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It's not the hen-pecked Mr. Bumble who negotiates with the sinister Monks, but his wife. They settle on a figure of £25 (quite a tidy sum; roughly $2,000 in today's money). Neither of the Bumbles...
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Depending on the species and age, zebras can have stripes that range in color from black to different shades of brown. There are three species of zebra: Grevy’s, mountain, and plains. All wild...
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In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," a young man is sitting alone reading when he hears a tapping at his door. He considers that it must be a visitor. However, he doesn't immediately open the door....
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Mercutio is one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Critics have often considered Mercutio one of the Bard's finest characters. He is the best friend of Romeo...
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The statement specifically refers to the Western diet as a direct contributor to diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. These diseases are said to be specific to Western civilization...
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I would begin by defining the terms Enlightenment and Romanticism. Since you would be contrasting the two ways of thinking, your definitions would highlight the differences between the two to focus...
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When Zeus commands Hermes to visit Calypso and relay the command to let Odysseus go, Hermes gets ready to set out at once. “He took the wand with which he puts to sleep / or wakes the eyes of any...
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You can use the Bureau of Labor Statistics site to find the outlook for the occupation you choose. For example, if you choose to be an Athletic Trainer (under healthcare jobs), you can find...
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"His stem stood up like an antenna" is an example of a simile. A simile is a type of figurative language in which two things are directly compared to each other through the use of a connecting word...
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Beth, the mother character (played by Mary Tyler Moore) in the movie "Ordinary People," is in Erikson's stage of intimacy versus isolation. In this stage, which characterizes the psychological and...
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In "Structural Family Therapy," developed by Minuchin, a therapist uses "joining" to understand the dynamics of the family and to disrupt its unhealthy functioning to create a healthier dynamic...
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Certainly, the question you've asked is a sensitive one, no question about it. Harassment of teachers is under-reported, but if recent news stories are any indication, they are increasing. If...
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Population, health, and environment are all elements that can make a positive contribution to global development or impede it. Economists have studied these three factors extensively. Population:...
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India is in the midst of a period of dramatic economic growth. It is also undergoing some degree of sociocultural change with women, especially because they are beginning to move out of their...
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There are several ways to approach this question. By "unconscious" expression, we may be referring either to unconscious patterns of speech and use of autogenic (self-generated) metaphor without...
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The discussion over the value of computers in the classroom has been going on for several decades with no definitive conclusion. Perhaps the reason this is the case is that no two classrooms are...
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Gordon Moore, an American engineer and cofounder of Intel, in a 1965 paper noted that the number of components in an integrated circuit appeared to double each year. This observation, after Moore...
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Africa can be divided into North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Some problems are common to both regions and some specific to one of the two. Both suffer from the legacy of colonialism,...
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The two cannabinoid receptors are abbreviated CB1 and CB2. They are similar to each other in that they share roughly 50% of their DNA identity, but this greatly changes their tissue distribution...
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The question doesn't provide the "classical" definition of drug abuse, so I'm going to work with the following definition of drug abuse. Drug abuse is the habitual taking of addictive or illegal...
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The whale in the novel Moby-Dick was actually based on a notorious albino sperm whale killed off the southern coast of Chile near Mocha Island who was called Mocha Dick. The whale was notorious for...
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In Jeanne DuPrau's sci-fi novel The City of Ember, twelve-year-old characters Lina and Doon are citizens of a post-apocalyptic society, living in an underground city called Ember. Together, the two...
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According to many empirical studies, sleep and dreaming do play important roles in supporting cognition functions such as learning, memory, and cognition. First, learning and memory involves three...
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The answer to this depends, of course, upon which country we're discussing and which year from this decade we're talking about, as it's always possible that prices may have changed over a ten year...
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"The French and Indian War" is a term only really used in the United States. It refers to only part of a broader conflict, the Seven Years' War, in which Britain, along with much of Europe, was...
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The popular English expression "Not all that glitters is gold" is used to mean that sometimes things that look valuable, attractive, or promising turn out to be anything but. At an extremely...
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In general, the relationship between unemployment and rapid population growth would be a positive/direct correlation. This means that as one increases, the other also increases. As a population...
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In Judaism a house of worship is called a synagogue. The word itself is of Greek origin, and means "assembly.'" In Hebrew, a synagogue is known as either a "bet kenesset"(house of assembly) or "bet...
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Zimbabwe enjoyed relative peace for many years between the post-colonial transition from Rhodesia to its current iteration. Political violence started to become a serious problem, however, during...
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I think you're inquiring about whether there is too much pressure on girls to have "perfect" bodies; in response to this question, I would say yes, absolutely. We live in a time period in which...
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Bud actually does want to go back to the home, but he lies and tells Mrs. Amos that he really does not. He tells her this because he has already worked out at a young age that you have to lie to...
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It takes an awful lot to get Miss Maudie angry. She's normally such a calm, unflappable woman, unable to get mad even when her house is burning down before her very eyes. Yet in chapter 24 of To...
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Saussure's thought can be incredibly complex, so I will try to keep things as simple as possible. Throughout his work, Saussure makes the distinction between what he calls—in French—langue and...
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The sewing machine uses electricity. Since electricity can be taken from coal-powered power plants, the use of the sewing machine can indirectly increase greenhouse gases. Sewing machines also...
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The list of things the Puritans wanted to reform in the Church of England is long, but here are three important ones: Christian iconography in the church itself—This means that Puritans objected...
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A major medical explanation for criminal behavior is antisocial personality disorder, more commonly known as psychopathy or sociopathy (though these are no longer medically the best terms)....
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These two documents are among the most famous (and arguably the best) expressions of the ideals of American liberty. Perhaps the best way to put the speech into perspective with respect to the...
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I can't write this story for you, but I am allowed to help you brainstorm some ideas to begin forming the story. In my creative writing class, I always recommend that students write stories about...
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Romeo and Juliet's love is crucial to the plot of the play. First, their love reveals how arbitrary and unnatural the feud between their two families is. Romeo and Juliet have no reason to hate...
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It's hard to know exactly what type of attention grabber or "hook" would be best without knowing exactly what the focus of your thesis is. However, there are some general approaches to keep in mind...
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Some of the most famous practitioners of civil disobedience, most notably Martin Luther King, Jr., have based their actions on their belief in a higher law, a moral code that superseded the laws of...
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Britannica.com defines deforestation as the clearing or thinning of forests by humans; however, several other sources do not define deforestation as something that is solely happening because of...
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"Apartheid" is an Afrikaans word meaning "separation," or to be held apart. Apartheid in South Africa was a system of institutionalized racism which went beyond the segregation of the United States...
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To write a poem that mirrors the elements in Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The Road Not Taken," you first need to identify what those elements are. Both of Frost's...
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The purpose of a transnational corporation is to maximize profits through horizontal expansion across international borders. As certain businesses grow, they eventually reach the extent of their...
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In terms of academics, consider the expectations we often have of young children when they first enter the school system. Educators would not typically assume that children already know how to...
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Writing your autobiography is a courageous undertaking! I understand that you would like some ideas about a title and a hook that will grab your reader's attention. I'll start with ideas for a...
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This quotation comes from Dr. Jon Erlandson's description of how he came to uncover various artifacts on San Nicolas Island in 2009. He had been looking for "ancient campsites" during this...
