.... and the turns were the most dangerous part of the race, where the carts would often overturn, killing the drivers. Only men wearing togas, which symbolized Roman citizenship, were allowed to watch the races. The races were between four teams owned by contractors. Each team was named by a color: the reds, greens, whites, and the blues. ("Circus Maximus," site of the Chariot Races in Rome) Gladiators The Romans flooded into the Colosseum to watch bloody combat between gladiators and between men and wild animals. The gladiators were mostly men, who were slaves, condemned criminals, prisoners of war, and sometimes Christians. They were forced to learn how to fight an ....

.... Upper Xingu Basin. There are four unintelligible languages by groups in this region. This makes the Upper Xingu Basin linguistically diverse, but with many of the groups still sharing the same social and ideological features. It is very difficult to trace back the origins of Kalapalo life because of the integration of the many different and culturally diverse groups in the Upper Xingu Basin. So, many of systems of kinship classification, marriage practices, ceremonial organizations, status allocation, and religious beliefs are consistent with cultural rules and social practices and not with the original system. Many of the modern local groups can only reconstruct ....

.... Even though a championship had been shared several times before, there was much controversy over this one. Michigan fans thought that Michigan should be the sole possessor of the crown, and Husker fans thought the same for Nebraska. To avoid more co-champions in the future, and to guarantee a match-up between the top two teams in the nation each year, a new system was setup prior to the 1998 season. This new system setup by ABC Sports and the NCAA is called the Bowl Championship Series or BCS for short. The Bowl Championship Series is a point system that selects what college football teams will play in one of the four major bowls. The bowls in the BCS include: the Rose ....

.... evidence of communicative differences exist between men and women in various other social settings as well. Consider, for example, those individuals employed in customer service-related Jobs. While in JC Penny, I noticed that female customer service representatives were more apt to offer immediate friendly assistance than the male reps. Men are not as cocky nor as confident in this sort of situation; their eyes tend to dart around the area of the store while the eyes of a women remain focused upon the eyes of the customer. The men seem to communicate with a lot less smiles. Apparently they have to get past a certain “ice-breaking” point before they will ....

.... War II and becomes consumed with the fact that people he has not even met keep trying to kill him. He is convinced to "remain alive forever or die in the attempt" (Heller, 89). The more combat missions Yossarian flies the more intense his struggle with life becomes. Yossarian is constantly frustrated with his situation. One of his frustrations is the small crawlway leading out of the plane used in the event of an emergency. He believes "it is an obstacle put there by providence as part of the plot that would destroy him" (Heller, 57). Also during one of Yossarian's flight he goes over the treacherous city Bologna against his will, but fulfilling the mission requirements ....

.... man had sworn to be loyal, to do everything he could for the family, but he did the worst thing imaginable to the family--he was disloyal. He turned in a person who would do anything for him, a person that had sworn to be loyal to the end. Maybe he thought he had a greater loyalty to the common good of society rather than his sworn family. Whom did he really feel that he should be more loyal to? When someone becomes a member of a group, whether by some initiation process or by birth, there are certain expectations. Some of these expectations are traits such as dependability, trust, duty, and the most important of all, loyalty. Without loyalty society would not be abl ....

.... so he wants their support. In a way, he was sort of playing a psychological game with the 'fallen angels' by telling them good things about the dreaded place that God had sent them to. Satan's speech successfully managed to convince and comfort them with the new hope of regaining Heaven. The part of Satan's commentary that favoured the hearts of his followers, and at the same time effectively persuaded them that they still had a chance of obtaining happiness was when he ended his speech with a profound announcement. He informed them of the New World and the new creature that would be created, "There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long Intended to create … plant A g ....

.... fragile Canada .The people of Quebec also felt as if they were being pushed and compressed tightly into their province by the thoughtlessness of the English Canadians . " How could French Canadiens - the only real Candaians - feel loyal to a people who had conquered and humiliated them , and were Protestant anayway ? France herself was no better ; she had deserted her Canadians a century and a half ago , had left them in the snow and ice along the St . Lawernce surrounded by their enemies , had later murdered her anoited king and turned athiest ... if a people deserted God they were punished for it , and France was being punished now . " 1This sort of sentiment was one tha ....