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- 4591: The Reflections Of Gore Vidal
- The Reflections of Gore Vidal There are many people in today s society that would love to have their views published for the whole world to view, but few can match the wit and originality of Gore Vidal. Vidal is the author of many short stories, novels, playwrights, and movie scripts. Gore Vidal has been and continues to be an ... within the next century the government would encourage homosexuality to decrease the population (3). Gore Vidal believes that children are no longer needed and that they are only taking up valuable space in today s world (3). Mr. Vidal believes that by promoting Dunst 2 homosexuality the over crowding will cease to be a problem (3).He refuses to have children because he thinks he will only be adding to the world s population problem. ( Vidal, Gore 683) Vidal also sees the practice of homosexuality as a cure for sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. Vidal thinks that by eliminating all male and female intercourse the ...
- 4592: Nelson Mandela
- ... Council. He was suspended from college for joining in a protest boycott. He went to Johannesburg where he entered politics by joining the African National Congress in 1942 (Woods). At the height of the Second World War, members of the African National Congress set themselves the task of transforming ANC into a mass movement. In September of 1944 they came together to form the African National Congress Youth League. Mandela soon impressed ... to have a leader of that character. Without Mandela, blacks would still be opposed and would not have equal opportunities. They would not have a proper education or have any basic human rights. Bibliography "Apartheid." World Book Encyclopedia. 1988 ed., vol. 1, pp. 563. Ngubane, Jordan. "Mandela." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography. 1987 ed., vol. 7, pp. 132-133. Woods, Donald. Biko. New York: Paddington Press LTD, 1978.
- 4593: Justice in Orestes
- ... cannot be dismissed. Clytaemnestra is one who upheld the laws of the Furies. Agamemnon's murder of Iphegenia at Aulis was pure outrage. "Yes he had the heart to sacrifice his daughter , to bless the war
" (Agamemnon lines 222-223) Agamemnon killed his own blood relation in order to sail for Troy. This too, is a terrible crime, seemingly of the same weight as Orestes' act. Clytaemnestra believed she was justified ... because she supports her father's Order, believing that there is a need for the establishment of a higher reasoning. One could also argue that she voted for acquittal because she is the god of war. She supported Agamemnon, the General, throughout the Trojan war and thus wished to favour his memory. She knows little of women, despite being female herself. Having settled the trial, Athena must also settle the anger of the Furies. She tactfully invites them to ...
- 4594: The Race to the Moon
- ... the USSR and the USA in the late 50's, led directly to America's determination to be "masters of space." The Space Race became a symbol of the political contest between the two rival world powers. The way the two competitors organized to achieve their goals in space showed their basic differences. The United States had separate civilian and military agencies, and only the military space programs were secret. Civilian space activities, especially the race to the Moon, were openly publicized for the world to see. On the other hand, in the Soviet Union all space programs blended into a secretive military-industrial bureaucracy. Launches were not announced in advance, and only the successes were publicized. (Baker 158-161 ... these early firsts were achieved by the Soviet Union, thus sparking the United States to not only catch up with the Soviets, but also to surpass them. (Alexander 37-39). The Soviet Union stunned the world with the launch of the Sputnik "satellite" on October 4, 1957. Sputnik was a shiny basketball-size sphere containing radio transmitters. Sputnik announced to the world the beginning of the Space Age. Coming only ...
- 4595: A Study of B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism
- ... received his Ph.D. in behavioral psychology at Harvard in 1931. In 1936, he then worked as part of the faculty at the University of Minnesota. A few years later in 1939 to 1945, during World War II, he designed the "baby box" or better known to psychologist as the "Skinner box". It was a controlled environmental chamber for infants and he was even disturbed enough to allow his daughter Deborah to ... the frequency with which the response is made returns to the level before the reinforcer was introduced into the situation, and we say that extinction has taken place" (Hergenhahn, 1980, p. 205). We are a world built on the idea of punishment and it will not be long before alternatives will no longer be at the level of casual observation. "Skinner's theory does much more than explain personality; it ...
