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Rocky Mountains Meriwether Lewis
1,710 wordsA glimpse 200 years in our past would leave you baffled, the miniature United States and endless frontier land. In those lands, on those plains, up in those snow-capped mountains lay the hopes and dreams of men throughout our small, developing nation. Men young and old, some skilled and some driven by a passion, took it upon themselves to explore this no mans land. Two very lucky men, and 29 of their contemporaries, were able to travel through this vast wilderness under the wishes and orders of ...
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720 wordsHistorical Roots of Our Economic Crisis (1) In her article The Roots of Our Ecological Crisis, Lynn White suggests that ecological crisis, which we commonly associate with the beginning of Industrial era, has rather a metaphysical essence than technological one, as it is being assumed by majority of people. According to author, Christian religion instilled Europeans with the sense of existential superiority, which in its turn, allowed them to embark on the merciless exploitation of nature. Lynn ...
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Objective Reality African Americans
749 wordsArticle Review In his article Study Finds Roots of Prejudice in Association With Apes, which can be found on The Daily Californian web site, Tim Dunn provides us with the insight on the essence of White racism. Author refers to a recent six-part psychology study, conducted at Stanford University, which point out to the fact that White people subconsciously associate Blacks with apes: In the first experiment, researchers primed an ethnically mixed population of undergraduates with either a White ...
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Langston Hughes Vachel Lindsay
888 wordsResearch Paper on "Langston Hughes" Langston Hughes (1902 1967) is an American poet, short story writer, playwright, novelist and columnist. His name is associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes was born in a small town Joplin, Missouri. He spent almost all his childhood in Lawrence, Kansas. During his youth the poet travelled across the Middle West and South America. He attended Columbia University (New York), but had to leave the university because of racial prejudice. Hughes wor...
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493 wordsNapier's Bones Who invented/ created/ discovered Napier's Bones? Napier's Bones was created by John Napier of Merchiston (1550 - 1617). He was also known as the Marvellous Merchiston. John Napier was a famous Scottish theologian and mathematician. In addition to being an educated man, Napier was also a nobleman, a baron, the 7 th Laird of Merchiston, and owner of a considerable estate. He was famous for the invention of logarithms and for popularizing the use of the decimal point. One of Napier'...
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Melting Pot Cultural Pluralism
1,116 wordsPolitical Science We live in time when the pushers of left-wing agenda are trying hard to make it impossible for the American citizens to question the validity of their cherished concepts of pluralism and multiculturalism. This in spite the fact that only 40 years ago, the concept of cultural and political pluralism was considered to be one of many obscure political theories, which had the right to exist, but most certainly, did not have the right to represent itself as the only valid worldview ...
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Symbolic Interaction Contemporary Society
1,249 wordsSociology Over the last four decades Jurgen Habermas has revealed an innovative and much-discussed theory of contemporary capitalist society. He built his theory on Max Weber's thesis that the dynamic growth of capitalism destroyed individual freedom and the meaningfulness of social life. Habermas considered contemporary social conflict as resistance to this dynamic by a variety of social groups. In his theory of 'communicative action' he tried to show the possibilities in contemporary society f...
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1,462 wordsTwo Poems Two Lives Daddy by Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963) and My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963) are autobiographic poems that describe father-child relationships. Sylvia Plath portrays her father Otto Plath and Theodore Roethke portrays his father Otto Roethke. These two poems are ambiguous and reveal much not only about both poets childhoods, but also about their adult characters as well as perception of themselves. The task of this work is analysis and comparison of the poems Dadd...
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Milky Juice Life Cycle Plant
379 wordsScientific Dandelion Information Dandelion Information Scientific name -Kingdom-Plant, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Class- Angiospermae, Order- Asterales, Family- Asteraceca, Genus- Taraxacum, Species- official Description The Taraxacum official is a perennial herb that grows from two to eighteen inches tall they are a stem less plant and all parts of the plant contain a milky juice. The leaves are an olive or a dull yellowish color, and smooth with ridged edges where it got its common name, dandelion ...
