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20 Th Century Air Conditioning
1,438 words
The architectural design of the 20 th century
skyscrapers has been redefined due to the
advancement of our modern technology. Humanity 450
Dr. Maureen Schmid 17 May 1999 The architectural
design of the 20 th century skyscrapers has been
redefined due to the advancement of our modern
technology. In our modern society, the
architectural design of skyscrapers is changing
the downtown landscape of metropolitan areas. Due
to the change of technologies, it has changed the
architectural design of skysc...
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Vallon Pont D'arc Pont D'arc Cave
415 words
At the foot of a cliff in the Apache Gorges, in
south-eastern France, amateur speleologists
discovered the world's oldest painted prehistoric
cave. Discovered on December 18, 1994, this cave
features art that dates back thirty-one thousand
years. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette
Brunel-Deschamps and Christian Hilaire, were the
amateurs who discovered the cave that has come to
be known simply as the Chauvet cave. The explorers
were in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France some thirty feet
below ground. While expl...
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Simple Rational Explanation Providing Just Enough Information Vivaldi
1,519 words
In Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first
thing that we see described is a veiled woman: "It
was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the
year 1758, that Vincent di Vivaldi first saw
Ellena di Rosalba. The sweetness and fine
expression of her voice attracted his attention to
her figure, which had a distinguished air of
delicacy and grace; but her face was concealed in
her veil. So much was he fascinated by the voice,
that a most painful curiosity was excited as to
her countenance, w...
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Irony In Cask Of Amontillado
1,695 words
The Cask of Amontillado is a story wherein the
reader can find a multiple array of ironic acts
and intentions. There are examples of both
dramatic and verbal irony throughout this clever
tale of horror. Even the setting reveals some
sense of irony as we travel from a joyous carnival
scene to a dismal cavern of death. It is best to
begin with an analysis of the irony in this tale
by following the chronology of the story itself.
In the naming, the dialogue, the characterization,
and in the setting...
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Roman Army Was Very Strict Army Was Very Strict Soldiers
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The Roman army was very victorious in its time
(300 - 100 BC) because of its soldiers. The Roman
army was very strict, and was highly trained in
warfare, discipline, and engineering. The Roman
army calls their soldier legionaries. The soldiers
were separated into four different types
(classes). The triacid were the more experienced
soldiers. They were rarely used in battle except
when really needed. They wore full armour and
carried a shield and a long spear. The principes
were well armoured and...
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Inca Empire Sun God
1,440 words
The empire of the Incas was a great, although
brief, period in Peru's colorful past. There were
many differing tribes that inhabited the land
pre-Inca empire. However, the last of the people
to inhabit Peru (pre-Spanish Invasion) constructed
a vast empire that homogenized the tribes, and
replaced the differences with a highly developed
kind of welfare state. The Was, Changes, and Chan
Chan are just a few of the other peoples that had
populated Peru at various times. It would be a
difficult task ...
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Santa Cruz Orange Juice
1,137 words
I walked over to the refrigerator and helped
myself to the orange juice. Sarah was in the
laundry room adjacent to the kitchen. She was
talking to me about something, but I dont think I
was listening. I poured the orange juice and found
my usual seat in front of the television. On
weekend afternoons, if we were at Sarah's house,
we always watched MTV, no matter what else was
actually on. We had just returned from the beach.
Sarah recently bought a new couch and it was so
comfortable. It made wat...
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Simple Rational Explanation Providing Just Enough Information Vivaldi
1,511 words
In Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first
thing that we see described is a veiled woman: "It
was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the
year 1758, that Vincent di Vivaldi first saw
Ellena di Rosalba. The sweetness and fine
expression of her voice attracted his attention to
her figure, which had a distinguished air of
delicacy and grace; but her face was concealed in
her veil. So much was he fascinated by the voice,
that a most painful curiosity was excited as to
her countenance, w...
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Hit And Run First Major
1,362 words
On June 26, 1187, the Muslim Sultan Saladin
crossed the river Jordan with 20, 000 of his
followers an army consisting of roughly 12, 000
light horsemen and a number of footmen to a
location south of the Sea of Galilee where he and
his men encamped. They had been ravaging the
nearby countryside in hopes of provoking a
Christian attack, but had been unsuccessful. The
Frankish Christians led by King Guy in Jerusalem
had also mobilized their own army and camped at
the spring at Saffuriyah. Marshall ...
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Farenheit 451 And Brave New World
1,552 words
Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are two books,
both of which are supposed to be set in the
future, which have numerous theme similarities
throughout them. Of all their common factors, the
ones that stand out most would have to be first,
the outlawed reading of books; second, the
superficial preservation of beauty and happiness;
and third, the theme of the protagonist as being a
loner or an outcast from society because of his
differences in beliefs as opposed to the norm. We
" ll look first at...
