the resources for programs that could end “poverty‚ ignorance‚ and hunger as intractable‚ permanent features of American Society.” Beginning in 1964 the Johnson administration passed more than a score of major legislative acts meant to do so. The significance of the War on Poverty was how successful and unsuccessful it was. It did alleviate some of the effects of poverty‚ directly addressing the debilitating housing‚ health‚ and nutritional deficiencies from which the poor had long suffered. However
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What is the significance of the title in The Crucible? The title of The Crucible effectively helps us to understand the play in a deeper and more thorough way as the definitions of the noun ‘crucible’ reflects the themes of the play such as moral‚ reputation‚ courage‚ righteousness‚ hysteria and truth. It also foreshadows the severe and unjust persecution of the upright characters who hold on to their beliefs and moral values‚ as the word ‘crucible’ comes from the Latin word ‘crucibulum’‚ which derives
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The Significances and Insignificances of the Ibo women To begin with‚ women are treated horribly‚ they are mistreated and have no voice‚ they are subservient to what their husband says to do or else they are beaten to death. They are bought for a bargained price with a stack of sticks from the woman’s family and then taken to live with her new husband‚ never to return to her family until she is dead and sent back to her family to be buried or if they are beaten almost to death they are allowed to
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but it was later found out to be an ancient traveler now known as the Iceman. The Iceman was quickly named Otzi‚ after the valley Otzhal that was north of his death site. At one glance‚ there really wasn’t anything that special about Otzi‚ the significance of him was that he had become the oldest‚ most prehistoric and well preserved mummy in the world‚ not since Tutankhamen had anything stunned the world this much. After the discovery of Otzi‚ many questions started arising‚ the main focus question
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Zill Patel Ms. Scanlon British and World Literature 12/1/10 Cultural Significance in Beowulf and it’s Time Period 1) Beowulf had a significant amount of history revealed throughout the text allowing the reader to imagine the cultural life style back in the seventh through tenth centuries. a) BackgroundBefore the British lived in Britain‚ the Celts had settled in Britain. Around 55BC‚ The Romans deiced to begin and attack Britain. The invasion was successful around A.D. 43 when
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Significance of the Faust Legend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust is considered one of the most important masterpieces of German Literature. The story of a man named Faust‚ who sells his soul to the devil‚ was not first written by Goethe. Several stories of other Faustus date way back to 1507. However‚ Goethe’s Faust gives us a unique look into the legend. To understand the importance of Goethe’s Faust‚ we must first explore the history of the epic Faust Legend (Bohm). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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SUMMARY 2 2. INTRODUCTION 3 3. THE BACKGROUND OF IT IN BUSINESS 4 4. THE CONVERGENCE OF IT AND BUSINESS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY 6 5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ’S SIGNIFICANCE IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING 11 5.1 THE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT OF ICT AND BUSINESS STRATEGY 11 6. CONCLUSION 13 7. REFERENCES 14 Information technology significance in the business environment 1. Executive Summary A central tenet of network based technologies is their ability to eliminate geographical‚ distance and time
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The Significance of The Vietnam War Within one generation‚ The United States have experienced The Second World War‚ The Korean War and fifteen years of The Cold War crisis. The Vietnam War was the last drop into the cup of American patience. The costs of The Vietnam War were intolerable‚ because they contravened traditional American values and hopes. In the year 1965‚ American government announced‚ with public support‚ that America is going to win the guerilla war and defeat the "global communist
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Significance of The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall‚ built in August of 1961‚ was s physical symbol of the political and emotional divisions of Germany. The Wall was built because of a long lasting suspicion between the Soviet Union on one side and Western Europe and the United States on the other. For 28 years the Berlin Wall separated friends‚ families‚ and a nation. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The United States‚ Great Britain‚ and France controlled the three divisions
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Innovative or Simply Post-Modern? Cultural Significance in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita America during the 1950s was both materialistic and socially conservative with less rebellion. Before this‚ Puritan thought still invaded and controlled many social and literary cultural norms. Many people still feared the ideas of consumerism and modernity‚ but as the times changed‚ this new generation of American culture slowly but surely worked its way into society. The nation was straying away from its old Puritan
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