to avoid offending anyone. Censorship is an all too common plight of the art community; pieces are censored because they are deemed offensive‚ irreverent‚ or just plain misunderstood. Dennis Oppenheim has first-hand experience with the wrath of censors; his artistic tenure has suffered from many of his adversaries’ attempts to hide his works from the public eye. When the President of Stanford University‚ John Hennessy‚ rejected Device to Root out Evil‚ an outdoor piece Oppenheim had made‚ Oppenheim
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number that looks like this √21‚ √15‚ √17. A surd is a root that cannot be written exactly as a decimal or a fraction. They are irrational. Simplifying Surds A surd can be simplified by rewriting the number inside the root as a product of two other numbers‚ one of which is its largest square factor. The square root of this factor is then written outside of the root sign. Rules of Surds Surds are numbers left in "square root form" (or "cube root form" etc). Addition and subtraction of surds a√b
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The origin of English Common in the 12th century was sparked by the death of King Henry I in 1135. The nephew of Henry I was Stephen‚ and he was acknowledged to be the rightful king‚ but the magnates and such had sworn loyalty to Henry’s daughter‚ Matilda. The entire reign of Stephen‚ which lasted from 1135 to 1154‚ was spent fighting with Matilda and her French husband. Upon Stephen’s death the son of Matilda‚ Henry II‚ became king in 1154. It was from here on that the King started to take
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CHAPTER ONE: 1.1. Introduction The current search for excellence in higher education in Nigeria has concentrated primarily on institutional issues such as input resources‚ rapid expansion of higher education‚ managerial and allocative efficiency‚ programme relevance‚ and output mix in terms of students’ employability‚ research‚ and service. lndeed‚ overwhelming evidence suggests that there has been a dramatic decline in the quality of higher education and in die general performance of institutions
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I believe Fiero’s first humanist actually seems to start in early Greek civilization.” Greeks were called the humanists of the ancient world”. (Fiero 30) The Greeks were known for their art‚ literature‚ as well as their religious culture. Fiero also refers to the humanistic period in which the great historian Thucydides wrote “The History of The Polynesian War” (Fiero 37) which we see celebrates the Greek culture in Athens during the Polynesian War. I believe this was a great example of the humanist
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“The Root of Evil” represents what the parents of the students and faculty felt about Cruz. How this could have been stopped if the authority and school district have paid attention. A close analysis of Ramirez cartoon “The Root of Evil” reveals what people of Florida believe is what caused Cruz to go on a mass murder spree at a local high school in Parkland.
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‘At the root of the Cold War was the German Question.’ Discuss. 1945 was a momentous year for change; the war was over‚ an atomic bomb had been used Germany was divided‚ decolonisation had created a power vacuum‚ and a harrowing symbiosis between America and the USSR had developed. The Cold War which subsequently arose was not like the other endemic wars of the past millennium‚ it was a combination of two kinds of war; it was both an ideological confrontation and a struggle to maintain the balance
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English legal system and the common law tradition Contents Introduction 22 2 1 Judging the operation of the legal system 23 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 The common law tradition and its influence upon the English legal system 27 Have we seen the historical rise and fall of the common law tradition? 31 Substantive
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we must revisit the way humans have viewed our relationship with through technological‚ religious and scientific lenses. The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis‚ an article published in the journal Science in 1967 and written by Lynn White Jr‚ looks back through the history and the ways in which “all forms of life modify their context” (The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis‚ White‚ Lynn Science 10 March 1967‚ pg 1203). White begins by exploring the causes‚ tracing the history of what we
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CULTURAL RELATIVITY: THE ROOT OF CAUSE CONFLICT IN NIGERIA Nigeria is a multicultural nation with over 250 ethnic groups. Human beings are product of culture. Culture has made people what they are. Culture is the totality of experience of people in a given environment. Culture is complex whole of the people- this complex whole includes the beliefs‚ habits‚ modes and attitude of people. Culture is the result of interaction of people in a particular environment and the interpretation of their experiences
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