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- 10451: Sports in Canada in the 1920s
- ... age of sport. Many sports, such as hockey, football, and baseball, were becoming all professional. The sports heroes of the decade were amateurs. They often came out of nowhere to capture the headlines, medals, and world records. The greatest multi-sport hero of that age was Lionel Conacher. He played hockey, football, baseball, and lacrosse. On the day of the 1921 Grey Cup, he played in the city baseball championship, and ... a 23-0 win over the Edmonton Eskimos. In that game, he drove for 15 points, displaying incredible kicking and running skill. The 1920's also was the golden age of sport for women. The world's greatest basketball team, the Edmonton Grads, were all women. The Edmonton Grads were a team made up of players who were students or graduated from McDougall High School in Edmonton. From 1915 to 1940 ...
- 10452: Life of Octopus Dofleini
- ... bait and for consumption by humans. Although these octopuses are caught in nearly all of their habitats, they are not endangered. The ocean is where life began, and is a far more competitive, and harsher world than the world we know. So it comes as no surprise that the most advanced and well adapted life forms would be found in the ocean. Although octopuses do not build large structured civilizations, they are obviously another ...
- 10453: A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
- ... with a tiny place to dance. At one time Red Sammy found pleasure from the restaurant but now he is afraid to leave the door unlatched. He has given in to the "meanness" of the world. In contrast to the horrible Tower is the grandmother's peaceful memories of the plantation house that is filled with wonderful treasures. However, the family never reach this house because this house does not even ... s intelligence and mannerisms. O'Connor's writing is so clear in this passage,and her entire work for that matter, because she will not separate what pleases her from what disgusts her. In her world, lacy chinaberry trees and chattering monkeys form a single image and are perfect for one another. This helps the reader become more aware to O'Connor's complex cartoon martyrs. Di Renzo says in his ...
- 10454: Weber And Rationalisation
- ... Weber, 1964]. He saw disadvantages and dangers in it, but argued it "makes possible, a high degree of calculability of results". To Weber, the paradigm case of the rationalisation process was bureaucracy. In the modern world, while bureaucracies continue to exist and to be of great importance, George Ritzer believes that the fast-food chains have become the model of rationality. The process in which the principals of the fast food-restaurant become dominating in relation to more and more sectors in American society as well as the rest of the world. The principals Ritzer is referring to is: efficiency, predicability, calculability, and control. He states that "the foundations of McDonaldisation" entry in society creates a society in which creativity, intelligent insight, transparency, and real human contact ...
- 10455: The Triumph of "Gorsh the Cellist"
- ... with a tale of triumph. Each step is like a microcosm of the whole - as though each step were a journey in itself. Kenji's stories are set against the whole of the universe - a world replete with people, animals, and all the elements of nature. All hold discourse together. All are in empathy with one another. This free association between the elements and all living things that make up our world is one of the distinguishing features that predominates Kenji's works. The interaction he portrays is never nonsensical but always animated with an authenticity that rings true to its audience. This is most apparent in ...
- 10456: The Indians of New France
- ... Longhouses were quite large and supported more than five families in them. The men were mainly the people who constructed the Longhouse. While the men were busy during the summer, hunting, trading, or engaging in war, the women would care for the crops. The Iroquoians helped contribute to agriculture by being one of the first to grow crops. While trading with the Europeans, the Indians were faced with many instances that ... R.D., Jones Richard, Smith D.B. Origins : Canadian History To Confederation. Toronto. 1988. Francis, R.D., Jones Richard, Smith D.B. Readings In Canadian History : Pre-Confederation. Toronto. 1990. Morton, D. New France and War. Toronto. 1983. Skeoch, E. Album of New France. Toronto. 1986. Surtees, R.J. The Original People. Toronto. 1971. Trigger, B.G. Natives and Newcomers. Montreal.1985. Trigger, B.G. The Indians and The Heroic Age ...
- 10457: Euthanasia And Suicide
- ... a disease like Downs Syndrome see death as preferable to life (Leming, &Dickenson, p.212-214). Active and passive euthanasia are the two main types of euthanasia that have been debated for decades around the world. Many people oppose active euthanasia, such as the injection of a lethal drug, because it requires one person to deliberately kill another person. Fewer people oppose passive euthanasia-- the withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment ... whatever objection there are to killing. Nicholas says that “the case for legalizing active euthanasia is morally indistinguishable from the case for legalizing physician-assisted suicide”(p.25). Active euthanasia is technically illegal throughout the world, except in Australia\\'s Northern Territory and in Oregon, USA. In practice, however, it is also permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions. In the United States, the Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that patients ...
- 10458: Thomas Edison
- ... 500,000 for telegraphers. While studying for new paper for the telegraph, Edison came upon paraffin wax paper and introduced it as wrapping paper for candies. Because Edison was not very well studied in the world of business, he was having some problems like most inventors. He therefore moved to a place called Menlo Park, New Jersey, to continue research. There he started his own laboratories so no one could bother ... of the many inventors who transformed photographic imagery from still frames to a moving, talking spectacle" (Williams 171). People loved this new form of entertainment, but they still wanted more. Inventors from all over the world, including the United States, France, England, and Germany, continued to work as hard as possible to get these "movies" onto the big screen. Once Edison has his new invention working better then Muybridge’s zoopraxiscope ...
- 10459: The Lottery Winner
- ... job after her and her husband struck it rich in the winning of the lottery. Alvirah started taking interest in helping people with murders and other problems that she ran across while traveling across the world. After she had won the lottery the New York Globe news paper had asked her to write about all of her different adventures. 2. Willy Meehan is around his sixties, he has blue eyes with ... where she solves her last crime. Theme: The theme of the book was that Alvirah in how she won the lottery and found herself to be very good at crime solving as she travels the world helping people as well as in her home town Manhattan, New York. She wanted to be apart of everything no matter how much harm it would bring to herself. There was at least one time ...
- 10460: Black Women and Their Push For Equality For African Americans
- ... U.S. society and government finally led to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Depicted above is just one of the many organized forces demanding equality and respect for Blacks in America and world-wide. This particular group, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. With the aid of Huey P. Newton’s legal background, the Black Panthers legally demanded ... basis. Secondly, Malcolm’s half-sister, Ella, was the first Black women Malcolm knew that took pride of her dark skin. These two women helped shape Malcolm’s thoughts which he later shared with the world. Furthermore, women, such as Malcolm’s wife Betty Shabazz, supported their husband’s lifestyle and stresses as leaders in civil rights activism. Hence, Black women directly pushed for equality for African Americans, and they offered ...
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