After selecting a house design from the Sears Modern Homes catalog, customers were asked to send in $1. ... The company's Modern Homes were hot sellers in the 1920s. ... The Sears Modern Homes catalogs of the early 1920s were the largest the company published. ... In 1935, the Modern Homes department was reopened, but the days of Sears home loans were over. ... The last Sears Modern Homes catalog was issued in 1940. ...

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Linear progression, in my opinion, is a perfect plan of the heart and mind. ... To live in a linear progression, your life would be perfect and well scripted. Everything would be perfect. ... Modern American adults are thinking ahead, looking for changes in the future. ... In contrast cyclical views are more of the modern views, education is a continuous life long process. ...

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It is an important piece of literature because it portrays the problems experienced by the modern day male who feels trapped in a world of the gray-collar working-class, a world filled with materialism and distractions, a group of men raised in single-parent families often devoid of a male role-model, in a world where there is no great cause to fight for. ... This is an analogy to modern day life, suggesting that it can't get much worse off than it is. ...

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He also transforms many of the threats or monsters present in the text to be played out by more modern "monsters- and uses scenes from the text, although modified in his film. His transformation is modern enough, and brought into the real world enough that the transformations and the origin of the storyline are not obvious unless someone has read both the text and watched the film and is looking for connections. ... He uses the Cyclops from the text in his film, but transforms the traditional monster into a modern monster- a greedy man posing as someone trustworthy. ... This particular text w...

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Despite the passing of twenty-five hundred years their topics remain relevant to the modern world. ... Pursuing the perfect definition, however fruitless, still makes one think and organize their thoughts. ... Plato used mathematics to explain that we base geometry around perfect angles, circle, and triangles, even though they do not exist. ... Plato argued that nothing is perfect or correct if you can conceive something better, even if it does not exist, and made very precise distinctions between "knowledge" and "belief." ...

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In our more permissive modern day society an individual can pierce their body for any number of the reasons listed above, but is not limited or obligated to a specific set of rules or conduct. Another unique principal behind modern day piercing is that unless the piercing has been overstretched, it can be viewed as temporary. ... The modern day Cuna Indians of Panama continue this practice by wearing thick pure gold rings in their septum. ...

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It uniquely combines modern day setting and characters withtheoriginallanguage. ... A market square in modern America would be very strange. ... In the Luhrman version the dress is close to modern day attire, Hawaiian shirts and tuxedos. ... At the end of the scene where Prince Escalus says that if the two families fight again there will be deaths, Luhrman's version, he has used the modern day equivalent of a prince, a police general, this is good because there are no princes in modern day cities so Luhrman has used the next best thing, a modern day equivalent of a prince. ... Rom...

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It has gone through many changes before evolving into the modern day piano we know of today. ... They were also tuned over a flat soundboard like a modern piano. ... "Though this instrument originated in Italy, it was perfected by English builders in the late seventeenth century" (Grover). ... This instrument would be the model in which the modern grand piano would take after (Hamilton). ... On early fortepianos, the mechanism modernly known as the pedal was often manipulated by the knees. ...

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Whether consciously, or subconsciously, the average "Generation X" male of modern society can relate to and understand Fight Club, which makes both the novel and motion picture such an important proclamation regarding the state of our modern culture. ... He lives in a condo that is furnished with all the comforts of modern society, namely mass-produced furnishings that can be found in the homes of millions across North America. ... Only now the fingers were Nosferatu-long and the thumb was too short, but he said how at exactly four-thirty the hand was perfect. The giant shadow hand was per...

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The medicine of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans set the foundations of what we know today as modern science. ... GREEK MEDICINE "The foundation of modern medicine is to be found in the medicine of the Ancient Greeks" (http://junior.apk.net/~fjk/gmed.html). ... The cults developed old theories and introduced several treatments not too dissimilar from modern alternative medicines used in today's society. ...

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A rich Oriental flavour (Spiritual, more martial arts rather than a military style later adapted) was present, however, the modern day Chinese physical culture, incorporates much from the west (see appendix 2). ... Sports organisations in martial arts and other more traditional sports in China existed long before modern sports were introduced. ... Modern sports - such as the Olympics and other international sports common to various countries of the world - were introduced to China at the turn of the 20th century. ... In Britain modern sports were developments from traditional sports played in ...

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Of course, attempting to find a perfect equation, thus a perfect solution, for the universe is viewed as impossible by many of the best minds in the field, it is possible to make good predictions which are based on trends. ... As far as the modern mathematics, no one was able to find a similar number, therefore, the properties of Phi are considered unique. ... In reading that, however, one needs to understand that these "rules" can only be used to make predictions, never to tell the exact outcome for as long as the system is not perfect. ... In truth, the exact dimensions of the great pyrami...

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The Function of Profanity in Modern English Chapter 1- Introduction and Clarification Since the beginning of the English language, there have existed certain words that were considered by the majority to be taboo, or not to be spoken in polite discourse. ... Since this is a study of modern English, the words should be representative of the kind of profanity used today. ...

