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- 8821: Two Sides Of Humanity
- ... law and medicine. But this is not enough; boredom settles in and Dr. Faustus begins to search for the ultimate power - magic. As Dr. Faustus becomes excited over this prospect, he states, "O what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honor, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artisan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command." Dr Faustus continues by saying, "Emperors ... humanity has a choice to make in life. Is the soul to burn in hell for worldly possessions or is it offered to the heavens for eternal happiness? Works Cited Everyman. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Mack, Maynard, Vol. 1, New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. 2033-2055. Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Mack, Maynard, Vol. 1, New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. 2672-2722.
- 8822: The Story of An Hour: Irony
- ... detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. Before Louise's reaction is revealed, Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world according to her perception of it after the "horrible" news. Louise is said to "not hear the story as many women have heard the same." Rather, she accepts it and goes to her room to be alone. Now the reader starts to see the world through Louise's eyes, a world full of new and pure life. In her room, Louise sinks into a comfortable chair and looks out her window. Immediately the image of comfort seems to strike a odd note. One reading this ...
- 8823: Robert Frost
- ... especially close to a brooding Welshman named Edward Thomas, whom he urged to turn from prose to poetry. Thomas did so, dedicating his first and only volume of verse to Frost before his death in World War I. The Frosts sailed for the United States in February 1915 and landed in New York City two days after the U.S. publication of North of Boston (the first of his books to be ...
- 8824: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
- ... schools as a child and spent her years studying with the intent of attending Oxford. Margaret arrived at Oxford in the autumn of 1943. During her years here, Margaret worked in a canteen for the war effort, continued her interest in music by joining various choirs and joined the Oxford University Conservative Association where she became very active in it's political activities. After Oxford, Margaret became the youngest female candidate ... meetings and, in the Commons, my less decorous colleagues cat-called every time she rose with ditch the bitch'. She was never to recover personal popularity until she became the warrior queen of the Falklands war (Abse, 1989, p.2-----9). During the food shortage in the 1970's, Thatcher was found to be hoarding food. Her excuse was that he husband was soon to retire and that she needed to ... rate rose, and the government had to put out more money on unemployment insurance. The people started to call her "Attila the Hen." The British people forgot their woes and forgave Thatcher after the Falkland War. She won the next election with the campaign slogan "Maggie is our man". She was not able to bring peace to Ireland, and at one point she was almost killed. Some people thought she ...
- 8825: Steven Spielberg
- ... helped him make miniature sets out of paper mache.He turned out his first production, with script and actors, when he was thirteen, and a year later he won a prize for a forty minute war movie titled Escape to Nowhere. At the age of sixteen, his 140-minute production, Firelight, was shown in a local movie theater. In college, his short film, Amblin was shown at the Atlanta Film Festival ... beach town. Jaws cost $8.5 million and grossed $260 million. Spielberg followed it up two years later with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, earning a Best Director Oscar nomination and proved to the world that he was one of the best directors of the time. However, he followed Close Encounters with the disastrous Movie, 1941, which was his first attempt at comedy and his first true failure. He didn ...
- 8826: Lester Pearson
- ... had finally achieved a feeling of nationalism. Canada also had hardly any diplomatic relations with other countries because Great Britain still handled most of it's affairs. For that reason when Great Britain went to war with Germany, so did Canada. In 1948 he was named Secretary of State for external affairs. He promoted proposals for western alliance tied in with the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He was the chairman of the NATO project at the time of the Korean War. He sat on a three man committee that negotiated the Korean cease-fire. In 1952-1953 he was the president of the UN general assembly. In 1957 he won the Nobel Peace prize. It was ... Canadian Flag without any consent with the cabinet members. People criticized the new flag greatly. Some said that they liked the old flag because it was the one that they had fought under during the war. Others said that it was a desperate attempt to appease Quebec. Pearson's original design was three maple leafs on a white background with a blue strip on either side to represent the Pacific ...
- 8827: An Overview Of Hacking
- ... thief's punishment be affected? Usually, information is stolen for the express purpose of making money, either directly, or through the sale of the information obtained, or by blackmail. In today's fast-paced computerized world, knowledge is indeed power. Through the miracle of the Internet, information can be shared and accessed around the globe, instantaneously. At any given time, millions of people's credit card numbers, social security numbers, and ... a few years bleeding money from the Citibank corporation here in the states from his cozy little house in Russia. His labor was rewarded with $10.4 million dollars in several bank accounts around the world. Unfortunately for him, his labor was also rewarded with arrest. (Caryl, par. 2) However, even though he committed the crime many years ago, he is still in Russia, awaiting extradition. Because of the slow response ... serious espionage problem. Hacking, no matter its form, is an act of thievery, piracy, or blackmail, and cannot be tolerated. Works Cited Caryl, Christian. "Russia's Hackers: Reach out and Rob Someone." U.S. News & World Report 122.15 (1997): 58 Lohr, Steve. "Feeling insecure, are we? Go ahead, be paranoid. Hackers are out to get you." The New York Times 17 March 1997: C1+ Machlis, Sharon. "Phone hackers dial ...
- 8828: Herman Melville
- ... Although he had never before attempted serious writing, in 1846 he published Typee an account of his life in the Marquesas. The book was a great success, for Melville had visited a part of the world almost unknown to Americans, and his descriptions of his bizarre experiences suited the taste of a romantic age. As he wrote Melville became conscious of deeper powers. In 1849 he began a systematic study of ... being born on the banks of the Ohio." Yet he considered Emerson's vague talk about striving and the inherent goodness of mankind complacent nonsense. Experience made Melville too aware of the evil in the world to be a transcendentalist. His novel Redburn based on his adventures on a Liverpool packet, was, as the critic F. O. Matthiessen put it, "a study in disillusion, of innocence confronted with the world, of ideals shattered by facts." Yet Melville was no cynic; he expressed deep sympathy for the Indians and for immigrants, crowded like animals into the holds of transatlantic vessels. He denounced the brutality of ...
- 8829: Lsd 2
- ... who was searching for possible therapeutic uses of Ergot. Hoffman continued his experiments, but never came in contact with the crystals until1943. (LSD can be absorbed through the skin.) Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control postpartum hemorrhage because it causes veins to contract, but also caused gangrene of the limbs, and ... once familiar shapes distorted beyond recognition. The hallucinations become intense, and total unreal objects may appear. A user may go through a profound "mystical" experience where they find insight or enlightenment about themselves or the world around them. The fourth stage is the downfall where the drug wears off and the user re-enters the normal world. LSD was very popular in the late 60's for its properties of "realization", transcendence, or the all-knowing effect that LSD often gives. But the use of LSD quickly faded because of it' ...
- 8830: Cash Out (Accounting)
- ... projections. When you tell people youre going to hit certain numbers, youd better hit them. Nobody wins if you come in too aggressively." This is a prime example of conservatism in the real world. Investors are looking for unique companies in every area "from the educational toy market to a company that manufactures products for industrial cleaning just as long as the family really believes in their company, and they feel passionately about it." This system, in my opinion, is an outstanding philosophy of the business world in America. When a company like Heritage Partners can come in and save a potential death of a company from any certain situation, it becomes a win-win position. Unlike the old days with the ... Many sole business owners are of the entrepreneurial background and may have even built their company from the ground up. These people have to be hard working people with the strength to go into the world and create something like a business and nurse it into success. When times go sour, weather it be financially or even emotionally, sometimes these owners can pull their company out of the dungeon and ...
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