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Years Ago Five Years
627 words
I am Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia ruler
of Greece. I have been king of Macedonia since my
fathers assassination five years ago. Since his
death I have conquered much of the world. I am
ruthless, and should anyone attempt to defeat me
in battle, they are sure to die. The year I became
ruler of Macedonia I set out to the city of
Thessaly to restore Macedonia rule. After Thessaly
submitted to me I conquered many states, and many
other states freely submitted without battles. Two
years aft...
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Freedom Of Expression Visual Effects
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ELECTRONIC MUSIC & RAVES On the phone, with
flier in hand, you listen anxiously to the
pre-recorded directions on the Mission Control
rave hotline. This valuable information can only
be accessed on the day of the event, but now that
this is out of the way, it? s time to prepare.
People of all ages, but mostly between the ages of
17 and 26, madly attack appropriate stores to
purchase their necessary? rave gear. ? They buy
glow-sticks, glitter, dark glasses, sealed water,
vicks van-rub, other ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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During a time when Michelangelo and Leonardo Da
Vinci were the prime artists in Europe, a young
man by the name of Raffaello Sanzio was starting
to attract major attention with his artworks. The
Italian high renaissance was marked by paintings
expressing human grandeur and very humanistic
values. No one better portrayed the Italian high
Renaissance then Raphael Sanzio, with his
painting? s clarity and ease of composition,
Raphael was easily one of the greatest painters of
this period. Born in an...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Eight Years
1,034 words
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was a Nature
lover and an architect. He reflected on the
natural world and applied existing styles to his
architecture. He was born in Wisconsin, on June 8,
1867, and died in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 9,
1959, at the age of 91. His architectural career
spanned two centuries and lasted for 70 years.
During the last year of his life he authored a
book and was working on 166 different commissions;
when asked about when he would slow down, he
replied when the i...
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Grapes Of Wrath Dust Bowl
1,870 words
65279; Of Land and Men Over 100 years ago, a
large number of homesteaders settled in a area
which would come to be known as The Dust Bowl.
Spreading from New Mexico and Colorado through
Oklahoma and Kansas, hardy grasses and
fine-grained soil provided an incentive for these
settlers to pursue a future in farming. And so
they did. Over the years they cultivated the land
planting wheat and raising cattle; over the years
the overworked land became more anymore vulnerable
to erosion. While the sq...
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City Of Babylon Hanging Gardens Palace
722 words
? The approach to the Garden sloped like a
hillside and the several parts of the structure
rose from one another tier on tier On all this,
the earth had been piled and was thickly planted
with trees of every kind that, by their great size
and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder The
water machines [raised] the water in great
abundance from the river, although no one outside
could see it. ? Diodorus SiculusFruits and flowers
Waterfalls Gardens hanging from the palace
terraces Exotic animals...
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Ancient Rites Pale Skin Blood
1,432 words
Vincent The Vampire The darkness breathed in the
cavernous tomb. The walls of granite that formed
their underground catacombs had served as a
shelter and a symbol. They were carved with the
ancient rites and laws that governed their species
and glowed now as if alive through the inconstant
flickering of a single torch blazing in the center
of the central cavern. To those in the room, the
darkness was not their cloak. It revealed all to
their pale eyes. The circle of light was empty,
devoid even ...
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Stopping By Woods Woods On A Snowy Evening
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Mending
Wall An Analysis of Two Robert Frost Works. James
Allen once said, You are today where your thoughts
have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your
thoughts take you. After reading the two Robert
Frost poems, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
and Mending Wall, one can not help to wonder what
kinds of thoughts inspired these two poems. It
becomes clear that the underlying theme in both of
these poems is simply freedom of thought. These
free t...
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Atomic Specter Nullifier Atomic Specter Nullifier With Gold House
487 words
The strange doctor One day I went to a new doctor
who I heard had a bad reputation, among the
practicing field. I went to the doctor because he
was cheap, only eight dollars per visit, he had
diplomas all over the walls. He did not look like
a quack. I went to see him about a problem with my
neck that I had had for three months. His nurses
were very beautiful. They put me in a trance. As I
was sitting there, I heard a strange noise. It
came from the basement. Then the walls started to
move. This...
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Opera House Concert Hall
569 words
The Sydney Opera House There was no true place for
performing arts in Australia and this angered many
residents. So Joseph Cahill set up a committee to
raise money for an arts complex. Then, for more
funding he established Opera Lotteries. With all
the necessary funds available, the next step was a
design. A competition was organized for the design
of the complex. The winner was Jorn Utzon with his
design of a complex with sail shaped roofs.
Building began immediately in March of 1957 on
Benne l...
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