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- 6591: Clara Barton
- ... good Barton headed for Washington DC. A new chapter in her life opened and she worked as a clerk in the U.S Patent Office. At age forty and at the outbreak of the Civil War Clara decided to dedicate her life to volunteer service. Throughout the war she served as an independent volunteer on the Union side. Miss Barton advertised for supplies and distributed bandages, socks, and other goods to aid the wounded soldiers. Barton delivered supplies directly to the front. Because of her outstanding labor she was promoted to supernatant of Union nurses. Following the war Barton took it upon herself to begin a letter-writing campaign to search for missing solders. Due to her efforts during the Civil War she was nicknamed “Angle of the battlefield.” Clara Barton worked ...
- 6592: Uses Of Networking
- ... button order to be delivered. It is believed this will be the next revolution in Internet sales. -Globalization and the new economy -Links in marketing Globalization and The New Economic order Every business in the world large or small now has access to a global market, the potential for this is unlimited, along with this comes greater competition and price wars, it is because of this companies are starting to create world beating merges, more companies are thinking on a global level. Security in the new economy is an issue companies are taking very seriously. Use of links in Marketing & Portal web sites A network television company ... to whether or not these should be allowed, it is because the internet is used for advertising it is free. e.g. of types of links used -Security Security Security is now an issue many world leaders take very seriously, stock exchanges, production lines and the Internet can be tampered with causing billions of pounds worth of damage. There are some simple steps that can be taken to ensure private ...
- 6593: The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
- ... sent him away from the poisonous atmosphere of her home. And now he has returned, fine and free, much to the disgust of Pastor Manders, whose limited vision cannot conceive that out in the large world free men and women can live a decent and creative life. Manders. But how is it possible that a--a young man or young woman with any decent principles can endure to live in that way?--in the eyes of all the world! Oswald. What are they to do? A poor young artist--a poor girl. It costs a lot of money to get married. What are they to do? Manders. What are they to do? Let me ... Oswald! take care! are you mad? let me go! Mrs. Alving (starts in terror). Ah! (She stares wildly toward the half-opened door. Oswald is heard coughing and humming inside.) Manders (excited). What in the world is the matter? What is it, Mrs. Alving? Mrs. Alving (hoarsely). Ghosts! the couple from the conservatory has risen again! Ghosts, indeed! Mrs. Alving sees this but too clearly when she discovers that though ...
- 6594: Andrew Carnegie
- ... McKinley Era Mega-Merger” (American Heritage, May/June 1996) addresses the Carnegie Steel Corporation which was the leader of steel in the country in the 1890s. This corporation made him “the richest man in the world” or so is quoted from “Paradoxical Reign of the King” written by Walter Goodman (The New York Times; January 20, 1997). Using his fortune from the steel business, he decided to give back to the world. As stated in “Andy Did It” by Harry Schwalb (ARTnews, June 1997), Carnegie gave the world thousands of libraries. Many communities gratefully accepted Carnegie’s generosity, but his actions were met with mixed reviews. The book, Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development by George S. ...
- 6595: Changes In Harding In One Flew
- ... as shameful"(pg. 294). Admitting himself in the hospital is Harding's way of succumbing to the forces of society. He simply accepts the fact that without help he will never fit in the "real world". Harding knows that "This world belongs to the strong "(pg.62). For this reason he felt that is why he belonged in the hospital. The hospital is a place where "[a] good strong wolf like the Nurse [could] teach [them ... McMurphy also treats the other patients normal and does not treat them how society does. By treating them as equals and by instilling into them his views and ethics, they are able to see the world differently. McMurphy's concern with the music that "dulls the senses" shows another side of him as well. It shows his concern and consideration for his peers. A more important feature of McMurphy is ...
