Working students have more limited free hours. For example, back in Portugal where I used to live, I had a friend who worked many hours so she"d always be late for classes; consequently, besides not having all the notes, it was difficult for her to catch up because of the lack of time. ... I tried to have conversation but they were no good, even tough she tried, her eyes seemed hypnotized by the small round black inked letters emphasized on the white background of her blue covered note-books. ... In contrast with working students, non-working students as me also tend to participate, but don&#...

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Weizsacker's statement in his book The Apostolic Age(1958), "From all our authorities there can be no doubt that [baptism] was practiced from an early date in the Apostolic period." ... Beasley-Murray's book Baptism in the New Testament(1963) he brings out what scholars believe Paul's view of baptism was. ... It is also interesting to note that by Paul's time the practice of believer b...

• Word Count: 8909
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: High School

His, father, Samuel, encouraged him to read some of the great literary classics, providing him with a ten cents reward for each book he mastered. ... Starting with the last book on the bottom shelf, he systematically read, or at least carefully perused, every book in the building. ... Another positive outcome of Tom's response to "The Principia" was that it helped him cultivate a graphically sound and free spirited style of thinking... and a desire to prove all things to himself through practical experimentation. ... And, even though his occasional refusal to accept established engine...

• Word Count: 3349
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This particular book dealt with the notion that the Russian peasantry was a viable revolutionary force, but lacked the capability of developing on its own. ... In response to a letter in a newspaper by writer Maxim Gorky criticizing the Bolshevik actions, Lenin wrote: "As the State is only a transitional institution which we are obliged to use in the revolutionary struggle in order to crush our opponents forcibly, it is pure absurdity to speak of a Free People's State. ... Interesting to note that a young Stalin, then the head of the People's Commissariat for Nationalities, wanted...

• Word Count: 1728
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. ... Now Eric plunged into finishing the book, and despite the fact that it took about 2 more years, it was exactly the book he had wanted to write initially. ... ("Orwell- 2) The book was published as, Down and Out in Paris and London, in 1933 by the House of Gollancz. ... In 1946 he attempted to settle in the Scottish island of Jura, where he stated his last book, 1984. ... Ind...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning chapter sets up the problems of the entire novel with great efficiency. It tells us what is going on at present with Obi's trial and backtracks to the past in order to reveal what kind of man Obi is: an educated man, a young man who is Nigerian but who has studied in England. Most sign...

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• Grade Level: High School

Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

• Word Count: 5545
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• Grade Level: High School

Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School