Even figures like Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla had died less than 100 years before his birth, meaning the information surrounding these figures was by no means lost to the annals of time, as in the early books of Livy. These characters' actions and traits, as well as general themes of the time show up variously in Livy's books (especially 2 and 3), and shape the way Livy presents his history. The recurring topic of Livy's second and third books is the Conflict of Orders. ... But as he has seen in his own time, via Gracchus, cross-party respect has been banished from ...

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In all of the religions of the world, one of the primary questions that they are to answer is that of the meaning of life and life after death. As long as man has been self-aware and cognizant of the passage of time, he has operated with the knowledge that he, at some time as a mortal man, must end his life and die. ... Of the two principal religions that the region is credited with developing, all have their similarities and differences that are reflective of the time, attitudes and culture of those who created it. ... At the time of judgement, God will judge what one did over the course ...

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Butler and Waldroop say this is because " many people only have a dim awareness of their own deeply embedded life interests."" Many people are in roles that have no bearing on their life interests, so while they may be exceptionally good at their jobs, there is no anchor to that position. ... Job sculpting could possibly mean that all roles in an organization can be filled by people whose life interest correspond in some measure to the tasks they perform. ... A structured approach may be time limiting, however the wrong employee can do more harm than having no-one performing the role. ... Th...

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Furthermore, Pope Alexander VI wrote some of the most controversial papal bulls of all time like the Inter Caetera, which was a precursor to the Treaty of Tordesillas. ... To show some of the most significant ways that Rodrigo was corrupt even before he was Pope, I have summarized some of his early life as religious leader and future Pope. ... These were some of the big time issues that Martin Luther and several others, like John Calvin, were fighting against across Europe. ...

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The evolution of globalization has taken hundreds of years from the time of early man until now. ... Humans have interacted with each other over long distances for a very long time. ... The books by Ghemewat and Friedman are polar opposites on the subject of globalization. ... By the analysis of the two authors books, the reader can begin to understand how two scholars can have different viewpoints on competition within the global society. ...

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In the novel Dracula, Bram Stoker has presented and old' view to vampirism, closely linking it to the conservative morality of society at the time, in terms of sexuality and religious beliefs. ... Stoker's Dracula pervades strong sexual themes, blending the violent and bloody attacks of the vampires with a passionate yearning for sensual experience in mysterious night-time settings. ... The audience's identification with Lestat is not only aided by this first person narrative of his life, but by the fact that he perceives himself as both human and evil. ...

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These policies pursued by Eisenhower added to the tension and apprehension the American public was already feeling in regard to the Soviet threat, and added to the relative conformity and strict social rules of the time. ... Resulting in lost reputation and in the case of many members of Hollywood, lost work due to blacklisting, this phenomenon revealed the paranoia of the time period. ... The appellant Roth ran a business, based in New York, which published and sold books, photographs and magazines. ... Similarly, the appellant Alberts, ran a mail-order business based in Los Angeles and wa...

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Socrates is known as one of the greatest philosophers of all time, but he never actually wrote any of his thoughts down on paper. ... He would question the proclaimed wisest men of Athens while at the same time professing his own ignorance. ... His life becomes a mission to try to get the people to question things and not take everything at face value. ... However, due to Socrates' belief in the importance of living a virtuous life and striving to figure out exactly what that entailed, he truly believed that he was doing a great service for the people of Athens. ...

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He wrote several books which were published including a book on antisemitism. ... Also in his career he published other books that were highly derogatory works on women. ... These additional exposures permitted Lombroso to exam people from all aspects of life. ... During Darwin's time period most scientists believed in the catastrophist theory. ... After the catastrophist event plant and animal life were the created individually and immutable. ...

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You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... Knowledge of various drugs, potions and techniques was available from home medical guides, from health books for woman, for mid-wives and irregular practitioners, and trained physicians. Substantial evidence suggest that many American women sought abortions, tried the standard techniques of the day, and no doubt succeeded some proportions of the time in terminating unwanted pregnancies. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americ...

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You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... A knowledge of various drugs, potions and techniques was available from home medical guides, from health books for woman, for mid-wives and irregular practitioners, and trained physicians. Substantial evidence suggest that many American women sought abortions, tried the standard techniques of the day, and no doubt succeeded some proportions of the time in terminating unwanted pregnancies. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Amer...

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You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... A knowledge of various drugs, potions and techniques was available from home medical guides, from health books for woman, for mid-wives and irregular practitioners, and trained physicians. Substantial evidence suggest that many American women sought abortions, tried the standard techniques of the day, and no doubt succeeded some proportions of the time in terminating unwanted pregnancies. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Amer...

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This condition can occur at birth, or, more commonly, it can occur at later stages in life due to varying factors, such as pressure within the eye, diabetes or a damaged retina ("Blindness-). ... During this time, women were finally admitted as Lions and not Lionesses; Lions Clubs International was the first service organization to practice this policy (Walker interview). ... By that time, his family moved to Berkley, California, so that tenBroek could attend the California School for the Blind. ... Judicial decisions actually charged the injured parties of contributory negligence because...

