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appears to summarise the attitudes of the Europeans, and in particular, the English, at the turn of the century. The central narrator and character of the text, Marlow, presents his views on the issues of race and gender in a manner which grates against…

is Tsedaqah.Tsedaqah is a noun in the feminine form; the masculine form of the word is tsedeq. To most scholars, the words are interchangeable. However, A. Jepsen contends that tsedeq means, “right order” and that tsedaqah is the idea of “human…

most brilliant entrepreneurs in creating the automobile assembly line, it was his controversial characteristics and unorthodox approach towards administrating the Ford Motor Company which resulted in the conglomeration of one of the most successf…

of the biggest problems is that we are in debt. We are in huge amounts of debt, and we will never ever get out of it; Unless one or both of my suggestions are followed up with. The first and more practical of the two suggestions involve me being a polic…

sativa. There are other plants that are called hemp, but cannabis hemp is the most useful of these plants. In fact, cannabis sativa means "useful (sativa) hemp (cannabis)". "Hemp" is any durable plant that has been used since pre-history for many…

currently banned, government officials have permitted one farmer to grow the crop on a small-scale research plot. Public support for hemp farming is gathering. An informative one-hour Australian TV documentary, The Billion-Dollar Crop, is available…

the union of the two sexes in the same individual,or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.1 A hermaphrodite individual is sexually unfinished or partly male and partly female. Due to the similarities between…

is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime!" --Adlai Stevenson Daniel Webster defines: *Hero:  one renowned for exceptional courage and fortitude; a champion; an idol …

the word hero all of the time. The news media throws the term around as if it is an everyday word. What exactly is a hero? Who, or what, can be classified as a heroic? The correct definition of the word hero is: One invested with heroic qualities…

term was first applied to tales concerned with knights, chivalry, and courtly love. Several romances deal with Alexander the Great, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and Emperor Charlemagne. The Arthurian romances fall into three broad…