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Filial Piety In ChinaE-mail: liew_hwee_min@hotmail.com
Introduction Xiao, the Chinese word for filial piety is the defining feature in Chinese culture as filial piety was extolled as the highest virtue in China for centuries. I subscribe to the school of thought that filial piety is the root of Chinese ethics and ...
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Defending Pro-wrestlingAs people flip through the channels on Monday nights they pass over at least two
different professional wrestling shows. When people notice the wrestling the most common thing for them to do is to keep flipping the channels. Why? Because the common view of professional wrestling is that it is ...
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C-SPAN, The Cable TV ChannelC-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network is a medium that
truly brings the government to the people. By presenting live and uncut footage
of our government in action, the citizens of the United States can get a bit
closer to what the founding fathers had in mind when they created our ...
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The Problem Of Teens And SmokingSo you think you want to start smoking? Before I go into teens and smoking, I thought I’d tell you a little about the history and other important facts about nicotine and tobacco.
Nicotine is the prime alkaloid of tobacco. It is a plant belonging to the genus Nicotina. More than sixty species ...
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Virtual Reality - What It Is And How It WorksImagine being able to point into the sky and fly. Or perhaps walk through
space and connect molecules together. These are some of the dreams that
have come with the invention of virtual reality. With the introduction of
computers, numerous applications have been enhanced or created. The ...
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Clowna performer, usually in a circus, who plays the fool, performs practical jokes, and does tricks to make people laugh. Other names for s are buffoon, jester, fool, conjurer, mirthmaker, tumbler, gleeman, mime, actor, harlequin, merry counselor, comic, and ...
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Albert EinsteinOf all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of 's ...
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Vietnam War - The Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll, 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10,000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the ...
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Mannerism Of Students From TheEast and West
A U.S student comes home from school and watches television. Later that student copies the behaviors he viewed and learned from television.
The media in our society has a huge impact on the behaviors of children. These attitudes and manners of students towards teachers and elders ...
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Color Purple 2"Celie's strengths as an African American Woman"
Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” is a captivating and touching novel about life of a poor African American woman -- Celie, living in the deep rural south at the turn of the twentieth century. During her difficult life, Celie ...
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The Time Machine By H.G WellsHerbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, a few miles from London, the son of a house-maid and gardener. Wells died in 1946, a wealthy and famous author, having seen science fiction become a recognized literary form and having seen the world realize some of science fiction's fondest ...
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Ray Bradbury: Literary InfluencesRay Bradbury, one of the most revered science-fiction authors, has
had many things occur in his life which directly influenced his style of
writing. In addition to influencing his style, these events also affected
the content and theme of his individual works. Putting all of this ...
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Lena HorneHeather Donahue March 23, 2000 Humanities 15 Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 - 11 a.m. Page 1 was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after ...
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Lyndon B. JohnsonAt 2:38 PM, on Nov. 22, 1963, took the oath of office as the 36th president of the United States. John F. Kennedy had been shot while riding in a parade through downtown Dallas. Johnson was riding two cars behind Kennedy.
Johnson was Kennedy’s vice president so he immediately became ...
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Emily Dickinson"" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet of the nineteenth century. She was one of the greatest masters of the short lyric poem. Not much is known about her life, but what is known is unusual and interesting. was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December tenth, eighteen hundred thirty, ...
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Journey Towards WealthNow almost everyone wants to be wealthy, but in real life not everyone reaches this status. Some have great riches when it comes to money, but are the poorest when it comes to their lives. They have never found that spark in their life that make them happy with what they have accomplished. They ...
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CensorshipThe freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life. But
today, that freedom is under attack. Private groups and public authorities
everywhere are working to remove both books and periodicals from sale, to
exclude certain books from public schools, to censor and silence magazines ...
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Dead White Males - David Williamson"Carpe Diem" In the film Dead Poet’s Society there is an environment created that was rigid and strict. At Welton Academy there were four pillars of ideals that students must attain to and follow. These were excellence, honor, tradition, and discipline. A new teacher was appointed to ...
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Terry Fox"Somewhere the hurting must stop" (). It's as fascinating as it is rewarding to recognize the many accomplishments and effects on humanity brought forth by the courageous . Appreciating and acknowledging a brief history of his life, his marathon of hope and it's successes over the years ...
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The Tragedy At ColumbineThe Newsweek article, "Columbine's Tragic Wake", describes the troubles and pain still taking place in the community of Littleton, Co. The people of Littleton are searching for answers and blaming everyone and everything for the tragedy. By placing blame, the community hopes to speed up the ...
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