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- 12061: Real Ghosts - What Are Ghosts
- ... on a drastic cure. They called in a priest to perform an "exorcism. " exorcism is a very old ritual. Its purpose is to drive out demons. It is not used very often in the modern world. Many people do not approve of using it at all. But the family didn't know where else to turn. They believed that exorcism was their last hope. The priest who performed the exorcism remained ... of over a hundred books for both young readers and adults, and he is a former managing editor of science digest magazine. His title include supermonsters, real ghosts, ghostly terrors, science fictions greatest monsters, the world's most famous ghosts and monsters you never heard off, all of which are available in archway paperback editions. Mr. Cohen was born in chicago and has degree in journalism from the university of Illinois ...
- 12062: The Taming Of The Shrew
- The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The play begins with an induction in which a drunkard, Christopher Sly, is fooled into believing he ... of the play. This is demonstrated in her soliloquy when she lectures the other wives on the proper way in which a woman should behave: I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. (Act V, scene ii, l. 161 - 164) Although most critics interpret the play as ...
- 12063: Coputers In Modern Society
- ... use of word processors. With the use of word processors on a computer comes the use of spell check which is only offered on a few typewriters. The most growing part of the computer-oriented world is the Internet. It allows users to send electronic mail (E-mail), faster and more conveniently than conventional, or "snail" mail. In addition to text sent, the user may opt to send a program or ... creating a society in which computers will rule. We will continue to develop technology until life is as automated as it could get. Almost every daily task will be computerized and computers will dominate the world.
- 12064: For Love Or Money Dust Over Th
- ... wife Madeline. She had moved with Alain to this new city and Alain a succesful doctor, may not have the greatest looks or a muscular body but he loves Madeline more than anything in the world. She plays the unmarried role in front of the city when Alains not around. The author states She was dancing throughout the night with every guy at every table, like a single drunk woman ... married. (183) Alain felt that all he could do was love her and treat her the best anyone can treat someone else that they love. He shows his loyalness to her and gives her the world and then some. Alain was a man whos marriage was falling apart because of his wife who now showed him and proved to him that she was in it for the money and not ...
- 12065: Imagination In Keats
- ... all of his works. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" exhibits signs of imagination through the work with the ideas it speaks about. Since imagination is the highest ideal and the most important thing in the world, Keats brings this idea to life with the descriptions of music, love, and youth. He wants the reader to imagine a world through the urn and not to see what would be present if the urn could act out the apparent scenes it portrays. Keats writes about seeing a man playing the pipes and how sweet the ...
- 12066: Group Polarization And Competi
- ... competition is human nature", or perhaps think that these behaviors are essentially harmless. But consider these two examples. It has been speculated that President Lyndon B. Johnson was unwilling to get out of the Vietnam war because he didn't want to be remembered as the first American President to lose a war. If this is true, it means that thousands of people, both American and Vietnamese, died in order to protect one man's status. In Oklahoma City, a federal building was bombed in 1994, killing hundreds ...
- 12067: Computers, I Don't Like Computers. So Why Can't I Get A Job?
- ... have to insert cards into to give it instructions. But my point is that she was not exposed to a computer as everyday life. Now she is really behind so to speak in the computing world. Computers back then were huge, they were usually stored in wharehouses. The earlier ones used paper with holes in them to give it instructions. Later the pre-PC's used tape cartridges to store data ... not doing this as well as IBM and microsoft was. We are now in the information age where information and computers are one. The information age is going to be responsable for most of the world's changes. In the future pc's are going to be connected as they are now, but with greater speeds, making it possible to video teleconference with your friends and co-workers. Tv will change ...
- 12068: Black Plague
- ... One a person obtains this disease they can easily spread it among other humans by bacilli coughed or sneezed in to the air or by human fleas. The plague had struck other parts of the world before it was first reported in Europe. The disease had been found in China and throughout India around 1332. Nomadic horsemen may have carried the plague westward between China and the Black Sea, where it ... percent. By 1349, entire cities began to come down with plague, and their populations were thrown into panic. So many had died that many thought this was the lasts days on earth for the entire world. Soon the dead on the land was so numerous they were buried in huge pits or in rivers that were given a special blessing. Fear of catching the plague from others drove wealthy people to ...
- 12069: Miltons Paradise Lost
- ... very horrid and terrifying. The fall brings him darkness, sorrow, and a Hell that will be within him forever. The fall of Adam and Eve brings with it death, sin, pain, suffering, etc. into the world. The fall of mankind seems to be the death of everything perfect. It introduces death and pain to the world, but it also unveils the chance for redemption. In a sense, Lester falls in American Beauty. At first he lives a life which would be considered acceptable to society: a normal job, a normal family ...
- 12070: HITLER, MUSSOLINI, STALIN
- ... grow up to be adults. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are perfect examples of that notion. Hopefully, in the present and future, we will not have any type of horrifying or barbarous dictators anywhere in the world. The lives of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin show us what kind of effect they had on their countries at the time of their rule. We do not know what kind of terrifying act will show up if these type of men come into power in the world.
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