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- 12471: Statistics
- Introduction Statistics are used everyday in life, and are very important in the everyday world. One important use of statistics is to summarize a collection of data in a clear and understandable way. For example, if a psychologist gave a personality test measuring shyness to all 2500 students attending a ... in people s way of life. Statistics help to organize very specific and detailed information, to make it easier to understand them. Without statistics life would be very complicated. Statistics are used everyday throughout the world to compute and organize numbers and data. Statistics help to summarize large sums of data and information into small and convenient graphs, charts, etc. . Statistics range from the littlest things like a little leaguer s ...
- 12472: Gettysburg
- ... pay for his initiative with his life, and one of his regimental commanders, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, would earn the Medal of Honor for holding the Union left flank. Some of the greatest heroes of the War, Chamberlain and his men simply refused to succumb to repeated and determined attacks. The famous 1st Minnesota bought their fame with blood, incurring the highest casualty rate of any Union regiment during the War. A Confederate brigade was coming disastrously close to piercing the Union line when Hancock desperately looked for men to plug the gap. He found the 1st Minnesota. With only 262 men in their ranks, they ...
- 12473: Abstract On Communist Mannifes
- ... of its time. Not only did this manifesto attempt to fulfill its primary purpose of unifying the League s opposing fractions it also acted as a beacon to the oppressed working class people of the world to unite against their oppressors. The birth of the industrial revolution brought upon enormous economic change. With the implementation of machinery the laborers, referred to here as the Proletarians, were able to produce more goods ... of the proletariats in the closing lines of the manifesto which so powerfully reads: Let the ruling class tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! For a first time reader of Marx the Communist Manifesto opens one s eyes to the thoughts of a brilliant, awe inspiring man. Not only did Marx ...
- 12474: Absolutism In The 17th Century
- ... and land-owning nobles supported Parliament, where members could be elected and changed in necessary, rather than an absolute monarch with no restraints. In 1642, differences between Charles I and Parliament sparked England's civil war, which was caused partly by royal stubbornness to share control of the country, and partly by Parliament's refusal to give up their power in government (internet 2). This was the major turning point for ... pillaging and terrorizing the lower classes at will in an attempt to weaken the King's power. They eventually hired Spanish troops to carry on their fight, even though France and Spain were currently at war. The movement failed, but it left a lasting impression in the general public as to the value of having a powerful monarch to protect from things such as the revolt (internet 1). When the Cardinal ...
- 12475: Dragons in America
- Dragons in America World Literature Hr. 3 Monsters or dragons in present day America are feared .Monsters in America consist of politicians, celebrities, and criminals. In America they are portrayed through media, television, and movies. Monsters in America are ... of millions of Americans all too often. This creates people to fear monsters in reality more than ever because Hollywood makes monsters as scary as possible. The television is another source of violence in the world. It seems that every shows on TV has to do with some kind of terrible murder. Shows like New York Undercover always end up with a seen where someone is shot to death. This makes ...
- 12476: Evita
- ... of their cultural system, they practice the same actions which often tends to be misinterpreted as being easy. Some Latino women have used this as a way to advance themselves onto higher positions in the world just like what Evita did. These women are not of the majority but almost all Latino women fall into the stereotype of being easy just because of what a few women has done. Evita is a typical example of how a woman can use her physical assets to gain higher positions in the world. Even though she is treated like a saint today, there is still a question of morality on how she has advanced herself. True she gave hope to the lower class but how she went about ...
- 12477: You Should Really Read This Poem
- ... literature from different eras, so I highly recommend that you read Beowulf. One reason that Beowulf is a good poem to read is that it has very unusual elements of setting and oddities in their world that will keep you entertained. The time that it takes place in is a very long time ago (it is thought to be around the year 521). As you are not familiar with the way ... and the wastelands. These places are all dangerous and uninhabited by humans so that would make you curious about them. There are things in the story that you would never expect to happen in our world such as a pool with "A flame in the water'" (l. 877). This is how Hrothgar describes the ketta's pool as having fiery things in it. These components of are some of the things ...
- 12478: Global Tales - Stories From Many Cultures
- ... at the same time. His sarcasm become humour and it is not very obvious sometimes. We have to read between the lines to catch the joke. He is very descriptive in his writing and his world comes alive with the mood through the informative and colourful description, the characteristics and the internal thinkings of the characters, the suspense and the dialogues used. I especially admire the way he brings the story ... Surprisingly, the "fake" astrologer managed to tell what was true for the stranger. Then, it is only when the astrologer reveals his secret, did we know how his "magic" worked. We are brought into the world of the streets of India where there is little lighting but "a bewildering cris-cross of light rays and moving shadows". The in-depth description gives us the setting, which can be seen in our ...
- 12479: King Solomon
- ... tribes of Israel to witness the ark being moved from the city of David to the temple within Jerusalem. For the gift of the temple Solomon became popular with the people and leaders of the world. The major flaws of Solomon were his love for many women, building pagan temples, and using forced labor to complete the temple of the lord. Solomon commits crimes against the lord first he had many wives it is said that he had one thousand wives from all over the world. This was a crime because Solomon didnt keep the covenant and statutes of the lord. Solomon let his wives change the god he believed in which led to another one of his crimes. The ...
- 12480: A Look At Cheap Amusements
- ... working women had much more time for cheap amusements than did those who were married. Women s increased attendance at commercial dance halls also served to challenge the prevailing cultural norms. At the time, Old World tradition says that dance halls are part of a vast male subculture that fostered prostitution and gambling. The old dance halls employed decoy dancers who would often solicit their male dancing partners for sexual services ... halls, was that they were unsafe. Women of high repute would often not attend for fear that they may tarnish their public image. As attendance increased in such halls, fears for safety waned, and Old World views were broken. Peiss makes a short, but extremely important, point in mentioning the way charges were handled at dance halls. Women were charged less for nearly every service. For example, women may only be ...
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