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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
Mythology
<view this essay>.... behind the explanation there is a reality that cannot be seen and examined. One of the best-known mythological books is Homer’s ‘Iliad’, which tells of the Trojan War. No one reading the book today believes Homer’s story as a historically
factual account. However it is believed that at some time, many centuries before Homer lived-there really was a war between the Greek city-states and the residents of northwestern Asia Minor. Myths try to answer several questions. Where did the world come from? What are the gods like, and where did they come from? How did humanity originate? Why is there evil in the world? What happens to people after they die? Myt .....
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The Visitor’s Facility At The University Of North Caroline At Charlotte
<view this essay>.... next five years, the university will need to provide an on-campus visitor housing for these special people. The university would much rather house the visitors in a facility on campus, instead of boarding them up in Hilton down the road. For this reason the visitors would be at the fingertips of the campus, and would also look good for other visitors who are thinking of coming to Charlotte to teach, or conduct research.
Justification
The structure would need to be placed on campus in a prime location. Preferably close to all of the academic buildings, while not interfering with the core of the campus. The visitors should not be able to be interrupted b .....
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Satanism
<view this essay>.... a broad plethora of phenomena, with a thousand faces and numerous facets. Here we will limit ourselves to an examination of only some of the more significant examples, capable of bringing to light its principal characteristics for the purposes of an anthropological analysis. More precisely, our anthropological view of has the intention of dealing with two distinct problems, which are closely connected and can throw light on each other. On the one hand, we will present some elements which can help to identify the image of man that emerges from the context of satanic teaching, and on the other hand, we will describe some of the subjective motives of thos .....
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Effects Of Automobiles
<view this essay>.... us wonder where thousands of our citizens would find work. We know that a big part of the United States industrial and trading world relies on the automobile and its components. Another view of our life without automobiles deals with our visual perspective. Car and truck advertisements consume a great deal of air time for television commercials. We see these luxurious machines and little by little we are tempted and pressured into investing into one of them. Numerous amounts of our modern movies also involve automobiles. For example, ³Speed² and ³Batman² both deal with automobiles of some sort. Whether it be the common city bus or the exquisite vehicle enti .....
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Basketball
<view this essay>.... of wrestling and try my best to help the
team win. If I try really hard and practice everyday I could be an extremely
good player. I usually play with my friends after school for fun or just to
play around and have a good time, practice on my own to practice things I need
work on, or practice with my dad and let him give me some pointers.
I love watching basketball games on TV and usually watch the Knicks play.
Out of all of the 28 teams in the NBA my favorite teams from best to least
favorite are the New York Knicks with Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, John Starks,
Charlie Ward, Chris Childs, Charles Oakly, and Allen Houston. Then I like the
Charlotte Ho .....
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Los Angeles-city Of Quartz
<view this essay>.... still developing. In the meantime, the economic state was changing. The rich got richer, the poor were even more poor and the middle class was cut in half. Everything about the growing city seemed perfect, and I suppose for some it was. However, along with growth and change there comes crime. Several incidents took place in Los Angeles against people of color involving the police. Anglos became a minority in the city and county of Los Angeles during the 1980's. (Pg. 7) The city of Los Angeles was created for the white, urbanized, higher middle and upper classes.
I think Davis' primary thesis or point in the book is just that. Los Angeles was being develo .....
Number of words: 1901 | Number of pages: 7 |
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Backpacking: A Different Way Of Camping
<view this essay>.... In either case, experiencing the great outdoors and
its natural beauty cannot be surpassed. With car camping the only real
limitation is one's vehicle. A person is limited to the vehicle's capacity to
carry or tow. For example, a camper will bring a stove, a twelve man tent, two
coolers of meat and potatoes, five gallons of water, and maybe tow a camper. On
the other hand, when backpacking, the circumstances are very different. One is
limited to his or her own capabilities: the amount of weight that can be
carried, endurance levels, just to name a few. Provisions must be carefully
measured. If overloaded, it can affect performance while hiking to one's .....
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I Critical Response To Rosencr
<view this essay>.... intent of Tom Stoppard in writing this story is to do exactly that, force the reader to question his/her own existence. This is proven in several of the topics the characters discuss; they discuss death, dying, God, existence, faith, and morals. Stoppard’s intentions may have been to make the reader question his/her own feelings towards these events and their beliefs. He presents these questions through two main characters; these characters never seem to answer the questions that arise. They merely ask more questions. Because the story is unable to answer any question the reader may ponder, I must do what is closest to the prompt and present the question .....
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