Our history has been based on a strong democratic sense of characterization. As a people‚ our forefathers have worshiped the great Athena; the goddess of justice and wisdom in hopes that she would lend her grace to the state. This grace has allowed for the prosperity and affluence Athens now has. Pride in our polis’s history has developed a unique collective identity‚ ideals were placed in the system that allowed the advances of its citizens. To protect these ideals‚ it is with great lengths that
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# LSD‚ POT AND A BLAST OF UTOPIANISM It was the year 1967 and I was about to experience the fateful event that would change my life forever and put me on the path of intense interest in consciousness‚ self-exploration and my spiritual quest. This was the year that I really began contemplating the cosmic significance of my life and it became clear to me very quickly that it wasn’t to resist authority by sitting on my ass eating ice cream. I had to get up‚ pack my lunch and take the long journey from
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Cultural universals are specific behavioral elements that are common to every culture. Anthropologist George Murdock compiled a list of cultural universals‚ including sports‚ cooking‚ courtship‚ dancing‚ family‚ games‚ music‚ religion‚ and marriage. Although Murdok’s universals are found in every culture‚ the way in which they are expressed varies from culture to culture. Funeral rites are practiced in every culture in some form. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person’s death. There are universals
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23.2012 Statement: Having money is more important than having friends. Having money is not more important than having friends. What friends can give you is much more sentimental and special. Money can buy you all the necessity in the world; it can even buy you fake friends‚ but they will be fake to you. They will tell you everything you want to hear never telling you the truth‚ except behind your back. Although real friends can do that it’s better than fake friends doing it. Friendship is a
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small Indian reserve in Canada as she was in front of a microphone on the concert stages of the world. Having written "Universal Soldier"‚ one of the anthems of the 60s peace movement‚ she was nonetheless absent from the big mass protest marches‚ in favor of shedding her light on Indian rights and environmental issues‚ which she still does today. Analysis of the song Universal Soldier Five foot two and six foot four were the height parameters for soldiers in 1961. Fighting with missiles and with
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will establish universal pre-kindergarten education…so that every four-year-old child in America can attend a government-funded preschool” (Miller‚ 2007‚ p. 48). Although this proclamation may seem somewhat odd given all of the challenges currently facing America’s public education system‚ the reality is that support and momentum for universal preschool programs has increased dramatically in recent years while more political and community leaders pushing for government sponsored universal preschool programs
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Suffrage‚ political franchise‚ or simply franchise‚ distinct from other rights to vote‚ is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. In English‚ suffrage and its synonyms are sometimes also used to mean the right to run for office (to be a candidate)‚ but there are no established qualifying terms to distinguish between these different meanings of the term(s). The right to run for office is sometimes called (candidate) eligibility‚ and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full
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prominent in the crime thrillers and some melodramas. Within a couple of years‚ the characters turned out to be more corrupt‚ the lighting in the films became more darker‚ the tones became more hopeless and the themes turned out to be more fatalistic. Film Noir in Hollywood has lately become the major reason why film goers attend the theatres. Paul Schrader argues that the American films are once more considering the foundation of the American character (Schrader 9). However‚ when compared to the inexorably
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Without a Nation of Patriotic Civilians Donald Kagan‚ a scholar who is a teacher and an author‚ has a very strong opinion of what he believes is patriotism and how to be patriotic. In Kagan’s essay‚ On Patriotism‚ he defends his stand and tries to get his point across of what it really means to be patriotic in America‚ democratic nations‚ dictatorship economys‚ Iraq‚ and so on. Donald wants to inform as many americans‚ or citizens home to all countries‚ that they should take pride in their nation
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Mandy Huang 5/21/13 Universal Truths Universal truths can decipher lessons about life which can be found in different genres of text. The three texts‚ “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ and “The Journey” by Mary Oliver share a similar universal truth and themes. The universal truth found in the three texts presents struggle and determination. Each author presents the universal truths in a resembling and diverse way. In the story‚ “A Worn
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