- 6596: Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings
- Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings Often, people fantasize a world in which all their goals and aspirations come true. In Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Emma is a woman with dull expectations of life, which gives her a desire to control her surroundings. She creates ... wept copiously” (Flaubert 57). When Emma married Charles, she expected this perfect man whom she had pictured from the many romantic novels she had read. It is these fairy-tale illusions that slowly bring the world crashing down on her. Emma’s illusion of love and grandeur came from her knowledge of romance novels. After she had married Charles, she came to the conclusion that their love was not like the ... continued as the reality of Charles, to her, is nothing like her illusion of a husband. She expected Charles to be her knight in shining armor who would take her away to a whole new world, but to Emma, it was the complete opposite. “But a man should know everything, shouldn’t he? Excel in many activities, initiate you into the excitements of passion, into life’s refinements, into all ...
- 6597: Iliad And Odyssey
- ... now." Giant Ajax hoisted it high and hurled it down, crushing the rim of the soldiers four horned helmet and cracked his skull to splinters, a bloody pulp…" 435-443. Violence, the many scenes of war in the Iliad reminded me of the first battle scene of Saving Private Ryan. The extremely violent images of men crying out for their mothers, the intestines spilling out of a man’s belly, and ... scene like that has never happened on American TV before. In book XXII, Odysseus kills at least seven men. In the Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus seemed to be "un-touchable." Odysseus survived the Trojan War, shipwrecks, the raid on the Cicones, The lotus eaters, and the Cyclops. Not to mention the encounter with Hades and the battle with the suitors. Like American "pop" culture, the hero is rarely killed, but ... vote, run for president, and can make their own decisions; the exact opposite of the way women were depicted in the Iliad and Odyssey. Women were considered to be property. They were the prizes of war. The women who were awarded to Achilles and Agememnon: Chryseis and Briseis. They were treated like property; women could be traded or sold. After the Fall of Troy, the captured women were given to ...
- 6598: Being an Outsider
- ... president and vice-president. When the teacher announced that the boy would be president and the girl would be vice-president she felt this horribly unfair. It was her first taste of the ways the world was ran at that time. Men first, ladies second. A major factor in Lorde’s life that demonstrates her outsider status is her color. I am not talking about just within her family. I am talking about when she notices that she is black and that there are racial standards in the world in which she is living. She first sees racism in her trip to Washington with her family when they are refused service at a soda fountain. This injustice, she said, “made me sick to my ... alone was hard. She knew that being a black woman was even harder. Through in the fact that she chose an alternative lifestyle in choosing life partners and it would feel like the weight of world was on your shoulders. She struggled throughout the entire book with all of these things not only with the society around her, but with in her own mind also. She struggled with her love ...
- 6599: Michael Jordan
- Michael Jordan With nothing left to prove on the court, Michael Jordan, the world's most famous basketball star, retired from the game to concentrate on the challenges of raising his three kids. Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls after 13 seasons and six NBA Championships, including the one ... of theirs.Basketball's greatest player ends his amazing reign at the top-the very top-of his game. The 6-foot-6 king of basketball led the Chicago Bulls to a record six NBA World Championships. He led the Bulls to three straight NBA Championships, 1991,1992 and 1993. He led the Bulls again to win the NBA world championships three times in a row, in 1996, 1997 and 1998. And along the way Jordan picked up five regular season Most Valuable Player(MVP)awards, six Finals MVPs, 10 scoring titles, and made ...
- 6600: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... can infer the themes that are consistently passed on to other generations of humans. It is in human nature for people to want to excel in life and strive to make a name in this world for themselves. We want to be remembered by name or for something we have done. Most, who actually succeed, are forgotten about in a matter of years. However, some are remembered for tens, hundreds, and ... character of a story; he is actually a portrayal of people and how they act out of human nature. He, like many of us, does not want his existence to end when he leaves this world. He is not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story that we, as people, can relate to. There are similarities ... society and by carrying immortal themes and messages. Epics will always be present because there are certain themes about humanity that can not be denied. In this era, it is easy to say that the world is rapidly changing. But, humans aren't changing with it and there lies the root of most of the problems in society. We must recognize and maybe change the world to be more suitable ...
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