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- 17321: Mother Theresa Intentions Are Honorable, But She Also Causes Evil
- Mother Theresa Intentions Are Honorable, But She Also Causes Evil Some of the most fathomless evils in the world go unknown to people. These evils present themselves disguised as good, and may do much good, but simultaneously do evil. Ideas, things, and people may all advance evil, even if this is not what they ...
- 17322: Michael Jordan
- ... improvisational ability. He is not only the top player of his Era, but is quite possibly the best player to wear the uniform of a NBA team. He is the most recognizable athlete in the world and is believed to be the best there ever was, is, or ever will be. (NBA.com) A person to this magnitude has obviously a success, being able to have a family of his own ...
- 17323: Michelangelo
- ... de' Medici to Leo X, Clement VIII, and Pius III, as well as cardinals, painters, and poets. Neither easy to get along with nor easy to understand, he expressed his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renaissance poet Ludovico ...
- 17324: Van Gennep's "Rites of Passage", Durkheim and Turner's Theory of Communitas
- ... girls gave blessings and in the end, they received blessings. Through participating in the ordeal of the dance, the girls gain power. This change is expressed in the following chant: "Now you are entering the world. You become an adult with responsibilities" (p. 252). Symbolically, the passage to womanhood is represented by painting the girls' faces white-the color of purity and Mother Earth. II. Where do Durkheim and Turner find ...
- 17325: Milton Friedman
- ... He strongly promotes a flat rate for personal income tax and the abolition of company taxation. He promises that this would create a society in which everyone is given an equal opportunity in the business world. I disagree with him almost completely. What this really does is keeps the wealthy wealthy, and allows big businesses to prosper, leaving the smaller ones behind. By applying the same restrictions to the rich and ...
- 17326: No Groove in the Gunsights
- ... his yet unheard of power. But he has no such power. He knows that his threats do not frighten her
so why does he even bother? Sure, he could untie his tongue and let the world know of her habits. However, no one would care. She is a dark ladyshe and others like her are meant to be that way. He would only be telling what is already known. However ...
- 17327: The Trickster
- ... the archetypes that surface in cultural and religious literature is that they are the product of what he calls the collective unconsciousness. That thread of consciousness that connects all human beings and cultures around the world. Yet it is not visible to the naked eye, one must look for the signs of it by researching cultures who are long gone and comparing them to each other and our own. Studying it ...
- 17328: Nat King Col
- ... into account the fact that Nat refused to play in segregated halls his popularity was such that he was one of the few African-Americans who could do so. On February 15, 1965 the music world lost one of its greats. By the time his life was over, he was already a legend, having influenced the likes of Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal. Nat had performed with some of the best ...
- 17329: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... salary, and he gave it a try. After two years, however, he resigned from this " very grievous thralldom." He had been able to write little more than notebook entries and he found " nothing in the world that he thought preferable to his old solitude." (The Vanguard Press, pg.56) The Hawthorne's next moved to concord, Massachusetts. The Hawthorne's found a happiness neither expected out of life, " Everybody that comes ...
- 17330: Literal Interpretation in Literature
- ... children" has a deeper meaning than that described above. For example, "father" could be changed to "parent," and these "parents" could mean "generations" that precede the children. A situation that would represent that would be war or pollution. A second example which illustrates how this quote may be interpreted on a more global level is preceding generations could affect the children by means of racial discrimination that has been passed down ...
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