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Myth- Aliki, The Gods And Goddesses Of Olympics
Number of Words: 1263 / Number of Pages: 5
... that I thought might
be too overwhelming for a young impressionable mind . An example of this would
be when " Cronus married his sister Rhea , and they had many children . But
Cronus was afraid that one of them might overthrow him just as he had overthrown
his father . So as each child was born , he swallowed it ." Although Cronus
eventually "throws up" the unharmed children in the end, I feel the initial
reaction might be more lasting , as well as the fact that Cronus married his
sister , which is an unacceptable taboo in society . There were other strong
images conveyed , both verbally ...
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Unfoldingone Art
Number of Words: 882 / Number of Pages: 4
... (Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama) makes reference to Bishop's use of metaphor. Elizabeth Bishop refers to losing as an art. The American Heritage Talking Dictionary defines art as a skill that is practiced ("art"). "One Art" makes specific reference to practicing losing (line 7). Loss is defined as a condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone ("loss"). Loss is not something done intentionally (such as the word "practice" might suggest) but it is something that is inherent to humans. Perhaps Bishop uses the metaphor of "loss being an art" to confess ...
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The Study Of Criminology
Number of Words: 518 / Number of Pages: 2
... use a wide variety of research techniques. Statistics are often used to study the crime rate and the characteristics of criminals. Criminologists find relationships between crime rates and certain physical or social conditions. For example, such studies may show that the crime rate increases when poverty and unemployment rise. Criminologists generally use statistics compiled by
government agencies. Criminology is extremely important in determine numerous factors in trials. It played many important roles in the recent OJ Simpson murder trial.
Criminologists also use statistics to lear ...
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Influence Of Television And Ra
Number of Words: 622 / Number of Pages: 3
... However, people can communicate a lot more quickly between any two points either on land, at sea, in the sky, or also in space, with the use of the radio. Politically, the radio made it possible for the people to be informed about government policies directly.
Radio was "born" in the twenties, and "died" in the forties. Because the depression made listening the only amusement people could afford, the thirties were radio's finest years. Later, in the fifties television was making a breakthrough. By 1961, 88% of the United States' households had two sets which were in use for an average of 5 ho ...
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Swahili
Number of Words: 285 / Number of Pages: 2
... to the coast on the north-east monsoon winds, between
November and April, and sailed back up to south-west on the reverse monsoon
winds, between June and October, already in pre-Islamic times.
The coast, the land of Zenj to the Arabs, was inhabited by peoples of
undetermined origin-perhaps by Bushmanoid groups, by Bantu speakers, perhaps by
Cushitic-speakers, perhaps even by people of Indonesian ancestry(who had settled
in Madagascar as early as the first millennium A.D. and conceivably could have
settled further north as well). Initially Arab immigration was scarce,
settlement was sparse and it w ...
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How To Find A Writing Topic Problem-Solution Essays
Number of Words: 369 / Number of Pages: 2
... about clothes will suffice. But in the view of someone else, the problem
may seem insignificant.
Both previous solutions may in some cases fail. If so, writing about not
knowing what to write and how to solve that may lead to the best alternative.
It may look as if the assignment was quickly jotted down due to the fact that
there is no research to do, but if it is well written it can turn out to be a
very good essay. When specific information is needed there are many things that
could be doctored to suit the needs of the article. As Garrett Hardin said,
"There is no moral obligation to conserv ...
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Russian Jews
Number of Words: 1366 / Number of Pages: 5
... in poverty in small and crowded places
and were oppressed. For hundreds of years, Jews lived these ways in two
communities - the ghetto and the shtetl. To keep out thieves and rioters from
coming in, they built walls around their section of town. When they did this,
the government and churches got an idea, they would use the walls that the Jews
built, to lock them in.
These walls were located near a foundry that made cannons, so they named
it “ghetto” which means "foundry". They would close the gates every night and
the Jews would be locked in until daybreak. The word of the ghettos quickly
spread ...
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How To Detail Your Car
Number of Words: 1071 / Number of Pages: 4
... result in scratching of the paint when washing with soap. Second you should later up a nice bucket of car wash and with a knotted hair glove thoroughly scrub every inch of the cars paint and windows. If some of the dirt or squashed bugs from fast highway travel get some bleach-white car cleaner and with a bug pad apply the cleaner directly to the sponge and lightly scrub the car with the bug pad. Once again you must rinse the car off with the hose, you must be sure to remove every last bubble not doing so will leave your car with unsightly streaks in the paint. Now comes the most over looked part of ...
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Game Theory (Strategic Thinking In Everyday Life)
Number of Words: 380 / Number of Pages: 2
... critique aside, the players in the game will act in a way
which provides them with the greatest benefits.. Interdependence is the idea
that what one player does will directly affect the other and vice -versa. By
players I am talking about any two interdependant variables, whether they be
people, countries, animals etc. Game theorist take apart a situation involving
two players and systematically analyze their objectives and their potential
outcomes. In doing so they are able to create models which replicate the basic
motives each player has and diagram the outcomes.. Game theory is something that
t ...
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Aristotle's Concept Of Teleology
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... teleological: everything is always
changing and moving, and has some aim, goal or purpose. To borrow from
Newtonian physics, we might say that everything has potential which may be
actualized. An acorn is potentially and oak tree for example. The process of
change and motion which the acorn undertakes is directed at realizing this
potential. Aristotle believed that things in nature occur because they serve a
purpose. He maintains that organisms develop as they do because they have a
natural goal or telos in Greek. “Nature”, writes Aristotle, is “a ‘principle
of motion and change' ”(P ...
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