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Interlingua Is Doomed
Words: 518 - Pages: 2.... use an already existing natural language, all its
native speakers would form an elite. The fact that the Interlingua
enthusiasts normally excel in the very constructed language they advocate
does not seem to strike them as unfair at all.
Not that the people of this planet have ever managed to fully agree on
anything, but let us just suppose that the world was to reform and decide
to teach its citizens an all new language. The nations that would learn it
the quickest would of course be the industrialized countries with the
resources for good public education, incidentally the very nations that
know and are learning, the international busine .....
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The Ontoligical Argument
Words: 974 - Pages: 4.... and the terms that he used.
Anselm’s first form of the argument is that God is "that than which none greater can be conceived" (45) . Firstly, it must be emphasised that Anselm’s definition does not limit God to being the "greatest" but Anselem makes it known that nothing greater can be thought than God himself. Therefore, God should not in any way be linked to terms such as ‘omnipotent’ as terminology such as this limit him to what he really is. With this definition, Anselem tries to prove that not only does God exist in the mind but also in reality. He is saying that Because God is something and can be perceiv .....
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Prayer In Schools
Words: 1875 - Pages: 7.... worker said, "We believe that if we are to see America's young people come to Christ, and America turn around, it's going to happen through our schools, not our churches"(Beima 28). Russia's offical faith for seven years was atheism; however, today evangelists and Bible teachers distribute the Scriptures in the public schools. In America, whose motto is "In God We Trust", there is no affirmation of that claim in the schools, or public life; In 1999, 37 years after prayer was dismissed in schools, generation after generation is diverging from God and is perishing in iniquity.
The prayer issue has rapidly changed in the past three decades. .....
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The History Of Greek Culture
Words: 1032 - Pages: 4.... the Golden Age, prose had surpassed poetry in literature. Historical writings were especially popular. Herodotus, (“The Father of History”) traveled throughout the civilized world and recorded the manners and customs of elder nations.
About 450 BC, a group of philosophers, the Sophists, became prominent. They were groups of teachers, and scholars of theories of knowledge. They invented what is known in literature as rhetoric, or the art of composing and delivering persuasive speeches. The Sophist movement contributed to the rise of prose over poetry in Athens, as shown with the attached pictures.
The ancient Greeks did not establi .....
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Long Term Care Ltc
Words: 709 - Pages: 3.... how many Million Americans over the age of 65. It also shows the living arrangements for Americans to date.
In the next thirty years, 20 % of the population will be over 65 years of age, due to the baby boomer era. Based on statistics, at least 25% or more will require long tern care.
Growth of LTC facilities
There are estimates of 20,000 to 30,000 LTC homes in the United States, according to industry figures. The widening flood of Americans later life guarantees that long-term care facilities will be the 21st century growth industry. The market which was $86 billion in 1996, is expected to reach $490 billion by 2030.
Trends .....
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How To Set The Timing On A Engine Utilizing A Distributor
Words: 284 - Pages: 2.... line off of the distributor
and plug the end of the line. Next, mark the Top Dead Centre (TDC) mark
on the harmonic balancer (the round piece on the front of the engine) with
chalk. In addition, it is a good idea to chalk the correct mark for the
number of degrees to which you'll be setting the distributor. This
specification is usually found in the owner's manual of the vehicle. The
third step is to actually use the timing gun. Hook the timing gun up to
the battery using the twelve volt alligator clips. Additionally, attach
the gun to the number one spark plug wire with the wire provided. Usually,
a certain engine speed will be design .....
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Death And Bereavement
Words: 3668 - Pages: 14.... encounter with death was when I was seven years old. I traveled with my mother to visit with my maternal grandfather. He was my only living grandparent and it was the first time I had met him. I can remember that he looked old and pale and had a shock of white hair. While he knew who I was, he was somewhat confused as he kept referring to me by my mother's name. Although, he did not appear to be in pain, he had recently suffered a massive heart attack and was not expected to last much longer. My mother's childhood home was filled with relatives and family friends, but for me it was a strange atmosphere. I had not previously met many .....
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Unidentified Flying Objects: Fact Or Fiction?
Words: 2646 - Pages: 10.... to subscribing to belief in
ghosts? These are a few of the many pertinent UFO questions the mature
individual must address.
One of the most popular theories that support and explains the
existence of alien beings is the ancient astronaut theory. This theory
contains three main schools of thought. The first states that aliens bred
with our primitive forebears thereby creating modern man. The second is
quite similar. Aliens performed genetic engineering on apes thereby
creating the Homo Sapiens and man's intelligence. The third, and least
accepted, is that colonists from another galaxy came to Earth, mated with
the primitive .....
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Can Sociology Be Value Free
Words: 2563 - Pages: 10.... a cultural product in that what a society defines as knowledge reflects the values of that society. therefore making value free science the aim but not the achievable goal of sociology? Indeed. is the concept of value free sociology' of value itself raising the notion of there being merit in a value plus sociology? This concept of value free sociology has its roots in the rise of positivism and the scientific method in the mid nineteenth century. Positivists believed that discovering laws of social development would create a better society. A key figure in the establishing of sociology as a respectable science was Comte (1798-1857). Comte lo .....
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Sexual Attitudes Have Changed
Words: 855 - Pages: 4.... faced condemnation from many religious organisations for being immoral. He persisted and eventually obtained sexual life histories of 18,000 people. This showed a gap that can exist between publicly accepted attitudes and actual sexual behaviour.
Sexual attitudes had undoubtedly became more permissive over the last 30 years. The 1960's brought openly declared attitudes more into line with the realities of sexual behaviour. Social movements challenged the existing order of society. The 'New Left' and Hippie Lifestyles broke with existing sexual norms, free love and pre-martial sex was adopted in their cultures. Drugs were available an .....
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