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    a more social‚ professional‚ and stimulating lifestyle. Lefkowitz concurs‚ and writes of the trivialization of women’s potential‚ “[F]ew women ever got a chance to govern or play some direct role in politics. . . women kept the house and worked in wool. . . more of them would have been able to write poems or even novels had their time not been taken up with their responsibilities within the home” (Lefkowitz xiii). Indeed‚ the vast majority of Greek art‚

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    Historical Background of Paul The Apostle Letter to Philemon Author – Apostle Paul 1. Family Heritage Paul was born in Tarsus‚ the capital of Cilicia‚ a Roman province in about 5 A.D.‚ which is in present day southeast Turkey. Thus‚ he was born very close to the time that Christ was born. His circumcised name was Saul but it is believed that he was also given the name “Paul” in his infancy to be used by him when in the Gentile world. In Greek‚ “Saul” is “Paul” or “Paulos”. It was usual at the time

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    Textiles and the Environment 1) What does green design mean? The definition of “green design” is relatively simple. Green design is the intention to reduce or completely eliminate negative environmental impacts through thoughtful designs. The term often refers to the movement in the architecture and engineering industries towards buildings that incorporate the local environment and take advantages of nature resources such as sunlight‚ wind patterns‚ and geographic location to minimize the impact

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    Fashion In Medieval Times

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    times‚ clothing was generally man made considering they did not have the technology or machinery needed to make the clothing. Today’s fashion is made up by many different fabrics such as cotton‚ wool‚ silk‚ satin‚ polyester‚ and many more. In medieval times‚ the clothing would most often be made by wool and linen. Modesty of clothing is another drastic change in womens fashion since the medieval times. Clothing used to be very modest‚ and it seems like now clothing continues to become less modest

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    The Use of Idioms

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    It ’s So Clichéd "She sat down to write her paper without batting an eyelash." This sentence contains an example of what is called an idiom. Idioms are individual forms of expression specific to one language. They can be thought of as a group of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. "Without batting an eyelash" means to be passive‚ or show no interest in an event or situation. This phrase first appeared in the early 1900 ’s."Batting"

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    Dress Reform from 1850 to 1930 in the United States: The Impact on Health Dress reform has played an integral part of the women ’s movement‚ health reform and political agendas. This paper will explore the time period of 1850 to 1930 in the United States of America concerning dress reform for women. It is important to explore this topic because the eighty year span marks a time of rapid change for women concerning health‚ leisure‚ independence‚ political and gender constraints and liberties

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    Abenaki Indians

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    INTRODUCTION The Abenaki Indians lived in the northern part of New England and the southern part of the Canadian Maritimes. The Abenaki were divided into eastern‚ western‚ and maritime divisions. The eastern Abenaki were located in modern day Maine‚ to the east of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The southern boundaries of the Abenaki homeland were near the present northern border of Massachusetts. The western Abenaki lived on the eastern shores of Lake Champlain. The Maritime Abenaki were

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    Practical Research & Report Assessment. Allelopathy and interference and the effect they have on plant growth. Allelopathy occurs in plants. Many plants produce chemicals that may be harmful or beneficial to other plants. In some cases a species can produce chemicals that can prevent the growth or germination of another species. An example of this is Australian native plants such as Casuarinas and Eucalypts which produce allelochemicals that prevent competition of other plants. This is a form of

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    Jing Sun AMDT 508 AATCC Review Summary and Paper Assignment-Part 2 Dec 5‚ 2012 Analysis of Performance Socks Footwear is the most innovation-driven part of the industry. (Thiry‚ 2008) Athletic footwear includes shoes‚ socks‚ and insoles. Socks can be used to prevent injuries to the athletes. Previously‚ athletes used to rely on shoes for prevention of injuries. Socks can act as extra cushion to reduce the effect of the stress due to the sporting activity caused on the ankle and the foot

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    Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place Gupta: decentralized; regionalism High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs Gupta: cotton‚ wool‚ calico (chief revenue – tax on agriculture) An environmental mosaic Rome: Alps‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ forests‚ Tiber and other rivers‚ hills Han: Tianshan mountains‚ Yellow and Yangtze Rivers‚ loess soil‚ Pacific Ocean. Gupta: Indus and Ganges

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