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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
The Origin Of Humanity
Number of words: 373 - Number of pages: 2.... have been collected and scientifically tested
using a method called carbon dating to determine the age of the fossils.
Which can then be examined and placed along a timeline. The time periods
show slight differences in bone structure showing what is hypothesized to
be the human evolving.
Evolving from what though? The theory of evolution states that
creatures change overtime to suit their surroundings. This is called
environmental adaptation. The more a creature can adapt to it's
environment the greater chance it has of living and show an increase in
popula .....
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What Is Postmodernism
Number of words: 2477 - Number of pages: 10.... the demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, and other writers (Lemert (1990)) have seen this as a symbol of the end of modernity. Society was reacting against modern architectural ideas having lost faith in the modern ideals. Although modern architecture might have been scientifically advanced using the latest and cheapest materials, people rejected it, preferring to return to a variety of styles from the past. Examples of this can be seen in the rejuvenation of the Albert Dock in Liverpool, and “mock” medieval squares.
Similarly .....
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Medieval Castles
Number of words: 1509 - Number of pages: 6.... this castle building was confined to the Byzantine Empire, but later hordes of Islamic warriors who swept out of Arabia to conquer the Middle East, North Africa, and much Byzantine territory also started building such forts.
Western Europe, in the depths of the Dark Ages from the 5th through the 9th century, had no such works. But late in the 9th century, as local lords and kings began to consolidate power, castle building began probably in France. Once begun, castle building spread rapidly to other areas. But it was not until the 12th and 13th centuries, .....
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Mystification
Number of words: 269 - Number of pages: 1.... important, but unknowable, thus
leaving the student with a sense of wonder, or mystery. Mystification does
count as a form of knowledge control because mystification makes it impossible
for a student to gain a full understanding of a topic from inside the classroom.
Mystification could be a way for students to get out of the classroom. This
would allow them to get out on their own to learn more about topics they are
learning about in school.
Gene Anyon would enjoy the idea of mystification. Mystification would
encourage students to work outside of the "boring" classroom and learn more
extensively a .....
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Transcendentalists Hippies A C
Number of words: 481 - Number of pages: 2.... to another line, and another wait. This has to be the most unpleasant part of a speeding ticket.
In addition, paying for traffic school is also a disagreeable experience. If you waited to see the judge, you may be on your way after paying the fine. If the judge is kind, and offers a traffic school option, the unpleasantness continues. Usually the traffic
school is no where near to the courthouse, which causes you to search to find the it. The great experience of paying is close at hand after locating the sorrow-laden school. You must endure the excruciating .....
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Editorial-why Conan O Brian Is
Number of words: 497 - Number of pages: 2.... evident in his opening monologue. With his well timed one liners, and hilarious gestures and facial expressions on stage, he draws the audience in. And once I’m tuned in, I am unable to look away. Conan’s jokes are endlessly funnier than Leno. One reason for this is that Leno’s humor is so expected. He takes the easy way out of jokes. Where as O’ Brian’s humor is off the wall, and straight out of left field, and unexpected. This is why I laugh.
Conan is continually coming up with new ideas for the show. What I find most appeali .....
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Imagine Being A Swinger Of Bir
Number of words: 3024 - Number of pages: 11.... stanza. He then releases us on the birch tree into the air where we could almost reach the heavens above in the second stanza. Finally as the birch tree can no longer go any higher, it brings us back down to earth so that we may be perceive a different earth in the third stanza. It can be seen that reality and the understanding of reality also follow this same trip on the birches. The reality that everyone faces everyday is introduced in the first stanza and reality is broken in with a rampage of imagination in the second stanza. Finally a newer and more enligh .....
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Automobile Racing
Number of words: 1029 - Number of pages: 4.... track is a paved oval with banked corners, from 200 m to 4000 m in
length. The difference between road and track racing ultimately led also to
different vehicle construction; four major types of racing cars are now built.
Pure racing machines, such as those used in Grand PrixFormula 1 and in Indycar,
are built for power and endurance at speeds of more than 320 km/h (200 MPH). In
the past stock cars used to be production automobiles modified for track racing,
but are built now solely for the purpose of racing. Sports cars used for racing,
such as rallies, may .....
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