed that it was made out of numbers, others thought that it was made of a single substance, or many different substances, while still conflicting philosophers theorized that everything was formed out of ...
- 2005: Gabon: An Example For All of Africa
- ... the east and south. Much of the interior is rain forests and is not arable. Only 1% of the land is arable The remaining land is either meadows, permanent crops, or other land forms. (The World Fact Book 1995) Gabon is one of the most thinly populated countries in Africa. It has a population of approximately 1,155,000 (July 1995 est.) There are 11 people per square mile. The majority ... around 52 when they die. This is why only 5% of the population is older than 65. The infant mortality is lower than many other African countries, 92.4 per 1,000 live births. (The World Fact Book 1995) As in most African countries, there are many Bantu tribes make up the ethnicity of the country. There are four major tribal groups. The Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, and the Bateke. (The World Fact Book) The largest of these tribes is the Fang. They live mainly in the northern area of Gabon. Many years ago they were considered the fiercest warriors of the area. Now, they dominate ...
- 2006: Success In Times Of Paradox
- ... profits RMB 250 15% RMB 300 Tax RMB 18.5 10.8% / Export $ 25 16.3% $ 30 The Tel exchange capacity of China National Public Tel Net has become the second largest one in the world. Last year, the sales volume of PC broke through three million, which indicated that it had increased by sixty percent than 1996. ...... All the above data depict an exciting success for China -- a developing country ... whole society. At present, this kind of waste engendered by the undeveloped IT industry widely exists in all walks of life in China. It is urgent to prompt the informationalization grade of the nation. The world economy has been turning from industrial economy to information economy. P.R.C. Chairman Jiang Zeming once said, IT is the accelerator and amplifier of the national economy. Therefore, a country's information industry embodies its power. Developing IT industry becomes a world trend , and a strategic task in many countries. Several contrasts: u The informationalization degree of the developed country has reached a considerable level. In 1993, US declared "National Information Infrastructure" (NII). It is expected ...
- 2007: The Rain Forest
- The Rain Forest The destruction of the rainforest is a problem that the people of the world can not continue to ignore. 14 percent of the Earth's land used to be covered by rainforests yet this number has dropped significantly to only about 6 percent (http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/index.html). Rainforests provide the people of the world with many necessities, some of which would no longer be available if rainforests did not exist. In the last 50 years, rainforests have declined at a terrifying speed of 150 acres per minute or 75 million acres per year (http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/index.html). People must open their eyes to the horrible tragedy that will inevitably occur if the citizens of the world do not realize the seriousness of this problem. To better understand the importance of the rainforest, one must be knowledgeable about what a rainforest actually is. The two main types of rainforests are temperate ...
- 2008: Stanely Kubrick
- ... trailblazing efforts help to create new possibilities for the institution of cinema. While Kubrick and Lynch share the distinction of being trailblazing auteurs who broaden the scope of cinema, their bodies of work, style, and world views are vastly different. Kubrick, whose body of work centers around the dehumanization of man, is separated from Lynch whose body of work centers around a character's discovery of self in an amoral world. Thus, it is often found that Kubrick focuses on exterior themes such as man as a symbolic figure, while Lynch focuses on intensely private themes such as a character's discovery of self. Using their films as evidence, let us take a closer look at how these two great directors use their unique sense of style, characters, and auteurship to espouse their world view. One of the greatest contrasts between Lynch and Kubrick is found in their treatment of mankind. For Kubrick, men are often treated as 'machines' who serve a purpose. For Instance, in 2001: A ...
- 2009: Andrew Carnegie 3
- ... changed by a progressive movement which strived to gain an economic opportunity, religious morality, political honesty and social stability. The efforts of the famous progressives have shaped one of the most powerful nations in this world. The United States is ahead of most of other countries in the business world and continues to make the better products. Nevertheless, America wouldn t be so economically strong without the contributions of Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy industrialist who showed the world a profitable and proper way to operate a business. Andrew Carnegie is the real reason why American business and economy had become so dominant in the 20th century. Carnegie was born in November 25, ...
- 2010: The Use Of Psychics In Police
- ... of this era, Robert James Lee. Scotland Yard told the media that with the aid of Robert James Lee the detective unit had solved over one hundred crimes. Scotland Yard then proceeded to tell the world that they guaranteed that with the help of Lee that they would be capable of catching the Ripper with in a month. Robert James Lee was not the type of person that wished to be ... of his special talent. After Scotland Yard released to the media about the use of Lee on the case the subject became a media circus and Lee was constantly hounded by reporters from around the world. After being on the case for roughly a week Lee was able to lead the police to a nearby doctors office. The doctor Sir William Gull was unable to tell police where he had been ... him a fraud. After this event occurred Scotland Yard claimed that they would never use a psychic to aid in an investigation ever again. This case weakened the use of psychics by police around the world and for at least twenty years there is no recorded instants of American police using psychics in their investigations. It was not until 1925 that American police used a psychic in one of their ...
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