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- 3721: Martin Luther
- ... economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the 1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the new world. English speaking colonies were effected by England's policies and acts. These policies and acts were means of controling the economy of the colonies in America and strengthen the central government of England. Dutch traders ... This would establish a very high credit rating with other nations and help the government create political power. Other debts the Hamilton required to be payed off or assumed were the 40 million in Confederation war bonds and 28 million in debts of individual states (kurland). For the good of the creating a cash economy and strengthing the U.S. credit rating, Hamilton wanted to induce a Bank of the United ... the "implied powers" clause. The system of banking he purposed was very similar to that of Englands. Founded in 1791, the Bank of the United States had the duties of financing the federal government during war, regulating credit, and producing sound currency. Hamilton also had the idea of making the bank privately owned, so it would run proficiently. This would give the federal government a backbone during times of war ...
- 3722: History Of Arabic Music
- ... performance and in shaping the piece of music by encouraging musicians to either repeat a section of the piece or to move to the next section. Modern Era Born of the cultures of the Arab World stretching from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Arabic music is becoming popular world-wide. It is made up of an astonishing variety of folk, classical, and popular musical traditions. Many of these have survived for centuries, reflecting the musical sensibilities of the ancient world as well as the Middle Ages. While each region within the Arab World has its distinctive styles, commonalities of instrumentation, modal structure, rhythmic patterns, performance techniques, and lyric content extend across the area, forming ...
- 3723: Aldous Huxley
- ... Huxley developed a condition of near blindness that plagued him until his death (Philosophers Corner Presents: Aldous Huxley). After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English at Balliol College, Oxford, Huxley worked in the War Office in London and taught at Eton and Repton (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). While at Oxford, Huxley was introduced to the literary world and became good friends with D.H. Lawrence (Aldous Huxley-Biography). In 1916, Huxley published his first book of poems, The Burning Wheel (Philosophers Corner Presents: Aldous Huxley). From 1920-1921, he was a ... and worked for Conde Nast Publications (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). Huxley married Maria Nys in 1919. In 1920 they had a child named Matthew. The family split time between London and Italy and traveled around the world in 1925 and 1926 (Aldous Huxley-Biography). In 1955 Maria died of cancer, and a year later Huxley married Italian violinist and psychotherapist Laura Achera (Brooke 199). By 1920 Huxley had published two more ...
- 3724: Individual, Group And Society
- A world consists of societies, a society consists of groups, and a group consists of individuals. People who share common purposes or goals would form a group. Common purposes or goals create solidarity - the sense of we ... memberships crosscut or overlap (80). It sounds like more purpose oriented than loyalty to groups. There are tons of groups out there to pursue same goal. The group that tries to make standard architecture of World Wide Web. The group that tries to prohibit to import any Japanese products to U.S. The group that tries to have people use condom. According to the textbook these groups are called voluntary association ... of family and tribe is also included in association. In other words association is that group formed with more than two people, isn't it? I have little knowledge about Jewish and Nazi in Second World War. I should have seen "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg. Anyway a sociologist Samuel P. Oliner, a Holocaust survivor, investigated nonprimordial rescue behavior during the Holocaust. He might have performed the research objectively ...
- 3725: Two Powers
- ... this book , Ralph and jack struggle to carry these two different methods of ruling in their respective roles.Ralph and jack portrait the difference between authoritarian and democratic power with situations that compare in our world today. One of the most influential means of government is means, unforcing unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action (COMPTOM S ENCYCLOPEDIA). relatively few people ... was well expressed through his rude way of saying, "Shut up, Fatty." at Piggy. (p. 23) .As show, jack is well characterized by the authoritarian ruling. Jack illustrates some types of government seen in the world ,where terror has been use to manipulate society. Democracy , as opposed to which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives; rule by the ruled. Democracy was defined by united states president Abraham Lincoln as Government of the people, by the people , for the people (World book Encyclopedia). In a democratic system , people take action in all political activities, either directly or indirectly. Since most of the countries that practice democracy are very big countries , then most of them use ...
