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Middle French Word Gai French Word Gai Gay
458 wordsThe word gay originated from the Old High German word game, which means rapid and impetuous. In the twelfth century, the word game gave rise to the Middle French word gai, meaning merry and happily excited. The English word gay was borrowed from the Middle French word gai in the fourteenth century. The word gay greatly reflects the cultural changes in English speaking countries. In English, the word was used to indicate excessive heterosexual activity. However, today, the word gay is often appli...
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Government Officials Great Empire
586 wordsThe Empire of Mali Introduction In its peak, the people of Mali occupied land as far west as the Atlantic Ocean. They also traveled as far east as Gao, the capital of the Songhai, as far south as the Niger bend, and as far north as the Sahara desert. They built a great empire between 1240 and 1337 that underwent a course of slow decline until the seventeenth century. History The empire of Mali originated from a small country known as Kangaba. Its people where known as the Mandingo (they have als...
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York Columbia University Gawain And The Green Knight
2,655 words... s, meaning a bowl. " There are three likely possibilities for what the Grail represented that are supported by evidence: "The Grail as Celtic talisman, as fertility symbol, as Christian relic" 28 Despite this, the actual of the Grail and the quest for it has been one of the primary attractions in these legends. The Christian interpretation is that the Grail was originally the cup used at the Last Supper, with which Joseph of Arimathea caught the blood of Christ on the cross. However, Loomis ...
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Six Times Military Service
1,158 wordsWhat come to mind when you hear the word knight? You are probably thinking of a book that you read when you were younger and saw someone in shining armor, fighting a dragon and rescuing ladies in distress. But actually these are myths about the knight. They never fought dragons or rescued ladies in distress. They did however fight battles and wars. A knight was someone who was given land by a lord in exchange for military service in the lords army and any money that he might earn off his new lan...
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Fairy Tales Moral Codes
994 wordsThe Origins of Wonder Tales and the Reason for Their Creation and Evolution Folk tales, fairy tales, wise tales, and wonder tales are all a part of virtually everyones lives from one point of time to another. Whether your a child an adult or a grandparent these stories play a significant role in ones continuing development. Although they have an effect on people of all ages children are most susceptible to the primary goal of telling and recording these stories. The purpose of this form of inter...
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Greatly Influenced Buddhist Temple
1,258 wordsRice, the staple food of the Korean diet, is eaten at most meals. Millet, wheat, barley, corn, and sorghum are also eaten, especially in the north. The vegetables Koreans eat include potatoes, Chinese cabbage, turnips, and onions. Garlic and red peppers are used as seasoners. Kunchi (pickled vegetables) is a favorite dish. Fish and other seafood's are the usual sources of proteins. To, or rice, is a popular confection. Traditional clothing, made of cotton or synthetic materials, is worn only by ...
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Girls And Women Thin Ideal
1,060 wordsSeveral decades ago, consistent research demonstrated stereotypical behavioural and personality traits associated with each of the three somatotypes. These studies suggested that mesomorphic (medium body build) body types were associated with the most favourable traits whereas the heavier endomorphs were associated with being socially aggressive, lazy, and unattractive and the thin ectomorphs were associated with being nervous, socially withdrawn, and submissive. Research has demonstrated that t...
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D S Six Months
1,433 wordsThe Worse Epidemic Ever To Hit America: AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the number one killer among Sexually Transmitted Diseases in North America, all because of the lack of intelligence about the disease. There are a lot of ways to contract the virus HIV, homosexuality is not the only way, but, Im sure thats the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions A. I. D. S. The reason people are so unaware of the virus or just dont care about it is because people have the thought w...
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Aids Epidemic North America
942 wordsIn some parts of the world there are still wars being fought and dictators in power. There are societies which consider themselves at the peak of evolution and progress. They are able to create state of the art automobiles, luxurious homes, efficient and organized industries, complex computerized machinery and atomic weapons. Many societies are governed by a democratic system which herald a belief in freedom. All societies, regardless of their political and economic makeup, are also ruled by a s...
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14 Th Century 19 Th Century
1,179 wordsThe short story dates back as early as the 14 th Century. It offers what a novel or the equivalent would offer but it has a swiftness and completeness about it. According to Ruby Redinger, the short story is most powerful through graphic narration (752). The short story has captured a diverse group of things from the supernatural to an everyday occurrence. Nearly any situation can be worked into a short story if the right writer is managing the idea. The first masters of the short story in the e...