- 4596: Prometheus 2
- ... The poet Hesoid described Prometheus as a trickster, and a troublemaker. Aeschylus described Prometheus as a tragic hero . Many plays have been written about Prometheus, including Prometheus . Prometheus was a cunning, intelligent being. During the war of the Titans, he advised them to use strategy, instead of just going out and having a massive bloodbath. (Encyclopedia Americana, 577) Beethoven, Wolfgang Von Goethe, Percy Bysshe, and Bach all created works inspired by ... Greek name, we can only guess. His father, Iapetus was also a mighty Titan, one of the first Titans. His mother, Clymene, was a beautiful nymph from the deep trenches of the oceans of the world. (Hodge, 352) The story of his birth is rather sketchy, most books just outline the story of Iapetus and Clymene being madly in love with each other, and having a son, and naming him Prometheus ... t have huge, rippling muscles. He does, on the other hand, have an immortal liver. In a certain Greek Myth, Prometheus stole fire from the hearth of the gods, the gods became angry, especially Zeus. (World Book Encyclopedia, 567) Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to the top of a huge mountain as punishment for stealing fire from the hearth of the gods. During his imprisonment atop the mountain, he was tortured ...
- 4597: Thailand
- ... and the capital once again changed position to Bangkok. - 1851 1868 King Mongkut re-established relations with Western countries and supported the development of the Siamae economy. - 1914 1918 Siam supported England and France in World War One. - 1939 Siam changed its name back to Thailand. - 1941 Japan invaded Thailand and in result Thailand became an ally with Japan even though many forces were still fighting the Japanese. - 1957 Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat seized control of the government and encouraged economic establishment with the USA. - 1965 Thailand supported the USA in the war against Vietnam by moving forces and by allowing the USA to use its air bases to bomb South East Asia. - 1967 Thailand was a founding member of the ASEAN. - 1973 university students led many ...
- 4598: Compressed Gas: Helium
- ... Hydrogen isotopes - the way the sun does it - but it will be many, many years (if ever) before anyone can do that continuously and reliably here on earth. "Air Liquide" France claims to be the world's largest industrial gases company. "BOC Gases" (UK) lay claim to supplying more helium worldwide than any other industrial gases company. Helium is extracted from natural gas deposits. Only a few sources in the world contain significant proportion of helium and justify it's separation. These are in the US, Poland, Algeria and Russia. Because of it's high value, helium is the ONLY major industrial gas to be traded ... two per cent helium. This primary discovery of helium in natural gas is credited to Professors H.P. Cady and D. F. McFarland of the university of Kansas. Helium was first used in balloons during World War I. For a few years, beginning in 1927, a privately owned commercial plant at Dexter supplied gas for Navy dirigibles. Later valuable uses developed in industry. In the 1950's demand soared when ...
- 4599: Crusades 3
- ... First Crusade was to free the Holy Land from Muslim control, especially Jerusalem. When Jerusalem fell to the Turks, pilgrimages to the middle east became dangerous. Pope Urban then called for a great Christian holy war against the infidels.2 Reclaiming the Holy Land, from the Mulsims fulfilled the ideals of the Christian knight, thus appealing to many. Papal encouragement, and the offer of indulgences also motivated thousands to enrol ... West, combined with political disunity in the East. Urban II took advantage of Byzantine situation, and turned it into his own conviction that the papacys had a duty and mission to reform the secular world.8 The success of the parties involved in the Crusades varies. Pope Urban II wanted the crusading army to be mostly made up of upper class knights and other military personnel. Since the news of ... Grew, D Herlihy, T.K. Rabb, I Woloch, The Western Experience Vol 1. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc. 1995. Pg. 286 7) B.F. Beers Patterns of Civilization, Pg. 71 8) David Gregory, The Medieval World Study Guide 3, Athabasca University. 1995 Pg. 3 9) M Chambers, R Grew, D Herlihy, T.K. Rabb, I Woloch, The Western Experience Vol 1. Pg. 287 10) J. McKay, B. Hill, J. Buckler, ...
- 4600: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... of progress. He knew that hordes of people and their "machines" would come (Abbey 50-51). Most people see progress as a good thing. Abbey proclaims. "I would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world (Abbey 60)." "Prog-ress n. forward motion or advance to a higher goal; an advance; steady improvement (Webster's)." Is progress really all of that? How can you improve on mother nature? Progress actually detracts ... the parks. They will only find the stress and chaos that they sought to leave at home (Abbey 59). There is a minority though, that prefers to be able to get away from the modern world completely, and travel throughout the parks on foot, bicycle, or horse. With these vehicles they can travel on quiet trails that are impassable by automobiles. These trails will lead them to places where progress ...
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