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373 wordsScientific name -Kingdom-Plant, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Class- Angiospermae, Order- Asterales, Family- Asteraceca, Genus- Taraxacum, Species- officialeDescription The Taraxacum official is a perennial herb that grows from two to eighteen inches tall they are a stem less plant and all parts of the plant contain a milky juice. The leaves are an olive or a dull yellowish color, and smooth with ridged edges where it got its common name, dandelion from the French words dent de lion which means lions to...
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Million Dollar Exception Rookie Rodney White Pistons
335 wordsJoe Smith Returns To His Roots Seeing that Joe Smith received just two offers, he decided to return to his roots in Minnesota agreeing to the six-year 34 million dollar contract he rejected earlier this week. It appeared very evident that Smith was not re-signing with the Pistons after the press conference which was held this past Tuesday. Smiths inconsistency will not be missed and will allow coach Carlisle to develop rookie Rodney White while giving Corliss Williamson, the minutes he needs. Ar...
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000 Square Miles Rain Forest
1,266 wordsIn 1980, the estimated amount of rain forests in the world was 40, 000 square miles. This number decreases each year by roughly 1, 000 square miles due to construction and the resources being used for profit. It is too bad, because the rain forest is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It is the most diverse, containing the most species of living things, much more than anywhere else, and most have yet to be identified. All rain forests are located on earths green belt, that is, the area r...
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1,157 wordsLiterature and its Affect on Society All throughout American history, literature has played an important role in the shaping of the nations culture and ideology. Having an extremely influential past, literature indirectly affects the television world that has swept over the minds of the baby boomers and their offspring. In a recent survey compiled by students at Glacier Bay High School, there were unanimous results that supported the fact that television was Americas favorite form of entertainme...
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745 wordsThe House on Mango Street In The House On Mango Street Esperanza reveals personal experiences through which the reader is able to determine what kind of person she is; her views on life, how she views herself, as well as how her poverty affects her view of life, her view of her future, and how her poverty currently affects her place in the world. The vignettes show different aspects of Esperanza? s identity as it evolves and changes progressively throughout The House On Mango Street. Esperanza? ...
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Puerto Rican Puerto Rico
1,024 wordsDennis: So, just for the record, what is your age and where you born. Dan: Im 18 and Ive lived in New Paltz my entire life. My father was born in Puerto Rico when he was real young so that makes me Latino, but I dont really advertise the fact Im Latino. I dont fit the stereotype and people assume stupid censored when you tell them. Dennis: Do you come out of the closet to other Latinos? Dan: No. I feel weird because its almost like Im not Latino enough to admit it. Ill admit it if its someone el...
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University Of London Divine Comedy
686 wordsPeter Armour Peter Armour, who has died aged 61, was one of the leading Dante scholars of his generation. He was research professor of Italian at Royal Holloway, University of London, and his publications, although closely associated with the Divine Comedy, ranged over all of Dantes work, addressing literary topics and also contemporary medieval culture, society and ideas. Peter made an internationally recognised contribution. He was never reluctant to challenge existing interpretations, re-exam...
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H 2 O Carbon Dioxide
546 wordsPhotosynthesis Photosynthesis means putting together with light. This takes place in chloroplasts, which have chlorophyll in them. Chlorophyll absorbs the sunlight. From sunlight, green plants combine carbon dioxide and water to make sugar and oxygen. Green plants use sugar to make starch, fats and proteins. These are tiny pores called stomata. Stomata are plant spores, which enable gas exchanges to take, place, and water to vapor to be lost. This has the benefit of moving water up the plane in ...
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Lewis And Clark Didn T
813 wordsThe many hardships faced by a young Shoshone woman plays a significant part in the discovery of what we call America. Unfortunately, much of this was not realized until long after her death. The problems and frustrations Sacagawea had endured all through her life only contributed to her courage and strength, this was proven many times on the expedition of Lewis and Clark. She was born approximately in 1788, into an Indian village of the Shoshone tribe. Sacagawea lived for the first twelve years ...
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Simon Birch Joe
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