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    Western Companies and Their Western Cultures SOC 101 Rachael Horn November 29‚ 2010 Western Companies and Their Western Cultures Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in the world‚ with stores in over 15 countries around the world. Wal-Mart’s success is due mostly to their ability to sell goods at low prices and their ability to create a friendly environment with their “ten-foot attitude”; meaning a salesperson who comes within 10 feet of a customer must look the person in the eye‚ greet

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    Middle Ages Literature

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    The Middle Ages had many interesting characteristics concerning the literature of that time period. The important literary works “incorporated elements and values drawn from different and conflicting traditions (Patterson 1143). For every opinion‚ there was another opinion to counter it. Many of the pieces of literature at this time had contradictory ideas in them or had competing interests (Patterson 1144). The literature of this time shows us that “many people took the central doctrine of

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    Satanic Bible

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    Called "The Black Pope" by many of his followers‚ Anton LaVey began the road to High Priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival: "On Saturday night I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival‚ and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tentshow evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot‚ I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children‚ asking God to forgive them and purge

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    In Spoon River Anthology‚ readers listen to the many‚ many voices of Spoon River’s citizens‚ speaking to us from beyond the grave. Each of them has something to offer about the nature of life‚ with renewed appreciation found in death. Unsurprisingly‚ these characters would have many‚ many different perspectives‚ with each having different insights and themes‚ some conflicting‚ some agreeing. One of these such themes‚ found in myriad characters—interestingly told through mostly female characters—is

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    Bible 105

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    Why did the people of Israel desire a King? Samuel‚ a judge for Israel‚ saved them from the Philistines‚ and led them back to God. When Samuel grew old‚ the people did not want a new judge. The tribes of Israel had many problems working together. Each tribes had their own leader with different rules to follow. The people of Israel demanded a King to be like the other nations. Samuel attempted to answer the concerns of the people by appointing his sons to be judges over Israel‚ but the Elders was

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    Jediism Bible

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    Mackenzie Nenkervis Mr. Leming World religion 11/17/14 Jediism Everyone’s heard of Jedis‚ but it’s also an actual religion. In the UK‚ Jediism is the seventh-largest religion. This religion has accumulated thousands of supporters in recent‚ promoting the idea that all living things are connected and bound together by an omnipresent force. “No‚ we don’t worship Yoda‚” said believer Ally Thompson. But I won’t deny that the Force is very present in our teachings. Some people

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    Leviticus 11:20-23 `All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. `Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. `These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds‚ and the devastating locust in its kinds‚ and the cricket in its kinds‚ and the grasshopper in its kinds.  Judges 14:8 When he returned later to take her‚ he turned aside to look at the carcass of

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    Gilgamesh and the Bible

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    Genesis and Gilgamesh Throughout the Epic of Gilgamesh there are many parallels with the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament‚ most notably in the biblical stories of the Garden of Eden and Noah’s flood. Both Gilgamesh and Noah were instructed to build a boat to survive a great flood brought forth by their respective gods. There are also similarities seen between the creation of Ekindu and the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden. Also in the Garden of Eden a snake’s deception causes Adam to

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    Written Report The Poisonwood Bible 1) Write a brief synopsis of the text. Identify the textual form‚ genre and provide the details of publication for your text. Barbara Kingsolver’s‚ The Poisonwood Bible‚ follows the lives of the Prices‚ a missionary family‚ who in 1959 leave their American lives for a small village in the Belgian Congo. Published in 1998‚ America‚ The Poisonwood Bible takes form as a fictitious historical‚ post-colonial text‚ denouncing the Western colonisation of the past.

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    Western Civilization

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    ion1-Western civilization : Contemporary Western civilization is based on deep-rooted intellectual foundations that date back as far as ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Five characteristics of Western thought were brilliantly outlined by Dr. Yussuf Al Qaradawi as follows: (Youssef Al-Qaradawi‚ Islam‚ the Civilization of the Future‚ p. 15‚ Wahba Library‚ Cairo‚ 1995.) 1- The flawed knowledge of the divinity : Western perception underlying Western civilization does not have a neat‚ clear-cut vision

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