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The Hartford Whalers Are Going Going ...
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2225.... money left for the Hartford
Whalers (Swift & Arace, 1+).
The reason why these three companies keep all of the revenue from the
Civic Center can be blamed on Richard Gordon, the former owner of the Whalers
who did not want the city of Hartford to run the Civic Center. In 1993, the
state decided to negotiate a new lease with the Whalers. The state of
Connecticut did not want to run the coliseum so they hired three private
companies to take this job. These companies would only run the Civic Center if
they could keep all of the revenue from the service they controlled. Richar .....
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Jesus, Paul, And Mohammed: Com
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1254.... 100 Muhammad, Jesus, and St. Paul rank one, three, and six respectively. Now right from this statement most people would believe that Hart is already wrong, and that Jesus should be one. In some sense those who believe that Jesus are right because the amount of Christians in the world almost doubles that of the Moslems. Yet if we carefully look at Hart’s reasons for ranking them the way he does, you would see that his ranking seems more understandable.
First we should start by analyzing Hart’s reasons for ranking Muhammad one. His main point for ranking him .....
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Bridges
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 506.... Bridge, connecting Kobe on the mainland with Awaji on Awaji Island, will be a huge three-span cable-stayed bridge some 3910 meters in total length with a center span of 1990 meters. When completed, it will be the longest bridge of its type in the world, surpassing the Number Bridge in the UK, which has a center span of 1410 meters. The bridge has a wind-proof and earthquake-resident construction, withstanding winds up to 80 meters per second and earthquakes reaching from 8.5 on the Richter scale. This bridge is due to be completed in spring of 1999. There is a suspension .....
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A Mythical Analysis Of A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 574.... many times in his quest to become a warrior. Finally, after many
years, he "passes through". This mythological archetype is one of the main
reasons I believe his stories are mythical in nature.
There are also many shamanistic idealogies that run throughout his stories.
Views of the natural world including plant life, animal life, and elements are
all personified. Everything is embodied with spirit. Concepts of reality are
altered through drug induced states. Mushrooms and peyote are mainly used in
rituals that don Juan uses to teach Carlos his way of knowledge: Mescalito .....
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Is Knowledge Worth Seeking
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1414.... This of course is not what Socrates is asking; he is asking Meno what all virtuous acts share in common. For Socrates this relationship between all virtuous acts is what virtue fundamentally is. A person can see virtuous acts but cannot see virtue. Because of this, the idea of virtue must exist somewhere independent of the perceivable world. This is true with all forms or ideas of perfection: they are something that cannot be known by human sense but reasoned out by individual human thought.
One cannot, however, mistake knowledge for right opinion. Socrates makes di .....
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Influence On Proxemics
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 594.... to 6 inches) - soft whisper, top secret, or intimate information.
(2) Close (8 to 12 inches) - audible whisper, very confidential information.
(3) Near (12 to 20 inches) - soft voice, confidential.
(4) Neutral (20 to 36 inches) - soft voice, personal information.
(5) Neutral (4.5 feet to 5 feet) - full voice, non-personal.
(6) Public distance (5.5 feet to 6 feet) - full voice.
(7) and (8) stretching the limits of a distance (up to 100 feet) are hailing and departure distances. *1
The intimate distance (under 12 inches) in American culture is used by lovers, hus .....
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The Question Of An Answer: What It Is To Be Human
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1871.... ages the human body has been studied and inspected.
However, literal "inspection" only takes us so far. As humans, we all know that
there are parts of our "being" that are intangible. Take thoughts, dreams, and
things of the like. We know they exist, yet they are unable to be inspected
scientifically (to any valuable degree at least). The distinction between
beliefs begins here. How one views this intangible side of life with respect to
the tangible, is the factor that defines one's beliefs.
There are several ways in which one may view the body. A dualist is one
who view .....
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Darwinism On Society
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 988.... groups, or nations because they feel in some way superior or think they just naturally have to compete.
As we know the practices by which powerful nations or peoples seek to extend and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples is Imperialism and, colonialism usually suggest formal political control, involving territorial takeover and loss of self-government. The intention is to broadly to control or influence either formally or informally, directly or indirectly, politically or economically. Each imperial state attempted to control the trade of .....
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