Because the overall mood of the Beat Generation was influenced by the Cold War of 1939-1945, the beatniks felt rebellious toward America's acquisition of consumer goods, which had been scarce during wartime. ... "Cultural historians point out that acquisition of consumer goods, which had been scarce during wartime, became a central feature of postwar life-(Search Plus-Beat). After the war, people started acquiring things that had been scarce during the Cold War of 1939-1945. ...

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Since technology is both scarce and valuable, its presence causes innate feelings of jealousy, stress, and violence; furthermore, technology is not a necessity, but a luxury rather. ... Technology's scarce and novel nature enables members to develop obsessive feelings of stress, jealousy, and violence; therefore, the price paid for technology carries greater weight than its advantages. ...

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FDR basically asked Eleanor to be his "eyes and ears - and especially his legs." (59) As Eleanor experience grew, she became more active in the discussion or solutions and laws that were so important for the American people during a time that resources were scarce and money was scarcer. ...

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Soon, at least one quarter of the world population will live where water is scarce. Wood is also quickly becoming a scarce resource, and the steady, constant demand for grain is met with a decreasing grain field space" (http://www.srzg.de/nenglish/1wwa/1short/4actions.htm ). ...

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The population has been increasing quite dramatically over the years, which will lead to the increase of resources becoming scarce, such as water and causing them to become high in demand. ... This suggests the increased violence rates throughout the country due to the scarce nature of water and various other resources such as health supplies. ...

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Fisherman in Cordova and other nearby cities surrounding the Gulf of Alaska have struggled with scarce catches. ... Many of the people that used these waters as a source of income have not been able to cope with the scarce catches, thus forcing more and more people to apply for unemployment and other welfare system benefits. ...

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Most of us American citizens do not want to spend scarce public funds incarcerating nonviolent marijuana offenders at the cost of $23 million dollars. ... By stubbornly defining all marijuana-smoking people as criminals, we are wasting police and prosecutorial resources, clogging our courts and scarce jail space. ...

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When rainfall was scarce farmers have to conserve and use it only when necessary. ... When periods of no rainfall occur, water becomes scarce and droughts start to occur and cause many problems like the death of species and crops. ...

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Nevertheless, the use of the scarce military resources for the peacekeeping operations cannot be ignored. For instance, the peacekeeping mission during the cold war used up pilots of small aircraft or the bilingual army signalers, scarce resources, as well as disrupting training of the navy, army and air force in preparation for war. ...

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Local Government has no Role to Play in Tourist Development The local Government is one of the keys to tourism development, a complete contradiction to that of the essay statement, which I believe really has no ground to stand on. In this essay I will illustrate this point by showing the roles wi...

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State of Nature Within Hobbes's state of nature he believes each human being acts only for his own good, thus human beings are not naturally fit for society, for they will inevitably fight for the resources, that Hobbes views as scarce (a concept that is still adhered to, to-day) and so by installing the idea of scarce resources, Hobbes can justify the argument that self-interest will lead to competition. ...

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In Joan Didion's coming of age essay, "Goodbye to All That", she uses New York symbolically to portray the illusion of infinite youth. Her stay in New York begins when she is very young and full of hopes. She lives everyday with the idea that there are no consequences and nothing matters. As her st...

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THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER Every human being desires to rise in life or society; it's how we get there that determine our consequences, Greed has no boundaries with social inequality, however the innocent pay the maximum price. Once goals are accomplished, who's to say if the craving is ...

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The Things We Choose Not To See The topic of violence is a recurrent theme in the media today. We all see it on the nightly news where we find out about the latest homicide or act of violence among the people who live in the lower class areas of Philadelphia. However, as many of us are middle ...

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14 October 2002 American Literature: Columbus,Smith, Bradford,Jefferson The new world discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, would lead to a new start for people's lives in America for centuries to come. America today is still referred to as the land of dreams, but over t...

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In his guide to rule, Machiavelli teaches that those who come to power through luck encounter difficulty when attempting to maintain that power (21). This statement irrefutably describes the situation of King Edward II. King Edward acquired power through succession and from Marlowe's portrayal of hi...

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Sociological Perspective A Mr. Berger summed up the sociological perspective by seeing the general in a particular. Seeing patterns and noticing the behavior of different people are characteristics of sociology. Human behavior is not what people decide to do, nor does society shape our lives. ...

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Henry Rider Haggard was a British writer and traveller who dedicated one of his first novels, "King Solomon's Mines," to "all the big and little boys who read it" (n.p.). Full of masculine characters experiencing epic adventures and big game hunting, the novel soon reached the intended target audie...

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The Importance of Property in Society Two different ideas are presented in John Locke's, The Second Treatise on Government and Karl Marx and Frederick Engel's, The Communist Manifesto. In The Second Treatise on Government, Locke explains that man's state of nature is a law of nature which is ...

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The Argument of Virginia Woolf A Room of One's Own is a story of a women named Mary, she is the narrator of Virginia Woolf and tells the story in first person form. She is a woman in the early 1900's that realizes how bad and unequal women are treated in society. The purpose of this story is...

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It is beautiful, and inevitably at the same time scarce, this is sad, but it seams that even Astrov's talents and his efforts to impede this destruction are useless against the typical Russian stupidity and naivety represented by Waffles. ...

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Water is an essential element of life, but has become a very scarce resource especially in the past hundred years, due to human activity. The Mekong River is no exception to this due to the high levels of water pollution, unsustainable use, and wasteful use. The Mekong River, also known as the "Moth...

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Imagine a life without pain. No one would live with disease, nor would our loved ones die. Every day would be comfortable and carefree. There would be no heartbreak or broken bones, no headaches or discomfort. Smiles would be plentiful, while tears would be scarce. A life without pain seems like a p...

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The character that once was Samson Agonistes, "herotic renowned/, No strength of man, or fierest Wild beast, could withstand: Who tore the lion as the lion tears the kid;" (Samson 125-127) is no longer. Instead he is a prisoner of his enemies...

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Should the Government Regulate the Economy? The free market approach in economic decision-making is based on private ownership of properties and resources, there is no government involvement, whereas the command approach describes a situation in which resources are jointly or publicly owned, everyth...

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