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- 9431: Rhetorical Criticism Of Cross
- ... two metaphors used throughout the “Cross of Gold” speech. The first use of metaphors is to convey violent acts to show the wrongfulness in changing the gold standard. Bryan refers back to fighting, contest, and war to show that the people are not going to go along with the government. Bryan speaks of “brother against brother, father against son” to show that part of the government is on the same level ... overwhelmingly understood in terms of a speaker or writer transmitting meanings, packaged into words, to a listener or reader who, in turn, `unpacks' the words to obtain the meanings. Metaphors structure human experience of the world, but also because it pertains to the act of communication itself. Given the growing awareness that language does not simply reduplicate thought (an idea underlying not only the studies by Lakoff and Johnson and their ...
- 9432: Electronic Commerce
- ... pushy sales person that it is out of stock. After they get pushed into something other than what they came for they will wait in a line similar to that of Space Mountain at Disney World. Finally they will head for home after spending about an average of 2.5 hours (Sparkman 24). On the other hand, shopping on the Internet is takes no time at all. The consumer would log ... 46) Be on the lookout for more and more advertisements about online commerce. Just think, as more and more companies develop their online divisions, you will soon have the ability to shop anywhere in the world right from the comfort of you own home. Things that were only available in other parts of the country and other parts of the world will soon be available to you all at your convenience and rght from home. It will happen. It is happening now. Works Cited Duncan Group. American Electronics Survey. Wall Street Journal 14 November 1998. ...
- 9433: Evidence Of Technological Change
- ... movement of this sort reversing the trend toward greater inequality. After all, the demand function for high-skilled labor has been shifting to the right fairly consistently for a long time. Based on the post-World War II experience in the United States, it is highly unlikely that it will not continue to do so. The only realistic question is whether the pace of change will be as great as it has ...
- 9434: Apollo
- ... hero by getting America to support the American space program, and get three heroes on the moon. On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite and caught America and the whole world off guard. This was the Soviet's first push in the historical "Space Race." There was great fear surrounding this launch; a certain question was on everyone's minds, could the Soviets send Nuclear weapons ... they were wired up with their medical sensors and communication equipment. Finally a light bubble helmet they liked to call the "snoopy helmet" was put on their heads, and they were sealed off from the world. Their suits were then pumped up to 19 pounds per square inch of pure oxygen, checked for leaks, and for the next three hours, they had to get all the nitrogen out of their blood ... was sealed. All three astronauts were ready to go, but still had an hour and a half until count down. "The official viewing site was home to over 75,000 visitors from all over the world to watch the launch. The launch was the most dangerous part of the whole mission. It was possible that if any part of the huge Saturn V. rocket touched the launch tower during the ...
- 9435: Imperialism In Nigeria And
- ... five Chinese ports to British trade, free British prisoners, and required the Chinese to pay the London government $21 million. More regulations were passed to the Chinese and these were the results of the Opium War. The Opium War was the pinnacle of early Chinese efforts to halt the British sale of opium to the Chinese. In the early 1800s millions of Chinese were addicted to opium and this alarmed Emperor Daoguang, and he ... own country, indicating unmistakably that you know how harmful opium is… Has China produced one item that is harmful to foreign countries? This letter was never sent and after the actions of Lin, the Opium War was under way. From this passage, one can see that the Chinese people wanted their country to be free from narcotics, but England felt that their economy was more important than the lives of ...
- 9436: Analyse The Historical And Cur
- ... France it is necessary to have an idea of the history of the left (RBB, 2000). During the Fourth Republic the Socialists (SFIO) adopted an anti communist stance, due to the influence of the Cold War ethos. It was also deeply involved in the coalition governments of the time often involved in policy and decision making of things that did not tow the party line. For example the SFIO were during ... to maintain the status quo within the coalition. The Greens have only one minister compared to the PCF s four and have already expressed their wish for greater representation due to their electoral success (RBB, World of Information Country Report, 2000). Despite having won recent elections, the PS is not guaranteed success in the future, it still has some problems to deal with. The PCF deputies remain as divided as ever ...
- 9437: Geography Of Japan
- Perhaps more than any other nation in the world, Japan is shaped by its geography to a tremendous extent. Technically classified as an archipelago, Japan is a curved chain of four islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, plus over a thousand smaller islands). However, it is first and foremost an island nation, a fact which isolated Japan from the rest of the world. The second largest influence in Japanese geography is the size of the nation. The total area of Japan proper is a little under 143 thousand square miles; the contiguous United States spreads across just over ... of Hokkaido, all parts of Japan are still crammed with over 300 persons per square mile. The centers have population densities of over 512 persons per square mile. The seventh most populous nation in the world lives in an area smaller than the state of Montana. This circumstance fed Japanese expansionism in the early twentieth century, and is now a daily challenge for the Japanese people and leaders as they ...
- 9438: Bacons Rebellion
- ... Berkeley heard this he ordered an arrest of Nathaniel Bacon. This enraged Bacon even more so he led his men on an attack against the Governor. The colony of Virginia was now in a civil war. During this war or revolution the capital city of Virginia, Jamestown, was burned to the ground. A period of burning and looting began by both sides of the ordeal, which did not end until 1676 when Nathaniel Bacon ... between Native Americans, and colonial tobacco farmers, and their fighting, which I have already mentioned. The others were the heavy trade sanctions of England and the tyrannical actions of Governor Berkeley. England was in a war in Europe with the Dutch and they were falling into a depression. In order to pull themselves out of their depression, they adopted a strict policy of Mercantilism. Mercantilism according to Webster's Dictionary ...
- 9439: Absolutism And Peter The Great
- ... ruler which greatly strengthened the power of a dynasty. Based on this Greek foundation in Aristotelian thought and Roman political theory, absolutism rose in other schools of philosophy as it gained prominence in the political world. Combining natural-law doctrines with the theory of royal absolutism, fourteenth century philosopher Bartolus of Sassoferrato believed that the ruler should not be bound to the laws of the government, but still should obey them ... years of semi-exile, his first military campaigns, an unprecedented journey to western Europe and a major revolt against his rule. From these bitter personal experiences, these painful political struggles, and these tentative approaches to war and government, Peter slowly learned the strengths and weaknesses of his heritage." As stated by V. O. Kliuchevsky, Peter's "contradiction in work, his errors, his hesitations, his obstinacy, his lack of judgment in civil ...
- 9440: Catcher In The Rye
- ... of honor that he attempts to live up to and expects to as abide by as well. Since the death of his brother Allie, Holden has experienced almost a complete sense of alienation from the world around him. This alienation is evident in every part of his life. Holden is unable to relate to anyone at the three prep schools he has attended. While standing on Thomsen Hill, Holden cannot help ... hardly does him justice. Critics such Frederick L. Gwynn, Joseph L. Blotner, and Frederic I. Carpenter view Holden as a character who is "Christ-like in his ambition to protect children before they enter the world of destruction and phoniness" (Carpenter 24). Holden’s experiences throughout the course of his life have created a desire in him to preserve the innocence of those he considers to be innocent. He attempts to ... neither a saint nor a snob. He is a sarcastic yet sincere teenager who is pursuing Quixotistic ideals of moral order. Holden is caught between the anxiety of childhood and the maturity of the adult world. The appeal of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye is due in no small part to the main character and sole provider of information, the one and only Holden Caulfied. ...
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