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Beauty And The Beast End Of The Story
954 words
The message that fairy tales send readers about
female virtues has been debated time and time
again. Some people, like Karen Rowe, believe that
fairy tales exhibit "passivity, dependency, and
self sacrifice." While many fairy stories embody
self-sacrifice, passivity and dependency are two
virtues not widely portrayed in fairy tales.
Self-sacrifice can be found throughout fairy
tales. The tale of Donkeyskin has a young girl who
gives up her rich life to be able to leave her
incestuous father. She...
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Young Men And Women Arranged Marriages
1,805 words
An Arranged Marriage refers to a situation in
which marriage partners are chosen primarily by
someone other than the partners themselves. These
other persons are usually parents, but they may
also be other kin, a matchmaker, or an agency.
Because the marriage partners may or may not be
consulted, this situation implies a strong sense
of family loyalty. (Patricia Uberoi, p. 15) An
arranged marriage is a type of mate selection in
which the individual getting married has little or
no choice in sele...
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Dependent Personality Disorder Echo Personality Disorder
1,759 words
The term Echo Personality Disorder was coined by
British Psychosynthesis practitioner Patrick
Hurst, as a replacement term for 'Inverted
Narcissism' and 'Covert Narcissism' which later
terms place unwarranted emphasis on narcissistic
qualities of the personality, which in many of
these individuals may not be a feature at all. EPD
is a highly differentiated form of Dependent
Personality Disorder, marked by behaviours of
compliance and a need to 'mirror's ig nificant
others -parents, spouse, frien...
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Anabolic Steroids Drug Testing
1,841 words
... Chill, euphoria, diarrhea, fatigue, fever,
muscle cramps, headache, unexplained weight loss /
gain , nausea and vomiting, vomiting blood, bone
pains, depression, gallstone (Mishra, 4 - 5).
Steroids effect on Adolescents: Steroids may stop
the growth of the bones of the adolescents by
closing the growth plates of the bones so kids
will end up shorter than what they should have
been (Anabolic steroids, 3). Psychological effects
Moreover, steroids have psychological effects
starting with aggres...
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Optic Nerve African Americans
1,364 words
... 1992). By comparison to the Beaver Dam Eye
study with a predominantly Caucasian population,
the Baltimore Eye Survey was a cross-sectional
study with a multiracial population. In the
Baltimore Eye Survey (Rahman et al, 1996) 5, 308
participants received an ophthalmological
screening examination. Of this sample, 2, 395 were
African American and 2, 913 were Caucasian
Americans. OAG was defined on the basis of
glaucoma tous optic nerve damage, abnormal visual
fields or both. IOP was not a crite...
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Paranoid Schizophrenia Amino Acids
1,720 words
April, 1956: The pharmaceutical company Parke
& Davis first synthesize what they believe to
be the perfect anesthetic (Souza, 1995). When
administered to patients, it causes a completely
dissociative state, with no significant
respiratory or cardiovascular depression. Patients
appear to be awake, eyes open, breathing normally.
but are unaware of their surroundings or the
procedures being performed upon them (Souza,
1995). Indeed, this is the perfect drug.
Unfortunately, like all good things,...
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The Great Potato Famine
1,306 words
The Great Potato Famine Introduction The great
Irish Potato Hunger or the Great Potato Famine (is
also known as An Drochshaol or An Got Mor)
occurred between 1845 and 1849. As far as we know
from various historical sources, potato was the
main daily product for Irish families. No wonder
that when the potato crop was merely lost in
result of a potato blight (phytophthora infests),
Irish people were doomed for starvation and death.
The aim of this essay is to discuss the conditions
that contribute...
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Middle Ages Red Tape
929 words
In what sense, is bureaucratic power being
described as 'over-towering' or threatening to
government The only thing that saves us from
bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient
bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
Eugene McCarthy Before we start talking about
bureaucracy, let us define the origin of this
word. 'Bureau' (French, borrowed into German) is a
desk, or by extension an office (as in 'I will be
at the office tomorrow'; 'I work at the Bureau of
Statistics'). 'Bureaucracy' is ru...
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Third World Countries Theory Is Based
1,549 words
Modernization theory In this paper I want to
discuss my attitude to modernization theory. I
will compare it with the dependency theory. This
comparison will be used as obvious example of my
opinion. As for the beginning I want to clarify
the meanings and historical origin of
modernization and dependency theories.
Modernization theory is a socio-economic theory,
which received wide popularity in 1950 s years,
and as well as dependency theory is a part of the
wider theme of theories in sociology, ...
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Color Change Dependent Variable
1,398 words
Introduction: Carbohydrates are molecules that
contain Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. The most
basic sugar- carbohydrate is the monosaccharide.
Carbohydrate molecules are categorized by the
number of carbons present in the molecule.