- 3726: Bloody Merdian
- ... Kid dances to the beat of the Judge s fiddle. What does the dance mean to the judge though? Its seems as though the dance represents life and life is only good for one thing, war. If one does not offer up himself to the blood of war (pp.331), then that man cannot dance and thus cannot live. Is this why the Kid must die in the end of the book? Because he had chosen to stray away from the fate the ... elect therefore some opposite course (pp.330)? The opposite course the Kid elected for himself was one without pointless slaughter, and meaningless bloodshed. The kid wants desperately to get away from the vast and broken world of the desert and elects to complete his circle instead of staying out west. He chooses his own path out of the desert, one that calls for the largeness of heart (pp. 330), one ...
- 3727: Internet Censorship
- ... AltaVista, the worlds biggest search engine. However both of these engines have over 60 million cataloged web pages. Although this material makes up less that 1% of all messages on USENET or pages on the world-wide-web, that is still a staggering number as there are millions of messages and web-pages on the internet. Most of this material is extremely hard to access as advanced knowledge of computers is ... all, is a subject that stirs strong passions. So does the question of whether free speech on the Internet should be sharply curtailed, as some Senators and Member of Congress have proposed. But the "flame war" that ensued on the computer networks when the story was published soon gave way to a full-blown and highly political conflagration. The main focus of discontent was a new study, "Marketing Pornography on the ... receiving. Government controls may seem attractive as it limits information like bomb plans and chemical analysis of explosive that terrorist groups or your next door neighbor can exploit to do evil. This could help the world to be a safer place. Controls like this would protect the interest of developing minds or sensitive people and make the risk of them viewing obscene material almost zero. This way parents need not ...
- 3728: Britain And Europe In The Seve
- ... which English Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians belonged, together with German, Czech, Swiss, Magyar, French, and Dutch churches, did not survive the 1620 s. It was shattered in the early disastrous phases of the Thirty Years War, and by the submission of the Huguenots when Louis XIII insisted on the elimination of foreign pastors, so that by the time English Puritanism temporarily triumphed during the English Revolution it held few European connections ... under, the nation not only survived but became stronger administratively, politically, and economically as well as militarily. Parliamentary government proved itself, and a mood of national confidence developed out of the ordeals of William s war and Marlborough s victories. The strains involved by the wars on Britain and France were comparable, for if Louis had to fight against most of Europe his country was already organized for war, whereas Britain was not. The fact that the French economy was relatively undeveloped offset the advantages of a much larger population, an absolutist political system and a central geographical position, but it also meant ...
- 3729: Critical Review of 1984 By George Orwell
- ... one part of the government. It was divided up into four parts. The Ministry of Truth, where Winston worked, was incharge of education and the arts. The Ministry of Peace, which was in command of war. The Ministry of plenty, which controlled economic affairs. And finally the Ministry of Love, which concerned itself with law and order. Orwell also uses description of technology to show how the government controlled it's ... an enemy of the people. The assembeled people go through several different reactions, some boo him, others scream and become violent. I feel that George Orwell accomplished his goal of telling how he viewed the world of the future. He used excellent description of places, events and people that I can't even attempt to repeat. He used the prospective of several different people through Winston's interaction of them, and their disscusions. He also used his imagination extreemly well to describe the technology that is used to control the people of the world. Even today we are making things that Orwell described like the telescreens. He also used comparisons of the real world to the world of his story. The image of Emmanual Goldstein was an excellent ...
- 3730: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Biography
- ... 1913, a position he held until 1920. He was an energetic and efficient administrator, specializing in the business side of naval administration. This experience prepared him for his future role as Commander-in-Chief during World War II. Roosevelt's popularity and success in naval affairs resulted in his being nominated for vice-president by the Democratic Party in 1920 on a ticket headed by James M. Cox of Ohio. However, popular ... The Depression worsened in the months preceding Roosevelt's inauguration, March 4, 1933. Factory closings, farm foreclosures, and bank failures increased, while unemployment soared. Roosevelt faced the greatest crisis in American history since the Civil War. He undertook immediate actions to initiate his New Deal. . These measures revived confidence in the economy. Another flurry of New Deal legislation followed in 1935 including the establishment of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) ...
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