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Five Hundred Extraterrestrial Life
927 words... ny logical reasons for why they have not yet reached Earth. Some, including SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) pioneer Frank Drake believes interstellar travel to be so costly and impractical that the aliens never leave home. Others believe that those capable of interstellar travel follow a code of noninterference with backward or emerging civilizations (Chang par. 12). It could be that intelligent civilizations are common throughout the universe, but they never survive past a c...
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Langston Hughes Hughes Poem
328 wordsLangston Hughes poem Harlem is a series of similes describing what happens to a dream that is put off. The first simile in line three, dry up like a raisin in the sun, is suggesting that the dream is merely forgotten over time. The second simile (in line four), fester like a sore, is suggesting that it eats at you, constantly aggravating you because it has not been obtained. The third (in line six), stink like rotten meat, is a suggestion that the dream is making you mad because it has not been ...
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National Football League Super Bowl
1,353 wordsThis was war! Since its inception seven years earlier, the upstart American Football League (AFL) had fought the National Football League (NFL) for players, fans, television revenues, and respect. The successful new league had won everything except, respect. On January 15, 1967 the first World Championship game against the AFL and the NFL took place. The powerhouse NFL champions the Green Bay Packers against the AFL champion the Kansas City Chiefs. What ended in a 35 to 10 loss to the NFL, the A...
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Four Wheel Drive Set Up Camp
1,122 wordsBzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, I was awoken by the sound of my alarm clock next to my bed. I rolled over to check the time to see if I could close my eyes for a few more minutes. It was 4: 30 in the morning and it was time to get up and get ready to leave. I rolled out of bed only to find out that my friend was still asleep and snoring on my floor. I chucked my pillow at him and it hit him in the face. He immediately got up and I told him it was time to go. We tiptoed downstairs, being extremely careful so ...
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Ulysses Mission To Space
604 wordsThe Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is both a study of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. The spacecraft and spacecraft operations team is provided by ESA, and the launch and the spacecraft, radio tracking, and data management operations are provided by NASA. Scientific experiments are provided by investigation teams in both Europe and USA. This spacecraf...
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One Of The Greatest Thirty Seven
1,281 wordsHannibal, Invader From Carthage by Robert N. Webb is a biography that focuses on and highlights the life and times of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general. Hannibal is best remembered as the courageous warrior who led an army of thousands and thousands of men, thirty-seven elephants, and a number of horses across Spain, the Alps, and Italy, on a mission to conquer Rome. The author does an admirable job showing different views of Hannibal. He quotes other historians and poets throughout the course ...
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Teachings Of The Buddha One Place
1,113 wordsSiddhartha had one single goal - to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow - to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought - that was his goal. When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret (14) Siddhartha, according to his actions, was constantly in search for ...
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Facing Distribution Problems In The Chinese Economy
1,181 wordsThe purpose of this report is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of different distribution methods available to Beijing Oasis and decide which method should be implemented. Based on the advantages and disadvantages of each distribution method, a recommendation will be offered as well as implementation of that decision. Statement of the Problem The most vital issue currently facing Gervais Lavoie is the decision of method of distribution. He has been given three alternatives with which t...
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E Mail One Day
1,196 wordsIt was a lonely Saturday night. The wind was howling through the branches of the old oak tree outside my window. The branches swayed back and forth, creating faint tapping and screeching sounds on the glass. And so, I sat It was a night like any other; my music playing in the background and the room was illuminated only by the changing shades of green from my lava lamp. I waited. Suddenly, a came from the system unit of my computer, signaling that it was ready. I sat in my big leather chair, lea...
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Knowledge And Truth Socrates Claims
1,445 wordsWisdom is an important topic examined by Socrates in Plato's Apology. Socrates points out that wisdom is admitting ones own ignorance. Socrates believes that his own wisdom comes from realizing that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless (44). Socrates shows wisdom because he is able to admit what he does not know. He does not pretend to have knowledge when he does not have it. Socrates puts different people reputed for knowledge into examination and concludes that they do not really have a...
