I think that the invention of the car changed completely the way of living of many people. At the beginning the cars were bought by few people because the cost was high and the most of world population was poor. Today this situation has totally changed: in the development countries all families have one car and a large number of them have two cars or more. Nowadays cars are essential: many people use them to go to work every day and to travel on holiday. I think cars are one of the most important
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Quality of life ties into geographic luck‚ which had a lot to do with the shaping the cultures of Eurasia‚ South America‚ and Africa. Geographic luck might have been benefit or a detriment to the natives who inhabited the land. It largely depends on what geographic hand you are dealt. Factors which go into making up an area’s geographic luck are climate and how the natives dealt with the weather. Moreover‚ the indigenous people of the continents must have a stable food source so they can get their
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Geographic Luck Why is it that Europeans ended up conquering so much of the world? According to UCLA biologist Jared Diamond‚ some countries grew faster than others because of geographic luck. It sounds like a simple theory‚ but there is a lot more to it. The lucky countries‚ like Spain‚ were lucky enough to have natural resources‚ indigenous plants‚ and animals that could be domesticated. With all of this at their fingertips‚ they were able to stop hunting and gathering and start farming. Farming
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The Roaring Twenties * The flapper‚ a sign of the 1920’s‚ characterized the changes that were occurring in the decade. Flappers were young ladies‚ usually dressed in different styles. Some were also known to be cigarette-smokers and cosmetics-wearers * The Prohibition Act was in effect but places such as “speakeasies” were ways to get around this new act. People would purchase illegal alcohol * The 18th Amendment made the sale‚ distribution‚ and consumption of alcohol illegal *
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No Luck with Women My older brother‚ Mark‚ has no luck with women. He doesn’t understand why. I do. To begin with‚ when he first meets a woman‚ he goes into one of two styles of conversation. The first is to assail her with a stream of personal questions: “What’s your name? Where do you live? Is that your real hair color? What kind of work do you do? Do you want to have kids someday? Are you seeing anyone? Would you like to have dinner with me?” Naturally‚ most women find this surprising and annoying
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The Roaring 20’s There were many things that contributed to the so called “roaring “of the 1920’s. Some were things such as the economy was booming due to the nation’s wealth more than doubling‚ automobiles were made to be more affordable to accommodate the middle classes budget‚ nationwide advertising had a huge effect on socialism‚ and white collar jobs increased greatly opening up many new private businesses. The doubling of the nation’s wealth had a lot to do with the white collar jobs that were
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Why the 20’s Were Roaring The 1920’s were a very roaring decade. This topic is very controversial‚ as some people say that it wasn’t. In actuality it was tremendously roaring! It was roaring for many reasons‚ first is that women started fighting for their rights. There were also a lot of new inventions and discoveries. Lastly‚ the most roaring part‚ there was lots of entertainment like new dances‚ and new music. All in all this decade was very roaring. Before the 1920’s women were not treated
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Heart: Mother-Tradition and Sacred Systems in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club "Concentrate your will. Hear not with your ears but with your mind ;not with your mind‚ but with your spirit . . . blank‚ passively responsive to externals. In such open receptivity only can Tao abide. And in that open receptivity is fasting of the heart." (Chuangtze‚ in Yutang‚ 228) "The Master said‚ ’Look at the means a man employs‚ observe the path he Joy Luck Club Is it fair to judge someone by their sex? In traditional
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Luck and success "Genius is 99% hard work and 1% Luck‚" this is a well-quote from Einstein. People have different opinion about that how success comes. Some people believe that success is being for luck‚ others think it is because of hard work. Personally‚ I believe that luck has nothing to do with success. Success is a result of our preparation‚ hard work and experience. Even the ideal conditions that led to success are a product of our preparation and work. Bill Gate’s success with the
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Luck is defined as “The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events” or simply “fortune”. However in the Quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”‚ the author leads us to believe otherwise. The quote tells us that luck does not happen by “chance fortune” as the definition implies‚ but comes from being well prepared for the task at hand. The quote as we are familiar with it was stated by Oprah Winfrey in 2010; however it is not often known that the quote is believed to have
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