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Greek Theater Within Their Vas
2470 Words - 9 Pages.... seeking this restricted
perspective is clearly the only choice for those who have discovered the
provocative remains of a great lost theatre.
Deciding what can be learned from ancient vases is a difficult problem for
experts and novices alike. Questions pertaining to theatre further complicate
matters with the added condition that the vase must be depicting a scene that is
theatrical in nature. Green asserts that the ancient artists "were not at work
to provide visual aids for textbooks and lectures. We can, with care, use them
in that way as aids to a modern imagination" (Green 1995, p.13). Green's
statement brings to light the importance of cautious r ....
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Computers In Society
693 Words - 3 Pages.... delivered to a client. The client was the U.S. bureau of the census and was to be used for calculating the previous years census. This was the first time that a computer had been built for a business application rather than for the use of the military or for scientific or engineering use. These first computers came to be known as the first generation computers and used vacuum tubes, which were electronic tubes about the size of light bulbs as the internal computer components. However, due to the fact that literally thousands of these tubes were required, they generated enormous amounts of heat that caused many problems in the temperature regulation and climate control in ....
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How Free Do We Want To Be
289 Words - 2 Pages.... fancy goods and leave without paying for them. If you drive, then there would be no need to worry about getting stopped for speeding or dangerous driving. If you are at school you could forget all about learning and play games all day long.
It does sound like a good life but would such a system work in reality? If you spend any time thinking about it then you must come to the conclusion that life would be more difficult without rules rather than easier. For example, imagine there were no rules regulating what side of the road you drive on, you decide for yourself when you wake up in the morning. Would you take a chance driving down a motorway in such a society when someone ....
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The Division Between Knowledge
469 Words - 2 Pages.... by the logical focus of the mind. Knowledge is measured in volume, not necessarily value. Take the popular game show Jeopardy: a man manages to out-do his opponents by successfully accessing a larger volume of information. What the contestant is doing is simply recalling information that he acquired through the course of his studies. He need not use any type of psychological or philosophical insight; merely he needs to be able to maintain a strong memory. Still, we marvel at the man’s intellect, viewing him as a highly intelligent person, simply because he can remember things. Knowledge, therefore, can be acquired by anyone who wishes to work to contain volu ....
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Bottled Water
406 Words - 2 Pages.... these places it goes through many cleansing processes.
There are a couple of different types of . One is the 5-gallon returnable jug. These are mainly used in offices and large businesses. The 5-gallon jugs are usually lower in minerals and therefore are good for making coffee, tea, etc. There are also 2 ½ and 1 gallon bottles used mainly for supermarket distribution. There are also bottles ranging from 6 ounces to 1 liter. These are usually the premium waters like Poland Springs and Avian. These waters are usually an alternative to a soft drink or an alcoholic beverage. (waterweb.com, Sept. 28).
is extremely safe. It is regulated on the federal and state level. The Fe ....
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Hockey
1067 Words - 4 Pages.... changing.
The sport of ice came from the games played on makeshift ice skates in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages, similar to field , it involves hitting an object with sticks between two goalposts. Probably the first ice players were North American Indians who used field tools that were curved at the lower end. The French word for the similarly shaped shepherd's crook, hoquet, was attached by French explorers who watched the Indians' ball-and-stick games.
Although the original game called for nine men on each side, the number of team players involved could vary from one community to another. Soon a committee met in Montreal to establish regulations for seven-man t ....
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Egyptian Cuisine
1863 Words - 7 Pages.... comes in several forms. The most common is a pita type made either with refined white flour called aysh shami, or with coarse, whole wheat, aysh baladi. Stuffed with any of several fillings, it becomes the Egyptian sandwich. Aysh shams is bread made from leavened dough allowed to rise in the sun, while plain aysh comes in long, skinny, French-style loaves. Hard, dry aysh can be softened in water, and if you have a fire available, warmed over an open flame.
Along with aysh, the native bean supplies most of Egypt's people with their daily rations. Ful can be cooked several ways: in ful midamess, the whole beans are boiled, with vegetables if desired, and then mashed with o ....
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The Importance Of Accounting
2467 Words - 9 Pages.... have some accounting knowledge.
Accounting is a vital element of business. It records the way a business has grown and, after analyzing figures, suggests the way it should go in the future. Furtunes are gambled on the advice of accountants.
If your friend has ever operated a business and you saw him placing figures in ledgers, then you saw him doing bookkeeping. If you have worked at a service station or supermarket and have seen books with large sheets lined in green and red lying on the manager’s table or desk, you saw books of accounting.
Accounting is one of the fastest growing fields in the United States It expands each time a new store, a factory, a filling sta ....
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