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Lot Of Things Blonde Hair
1,675 wordsMichael Michael get up your going to be late for school mom yelled. Not again I said, as I rolled out of my warm and comfortable bed into the floor. I dragged myself to the bathroom and splashed some cold water on my face. And then it hit me Sarah! Sarah was my girlfriend. We had grown up together, only living a few houses apart. Her hair was as black as night, witch set off her deep, blue hypnotic eyes. She had two storybook dimples, and a smile to match. Her southern accent, and country manner...
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Section Of The Poem Make The Decision
1,373 wordsBrilliant poets surface many times by creating their individual styles of writing. They obtain their glory from their crafted masterpieces designed in ways like no other. Such is the case of Robert Browning and his dramatic monologue. Starting with Porphyrias Lover, he went on to perfect this form authoring many famous works in the process. This poem, once a collection under the title, The Madhouse Cells, depicts an unhealthy affair from a madman's perspective. In Robert Brownings dramatic monol...
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Power And Greed In The Film Wall Street
816 wordsPower is an important issue in interpersonal communication. Power can shape a relationship by influencing what you do, when you do it, with whom you do it, etc. Experts identify six bases of power. These bases include referent power, legitimate power, expert power, information or persuasion power, reward power, and coercive power. Referent power is a power usually held over others when the individual wishes to be like you or be identified with you. Legitimate power is a power usually held over p...
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Human Rights Abuse In China
1,244 wordsChina's disregard for the basic human rights of its citizens was brought to the attention of the international community during the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. As Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, the incident was "very troublesome to everybody that had been following the issue of human rights in China" (Reuters, 1997). The Chinese official which sought to deny the people of their most basic freedoms was Deng Xiaoping, whom recently passed away. "Xiaoping leaves behind not only ...
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Feet Per Second Miles An Hour
1,130 words... ing machine. Just as the building was being completed, the parts and material for the machines arrived simultaneously with one of the worst storms that had visited Kitty Hawk in years. The storm came on suddenly, blowing 30 to 40 miles an hour. It increased during the night, and the next day was blowing over seventy-five miles an hour. In order to save the tar-paper roof, we decided it would be necessary to get out in this wind and nail down more securely certain parts that were especially e...
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Native American Main Body
1,327 words... the first to do it on record, but found no traces of an English settlement and saw few Indians. On his way back through the Bay he kept close to the shore, and eventually found Roanoke Island. He reported, "on the island shore, on the inside of the little bay I entered, there were signs of slipways (shipyards) for small vessels, and on land a number of wells made with English casks and other debris indicating that a considerable number of people had lived there. " Gonzalez saw no one, but di...
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League Of Nations Treaty Of Versailles
560 wordsThe Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty signed at the end of World War I between Germany and the Allies. It was negotiated during the Paris Peace Conference in Versailles, beginning in early 1919. Four major powers were represented at the conference- the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy. Not present, however, was Germany who had been excluded from the meeting. President Wilson desired the war treaty to be guided by his Fourteen Points plan. The Fourteen Points called for fre...
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Back To Work Women And Men
1,763 words... n example was brought up by Audrey Gaur the lady manager in the group. She discusses about a temporary staff member who is a 19 year bright topper in high school and his associates. A highly conscientious staff member he has carried his lateral thinking into work and is an asset to the organization. His grandmother unexpectedly passed away earlier this year, our team member who is his manager, granted unlimited leave and left it up to the subordinate to decide when he would like to report ba...
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Young Boy Learning Experience
1,143 wordsWhen I was Thirteen, I couldn't wait until I was sixteen so that I could drive. Once I was sixteen I couldn't wait until I was eighteen. I wanted to be considered an adult. When I reached the age of eighteen, I couldn't wait to turn twenty-one. I wanted to be able to drink and gamble, legally. I am now twenty-two years old, and I wish that I could be a child again. I look back and feel that I grew up too quickly. I think the reason that I grew up so quickly, was due to the fact that I was friend...
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Beginning Of The Story Bilbo Baggins
942 wordsThis hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Baggins had lived in the neighborhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most or them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures of did anything unexpected; you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether u...
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