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- 3441: World Population: The Present And Future The Growth
- World Population: The Present And Future The Growth Dr. Dalphin Of the world's population is a problem that many people see as being addressed at some point in the future. While we live in a country that is reaping the benefits of a superpower, most of the ...
- 3442: The World Of Hair
- In The World of Hair Throughout time, the world of hair, and now the well-known field of cosmetology have raisin and fell. I can remember the time when black women were wearing Afros and Caucasian women short cuts and now things have evolving ...
- 3443: Chinese Economic Reform
- ... percentage of the populace to become involved in private enterprise and investment in family or group ventures. (Shirk 39-40) Another important aspect of Chinese economic reform was the decision of China to join the world economy. In doing this Deng Xiaoping and his allies hoped to affect the economy in two ways: by expanding foreign trade, and by encouraging foreign companies to invest in Chinese enterprises. This policy (called the ... not necessarily a beneficial development. Inflation was rampant: prices more than doubled in the industrial zones in only five years. Nevertheless, the fact that Shanghai possessed some of the most expensive office space in the world showed that demand was high and that the prospects for future growth were promising. (Tyler A8) Shanghai is by no means the only city to show growth. Additional foreign investments have continued to pour into ... conscientious attempts to promote the strength of the country's economy while protecting its citizens. And so, in 1994, the Chinese government instituted tight-money policies, intended to control inflation and slow what was the world's fastest growing major economy (Shenon "China Halts" D1). However, after doing so, China's Securities Regulatory Commission was forced to stop the issuing of new issues on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges ...
- 3444: The Evolution Of The World
- ... was categorized by a complete silence where people in general, forgot about the issue of whether the earth was flat or whether it was a globe. Another reason that brought the theories of a globular world to rest was because the priests told the general public that the earth was flat. Priests such as St. Augustine and others invented the Antipode theory, which stated that a world shaped like a globe is impossible because objects would be hanging downwards and growing backwards. Once again, religion played a major part in this argument that would rage on for many years to come. To ...
- 3445: Abraham Lincoln 4
- Lincoln, Abraham,16th president of the United States, who steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln, pioneer farmers. At the age of two he was taken by his parents to ... a store. He gained the respect of his fellow townspeople, including the so-called Clary Grove boys, who had challenged him to physical combat, and was elected captain of his company in the Black Hawk War (1832). Returning from the war, he began an unsuccessful venture in shopkeeping that ended when his partner died. In 1833 he was appointed postmaster but had to supplement his income with surveying and various other jobs. At the same ...
- 3446: The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols
- The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he ... and all." He just wanted to save the little innocent kids from falling. The kids I think represent the innocents of the young just playing and when they fall off the cliff they discover the world. He wants to protect them and keep them pure will. All through the story Salinger used Holden as the catcher on the rye to protect or try to protect the innocents of kids. The biggest ... the idea that Phoebe or her friend had seen that on the wall. If they saw it they would wonder and eventually "some dirty kid would tell them" and they would know the cruel the world thus falling in the rye. As his duty as the catcher in the rye Holden tried to erase the first one that was on the walls, but later said "it's hopeless anyway. If ...
- 3447: Gilgamesh 3
- ... in the second and third millenniums BCE. We know they celebrated a king named Gilgamesh; we know they believed in many gods; we know they were self-conscious of their own cultivation of the natural world; and we know they were literate. These things we can fix -- or establish definitely. But stories also remind us of things we cannot fix --of what it means to be human. They reflect our will ... too, how a story is put together -- how it uses the conventions of language, of events with beginnings and endings, of description, of character, and of storytelling itself to reawaken our sensitivity to the real world. The real world is the world without conventions, the unnameable, unrepresentable world -- in its continuity of action, its shadings and blurrings of character, its indecipherable patterns of being. The stories that mean most to us bring us ...
- 3448: Cultural Diversity & Intergroup Relations: A Glimpse into the World of the Disabled
- Cultural Diversity & Intergroup Relations: A Glimpse into the World of the Disabled As I portrayed being a disabled / handicap person for half an hour, I felt and was truly treated as one. That half an hour on that cold afternoon has changed the way ... and sore, but most of all, I was relieved. This half an hour was a very educational experience for me. In the short time, I finally was able to get a tiny glimpse of the world through the eyes of a handicapped person. When I look back at this experience, I have come to the conclusion that there are many ways that disabled people are mistreated. They are looked down in ...
- 3449: The Civil War Campaign of 1862
- The Civil War Campaign of 1862 During the American Civil War, successful Confederate campaign JuneJuly 1862 to drive back Union forces threatening Richmond, Virginia. The success of the campaign was largely due to the tactical initiatives of General Robert E Lee, a military commander and ...
- 3450: The Year 2000 Bug
- ... the millennium approaches we come closer and closer to what some say could mean the end of civilization as we know it. What is this great event that would have such an impact on the world that it could end civilization? The problem is a simple computer bug refereed to as the Y2K bug but its ramifications could be immense. This computer bug has been predicted to impact the world anywhere from a minor problem to the end of a civilization. Whichever view you take on the subject it is clear that this bug will have a definite impact on the economy. The depth of ... the Y2K bug is far behind that of the US and many speculate that they will not be ready by the end of the year. This could have a great deal of impact on the world economy if these countries shut down production. Most of Europe has addressed the bug but are behind the US in resolving the problem. If things like power grids or oil plants were to malfunction ...
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