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Heraldry In Medieval Times
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 602.... quests and journeys. Most often they would be familiar
with very few people so recognition by facial features was difficult. A
coat of arms was more far reaching and well known than the appearance of
the man. It gave the bearer a sort of graphic catch phrase that was
noticed and perceived more than the actual features of the man.
The coat of arms also proudly represents an active relationship
between past and present family members. It creates a visible link to the
past and a proud statement about family members accomplishments and honor.
The coat creates a family bon .....
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Anomalies Are Not Always Wrong
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1649.... explained as being disorders and are almost exclusively found in men. Transvestism is the activity of cross-dressing for sexual arousal from that specific object, whether it be clothing, shoes, or what. This can simply be called a fetish. The reasoning behind the few cases reported of female transvestism is explained in the following statement. "The culture apparently permits a greater range of fashion to women. The male transvestite wears female undergarments and uses makeup to achieve a female appearance" (Feinbloom 17). The only reason transvestites do not cross-dress for i .....
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The Problem Of Domestic Violence
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1920.... Webster's dictionary
defines epidemic as "a rapid spreading of a disease; to many people at the same
time", this is not the case with domestic violence, one it didn't just happen
overnight, it has just been popularized overnight, domestic violence has been
going on from as far back as anyone can remember and probably farther than that,
and two, this is not affecting many people at the same timem, because, as I've
stated before, "in most families men and women do not engage in physically
abusive behavior". If you as the reader gets anything out of this paper, it is
import .....
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Television Violence And Its Effect On Children
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 847.... play, or listen to, this can sway
their attitudes in a negative direction.
Television is especially influencial on the children today. The hard
truth is that children spend an average of 28 hours a week in front of the
television (Neilson 1993). This is almost two times the amount of time that
some children are in school. At this very impressionable age it is no wonder
that the images that kids see sometimes has a profound impact on their behavior.
Fifty-five percent of children watch television with a friend or alone. (TV-Free
America). Too often parents assume that th .....
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Civil Liberties
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 737.... whether contemporary values require us to make accommodations for people who can not afford the monetary costs of covering appeals. The courts have throughout the years given new interpretations to old documents based on changes in society. After giving much thought, I have determined that based on current ideology regarding the poor, the State must provide assistance to those who do not have enough money for a required transcript. Over the past century, our government has created programs that provide benefits such as food stamps and welfare for those unable to pay on .....
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Analysis Of The Human Cultural Identity
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 945.... plays, novels, essays, and art.
He greatly influenced other Enlightenment thinkers with his translations of
Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers,
usually known as Encyclopedie. He used this translation as a powerful
propaganda weapon against Ecclesiastical authority, and the semifeudal social
reforms of the time. Protestantism is a good example also. It is one of the
three major divisions of Christianity. It displays the release of traditional
religion and the movement to worldly learning and the rise of protests against
the contro .....
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The Homeless In England
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1202.... that some
of the homeless is that by their own choice. They choose to be homeless for
different reasons, like a protest against the society or just to try the
homeless life.
25% of the homeless are war veterans and most of them from Vietnam. They are
mentally traumatised by their war experiences, some of them are disable and
others are just unable to find work so they can pay a rent.
25% of the homeless are children and many of them are alone. They're maybe run-
aways who left home because there was no food at home, or because they're
victims of rape, incest or violence. Many .....
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Violence Is An Appropriate Response To Racism
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 530.... the other cheek and let them do it again. It
shows that Jesus was against violence. Gandhi said something similar: 'An eye
for an eye and we shall all be blind'. Gandi meant that so mang people hurt
other people that they would end up seriously hurt. Put this teaching into
practise, if someone hurts you once let them do it a secong time is the message
here. The other side to this statement is to agree that racists should be dealt
with in a violent way. In some resects, this is correct because if people have
the mentality to be racist towards another person, they need to be .....
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