Glucose, the most common monosaccharide has six
carbons per molecule, which is called a hexose.
Carbohydrates also have a 2: 1 hydrogen to oxygen
ratio. This aids in the condensation and
hydrolysis reactions. A condensation reaction
occurs when two monosaccharides joi...
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Cause A Person Locke
1,887 words
Do unseen colours exist in the world and is there
colour at all, the age old question? The idea of
sound will be investigated in the following essay.
Is there sound in the world and if a tree falls in
the forest and there is no body around does it
actually make a noise? These ideas will be
followed by the theory of colour. Individuals?
think? they see colour, so people believe there is
colour in the world and do not even think twice
about the issue. Still, some philosophers have
presented ideas ...
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Cause A Person Locke Theory
1,857 words
The idea of sound will be investigated in the
following essay. Is there sound in the world and
if a tree falls in the forest and there is no body
around does it actually make a noise? These ideas
will be followed by the theory of colour.
Individuals think they see colour, so people
believe there is colour in the world and do not
even think twice about the issue. Still, some
philosophers have presented ideas about the world
with no colour. Is this theory plausible?
Following these two questions, ...
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Eyewitness Accounts War Ii
2,169 words
Film/Video testimony of the Holocaust Violent
events, such as the Holocaust, are perceived
aberrations or anomalies from the cultural norm.
Whether reasons include popular cultures morbid
curiosity, a film directors desire for a contrived
image, or a writers need to make credible
otherwise incredible events there seems an almost
unending need for their retelling. A narration
back into the apparent sociological standard which
they defy. Film/Video testimony and written text
are two forms of Holoc...
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U S Military Global Positioning System
1,395 words
In the 1800 s, most things were done using
manpower, not machines. To plow a field it used to
require a team of horses and a plow. To make
butter it required a hand churn. Life was simple
and people depended on themselves. In the 1920 s
the automobile was a very important technological
machine. Instead of a team of horses and a
carriage, one could move about more efficiently in
an automobile. Through the following years many
advances in technology occurred: electric
machines, televisions, radios...
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Third World First World
2,071 words
Life s a Beach Who lives the superior life? The
technologically advanced first world or the old
fashioned third world? The majority of Americans
would undoubtedly never want to live in a third
world. At the same time, there are always those
few adventurers who claim they see the third world
lifestyle as ideal. In the movie The Beach, three
friends; Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), Etienne
(Guillaume Can), and Franchise (Virginie Le doyen)
seek third world lives because the fast paced
first world isn...
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Solar Panels Space Station
912 words
Life Outside Our Biosphere The fragile balance of
the Earths ecosystem is constantly being
disrupted. Overpopulation is placing heavy strain
on the worlds resources. We are burning all our
fossil fuels to create the energy we need, and
clearing our rainforests to make enough farmland
to feed everyone. The ozone layer is slowly
eroding, exposing us to harmful UV light. The room
we have on this planet is just enough to provide
for our population now! As the population grows,
we will find ourselves...
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African Americans Asian Americans
995 words
At some point in the course of human events,
America decided that the television was their Dali
Lama, their cultural and spiritual leader.
Overlooking its obvious entertainment based
purpose, Americans have let the television
baby-sit and rear their children. I do not recall
a manifesto from the television industry, but
society put television in a role it does not have
authority in. The only thing television set out to
do was provide the passive entertainment American
society wants. True, televi...
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Face To Face Short Story
1,316 words
The short story? The Machine Stops? is a powerful
statement about where the world is headed, as
people begin to rely on computers more and more
for everyday life. Humanity lives in a honeycomb
of rooms inside a vast subterranean machine that
caters to every human need. Humanity is trapped by
technology, which they depend on. The short story
is a science fiction story about the way computers
can change human components, urban infrastructure,
and machine components of communities, and
communicatio...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Influence Of Marijuana
2,538 words
My thought on Marijuana What Is Marijuana, a drug
obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the
ubiquitous hemp plant Cannabis sativa (or Cannabis
indica). Smoked by rolling in tobacco paper or
placing in a pipe. An estimated 200, 000, 000
persons for pleasure, an escape from reality, or
relaxation, also otherwise consume it worldwide.
Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as
kif in Morocco, data in South Africa, and bhang in
India. Common in the United States, marijuana is
called pot, g...
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Supervisory Programs Chapters Address Policy
344 words
If government tells dependent people how to live
today, will we have a more self-reliant society
tomorrow? Thats the critical question as
government increasingly seeks to supervise the
lives of poor citizens who are dependent on it,
often in return for supporting them. This trend is
most visible in welfare policy, where welfare
reform largely means attempts to require adults
receiving assistance to work or stay in school in
return for aid. However, it can also be seen in
policy toward the homele...
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