Christian Dior The Dior Couture fashion house was founded in 1946 by the French designer Christian Dior. Dior was the most influential designer in the 1950’s and held his first couture fashion show on 12th February 1947. The collection consisted of a range of luxurious clothes‚ soft shoulders‚ narrow waists and full flowing skirts. This was to be named the New Look. (Fig 1) ‘The New Look’ 1950’s The New Look was a new concept on life for the post-war era. Dior was correct to assume people
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”The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” by Bessie Head is a short narrative with a powerful message. At first I was uninterested in and untouched by the story‚ but after understanding the moral context‚ I became engaged with the piece and it’s characters. The main purpose of the piece is to present a conflict where mental strength is tested against physical‚ showing that mental strength is superior and also to show that the world is a better place when we work together. Brille‚ the protagonist‚ not only
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Christian Dior (1905-1957) Christian Dior was born in 1905 in the small French coastal town of Granville‚ the son of a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer. His family had high hopes that the young Christian would become a diplomat. However‚ Dior was artistic and when he left school in 1928 he received money from his father to open a small art gallery. His gallery sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso but after a financial blow his father lost control of his company and the young Dior was forced to
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Torture and fear in the handmaid’s tale. torture noun 1. 1. the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something‚ or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. The handmaids tale is a novel by Margaret Atwood‚ It describes the life of a woman who is documenting her life as it goes on‚ As the book progresses we are able to see the amount of torture (physical and mental) that the woman of Gilead receive. Offred and other
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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Within the Christian community there is a wide variety of opinions concerning and validating psychology. The word psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental process (King‚ 2010). The root word psych means “mind” or some might say “soul‚” and if you look at it in that perspective psychology could be seen as religious in nature and involves the study of the soul. However‚ because psychology is scientific study is does not mean to make any religious statements about the human
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Is Fasting for Christians? IN ANSWER to that question you may have been told: “Yes‚ for Jesus recommended fasting for his followers.” If you are a practicing Catholic‚ you would respond in the affirmative‚ for you recognize certain fast days‚ and in particular you always fast before taking “Holy Communion.” Did Jesus really recommend or command fasting for his followers? In the instances recorded in the Bible‚ fasting was done as an expression of sorrow and repentance for sins or when under distressing
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The Potential Broken Link in the Torture Chain An American political theorist‚ Michael Walzer wrote that “just like strategy‚ generals must understand morality‚ they must understand cruelty and take actions to avoid it.” While sound military strategy‚ following the September 11th attacks‚ successfully expelled Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power‚ failures in morality continue to hamper the global effort to eradicate terrorism. The torture of suspected terrorists at Abu Graib
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Starting in 389 A.D.‚ the powerful application of faith to politics led Emperor Theodosius to issue a series of edicts against paganism that concluded in 391 with a law making pagan worship illegal. During the Golden Age of Athens‚ politics and manmade laws guided human conduct‚ and the city state was viewed as a manifestation of the highest human values‚ giving rise to political philosophy. Christianity effected a change in the course of Western society‚ requiring a new cultural identity and a new
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1. What are some ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture? 2. What are some specific moral reasons people may reject the Christian gospel? 3. What are some specific emotional reasons people may reject the Christian gospel? 4. What are some specific intellectual reasons people may reject the Christian gospel? 5. What can Christians do to address these objections and better communicate the Christian gospel? (1) The Christian Gospel is perceived in various ways within
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