Elizabeth Gray Vining was a librarian‚ a tutor to a crown prince and an author. She was born in 1902 in Pennsylvania to a Quaker family. At the age of13‚ she published her first story; she received $2 for it. In 1919‚ she graduated from Germantown Friends School and then attended Bryn Mawr College. Her education continued at the Library School of Drexel Institute‚ where she received her degree in 1926. After graduating she joined the library staff at the University of North Carolina. Her first
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Article by Kevin Gray Carr is based on his studies of relics of Prince Shotoku in Medieval Japan. Carr states that remains of Prince became “personalized relics”‚ and through the historical transformation reached the same level of veneration as relic of Sakyamuni. In the medieval times‚ Shotoku was known as “Japan’s Sakyamuni”. The bond between two figures lies in their linguistic‚ biographical‚ and individual similarities. Carr believed that Shotoku and Sakyamuni can be linked through relics. The
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Abstract United States has had a greater impact on global democratization‚ for better or for worse‚ than any other country during the past century. No country has used its vast political‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and military resources toward recreating other states in its own image. Not surprisingly‚ U.S involvement in democracy promotion has attracted such great attention‚ together with a good deal of skepticism and suspicion. In fact‚ the building blocks of U.S. democracy promotion have come into
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Jim Robbins wrote “America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou” for The New York Times in order to raise the issue of struggling caribou populations in North America and encourage a government response. Robbin advocates for the protection of caribou by referencing experts on the topic in order to establish his authority and statistics that support his argument on a logical level. In order to establish his credibility‚ Robbins uses the knowledge of experts on caribou biology. Robbin establishes
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days and nights learning to share and work with others. In the struggle of having a father in a train cart‚ Lina‚ Jonas and Andrius‚ cope with each other and striving to save their loved fathers. I think that according to the book “between shades of gray” I would match up the best with‚ Jonas. Jonas Is oblivious to the circumstance an just “goes with the flow”‚ an plays it on the safe side. Like me‚ being the youngest‚ you have to listen and follow. While imprisoned in their cold‚ crowed‚ train cars
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The theme of the novel “warehouse” by Keith Gray is “change” because the protagonists all changed obviously at the end of the story. Robbie is a “fifteen” (p.9) years old boy who runs away from home because of his abusive brother named Frank. Frank always beats Robbie up and “[he] blaming” (p.80) Robbie for making their “dad left us” (p.59). Robbie never fights back‚ he thinks he deserves it because he told a lie when he was eight and everything got changed. Their dad left them. At the end of the
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Rachna Shah The Picture of Dorian Gray Journal Entry: The Time I Was Called a Cradle Robber vs. Tabula Rasa Dorian Gray is simply too young to be in his twenties. His sapphire blue eyes are wells-magnetic. The boyish crinkling of his eyes when he smiles-oh‚ his smile is too genuine to be contrived. There is something brilliant in the pureness that radiates about him. If not for his bowtie‚ I would have thought he had lived in the countryside all his life-what a terrible waste of his Youth! I don’t
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Parts of the Psyche in The Picture of Dorian Gray One of Sigmund Freud’s most prominent theories is how the psyche is split into three parts: the id‚ ego and superego‚ each of which contribute to a different set of behavior. The id is the primitive part‚ which focuses on our impulsive desires and how we can satisfy them‚ with no regard into the feelings of others‚ oneself or society’s expectations. The ego is the logical and reasoning part‚ which focuses on satisfying the same desires the id feels
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In Punjab‚ home cooking differs from the restaurant cooking style. At the restaurants‚ the chefs make a liberal use of desi ghee‚ butter and cream to make the food lip smacking and finger licking. On the other hand‚ at home‚ people prefer using sunflower oil or some other refined oil for cooking‚ with the basic idea of making the food low in fat content. Wheat is the staple food of Punjabis; however‚ they do enjoy eating rice on festivities and other special occasions. When it comes to food‚ each
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HOMOSEXUALITY: A COMPARISON OF WESTERN AND EASTERN VIEWPOINTS The purpose of this paper is to shed a positive light on homosexuality. The paper will also look at how religion has shaped the views that people have regarding homosexuality. It will be seen that‚ for the most part‚ Christianity in the West has encouraged people to take a negative attitude on the subject. By contrast‚ the Eastern religion of Buddhism has taught people to have a more tolerant attitude toward homosexuality. It
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