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19 Th Century Symphony Orchestra
1,690 wordsfounded in 1895, gave its first concert the following year under the direction of Frederic Archer. Victor Herbert was the chief conductor from 1898 to 1904; he was succeeded by Emil Page (190410). The orchestra was then disbanded. It was revived in 1926, and over the next decade it was led by Elias Bree skin (192730) and Antonio Modarelli (193037). The orchestra was reorganized by Otto Klemperer in 1937. Fritz Reiner was chief conductor from 1938 to 1948, followed by William Steinberg (195276), ...
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Genghis Khan Kublai Khan
1,578 words... nts: The civil service system grew into a mature form and most government officials had to take exams in order to get into the civil service. This lead to a decline in power of the landed aristocracy. D. Major Religious beliefs & practices: Confucianism was revived and became the official state religion. Buddhism continued to flourish. E. Major Accomplishments, Achievements, and contributions: Long period of peace and growth and one of the most cosmopolitan periods. F. Major reasons for decl...
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Social Security Program Higher Income
1,553 wordsThe social security program in the United States was enacted in 1935. It was legislated by Congress during the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency as part of his "New Deal" program. Social security is the federal social insurance program of the United States. Today social security is in a joint program with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In the U. S. today social security is the Nation's method of providing income when a family's earnings are reduced or stopped because of death, r...
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U S Supreme Court Supreme Court Ruled
1,821 wordsThe Effect of Landmark Supreme Court Cases on Juvenile Justice Thesis: In the past juvenile offenders were held to the same standards and sanctions as adult offenders. The juvenile justice system has changed in the past 100 years as result of several case laws. The Effect of Landmark Supreme Court Cases on Juvenile Justice Three women simultaneously have their purse snatched on three different streets. The ages of the offenders are 12, 16 and 19 years. Police arrest all three. Will all three off...
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Book Review On Public Administration
1,493 wordsH. George Frederickson's The Spirit of Public Administration is an informative yet drab look at motivating public administrators. Frederickson discusses a wide variety of topics that would be useful to any public administrator, but the verbiage used is a bit difficult for an individual that may be entering into the service field The Spirit of Public Administration is broken down into three parts. These parts are: Part I: Governance, Politics, and the Public Part III: Ethics, Citizenship, and Ben...
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Similes And Metaphors Style Of Writing
1,611 wordsThere can be a numerous amount of reasons that an author decides to write a particular work. However, the common goal of all authors is to catch the attention of the reader and eventually make an impression of some sort on the reader. There are many different approaches that the author may take in order to achieve this common goal. One approach that can be used is the particular style of writing that the author chooses. In the epic poem by Homer called the Iliad, Homers formula to gain the atten...
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Mc Cardie J Great Northern Railway Defendant
1,148 wordsThe origins of the doctrine of necessitous intervention by someone who is in a legal relationship with the defendant lie in the principle of agency of necessity, where an agent went beyond his or her authority by intervening on behalf of the principal in an emergency. Because of the circumstances of necessity, particularly the impracticability of the agent communicating with the principal, the courts were prepared to treat the agent as though he or she had the necessary authority to do what was ...
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Fourth Amendment Unreasonable Searches
1,040 wordsPrivacy. There seems to be no legal issue today that cuts so wide a swath through conflicts confronting American society: from AIDS tests to wiretaps, polygraph test to computerized data bases, the common denominator has been whether the right to privacy outweighs other concerns of society" This quote from Robert Ellis Smith explains, in one sentence, the absolute need to ensure privacy in the workplace. One of the most interesting, yet controversial, areas concerning public personnel is employe...
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Runnin' Down Some Lines Book Review
1,387 wordsDeprived of opportunities for advancement in mainstream society, [black ghetto] teenagers elevate their personal style into a philosophy of life. Their exemplars are pimps and gangsters... Gangs develop to bolster self-identity through psychological control of the streets; hip "threads" and "freaked out" cars also serve as outward signs of inner creativity. Both sexes consider coitus ("doin' the do") a natural and desirable part of adolescence; soft drugs, primarily marijuana ("tea"), also offer...
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Extended Metaphor First Time
1,338 wordsblockquote>A poet is that which the Greeks called a maker: his Art an art of imitation, of failing: expressing the life of man in fit measure, numbers, and harmony, according to Aristotle A poet writes things like the Truth. 1. The metaphorical marvel that is Craig Raines A Martian Sends a Postcard Home specific purpose is to compel us through the virginal eyes of another, to look at everyday, inanimate objects in a new perspective. Raine attempts this by disguising the dramatic mo...
