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- 8641: The Awakening
- ... husband was legal guardian and was given custody of the children when in a divorce. In the 1890 segregation was legalized (Jim Crow laws), but blacks horizons were expanding also. "In Louisiana after the Civil War, African American men had voted in large numbers, held public office, served on juries, and worked on the railroad"(Culley 119). In Creole society people are generally very warm and open, having plentiful long relationships ... with their dinner and brandy after it, smoked cigarettes, played Chopin sonatas, and listened to the men tell risque stories. It was, in short, far more French than American, and Mrs.Chopin reproduced this little world with no specific intent to shock or make a point. . . . Rather, these were for Mrs.Chopin the conditions of civility. . . . People openly like[d] one another, enjoy[ed] life, and savor[ed] its sensual riches ...
- 8642: Michelangelo
- ... Instead of being obedient to classical Greek and Roman practices, Michelangelo used motifs—columns, pediments, and brackets—for a personal and expressive purpose. Michelangelo, a partisan of the republican faction, participated in the 1527-29 war against the Medici and supervised Florentine fortifications. The Medici Tombs While residing in Florence for this extended period, Michelangelo also undertook—between 1519 and 1534—the commission of the for the New Sacristy of San ... de' Medici to Leo X, Clement VIII, and Pius III, as well as cardinals, painters, and poets. Neither easy to get along with or 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.
- 8643: The Population Growth Rate in India
- ... have more to say later about the relationship between gender and population growth, but here we may make the obvious point that if a family seeks sons it may also have to bring into the world some "unwanted" daughters, thereby furthering the trend towards large families. Under conditions of severe impoverishment, attended as it has traditionally been by high childhood mortality rates, "it has estimated for India that in order to ... male over female clearly shows in the much higher infant death rate among females and in the resulting higher ratios of males over females in general population," adding that "in most other parts of the world, females of a general population have lower death rates than males." Indeed, except for the Arab all countries of the Persian Gulf, which offer employment to large numbers of unmarried men from other areas of ... the survival of the family and the community through high fertility. Modernization is slowly changing this situation, but to insure success considerably more progress needs to be made. Bibliography Chandrasekhar, S. Abortion in a Crowded World: The problem of abortion with special reference to India (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974). Franda, Marcus F. (ed.). Response to Population Growth in India: Changes in Social, Political, and Economic Behavior (New Yew: ...
- 8644: The Moon Is Down
- ... in this story you have nothing. I think Steinbeck chose a small town cause there is something about it that is strong. This story has more than one possible theme. The ones I thought were war, mankind and, human spirit. War plays an important role I this story. The story first of all takes place in wartime. In the begging three men are gunned down for no reason during the take over. This shows that even though this small town has certain innocence it is still subject to murders and corruption. War is shown as a time when everything is mad and the outcome is based on how certain people act, like Orden and the colonel. This story can be taken on a worldly level. Which ...
- 8645: Carl Gauss
- ... of number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy, and optics, as well as many more. The concepts that he himself created have had an immense influence in many areas of the mathematic and scientific world. Carl Gauss was born Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, on the thirtieth of April, 1777, in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany). Gauss was born into an impoverished family, raised as the only son of a ... The two discovered Kirchoff's laws, as well as building a primitive telegraph device. However, this was just an enjoyable hobby of Gauss's. He was more interested in the task of setting up a world wide net of magnetic observation points. This vocation produced a great deal of concrete results. The Magnetischer Verein and its journal were conceived, and the atlas of geomagnetism was published. From 1850 onwards Gauss's ... sleep early in the morning of February 23, 1855. Carl Gauss's influence in the worlds of science and mathematics has been immeasurable. His abstract findings have changed the way in which we study our world. In Gauss's lifetime he did work on a number of concepts for which he never published, because he felt them to be incomplete. Every one of these ideas (including complex variable, non-Euclidean ...
- 8646: Thailand
- ... times larger than the next largest city. When the first largest city is much bigger than the second largest city this is called urban primacy. Thailand is the best example of urban primacy in the world. This is why Thailand has only one other major city; all the other cities have under 100,000 people in them. It is also the capital of the North Region. Chieng Mae is located near ... The other 5% of the people are Moslems or followers of Islam. They face the holy city of Mecca and pray five times a day. They believe that if they die in a jihad (holy war) then they will go straight to heaven. Another way to get a "free ticket" to heaven is to make a trip to the holy city of Mecca sometime during their life. For one month out ...
- 8647: Carol Causs
- ... of number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy, and optics, as well as many more. The concepts that he himself created have had an immense influence in many areas of the mathematic and scientific world. Carl Gauss was born Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, on the thirtieth of April, 1777, in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany). Gauss was born into an impoverished family, raised as the only son of a ... The two discovered Kirchoff's laws, as well as building a primitive telegraph device. However, this was just an enjoyable hobby of Gauss's. He was more interested in the task of setting up a world wide net of magnetic observation points. This vocation produced a great deal of concrete results. The Magnetischer Verein and its journal were conceived, and the atlas of geomagnetism was published. From 1850 onwards Gauss's ... sleep early in the morning of February 23, 1855. Carl Gauss's influence in the worlds of science and mathematics has been immeasurable. His abstract findings have changed the way in which we study our world. In Gauss's lifetime he did work on a number of concepts for which he never published, because he felt them to be incomplete. Every one of these ideas (including complex variable, non-Euclidean ...
- 8648: Zambezi Valley
- Zambezi Valley If the average person was asked about the Zambezi Valley, how many would actually have anything to say? From all the places I have been in the world, the Zambezi Valley stands out most in my mind. The mighty Zambezi River forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia as they lie on the maps in our libraries. Few people have been graced the ... judge who poaches for food and who poaches for pleasure and other earthly rewards. Taking life to feed your cubs, is just as important as taking life and feeding your starving children in a third world country where corruption determines survival. I the distance a deafening roar overwhelms all the timid sounds produced by the creatures of the bush. As you approach this seemingly out of place low frequency humming sound ... will have the opportunity to visit this peace of heaven on earth, it is worth while to know that it exists. In all the years that I have spent time there, I cannot imagine the world without it.
- 8649: India
- ... however, more and more nationalist supporters of direct actions appeared. In 1920 Mahatma Gandhi became the leader of the Congress. Under his leadership, the Congress Party became a most national party. By the end of World War ll it became clear that India would be partition into the new nations. In 1947 India was declared an independent secular republic.
- 8650: Charles Shults
- ... points. Quite adequate to express such emotions as distress, frustration and a real temper. His flocking friends are Bill, Harriet, Olivier, and Conrad. Now for my all time favorite, Snoopy, also known as: Joe Cool, World War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace, Flashbeagle, Vulture, Foreign Legionnaire, etc. Snoopy is the life of every adventure-at least in his daydreams atop his doghouse. He regards his master, Charlie Brown, as "that round-headed ...
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