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(mceecdya.edu.au) The thought is girls and boys are opposites and have been assigned their status in life, but this can reduce their ability to participate in an effective educational outcome and can "affect their perception of gender when it comes to other factors. ... (Levitch and Gable, 2005)  The teachers also chose books, which had the same amount of female and male characters.  ... They often assign reading books meant to induce sympathy for the feelings of characters with problems." (Rhoads, 2004) The problem is the boys became bored with these types of books, where the girls enjoyed...

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In the past, books and newspapers were the most commonly read items; now emails and text messages form a lot of normal day's communication activities. ... They rather play video games, visiting social media networks than reading books from school or available materials in their home. ... It is important to nurture a positive outlook and exuberance about books and other reading materials. ... If the status of the family of the learner is well-off there is a strong correlation that the learner is more exposed to broad reading materials like magazines, novels, and short stories, etc., that w...

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The Harlem Renaissance made an important impact on American life through impressive contributions by many artists. ... The Urban League was founded in 1910 with the goal of acclimating recent migrants to the rigors of urban life. ... Claude McKay's volume of poetry, Harlem Shadow (1922), Jean Toomer's experimental novel combination of poetry and prose, Cane (1923), and Jessie Fauset's novel about a middleclass black woman, There Is Confusion (1924) were among the first books written by Blacks to be published. ... Secondly, the publication of Nigger Heaven (1926) by white nov...

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Project managers are expected to successfully bring their projects to fruition (achieved pre-determined quality) while keeping a tight rein on budgets (costs) and schedules (time). In order to fulfill the requirement of time, cost and quality, a project manager needs to acquire a set of skills to help him to manage the project and solve variety of problems during the implementation of project. ... But they have the same objective: achieve the project's goals and complete the project within time, cost and quality. ... The sources include books in-print, journals, magazines, dissertation...

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With the advent of modern technology it has become increasingly relevant as to whether we can artificially engineer life. ... The way in which we have evolved technology has meant that we have moved from having separate devices for different tasks; I have my iPod for my music, my Kindle for my books and my Gameboy for playing games. ... One device that stores music, books, banking details and even health records, whilst simultaneously allowing you to communicate with others, search the internet and all of this is able to fit into the palm of your hand. ... He developed this idea during his tim...

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Eco's Postscript is also a manifesto proclaiming the authority of serious historical fiction: the characters in a historical novel may not appear in encyclopedias, he notes, but everything they do could only occur in that time and place. Made-up events and characters tell us things "that history books have never told us so clearly," so as "to make history, what happened, more comprehensible"(p. 75). ... Their success seems to have surprised Eco, who puzzled for "two years" after the publication of his first novel, "trying to figure out why the book was being read by people who surely coul...

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To strengthen the control of education and make the Nazi ideology even more present in the life of young Germans, Hitler established the Hitler Youth Movement. ... Indeed, it states that the Nazi government "begin[s] with the child when he is three years old" and that "As soon as he begins to think, he is made to carry a little flag" which really shows the control on the germans' life "from the cradle to the grave" that is made by the Nazi Party. ... Also, it is of value because it was written by Dr Robert Ley, the man in charge of the Labour Front who lived ...

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Although not all physicians agreed with the various constraints of the Hippocratic Oath, as time progressed, the followers of many religious sects, including Jewish, Catholics, Christians, and even Muslims believed the oath and supported it. ... As time evolved, changes in people's mindset were leading to potential shifts and turns with such law and practices. ... He had been born in England, and authored numerous books, including Final Exit. ... Prior to writing his books, he had helped his wife to commit suicide by taking a vial that Derek had asked a physician to give him. At that time...

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They are making their own personal choices, and showing that they are in charge of their own life. ... The main goal of a conservative way of life is to save money. Spending time with family is a big part of life, and not going out and spending money. ... A trendy lifestyle is the way of life for many of the middle class and upper class Indian consumers. ... The increase in middle class working women will rise tremendously which will introduce the production of women oriented items that could range from a ton of things of a spectrum, such as designing and selling, whether it be clothes, sho...

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Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? ... However, while a variety of sources were available regarding his Western counterparts such as Montgomery and Eisenhower, copies of books written or translated into English regarding the matter were rare, to say the least. ... The individual context of the historian, as well as the events surrounding their time of writing, obviously adds impact on t...

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Until these books are revised, however, no better set of diagnostic criteria is available to the general public. According to the current standards set forth in DSM IV, in order for an individual to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, that individual must meet several criteria for given time periods. ... For much of this time period, the disorder must have materially impaired the patient's ability to work, study, socialize, or provide self-care. ... Individuals with this type of schizophrenia will place themselves in awkward and sometimes uncomfortable physical positions and hold them for h...

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People may become bilingual either by acquiring two languages at the same time in childhood or by learning a second language sometime after acquiring their first language. ... Children can also become bilingual if their parents speak more than one language to them, or if some other significant person in their life (such as a grandparent or caretaker) speaks to them consistently in another language. ... English is in no danger of disappearing any time soon; it is firmly established both in America and in countries throughout the world. ...

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