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    was composed‚ dream conveyed much the same importance as it does today. The essential and most truly reliable meaning of dream is "a train of considerations‚ pictures‚ or fancies going through the brain amid rest... A dream of the extravagant willfully or deliberately enjoyed when wakeful (esp. as being stunning or sit without moving) (OED‚ second ed.‚ s.v. "dream‚" 1a‚ 2). The meanings of the word pass on a feeling of the fantastical or unbelievable – Hamlet says "a fantasy itself is however a shadow

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    Science: Meaning of Life

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    What does science and technology mean? These are two different words comprised by different alphabetical letters. When these words are separate‚ they give different meaning but when combined form a specific meaning. As we have modernized ourself from past to future‚ in the same way science and technology has turned out and proved itself to be a great need for human beings. Science generally means to deal with creatures‚ environment‚ human life etc. physically‚ chemically and biologically. It is

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    the other industries which require both educated and skilled managers to run the operations successfully. According to Heinz Weihrich and Harold Koontz ( 1993 )‚ management can be defined as all the activities and tasks undertaken by one or more persons for the purpose of planning and controlling the activities of others in order to achieve an objective or complete an activity that could not be achieved by the others acting independently. This assignment will also cover several kinds of management

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    Javert Stars Meaning

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    catch Jean Valjean as well as his belief that he is doing the right thing. The opening lines convey right away that Javert believes he is in the right and that Valjean is “Fallen from God [and] / Fallen from grace.” This was evidently the mentality of many of the people in power during this time period in France. In

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    Meaning Of The Word Sick

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    are no longer deemed as acceptable due to the offensive content and underlying meanings. The word “sick” has transitioned into many different meanings throughout time. Although many people see “sick” as a trendy word with little meaning other than to be “cool”‚ maybe we should consider its hidden meaning and the possibility it may insult someone. Throughout time‚ the word sick has evolved into many distinctive meanings that many people have never heard of. When thinking about the definitions of “sick

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    just one meaning‚ one is the hard physical labor of a prisoner and the second one is an uprising getting back into reality from prison. At the beginning stanza of the song the lead vocalist Dan Reynolds sing “ I wipe my brow and sweat my rust” (Line 6) which means very hard physical labor and abuse from instructions or other personals. This line means a lot to people who have been in prison or had to do hard work before. Dan says in lines 9 and 22 “I’m waking up‚ I feel it in my bones” meaning that a

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    However‚ he knows that he is also to blame. He makes a sarcastic plea and then an impassioned plea to free a jailed union activist and other mistreated people. In Ginsberg’s poem America‚ has several symbols that play a significant part to how the speaker feels about the country America. One symbol is money. Money makes the world go ‘round. Ginsberg’s speaker wants to know if money should be like that. The speaker brings up on multiple occasion the issues of money as a symptom of what is wrong with

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    The Meaning of Being an Educated Person Being educated is one of the most important attribute a person can have. However‚ there is a difference between being educated from experience and being educated from readings and schoolwork. Though being knowledgeable through experience allows a person to be thought of as well-rounded‚ the basics of his or her own rights and abilities are often overlooked. Not too many people can recite all of their rights and capabilities and be able to explain them

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    The True Meaning of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence states‚ “We [the Founding Fathers] hold these truths to be self-evident:-- That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness (US 1776).” The Declaration of Independence was published on July 4‚ 1776‚ after seventeen days of deliberate debate about what would be the foreground of a new nation. The

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    The Real Meaning of The Crucible In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller comments on the absurdity of historical events or organizations such as the HUAC‚ McCarthyism‚ and the Red Scare by the accusations and reactions of the characters in the book. The HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities) was a committee started in 1934 to keep an eye on behavior that they thought to be subversive. The committee was created to keep and eye on all types of subversive behavior‚ but had a tendency to focus on

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