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Oxford Oxford Economic Effects
2,056 words... ad, the Somme, Jutland etc. and a reportedly growing movement for a negotiated peace, all added to 'war-weariness' and the fragile truce between the workers and their government disappeared in 1917, after a severe winter of food and fuel shortages sparked a wave of industrial unrest. The strikes were ended by firmness and concession, and arrests were made under Regulation 42 of the Defence of The Realm Act (DORA) impeding the production of war material The leaders were in fact shop stewards,...
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Native American Heritage Of The Navajo Clan
1,009 words... e tired and left his cane leaning against the canyon wall and stood beside it. When the People saw his cane and him standing there next to it, it looked as if he was standing against a house, with the canyon wall in the background. So they called him Towering House clan. Because he was unable to find water, he was given a different clan name. The journey commenced once again and the People stopped for something to drink. This time the fourth person began to dig for water. This person dug in ...
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Effects Of Warfare On The Formation Modern State
1,538 wordsThe definition of a modern state is debatable, but for the purpose of this essay the definition a distinct form of public power, separate from both ruler and ruled and forming the political authority within certain defined boundaries, (Chapter 2, Unit 1, p 73) appears appropriate. A modern state has four main features: fixed territorial boundaries, a monopoly on force and the means of coercion, impersonal and sovereign political order and the legitimacy to represent the needs and interests of it...
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Mind And Body Descartes Ideas
861 wordsConceivability Argument The Sixth Meditation of Descartes contains two arguments in defence of Cartesian dualism: First, since the mind and the body can each be conceived clearly and distinctly apart from each other. It follows that god could cause either to exist independently of the other, and this satisfies the traditional criteria for a metaphysical real distinction. (Med. VI) Second, the essence of body as a geometrically defined region of space includes the possibility of its infinite divi...
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Peoples Republic Civil Religion
2,405 wordsBy Spencer J. Confucianism Confucianism By Spencer J. Palmer The Confucian focus upon moral example, as the basis of harmony in society, government, and the universe is consistent with LDS views. However, Confucius was not interested in metaphysics or theology; he did not advocate belief in God, nor did he talk about life after death. He was concerned with humans in their social setting. Arguments that Confucianism is not a religion have often been answered by references to its sacred text. One ...
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Formal Reality Objective Reality
1,646 wordsAt the Descartes Essay 1 At the beginning of Meditation three, Descartes has made substantial progress towards defeating skepticism. Using his methods of Doubt and Analysis he has systematically examined all his beliefs and set aside those which he could call into doubt until he reached three beliefs which he could not possibly doubt. First, that the evil genius seeking to deceive him could not deceive him into thinking that he did not exist when in fact he did exist. Second, that his essence is...
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Mind And Body Pineal Gland
764 wordsWhile the great philosophical distinction between mind and body in western thought can be traced to the Greeks, it is to the seminal work of Ren Descartes (1596 - 1650) [see figure 1 ], French mathematician, philosopher, and physiologist, that we owe the first systematic account of the mind / body relationship. Descartes was born in Touraine, in the small town of La Haye and educated from the age of eight at the Jesuit college of La Fl che. At La Fl che, Descartes formed the habit of spending th...
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Loneliness And Isolation Sense Of Community
2,060 wordsEmile Durkheim: Sociology 1. Describe where you searched and the resources you found. Cites your most interesting sources. Our class text book written by Macionis, explained that Emile Durkheim was a pioneer of sociology who studied suicide. Interested to know more, I went to the main library at San Diego State University. I sat down at a computer and opened the SDSU Library PAC. PAC is an acronym for Public Access Catalogue, a database of all the books in the SDSU library. I did an author searc...
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M P H Ground Level
1,191 wordsField Study Report In the field study report the class was broken down into four groups, parking lot, grass, forest, and shrub areas. In this study students were asked to take 20 minutes out of every lab period and make a one meter plot that all measurements will be taken from. This one meter area represents our entire sub-plot. Then students were asked to take readings in their perspective sub-plots. The students were asked to record four temperature readings, (2 meters, above the ground, 15 cm...
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Hopi Learn Extended Family Members
353 wordsThe Hopi Way The Hopi Indians are a remarkable tribe who lives on a reservation in the desert and mountains of Arizona. The word Hopi can be translated to peaceful or happy, this description is appropriate for a culture which lacks tenseness, competition, and materialism. The Hopi are like any other tribes in North America, the Hopi have a strong sense of extended family, which means attachment to other Hopi, their heritage, and ceremonies. The Hopi are unlike any other tribes even the Navajo; N...
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