SH** This word is one of the oldest of the current curse words that we use today. Its use can be found over 1‚000 years ago. It was first seen in the English language as scitte and was soon after known as scittan. This word was used to describe when cattle had diarrhea. It was also known as shite until the 1700s. Since then‚ we have used the current spelling of the word. A** / A**HOLE Since the 11th century‚ the word arse has been used to describe the buttocks of an animal. In the 14th
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COMPUTERS – A BOON OR CURSE Computer - a Boon or curse ? In my opinion computer is a boon to the mankind. Dear friends can you imagine the world without computers. It would be like the life a 100 years back. Would you accept that life? Today we enjoy such a comfortable life‚ don’t we owe this to computers. Look at the way the computers have a role to play in our life. Today when we get up in the morning and want to read the newspaper‚ internet permits us to read the latest news of
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‘The Internet- a curse‚ not a blessing.’ Beyond a shadow of a doubt‚ the invention of the Internet is one of man’s greatest and most spectacular endeavours. For‚ it has truly revolutionalized the world in regards to how we engage in business‚ recreate‚ socialize‚ educate ourselves and communicate with each other. The Internet eliminated all impediments of conventional methods of operations. Through its construction‚ the world economies have flourished. Therefore‚ it can be said in a nut shell
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All About Eve Eve’s ruthlessness and skilled deception put Margo into a tailspin of despair and ultimately launched her acting career. Throughout the movie‚ Eve idolized and secretly undermined Margo; in everything from acting to her true love. Eve eventually becomes a known actor‚ much to Margo’s disgust. The movie All About Eve was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1950. During this movie‚ Eve plays a fan od Nargo Channings and as she gets in well with her‚ starts meeting people in the acting
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In the film All About Eve‚ (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and released in 1950)‚ Eve Harrison (Anne Baxter) was a young woman with evil running through her veins. She wanted to be ’somebody’ and chose to get there through Margo Channing (Betty Davis) who was a famous stage star. Eve would do whatever it took to get where she wanted to be‚ including hurt the ones that trusted her and took her in as a ’lost lamb’. Though Eve was already evil within and throughout‚ the people around her made
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Three faces of eve How profound must it have been for the two psychiatrists to stmble upon the first recorded case of multiple personality disorder (MPD). This discovery opened the eyes of people all around the world and was arguably the reason for the massive rise in diagnoses for MPD. The movie is based on a true story of a woman named Chris Costner Sizemore‚ in the movie she is referred to as Eve White along with her two other personalities Eve black and Jane. The movie illustrates how two psychiatrists
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Are Volcanoes a Blessing or Curse? Volcanoes are mountains‚ typically conical‚ where lava comes out from a magma chamber through a crater or a vent. There are two types of volcanoes; Composite and Shield. A composite volcano can be referred to as a cone volcano. These volcanoes have tall narrow cone and a wide base. Their magma chambers contain thick acidic lava‚ which means sometimes you can walk faster than the lava when it is moving! The layers of a cone volcano are usually alternated between
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Analysis of Iconography of the four provided Artworks Artwork 1: Adam and Eve‚ Albrecht Dürer‚ 1504. Engraving. Located on page 357 of the textbook This artwork belongs to a German who lived for the period (1471-1528). His name is Albrecht Dürer. During his time‚ he contributed a lot to the field of art work. Throughout his life‚ he was in thrall to the idea that the perfect human form corresponded to a system of proportion and measurements and could be generated by using such a system (Butts‚ B
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Keats ’ The Eve of St Agnes ’ explores forbidden love‚ and the belief that has become encompassed in this. With Porphyro being prevented from seeing Madeline due to a previous feud‚ she must believe that their love will become somehow fulfilled and this is why she appears to participate in this romantic superstition of St. Agnes. Stanza XXXIV‚ describing Porphyro as "the vision of her sleep"‚ appears to confirm Keats ’ belief in the romantic ideal of St. Agnes‚ yet this is quickly dashed "There
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Is Technology A Blessing Or A Curse? Nowadays‚ ALL PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY LIVING IN URBAN AREAS ARE HOOKED IN TECHNOLOGY. The daily use of technology in their everyday life had been their daily routine‚ usage of devices like Computer‚ mobile phone and other gadgets that had been discovered. Unfortunately‚ people can hardly control their self on being hooked in technology these days. Being Hooked in technology have become bad Habit on a person. It brings harm like radiation‚ radiation
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