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Sweetness And Power

Why would anyone feel the need to write an entire book on such a mundane topic such as sugar? Look around at some food products you might have and you will realize that many if not all of them contain sugar in some form or another. For example, a can of soda, which most people drink ...

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William Butler Yeats

On June 13 1865 was born in Dublin Ireland. From the start Yeats had artistic influences, due to the fact that his father Jack Butler Yeats was a noted Irish painter. He had no formal education until he was eleven, at that time he started at the Godolphin Grammar School in Hammer*censored*h ...

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The Computer Underground

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY BY ...

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Saint Irenaeus of Lyon's work "Against the Heresies"

Introduction This essay concerns Saint Irenaeus of Lyon's work "Against the Heresies" in Book I (chapters 3,8,9,10,19, 20). In these chapters, Irenaeus exposes the false doctrine of Gnostics as a way of refutation. In terms of methodology, this essay will be divided into three parts. The first ...

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The Invention Of The Atomic Bomb And Its Use

In 1945, the first atomic bomb in the world was dropped on Hiroshima. There is still discussion that the dropping was really necessary or unnecessary. I think that America should not have dropped the atomic bomb because I can not understand the necessity of the dropping of the atomic bomb for ...

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Everything Is Not For The Best

Francois-Marie Arouet De Voltaire, the son of a notary, was born on November 21st, 1694, in Paris. In 1704 he was enrolled to the Jesuit College of Louis-le-grande to study law, but he remained there until his seventeenth year. Voltaire quickly chose literature as a career. He began moving in ...

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The Debate On Gay Rights

The argument on rights, be it human, animal, black, white or gray, is always a difficult one. One should begin by deciding who makes up these rights. Even that in itself would be difficult enough. If a group of white men made a list of rights for black men, one could say it would be biased. ...

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Automation

When Henry Ford was starting out on his remarkable career in Detroit, a bustling town which gave full vent to the creative energies of some amazing innovators, the economy of was showing enormous cracks. But at the time, even the most prescient of fortune-tellers would have had trouble forecasting ...

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The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb: Was It The Best Way To End The War?

? In 1945, the first atomic bomb in the world was dropped on Hiroshima. There is still discussion that the dropping was really necessary or unnecessary. I think that America should not have dropped the atomic bomb because I can not understand the necessity of the dropping of the atomic bomb for ...

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Laidlaw

"" is a novel written by the famous Scottish born author William McIlvanney. His inspirational style of writing has delivered him prestigious awards for all his high quality novels. "" is set in the urban city of Glasgow in the 90's and delivers a cutting insight to big industries and crime in ...

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My Personal Search For A Meaningful Existence

I am the representative embodiment of my nihilistic culture. I am narcissistic, insatiable, petty, apathetic and I am above all an emotional invalid. Yet, up until very recently, I was not consciously aware that I was guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes, because I ...

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The Cybernetic Plot Of Ulysses

A paper delivered at the CALIFORNIA JOYCE conference (6/30/93) Good afternoon. To quote the opening of Norbert Wiener's address on Cybernetics to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning ...

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Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Victorian Literature INTRODUCTION Charles Darwin has become an icon in our time, no less important than Columbus, Newton, Jefferson, Edison, Einstein, or Gates. He is seen as projecting out of the Victorian era like a colossus. The 1800’s are no less awe-inspiring than ours’ for its intellectual ...

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Philistinism In England And America

Comments on Matthew Arnold’s "" In his essay, "," Matthew Arnold examines the ancient ideas of Plato in the context of a twentieth century, capitalist society. As he agrees with almost all of what Plato had to say, he also admits that he is outdated, and that some of his ...

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Laidlaw

"" is a novel written by the famous Scottish born author William McIlvanney. His inspirational style of writing has delivered him prestigious awards for all his high quality novels. "" is set in the urban city of Glasgow in the 90's and delivers a cutting insight to big industries and crime in ...

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Harriet Stowe

The woman credited with sparking the Civil War came to Christ at thirteen, during one of her father’s sermons. She wrestled throughout her eighty-five years with questions and spiritual conflicts for she endured grave trials: her mother died while Harriet was a very young child; her husband, ...

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Scarlet Letter Chapter Summari

Chapter 1: Hester Prynne has committed adultery. Two years ago her husband in Europe sent her on ahead to America while he settled some business affairs. Alone in the small town of Boston, Hester has shocked and angered her neighbors by secretly taking a lover and bringing forth a girl child. The ...

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Judith Guest's "Ordinary People": Summary

Ordinary People by Judith Guest is the story of a dysfunctional family who relate to one another through a series of extensive defense mechanisms, i.e. an unconscious process whereby reality is distorted to reduce or prevent anxiety. The book opens with seventeen year old Conrad, son of upper ...

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

The essay “” by Michael Dorris explores Fetal Alcohol Effects which is problem running rampant and out of control all across America. (FAS) is a grouping of defects that may occur in infants born to women who drink alcohol during pregnancy. Michael Dorris states that FAS is a birth defect ...

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Agatha Christie

Intrigue about things that are strange and unknown is a common trait within human nature. This vice compels individuals toward the mysteries of life, whether real or imaginary. When these qualities are combined within fiction, pleasure and entertainment is yielded through thrilling and ...

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