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Gun Control A Racial Discrimination
1,225 wordsGun violence is one of the most serious problems in the United States. Each year in the U. S. , more than 35, 000 people are killed by guns, a death rate much higher than that in any other industrial nations. In 1997, approximately 70 percent of the murders in the United States were committed with guns. However, ironically, the United States also is the country that has the most gun control laws. Gun control laws generally focus on passing legislation by local state, or national government restr...
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Enter The Page Mail Forms Javascript
526 wordsWithin this report is information on how JavaScript is used on the Internet. This report will contain information that will help you learn about JavaScript and its uses on the Internet. It mentions what JavaScript is, where it originated and what some of its uses are. JavaScript is a loosely typed scripting language that resembles the programming language C. It is designed to be an extension to HTML and is usually included within HTML scripts. JavaScript is object-oriented and has block-structur...
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Free Jazz The Revolution Of '60s
1,356 wordsREVISED AND EXPANDED HERE, THIS PIECE ORIGINATED AS AN "ORAL ESSAY" FOR THE COSMOETICA OMNIVERSICA INTERVIEW SERIES More or less officially unveiled with the first New York appearance of the Ornette Coleman Quartet at the Five Spot Caf in the fall of 1959, free jazz (or new black music, space music, new thing, anti-jazz or abstract jazz as it would variously be labeled), gave new dimension to the perennial "where's the melody?" complaint against jazz. For most of the uninitiated, what the Colema...
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Life On Mars Electron Microscope
1,080 words... ite burning up upon entry into the earth's atmosphere vaporizing PAHs near the surface. "No PAHs were found in the meteorite's exterior crust, but the concentration of PAHs increased in the meteorite's interior to levels higher that ever found in Antarctica" Also the concentration of PAHs is greater that what would have been in the atmosphere at the time impacted. Again this makes the source more likely to be extraterrestrial. PAHs that occur in other meteorites within the galaxy their sourc...
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Internal And External Ebola Virus
814 wordsOne of the deadliest viruses known to man could quite possibly be the virus that lies dormant in Africa called Ebola. The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA viruses known as filo viruses. Ebola made its first human contact in 1976, which during this outbreak caused the death of 340 people. Because the outbreak was in Zaire, This particular strain was called Ebola Zaire. Since there isnt a cure for Ebola, people were left to die, without hope for survival. After this major outbreak, resea...
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Vacuum Tubes Bill Gates
833 wordsComputers are a part of our everyday lives, but about two decades ago, computers were just beginning to enter homes. Many people dont realize what the computer evolved from, and the speed at which computer technology has taken to arrive to what it is today. The earliest know computer is the abacus, invented by the Chinese in 2600 B. C. Not many people consider this to be a computer, but by definition, it is. One of the more recent early computers was built by Herman Hollerith, who invented a mac...
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Greek And Roman Greek Architecture
322 wordsArchitectural designs changed greatly since the ancient times. Most famous architectures and sculptures today originated from the Greek and Roman civilizations. Moreover, some of the inventions from those civilizations are also being used today, such as the arch, which originated from Roman architecture, and the columns, which originated from the Greek architecture. Throughout history, these architectures and inventions have become the foundations for our buildings, churches, and much more. The ...
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Group Of People Viking Culture Vikings
762 wordsOne of Vikings 2 Vikings One of the most interesting and misconceived groups of all time were the Vikings. The Vikings were the most feared of all the barbaric invaders. The people who originated from Scandinavia, which in today s world are the countries of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden were called Norsemen. The Norsemen who took part in raids along the coast of Europe were called Vikings. These men were some of the great sea traders and warriors of all time. The word Viking originated from the No...
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Spice Is Peppermint Originated
267 wordsOur spice is Peppermint Peppermint Our spice is peppermint, which is a pungent and aromatic mint (Month piperine) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes. Peppermint is used in baking (candy, cookies, taffy, teas and many others), in aromatherapy, and oils. It is now located all over the world, but it originated probably in England and then spread to Central and Southern Europe and Africa (main cultivation area). Peppermint is a perennial plant grown in field...
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Forty Five Five Minutes
621 wordsStomp originated on Stomp Stomp Stomp originated on the streets of Brighton, England. The creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve Mc Nicolas were a group of street performers known as? buskers? , trying to catch people? s attention. Attention is what they got. Busking is an old custom in the UK, dating back to booth theaters erected at village fairs in the Middle Ages. Luke and Steve updated this custom and created a modern symbiotic marriage between movement and music. As I entered the theater, the ...
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