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It has often been said that "instead of shaping our desires to fit reality, modern man tries to control and shape reality to fit our desires"" (Keller). When considering the issue of a loving God sending people to Hell, it is evident that modern man has taken from Scripture only the verses and concepts that fit popular desires and beliefs, and for this reason, the modern church does not actually understand who God is. ... This is a clear distinction that should be made, since another popular modern belief says that God "hates the sin and loves the sinner". ... Because this belief violently...

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Recognized as the father of modern drama for his realistic portrayal of all types of psycho-sociological problems, Ibsen was considered the Shakespeare of the modern era. ... But with The League of Youth, he began a modern phase where focus was directed towards the problems of a modern society. ... A Doll's House (1879) was a socio-drama on marriage in which a woman walks out from her seemingly perfect marriage following the desperational act of consorting to fraud in order to save her husband from critical illness. ...

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Abstract Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many far beyond when they would have died in the past. Death, in modern times, often ensures a long and painful fall where one loses control both physically and emotionally. Some individuals embrace the time that modern technology buys them; while others find the loss of control overwhelming and frightening. ... The modern euthanasia movement began in England in 1935, when G. ... For the court to accept assisted suicide would send a false signal that a less-than-perfect life is not worth living (Chicago Tribune, ...

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To me, the beginning verses of John express an almost perfect balance of mythos and logos. ... The conflict arises from a modern tendency to believe that logos is all we need, that mythos cannot be a part of any pragmatic policy. ... In the 16th century, and the beginning of what we consider to be the modern age (1492), three great Muslim empires were established: Ottoman empire in Asia Minor, which wielded substantial world power until after World War I; Safavid Empire in Iran (the major Shiite nation); and the Moghul empire on the Indian subcontinent. ... They were the culmination of ...

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It can be observed, "that the enjoyment of a modern painting carries one's attention not to a center of interest but all over the canvas and not following any particular path" (Rothenberg 25) It's a matter of symmetry and asymmetry that dictates the flow of sight across a surface. ... The build up from the beginning of songs in certain modern day genres such as electronica and dance music to its climatic point is what makes the music so full of excitement. ...

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It is argued that from modern times onwards the development of scientific knowledge on the one hand, and technology on the other is inextricably bound up each with the other. ... Both reflect the autonomy of the modern subject, who distances himself from both 'higher' imposed metaphysical values and from those of nature. ... Part I also analyses and interprets the philosophical and theological developments leading to these modern, interrelated conceptions of freedom and epistemology. ... Although Ockham's doctrine is a prelude to the typically modern adage of the 'verum ...

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Consequently, the play can be seen as "the defeat of the romantic imagination in a modern world inimical to transcendent ideal and aspiration" (Thompson 6). ... Tom claims that the play's lack of realism, its high drama, its overblown and too-perfect symbolism, and even its frequent use of music, are all due to its origins in the memory. ... According to Thompson Williams' characters "are representatives of a modern suffering humanity, victimized by their own conflicting drives and desires and existentially alienated from a world become a metaphysical 'heap of broken images'...

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He was spending long periods of time in London, in the company of Ezra Pound and "some of the modern artists whom the war has so far spared...It was Pound who helped most, introducing him everywhere." ... Everything about his poetry bespeaks high modernism: its use of myth to undergird and order atomized modern experience; its collage-like juxtaposition of different voices, traditions, and discourses; and its focus on form as the carrier of meaning. ... With the publication of the volume  Prufrock and Other Observations by The Egoist Press in 1917, Eliot was heralded as the most important o...

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The Burton-Depp collaborations are well-known to modern moviegoers. ... She had to overcome the stigma of being the girlfriend of the director, and she felt extra pressure to be as perfect as possible: "I think I had to be righter than right to prove I was right to play Mrs. ... Audrey, Seymour's co-worker and love interest, is beautifully innocent, and also in love with Seymour: Unbeknownst to Seymour, Audrey loves him too, and imagines their married life together in a perfect '60s (the musical retains the original movie's time period) suburban cottage. ...

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The History and Science of Hypnosis Introduction A brief history of the concept of hypnosis The science of hypnosis, remote from being a practice of modern times, is one that has been studied and pondered over since pre-historic times. ... According to Baker (1990), the use of hypnotic-like techniques and procedures were mentioned in the Hindu Vera, written about 1500 BC, and the Ebers papyrus, which is known to be over 3,000 years old, narrates an expressive method extremely similar to the techniques modern hypnotherapists practice today. ... Mesmer based his theories and prospects on his bel...

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Once upon a time there was a magical world, where everything was perfect and everybody was happy and it was known as the land of Fairytales. ... Although the traditional Folk-Tales presented woman as strong and competent, the fairytales of modern culture present the female in passive, minor roles and this in turn suggests that society only values women if they are beautiful, wealthy and appear docile and obedient. ...

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Throughout modern time, baseball has been present in America's history. ... It is a game that ties perfect strangers together. ... The game ties modern generations to the generations of yesteryear. ... But to a purist, the imperfections of the game make it perfect. ...

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